American Pastimes    
Cheers and Jeers       
   
   October baseball. Few words count: strike, ball, safe, out. 

      Everyday politics. Words are all that count.

   Impartial umpires. Fairness. Good sports.

      Bi-partisan Congress. Hyperbole, hypocrisy. Blood sport. 
 

   "We have to impeach the president or he will be reelected."

Sorry about that, voters.

   Rep. Nancy Pelosi: "Principles Americans hold dear...have been violated...judging the president (not) with fairness but impeaching him with a vengeance..." Oh, that was Ms. Pelosi back when Bill Clinton was impeached after due process.  

   A kangaroo court is an inquisition without due process, where those who judge have one verdict in mind. 

   Last we looked, the U.S. Constitution says nothing about political parties. No Republicans or Democrats are to be found. We put up with them and their personal aims because the alternative might look like Iran or North Korea or Russia. 

   The Sixth Amendment assures a public trial by impartial juries. Is Congress excused from abiding by the same spirit? If the president did seriously wrong, where is the impartial jury? 
 

Apparently he did not commit

an impeachable offense, or they

would vote and open up the process

for others to cross examine witnesses,

as was done with both Nixon and Clinton.

   Politicians with barely 15 percent approval claim they're defending the Constitution. We wonder if most members in both parties, if ask, could find a copy of it.

   Would someone tell Congress the election is in November 2020? That's when Americans who still support fair play will stand up and be counted. Only then will we - should we - know the final score. 

   Is this pastime past its time?

Some content from Adam Goodman, an Edward R. Murrow Fellow

a Republican. So? 

      Jimmy