OPINION: History could judge senators harshly for choosing party over country, writes matthewjdowd.
Let us reflect on the power of this moment. Keep in mind in life and politics the destination reached doesn’t determine the meaning, the moment does. It is the journey or the steps we take in life which give it purpose and meaning, not the final landing point. If you fall in love with someone, it is not ultimately if you get married to that person that determines the truth and meaning of that love, it is the love shared in the moments along the way.
Maybe over the holidays and before the Senate trial, three ghosts will visit Sen. Graham. The first apparition, the Ghost of Impeachment Past, could take Graham on a journey toabout why impeachment was important and the need for Congress to push back on the executive branch. He could see all the times he engaged with what he is the opposite of today. He could relive all those moments of his past regarding these important issues.
Dickens told a story of redemption and the truth of what Christmas really means. Let us hope in this moment that our senators can clearly see their constitutional duty, and that unless they put country over party, our democracy might be seriously damaged.As Jacob Marley warned Scrooge in"A Christmas Carol": “Mankind was my business. The common good was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.
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