This week starts the Impeachment trial in the Senate. Now it looks like it is just going to be another partisan vote. A man died and Trump has not been held accountable even though on January 7^th most everyone agreed that the insurrection was caused by all the rhetoric that Trump and his cohorts were instigating. What happened? Who applied all the pressure for so many to change their mind? Who is holding the leash on all these politicians? A man died protecting our democracy and it seems that isn’t a consideration anymore. We are no longer a country of law and order especially when it comes to people with money. All the people that incited that insurrection should be charged and tried in a court of law. They should be accountable to the people where the crime occurred. I always wonder what the tone would be if a Black president had done this. I would be willing to bet that there would be lynch mobs just waiting to string him up. The law has to be applied evenly if we are going to survive as a democracy.

Now I always say that I am an independent voter but being an actual independent voter is hard. In today’s world of party politics it is hard to say that you are voting for the man. There have been things that I have liked from certain politicians but when they get elected they always just vote with their party. The person today that says that they vote for the man not the party is delusional. Just look at that how they are voting for Biden’s covid relief bill. It is right along party lines. Look at the congress’s vote to impeach Trump. Only 10 Republican congress men voted to impeach. Everyone on January 7^th were hopping mad but when it came time to act only 10 would stand up and be counted. You may say you are voting for the man but in reality you are voting for the party.

One of the real problems is that we don’t know who owns these politicians. People do not give money away because they just because they think a guy or gal look pretty. They expect a return on their investment. The Supreme Court has just let tons of money just flow to all the politicians. Now you will tell me that the money flows not just to Republicans but also Democrats and you are right. We have to get money out of politics. You will never be able to vote for the man instead of the party until they become independent of the billionaires that own them and control their parties.

Now Trump deserves to be impeached. No matter what the outcome is history will be able to write very accurately about what is going to happen starting next week. Every tweet, email, video will be recorded in ways that was not imagined 50 years ago. What history will write about so many people depends a lot with what happens in the next few weeks. History will not view Trump a great man. There is too much evidence against that will survive beyond the next millennium to show that he wasn’t. I just wonder how history will remember a lot of our Senators.

History will not only judge Trump but it also will judge the jury.