Saturday 10 October 2020

Chief Problem of the 25th Amendment Chatter

 This question runs along three lines:

1.  This commission that Pelosi is talking about....would have to be created out of thin-air (it doesn't exist today)....then hold 'secretive' meetings/hearings.  The odds of this happening prior to the election?  At this point, zero.  No house member has the time to take away from his campaign business.  

At best, the hearings would start in mid-November, and run through till Christmas, with the vote in the House then occurring.  

If Biden were set to win?  None of this would be worth the effort required.  So it does appear, that Pelosi does not expect the President to lose.

2.  This chatter over mental and physical capacity?  

Here's the thing, if you took such a test and reflected upon the House and Senate....at least twenty members would have to be released or sent home.  There's at least three Senators that I consider marginally capable of clear decisions or the ability to reason.

3.  This vote on the 25th results?  Well...you have to have a vote in the House and Senate (two-thirds)....to confirm the removal of the President.

Presently in the House?  They don't have the two-thirds vote.  Presently in the Senate?  They certainly don't have the vote.  Forty-odd Republicans would have to cross over, and that won't happen.

New situation in January?  Well....if you put on the speculation hat....I kinda expect the Republicans to have a slight majority....maybe 10 to 15 minimum....over the Democrats, so this commission vote is a joke.

So what is all of this about?  It's simply a dirty-laundry situation, where witnesses come in and offer their observation.  It'll be stamped official, and done only to embarrass the President.

Trump's likely reaction? He'll probably draw up a list of incompetent Democrats in the House and Senate, and just make it public that they can't be dealt with because of their incompetency or mental health 'loss'.  Once on the list, you don't get any respect, and people will treat you as a child.  

It's a stupid way to run a government but maybe this is the answer for the future....just 'mute' incompetent people and pretend they don't exist.  Trump could go one more step....bringing in some minister to pray daily for those with mental health issues, and mention them by name on a daily basis....asking God for their recovery.