Well, it isn't just the first stone, VCR. If that was all that this amounted to, we could well put it behind us. But one side has vowed to do whatever it can to overthrow the 2016 election and, to that end, the attacks have been widespread and more or less continuous. People who value civility and democracy have good reason to be alarmed at this development which, if it succeeds--or possibly, even if it does not--will produce something of a counter movement, even though conservatives and moderates by nature are more uncomfortable doing these things.
For example, when I was younger, there was the impeachment of President Nixon. It got Republican votes as well as the Democrat votes in the House of Representatives because there was actual wrongdoing there. But an impeachment was sensational because although we know that there is that provision in the Constitution, it had been seen as almost a technicality, not something any of us expected to see in our lifetimes.
But when the Republicans had the opportunity to return the favor during the Clinton era, they did. Once again actual crime was involved, though. And now the Democrats are saying that they can impeach for any reason they want! And they have been talking about almost nothing else for over two years.
What do you suppose will happen down the road? That's right, as soon as the House and the Presidency are held by opposite parties again, impeachment will be a hot topic. Along with that goes all the invective and posturing that the pro-impeachment side can throw into the mix. And let no one say that what we have, as a nation, experienced in that regard for the past two years is just politics as usual!
