While I am certainly not above mindless egotism, I offer the citation to demonstrate that I am aiming for consistency. In my heart of hearts I still believe that, with some obvious exceptions, you cannot judge someone’s moral worth by their political posture alone. Nevertheless, after watching the mendacity, the sanctimony, and above all, the arrogant shabbiness of the House and their incarnate dashboard-Saint President, I am sorely strained not to question my convictions.

These people say they were denied the opportunity to give voice to their "conscience" by saying, in their words that the President "egregiously failed" his constitutional oath, "violated the trust of the American people," and "dishonored the office which they entrusted to him."

The White House has endorsed, encouraged and contributed to a declared "War" against all enemies — partisans and apolitical domestics. The White House is so filled with dirty whisperers that from a distance it sounds like the sprinkler system is going off inside.

"If you pose a threat to this President, you’re not merely a political adversary — you’re clearly a  homosexual, a homophobe, alcoholic, moron, crook, dupe, fellow traveler, embezzler, or even a murderer."

The Defendant has personally dismissed rulings by judges because they were made by political appointees and therefor partisan and hence illegitimate. Presidents aren’t supposed to do that.

If the President has been so opposed to the Politics of Personal Destruction why has he not once ever suggested publicly that his own dogs should be called off. The frightening thing is the President believes he has fought against these dangerous trends. And for thinking that, the man is quite simply insane.

A PARTY OF VICTIMS

Chris Matthews observed that the Democrats were becoming the "Mommy Party" and the Republicans the "Daddy Party." Republicans, to their credit, were the breadwinners and defenders of the home. The Democrats, to their credit, represented nurturing and concern for the underprivileged here and abroad. It was a brilliant observation at the time.

The President is their enabler and they love him for it.

[I]ntention is more important than act; political correctness has made motive for murder more deplorable than murder itself. In speech after speech, it was denounced not because they brought dubious evidence, but because of allegedly dubious intent. Some Congressmen literally said that this was payback.

Now I’m thinking of Conan’s answer to the question what is good in life? "To Crush your enemy; see him driven before you; to hear the lamentations of the women." I think the reason is that the President is so arrogant that he couldn’t help himself. Rather than accept and admit what he’d done (which he refused to do), and say "isn’t this enough?," he chose to be defiant in his victim status.