You read that correctly, I had 3 heart stoppages over the course of this past July and August and have been in the hospital close to 6 weeks and owe my life to my son Scott and to our good friend Kristen ...a CPR Instructor and to the health care teams at the Bomanville and Oshawa Hospitals and to the renowned Heart Institute in Ottawa.
Thank you everyone!!
Now back to Trump and the latest... the Impeachment Inquiry.
But first, let me remind everyone that the story surrounding the Donald back in June was the Mueller investigation about purported Russian Influence in the 2016 Presidential Election. Fortunately for Trump, and no surprise to me, it all came to naught.
So the Dems are now coming at Him in a different way ...via the Impeachment Process. Again another bogus, hollow claim that will hurt the Democrats far more than the Republicans.
That said, I am not a Trump fan indeed I believe the guy has been a disaster - his Trade Tantrums, Isolationists Views, and treating US Friends like Dirt while Praising the Bullies and the Dictators.
The only thing I support him on is with respect to The Wall - a country that cannot control the inflow of illegal refugees is not a country within the meaning of the Webster Dictionary.
So I fully agree with those who believe that for the sake of all, the Trumper needs to go !
But the fly in the ointment is the fact that there is no one and I mean no one on the scene who has the needed qualities to replace him. Much like our Election in October, Justin Trudeau got in because there were no viable alternatives.
What complicates the situation in the States is the fact that it is split right down the middle - Conservatives on the Right and Progressives on the Left...50/50. There are too few Moderates in the Middle which likely means that when the Dems stop their infighting, their numbers for next November's Presidential Election will be reduced enough to allow the Donald another four years in office.
Quelle Dommage you might say to which I would respond ...Yes and No.
The fact of the matter is regardless of what a disaster Trump has been in Office, he does not deserve the Treatment he has received from the Progressive and more to the point, from the Left Wing Media.
But permit me to restate that: Democracy does not deserve the treatment it has received...
With the Ballots barely dry from the November 2016 Election, the Left Wing Media and Progressives combined to try to destroy the Presidency with any and all means possible. Simply stated, they could not stomach the outcome and were and continue to be determined to nullify what the Electorate had wrought.
The Progressive Left has done such a great job of this that I truly believe American Politics will never be the same in our lifetime. It used to be that when a Party was unsuccessful at the polls, their numbers would roll up their sleeves and undertake publicly that their Party would do better next time. Not anymore.
Now back specifically to the current Impeachment fiasco.
It purports to be about the President's conversation with the Head of Ukraine and Trump's alleged blackmail of the latter to get the 'goods' on a son of Democratic Contender Joe Biden. Biden's son, it is claimed by some, was involved in shady busy practices that took place in the Ukraine.
To which I respond so what. The Dems have already admitted to having done similar investigations against Trump with Russia and besides, I fervently believe the President, as the highest politico in the world, should be able to count on his conversations with other world leaders being confidential. I heard it said that in a meeting with Putin, Trump is alleged to have said, 'dear Vladimir don't worry if Russian interfered with our 2016 Election since our Country is the world's worse offender by far' and of course he is right. A most recent case in point is our October Election just past where Liberal heavies have stated publicly that without former President Obama's intervention on their candidates behalf they would not have one. Not a word of criticism from the Left Wing Media or America's Progressives.
It is all nonsense with the danger that it will only serves to help Donald Trump win another 4 years in office - which again is not what I personally want to see happen.
But what makes this all so futile is the fact that in order to complete a successful Impeachment it requires a two-thirds vote in the Senate, a body which consists of a majority of Republicans so the chances if such happening range from nil to not likely.
And one last comment. It was not long ago that a President...Bill Clinton... was deservedly Impeached in the House of Representatives but it failed in the Senate. His crime, he had sex, despite his denial of same, in Oval Office with a vulnerable intern. I still can hear his words these many years later, as I suspect you can too - "I did not have sex with that woman". He threw her under the bus all the while Dear President Clinton being a card carrying Democrat.
That was where a charge of Impeachment was warranted: not though in the case at hand.
As I See It,
K.D. Bell
