As the impeachment trial draws to a close with the coming acquittal, it's worth taking a look at the last three months to see what has been accomplished.
Let's start with the Democrats in Congress. Here is a list of their five biggest achievements since November 1.
1. Urgently rushing through a vote for impeachment in the House without holding adequate hearings, without letting the President's attorneys question the witnesses and without seeking to compel White House staff to testify. This was done for the express reason (announce by Nancy Pelosi) that Trump was a danger to national security who had to be removed as quickly as possible.
2. Sitting on the Articles of Impeachment for a month after passage rather than sending them on to the Senate for a trial. Pelosi never explained why there no longer was any reason to rush ahead.
3. Holding a major ceremony to deliver the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate at the end of the month of delay.
4. Appointing a group of House managers for the impeachment trial who had great difficulty stating actual facts. (Okay, they were liars.) For example, Adam Schiff kept saying that they had presented overwhelming proof of wrongdoing by President Trump (untrue). Then he kept saying that there had been no witnesses. (Untrue, there had been 18).
5. Losing the impeachment trial in almost exactly the way everyone expected before the entire impeachment effort ever began. In other words, wasting the whole effort.
OK, let's switch to President Trump. Here are five of his biggest achievements since November 1.
1. Signing a phase one trade deal with China that should increase the US economy by hundreds of billions of dollars while providing jobs for many thousands of Americans.
2. Finalizing approval of the USMCA agreement to replace NAFTA. This trade deal with Mexico and Canada should be a great benefit to American farmers and manufacturers.
3. Keeping the economy humming. Holding the lowest unemployment rate in over 50 years, achieving all time lows in unemployment among minorities. Presiding over a faster growth rate and an even faster increase in wages that, for the first time in a long time, were achieved more by the people in the lower end of the income spectrum than those on the top.
4. Getting rid of some of the world's worst terrorists. That includes killing the Iranian terrorist/general who was responsible for the death of hundreds of Americans and the injury of thousands.
5. Proposing a plan for peace in the Middle East that actually has a chance to work. (Of course, that will require the cooperation of the Palestinians, and that doesn't look likely at the moment. But, we will see.)
So which five do you like better?
Let's start with the Democrats in Congress. Here is a list of their five biggest achievements since November 1.
1. Urgently rushing through a vote for impeachment in the House without holding adequate hearings, without letting the President's attorneys question the witnesses and without seeking to compel White House staff to testify. This was done for the express reason (announce by Nancy Pelosi) that Trump was a danger to national security who had to be removed as quickly as possible.
2. Sitting on the Articles of Impeachment for a month after passage rather than sending them on to the Senate for a trial. Pelosi never explained why there no longer was any reason to rush ahead.
3. Holding a major ceremony to deliver the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate at the end of the month of delay.
4. Appointing a group of House managers for the impeachment trial who had great difficulty stating actual facts. (Okay, they were liars.) For example, Adam Schiff kept saying that they had presented overwhelming proof of wrongdoing by President Trump (untrue). Then he kept saying that there had been no witnesses. (Untrue, there had been 18).
5. Losing the impeachment trial in almost exactly the way everyone expected before the entire impeachment effort ever began. In other words, wasting the whole effort.
OK, let's switch to President Trump. Here are five of his biggest achievements since November 1.
1. Signing a phase one trade deal with China that should increase the US economy by hundreds of billions of dollars while providing jobs for many thousands of Americans.
2. Finalizing approval of the USMCA agreement to replace NAFTA. This trade deal with Mexico and Canada should be a great benefit to American farmers and manufacturers.
3. Keeping the economy humming. Holding the lowest unemployment rate in over 50 years, achieving all time lows in unemployment among minorities. Presiding over a faster growth rate and an even faster increase in wages that, for the first time in a long time, were achieved more by the people in the lower end of the income spectrum than those on the top.
4. Getting rid of some of the world's worst terrorists. That includes killing the Iranian terrorist/general who was responsible for the death of hundreds of Americans and the injury of thousands.
5. Proposing a plan for peace in the Middle East that actually has a chance to work. (Of course, that will require the cooperation of the Palestinians, and that doesn't look likely at the moment. But, we will see.)
So which five do you like better?
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