{"id":2299,"date":"2019-11-17T07:38:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T11:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2019-12-22T16:00:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T20:00:24","slug":"impeachment-opening-statements-elections-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/2019\/11\/17\/impeachment-opening-statements-elections-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment Opening Statements | Elections Column"},"content":{"rendered":"
Photo by Sara Cervera<\/a><\/h6>\n

by Alexander Manzoni<\/a>, Elections Correspondent<\/em><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wednesday, November 13th<\/sup>, 2019
\nGood people of America, the rest of our global village,
\nit is impeachment time.
\nOr at least,\u00a0it has begun.<\/em><\/p>\n

The wheels, the cogs, the gears of progress are turning.
\nAnd I am here, ringside (in spirit), by the T.V.,\u00a0watching<\/em>.
\nImpeachment time. Follow the line back to the corruption.
\nStinking trails left behind by cronies\u2014 by those who assumed that
\neverything would fall into place, for them.
\n\u201cOnly the best people!<\/em>\u201d
\nReally<\/em>, Donald?
\nI think you may have been stretching\u00a0The Truth,<\/em>
\nif you, the people, can\u00a0believe it.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Mud-slinging degenerates into bitter name-calling.
\nThey are falling all over themselves to conceal the wrongs
\nof The Man\u00a0Up Top\u2014\u00a0<\/em>the man who should have been keeping
\nthis nation\u2019s best interests\u00a0<\/em>in mind
\ninstead of clocking dollars by the truckload,
\nrenting rooms to diplomats & dignitaries, oligarchs, billionaires, heads of state.
\nThe People, they wished to \u201cshake up the system<\/em>\u201d.
\nWell, they got their wish, times\u00a010.<\/em>
\nCan we\u00a0PLEASE\u00a0<\/em>not do that again?<\/p>\n

Ambassador Taylor, charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires for Ukraine
\nwent up to descriptively explain
\nwhy the security of that country is important to our interests,
\nand that Russia has been at\u00a0war,\u00a0<\/em>with Ukraine.
\nRussia? But aren\u2019t they our best friend in the world?<\/p>\n

Nyet.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>
\nThey are up to their old tricks.
\nInvading\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0conspiring\u2014 utilizing underhanded tactics and subterfuge.
\nPoor President Zelenski.
\nSo many meetings, calls,
\nso many suspicious actions taken by Trump\u2019s office.
\nQuid pro quo.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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