Hi albion,
I posted: ...an article of impeachment can be written for each of several possible infractions and such a practice is not usually, as you claim, an effort to weaken a position, but rather to strengthen said position.
You responded: an article of impeachment can be written for each of several possible infractions and
such a practice is not usually, as you claim, an effort to weaken a position, but rather to strengthen said position. (bolding the part that you intended to address)
You addressed that bolded part:
I didn't say that.
So, I had to go back and do your work for you:
I suppose that a shotgun approach with a batch of complaints would weaken, not strengthen, the credibility of any impeachment resolution coming from the committee.
(bolding mine)
Sadly, I find myself in these discussions with those who support the current administration, to often be with people who can't seem to keep up and make logical connections. Look, if you want to support President Trump in his lying and extortion and ill-mannered commentary, fine. I don't believe that God has called me to be supportive of such a person. I understand that when Paul wrote to the Romans that we were not only going to do wicked things, but give approval of those who did them...that he was referencing activities and practices just such as we're seeing today in this administration.
I'm not going to stick my neck out and say that I support someone who constantly lies and makes up his own facts to suit his position. Truth means a little more to me than that and the fact that others use truth is also important to me in the things that I will support that others do.
Being civil to others and treating them and speaking to and about them in a civil and well-mannered way is also important to me. I think it would be hard for someone who believes in such a principle to tell their children, "Look, you shouldn't call people derogatory names and make fun of them. However, it is ok that the leader of our nation does it." Somehow that just rings of such deep hypocrisy to me.
I understand that the reason Donald Trump shut down his charitable foundation is that he made a deal with the court that he would do that if they would drop their investigation. I'm not going to be supportive of someone that I know uses a charitable foundation in the way that he does. I'm just not going to do that. You, however, are free to.
There are just far too many moral failures that our current president finds to be just the way that things are done, that I'm unable to support. I'm sorry. Since you can't actually change history, I can assure you that you can write all the posts you want trying to get those who are against the president to 'see' how they are wrong, but I'm not. I know that I'm not. I will not support anyone, in any position of public trust, and if I have anything to do about it anyone in private business, that so easily practices such deceptive and dishonest ways.
So, I don't really care what or how many articles of impeachment are brought against the president, or if any articles of impeachment are brought against the president...I'm not going to support the man. I believe that for the benefit of our nation and our people, the sooner we can get this clown out of office, the better off we'll all be. That's what I believe about Donald J. Trump. He is PT Barnum on steroids.
God bless,
In Christ, ted