Impeachment 2020

The impeachment seems insincere, pointless, and most of all boring. The evidence for this is largely in the disinterest in the impeachment itself on behalf of the average American. Ultimately nothing will get done other than a production of a few media soundbites, and a few politicians will create more of a name for themselves.

Insincere

The impeachment seems insincere largely due to the fact that several members of the Democratic Party said and ran on the fact that they wanted to impeach Trump. We heard from them Democrats that this is a somber and sober moment and that they took no joy in moving forward with articles of impeachment.

They want to make it seem like this was a decision they came to reluctantly only after long hours of research, investigation, and contemplation. When in reality they already decided they would impeach, they only needed to wait for a reason. When a good reason never provided itself, they decided to manufacture one.

When that did not work they manufactured another, than another. The punishment had been decided, they just needed a crime.

Pointless

The outcome was already known. The Democrats knew it, the Republicans knew it, and even my dogs knew it. The House would impeach and the Senate would not remove President Donald Trump from office.

Unless something extraordinary happens nothing will change that. Was the point to attempt to appease a loud radical minority within the Democratic Party? Was the point to try and smear President Trump ahead of the 2020 election?

If it was to appease the loud radical minority than it was the wrong move to make. If you actually win, they will claim victory, if you lose they will blame you and become louder and stronger than before.

Boring

 

I am someone who enjoys politics. I like listening to political discussions, talk radio, political podcasts, and talking with friends about news and politics. Yet I find this whole impeachment saga incredibly boring.

When it comes on the radio I’ll give it a listen, but after about 5 minutes I will switch over to country music. I am not the only one who feels this way either. Rarely will anything about the impeachment come up on my social media accounts.

The podcasts I listen to will talk about it in passing but will not spend a lot of time going over the details. Even the ratings for the TV coverage of the impeachment are not impressive. It would seem that the American people do not really care about this show.

They have seen it before, they know how it is going to end, and they have more important things to do with their time.

Impeachment is a serious process, but it has been cheapened to political theater. If anything was damaged during this process it is the gravity to which the impeachment process will be viewed going forward.