Do the Right Thing By Hank Silverberg There is right, there is wrong, and then there is politics. It is becoming clearer that President Trump’s actions over the last two years are more than just a series of bad policy, poor implementation or just plain incompetence. The decision this past week by the Democratic leadership in the House to begin a series of hearings on possible articles of impeachment is no longer based on party politics or 3 a.m. presidential tweets. Though Congress is not forming a special committee to specifically investigate the President’s actions, there could still be articles of impeachment to vote on. The number of congressmen supporting such a decision grows daily, but a key component is missing---a Republican--ANY republican-- who is willing to do the right thing. In 1973 when Watergate exploded, one of Richard Nixon’s closest political allies, Republican Senator James Baker of Tennessee, was among the first to support an impea
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