{"id":3818,"date":"2021-01-13T10:23:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=3818"},"modified":"2021-01-13T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:24:04","slug":"signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2021\/01\/13\/signals\/","title":{"rendered":"Signals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">House Republicans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liz Cheney, the only Congressman from Wyoming, entered the US Capitol only five years ago.\u00a0\u00a0She is now the Chairman of the Republican Caucus, the third highest job in the House Republicans.\u00a0\u00a0Meteoric rise doesn\u2019t quite describe Cheney\u2019s ascension to power in a body where longevity is the path to influence.\u00a0\u00a0But Liz Cheney doesn\u2019t just represent Wyoming.\u00a0\u00a0She represents President Ford\u2019s Chief of Staff, the first President Bush\u2019s Secretary of Defense, and the second President Bush\u2019s Vice President. She is the daughter of Dick Cheney.  The full weight of his career and power in the \u201cold\u201d Republican Party is fueling her rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dick Cheney is best remembered for his \u201ccold, hard\u201d visage in the immediate days after 9-11.&nbsp;&nbsp;Speaking from his \u201cundisclosed location\u201d, Cheney was the sharp-edged blade behind the Bush response to the attacks.&nbsp;&nbsp;And while his attitude may be to blame for the excesses of the US Government response, particularly the CIA dark sites where prisoners were tortured and killed, it solidified his position as the leader of the \u201cneo-cons\u201d in the Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And his daughter, either through genetics or example, has inherited his gravitas.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cheney&#8217;s Statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday Liz Cheney, Republican Congressman from Wyoming, Chairman of the Caucus, and daughter of Dick Cheney said this about Republican President Donald Trump:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>Much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.&nbsp; I will vote to impeach the President.&#8221;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/12\/politics\/liz-cheney-trump-impeachment-statement\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Senate Republicans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is called \u201cthe turtle\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Like a turtle, McConnell is often quiet, hiding his intentions beneath his \u201cshell\u201d of silence.&nbsp;&nbsp;And like a turtle, he moves inexorably in a single direction, with no obstacle enough to deter his motion.&nbsp;&nbsp;McConnell has taken some pride in another nickname, \u201cthe Grim Reaper\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dozens of bills, passed by the Democratic House of Representatives, have \u201cdied\u201d on McConnell\u2019s desk.&nbsp;&nbsp;He refuses to bring them to the floor for debate, or a vote, or even to refer them to committees.&nbsp;&nbsp;He has stood as a single roadblock to progressive legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell doesn\u2019t send signals very often.&nbsp;&nbsp;His tactic is more one of quiet surprise.&nbsp;&nbsp;But when the&nbsp;<em>New York Times&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>CNN&nbsp;<\/em>report what McConnell is \u201cthinking\u201d, it\u2019s likely not a mistake.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is Mitch McConnell\u2019s way of communicating to someone, in this case, the President of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<em>\u201cSenator Mitch McConnell has concluded that President Trump committed impeachable offenses and believes that Democrats\u2019 move to impeach him will make it easier to purge Mr. Trump from the party, according to people familiar with Mr. McConnell\u2019s thinking.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/12\/us\/politics\/mcconnell-backs-trump-impeachment.html\">NYT<\/a>)<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nixon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was just graduated from high school in the summer of 1974, painting houses to earn some money as I waited to begin my freshman year at Denison University.&nbsp;&nbsp;July of that summer was one of political tumult.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Supreme Court ordered the \u201cWhite House tapes\u201d be revealed, and America heard the voice of the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, obstruct justice, plan bribes, and prove all of the worst charges of the Watergate conspiracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the tapes came out, Nixon was still the President.&nbsp;&nbsp;The House of Representatives began the process of impeachment, with the House Judiciary Committee under Congressman Peter Rodino holding hearings on the impeachment proposals.&nbsp;&nbsp;Meanwhile, rumors emerged from the White House of a President, deep in his \u201ccups\u201d, speaking to the Presidential portraits on the walls.&nbsp;&nbsp;America was vulnerable and the nuclear codes were still within Nixon\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the committee confirmed the resolution, sending it to the floor of the House for debate and vote, a few Republican leaders went to see Nixon in the White House.&nbsp;&nbsp;Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, House Minority Leader John Rhodes, and Senator and former Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater didn\u2019t tell the President to resign.&nbsp;&nbsp;What they did make clear was that Nixon\u2019s support against impeachment was gone&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/azdc\/2014\/08\/03\/goldwater-rhodes-nixon-resignation\/13497493\/\">(ARZ<\/a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;No one would stand up for him. Nixon was a lawyer, and well aware of the consequences of impeachment and conviction, particularly the financial impact of losing his Presidential pension and perks.&nbsp;&nbsp;The next day, Nixon resigned from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entrenched in his Defiance&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Thanks Hallie Jackson of NBC News \u2013 that\u2019s the perfect phrase!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitch McConnell sent his quiet signal.\u00a0\u00a0Liz Cheney painted hers in giant letters on the wall.\u00a0\u00a0Even Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House Minority Leader, is said to be polling his friends as to whether he should vote for impeachment or not.\u00a0\u00a0While no one feels welcome to walk over to the White House for a conversation with Donald Trump, they cannot signal him more clearly.\u00a0\u00a0His support still exists, but the number of his supporters are dwindling.\u00a0\u00a0And Trump\u2019s powerful tool used to bludgeon Congressmen and Senators into line, the \u201cTweet\u201d, is no longer available.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donald Trump has only a few days left as President.&nbsp;&nbsp;As Nixon once said, \u201cevery fiber of his being\u201d is telling Trump to stay and fight.&nbsp;&nbsp;Trump, like Nixon, not only faces impeachment and possible (and with McConnell maybe probable) conviction.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s not just finances, though Trump definitely could use the money now, with even Deutsche Bank cutting ties.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s also the legal consequences, with Trump facing Federal charges for insurrection with a ten-year possible prison term.&nbsp;&nbsp;And while Trump has fallen out with his Vice President, Mike Pence, there still is a \u201cdeal\u201d to be made:&nbsp;&nbsp;a resignation for a pardon.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t hold your breath.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cEntrenched in his defiance\u201d is an apt description of the President, who is listening to no one but his own \u201cgut\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0And the \u201cgut\u201d is saying: \u201c I can\u2019t be a loser\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans Liz Cheney, the only Congressman from Wyoming, entered the US Capitol only five years ago.\u00a0\u00a0She is now the Chairman of the Republican Caucus, the third highest job in the House Republicans.\u00a0\u00a0Meteoric rise doesn\u2019t quite describe Cheney\u2019s ascension to power in a body where longevity is the path to influence.\u00a0\u00a0But Liz Cheney doesn\u2019t just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2021\/01\/13\/signals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Signals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Signals : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The &quot;old&quot; Republican leadership is signaling the President - it&#039;s time to go. 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