Malaise

Ahhh…that general feeling of discomfort just before all hell breaks loose.  That’s what I’m feeling and it’s getting worse.  It’s moving toward anxiety which, thankfully, I’ve rarely experienced in my lifetime.  I’ve always felt in control.  Now?  Not so much.

How fortunate are we to have been born into a country that operates under the rule of law.  I just always took that for granted.  I taught the U.S. Constitution for years and never once did I ever imagine that it may not hold up.  That the checks and balances weren’t enough.

Fear is a powerful motivator and, evidently, those Republican senators are terrified of this POS President.  So terrified that they looked like a bunch of clowns breaking into a closed chamber, claiming to be locked out of the process that a third of them have unlimited access to.  Well, I guess they had to show their allegiance to their leader.  He says, ‘Jump’, they respond, ‘How high?’

And, these are the men and women who are going to be the judge and jury for the impeachment trial once it gets to the Senate.  Which it undoubtedly will.  Regardless of what the facts are, they will ‘stand by their man.’  Having a foreign government tamper in our elections will be just fine.  Quid pro quo?  Just fine.

They will proclaim that none of these acts rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors.  In my humble opinion, if this president cannot be impeached, surely, no president can ever be impeached.  If this is not high crimes, what is?!  These are not American heroes.   In fact, they are profoundly un-American.

However, this week we have seen true Americans stand up for our values, even though they have been threatened for doing so.  Their testimonies remind us of what true civil servants look like.  They are just doing their jobs and, hopefully, saving our country from its leader and his sycophants.

I for one are proud of the calm, steady hand steering the House of Representatives.  Thank you, Nancy, for standing up for our country and standing up to Donald Trump and stating, “All roads lead to Putin with you.”  Couldn’t be clearer and thank you for stating what so many of us are seeing.  We’re aghast.

And, sadly, we lost one of our most eloquent and moral leaders this week.  Elijah.  Who will fill that hole?  The congressman who represented me when I lived in Maryland.  No one could’ve done it better.

There is some major drama lurking in our future.  Will these men and women who support this lawless president stand up for our Constitution and our country?  Or will we dive even deeper into lawlessness?  It’s been a lightning speed downhill trajectory since this man was elected.  How can this continue?  The consequences are overwhelming.  Do they even care what kind of country their children and grandchildren will grow up in?  I think not.

Hence, the malaise.  I have always been the eternal optimist.  Tomorrow will be a better day, I say.  The youth of today are the hope for tomorrow.

But, then, every how and then, I stay up at night clicking the remote back and forth between CNN and MSNBC, and it’s just gloom and doom over and over.  Who can sleep anymore?  Gotta get some melatonin gummies.  I need my rest.