Friday, February 12, 2021

Refreshing my fond memory of the book Profiles in Courage/Carlos Pueblo

 Refreshing my fond memory of the book Profiles in Courage/Carlos Pueblo

Since this Tuesday, I have been watching the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump for the second time. It is very refreshing for me to remember John Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage, where he describes several senators in the history to buck their own party's policy to pursue their own decisions. Now I have seen 10 Republican House members voted for Trump's 2nd impeachment while 6 Republican senators voted to take the impeachment. They meet Kennedy's Profiles in Courage and should be awarded his price under that book's name.

Trump lost 200,000 votes in my Harris County, Texas and behind Biden 7 million votes nationwide. He doesn't concede his loss yet attempt to prolong his struggle to keep his position. He tried to create a military tension in the South China Sea to have a conflict of war with China. His defense ministers resigned. He couldn't move the U.S. Army to press some dissidents and have lost all court challenge across several States. He was very desperate and incited a mob of his followers to attack the Capitol to stop a final procedure of the 2020 election. His attorney's argument is like this, it is a riot yet it is not an insurrection because that is not like a military coup like occupying a television station, etc. They all say that the Senate will acquit him again. I believe it that there are not enough Senators with conscience and the Profile of Courage.

I always wonder how much Trump know the politic. Does he firmly believe that he can move that much of crowd to the Capitol to stop the final sanction of the election and kick Biden out of the Inauguration? Just compare the number? Biden has 7 million more. The Confederate had had more than 6 States and a real military force fighting four years and still couldn't make it. Just these couple thousands talk tough person can overthrow the U.S. political system? This is just a beginning of his challenge to face the laws and I like to see how he can get out of the up coming trouble of his business. I believe that he has a mental issue.

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