Contempt!

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There can be no clearer example of contempt for Congress, and therefore all of us, than the testimony given the Judiciary Committee of the House by Cory Lewandowski this past Tuesday.  Lewandowski’s demeanor, his evasion, his stonewalling and his insulting language to elected representatives of the people of this nation is justification for an immediate citation for Contempt of Congress.  And yet, nothing happened.  The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Gerald Nadler, was puny and impotent.

This is symptomatic of the Democrat’s complete failure to bring accountability to our government. They are simply afraid, or don’t have a clue on how to manage this process. The campaign for Congress in 2018 was brimming over with calls for oversight and plans for bringing the Administration to task for the egregious continuing abuse of power and stonewalling of Congress.  After the election we were told, the era of accountability had arrived—finally.  And yet, nothing has happened.

The White House and the administration have been incredibly successful in burying or withholding information that the public is entitled to.   They continually flaunt the law, refuse to answer subpoenas, claim privilege when there is none, and ignore all attempts at Congressional oversight.  What is clear is that the Democrats and the Congress at large are impotent in the face of continuing abuse of power. 

We are living through a time in our history that will be remembered as a shameful chapter in the story of America.  It will be described as a time when our institutions failed us because we had let the rot of corruption invade and consume our government.  Trump is only the latest symptom, albeit the worst symptom, of an idealistic society that has lost its way.  Our government is not responsive to the people of our country because of the pervasive effect of lobbyists and monied interests who have purchased our politicians.  Example: Why, when 90% of our populace want much more stringent gun control regulation, Congress and the President won’t act.  They are all bought and paid for by the gun lobby and gun manufacturers.  Multiply this paradigm by every area of influence and potential interference by corporate interests and you understand why our government is paralyzed.

It is inconceivable to me why Democrats are not more vigorous in efforts to meet each challenge to the Constitution's concept of separation of powers and obeying the rule of law with immediate judicial action to bring compliance from the administration.  When subpoenas are ignored, or witnesses stonewall legal oversight, they should be immediately cited and arrested for contempt.   Judicial intervention should be swift and conclusive.  Actions of judicial process should be fast-tracked with legislation, if needed.  Fines should be levied instantly and then questions should be answered respectfully and truthfully.  If witnesses still stonewall, they should go to jail until they agree to testify truthfully.  That is the way our system is supposed to work.  I watch every day while the Democrats wring their hands and announce all the ways they are going to ‘investigate’, and yet, they are wimpy and ineffective.

And now we have this whistleblower incident which is just the latest and perhaps the most egregious of all unprecedented abuse of power occurrences.  Donald Trump and his administration have corrupted our Democracy.  There is so much wrong with what is happening here that this event alone is grounds for impeachment.

Hey Democrats, we have laws that are on the books that are supposed to be obeyed!  When they aren’t, you are the only ones remaining who are supposed to be uncorrupted enough to represent the people.  We certainly can't count on the Republicans!  Where are you????

Maybe you are just like all the rest of our elected representatives who are purchased and corrupt—unwilling to actually act in the interests of our country over party. 

Where are the people in government like the founding fathers? Instead we have Mitch McConnell, Lindsay Graham, Gerald Nadler, Nancy Pelosi,

and all the Republicans.  God help us!