The Forking Democrats

I was an active Democrat for 60 years, off and on, and the party has always been hung up at the same fork in the road. (I am now an independent.)

The party is divided between pragmatists (focused on how to get elected) and idealists (focused on issues).  Both sides are needed. At times they work together. 

You can see how they split on health care issues and on impeaching our depraved President. Pragmatists tend to win elections, so it's no surprise that the Nancy Pelosi types are dominant in congress. They are reluctant to risk their chances at power in 2020 (as they see things).  It is vital to be cautious and surely defeat tRump one step at a time. 

The idealists see impeachment as a moral necessity. And the open rejection of cruelty, avarice and injustice might generate a landslide victory.

The compromise right now seems to go like this. Our Representatives will conduct a dozen investigations and public hearings into the crime scene once known as the White House. In effect these will be impeachment hearings but not be called impeachment hearings. By the time these hearings have finished, we will be near the elections of 2020.  Time will run out. 

That is, in my view, not good enough. The world deserves a quicker accounting for the crimes and general stupidity of our malevolent leaders. And what will the pragmatists do once in power? Obama let the murderous Bush money grubbers slide. Will they get to slide again? Or will they finally end up where they belong, buried in prison cells?