Romney stands up

“I am profoundly religious. My faith is at the heart of who I am. [long pause gathering composure] The grave question the Constitution task senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme, so egregious, that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. Yes, he did.”

Well, i saw Romney’s speech yesterday. He was sincere. He was correct, that he would be attacked by the Republican cult. [teevee news cut to Washington, Caligula was speaking; i listened for 28 minutes, and then went to the kitchen to chop vegetables].

Back to Mitt:  Trump attacked him in the White House, and earlier in the day at a National Prayer breakfast. He attacked religion, and Romney, and Pelosi. Clearly, Trump does not understand religion, other than the worship of himself. Well Romney is a Mormon. The concept of  “God” in Mormonism is different from that of Christianity; but Romney fears and respects his God*. Romney also mentioned his conscience...Trump is guilty.

Now, i have a friend who calls commentary over the internet ‘chatter’. I read a little last night from Mormons displeased that Romney mentioned God. One listed the other Mormon senators, and asked whether Romney’s faith was different than theirs. Well, yes, surely. Another was worried that evangelical Protestants would attack Mormonism. If the worship of Trump is part of evangelical Protestantism, fie upon it.

Perhaps, this was Romney’s “white horse” moment. There is a supposed prophecy, that when the Constitution hangs by a thread, a Mormon will save the country. There is a belief that the Constitution is divinely inspired.

Adam Schiff, in his closing arguments, Monday asked, “Is there one among you who will say: ‘Enough’?”  Willard ‘Mitt’ Romney did vote ‘guilty’ on the first of two articles of impeachment, Wednesday. Earlier in the day, in his senate office, he was interviewed, “They will note merely that I was among the senators who determined that what the president did was wrong, grievously wrong.”.

“I have found, in business in particular but also in politics, that when something is in your personal best interests, the ability of the mind to rationalize that that’s the right thing is really quite extraordinary. I have seen it in others, and I have seen it in myself.”. He is already being vilified by his party, and their followers. Romney had been the Republican candidate for president in 2012.

Trump junior, who is as quick as his sire to use twitter for grievance and threat, did so within the hour. Sometimes the apple does not fall far, but it soon rots. His father, attacked Romney at a National Prayer Breakfast [sic] to-day [as i wrote above]. Later in the East Room of the Executive Mansion, he did a reprise. He pointed at how great the other Utah senator was. Listening to Caligula ramble, lie, self-aggrandise, self-pity, insult...It became, again, readily apparent that Section IV of the 25th Amendment on presidential succession should be invoked. It would have half of the cabinet to declare Trump as unable to complete the duties of the office. It will not, since thy are all sycophants.
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*Last night, Stephen Colbert spoke on Romney; about faith in God, and oath taking. Colbert quoted from Robert Bolt's, “A Man for all Seasons”, a play about St. Thomas More. Thomas is speaking to his daughter:
“When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then — he needn't hope to find himself again.” — Sir Thomas More, Act II