{"id":3891,"date":"2021-01-28T09:16:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T14:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=3891"},"modified":"2021-01-28T09:26:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T14:26:38","slug":"profiles-in-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2021\/01\/28\/profiles-in-courage\/","title":{"rendered":"Profiles in Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since writing this essay – the Department of Homeland Security sent out a National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin<\/a> warning of terrorist threats from “domestic extremists” with <\/em>“…objections to the Presidential transition” and “fueled by false narratives”. It’s all not just about votes from Donald Trump.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Friend<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I had a long conversation with an old friend Tuesday night.\u00a0\u00a0While we don\u2019t share all the same political philosophies, we have been able to reach across our differences and build bridges, connections that I highly value.\u00a0\u00a0Unlike most of the political conversations in our era, we have been able to keep our differences from driving us apart.\u00a0\u00a0But that night, I blew it, and I am sorry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sorry for how I feel, but I am sorry that my old friend bore the written brunt of my emotions.  I am usually able to see practical politics over rhetoric, and recognize that politicians respond to differing pressures than just \u201cright and wrong\u201d.  And my friend called me to reality last night \u2013 the reality that regardless of what happened in the Capitol on January 6th<\/sup>, the majority of Republican Senators will find a way to avoid a vote against Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s probably right.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profiles <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When I was twelve years old, I read John F. Kennedy\u2019s book, Profiles in Courage.<\/em>  Kennedy knew a little bit about courage himself.  In World War II, he saved his PT Boat crew members from drowning and capture by swimming miles in the dark between islands in the Pacific.  As he would say, \u201cI got my boat sunk,\u201d but we know that he went far beyond \u201cnormal\u201d heroics.  And he did it with a damaged back, one that would deteriorate so much that fifteen years later he spent months in bed recovering from surgery.  And that\u2019s when he wrote a book about courage, political courage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennedy wrote about eight members of Congress who risked (some lost) their political careers to stand up for a principle they believed in.  It wasn\u2019t about the physical courage that Kennedy showed in the Pacific nights, it was about political courage in the bright sunshine of open Congressional debate.  And it wasn\u2019t even necessarily that they were on the \u201cright\u201d side of the issue.  It was that they believed that they were in the right, and were willing to stand for that right despite the political costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know a lot more about John Kennedy than we did back when I was twelve.  But, personal flaws and all, Kennedy\u2019s book revealed a new level of \u201cduty\u201d to me, one that I haven\u2019t forgotten in the more than half a century since I read the book (damn \u2013 that\u2019s a long time). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kicking the Ball<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It set my expectations for our legislators.  I knew that they would generally do what they thought best.  And fifty years of politics informs me that \u201cbest\u201d was generally what was best for their own political interest.  It\u2019s the nature of the profession.  But what I did expect is that in an issue of national import, when the founding principles of our nation were on the line, at least some of them would put principle over party, and over their own political careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump era should have taught me different.  I\u2019ve become Charlie Brown, constantly trying to kick the football that Lucy pulls away.  Again and again, I line up to swing at that ball, only to land flat on my back.  And so I lined up again Tuesday, watching the United States Senate debate the impeachment trial of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fig Leaf<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The term \u201cfig leaf\u201d goes back much farther than half a century.  It comes from the first book of the Bible, Genesis.  Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden, an idyllic life where clothing was unnecessary.  But when they \u201cpartook of the forbidden fruit\u201d, they gained forbidden knowledge, and were embarrassed by their nakedness.  So they took fig leaves and covered themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some members of the United States Senate have made the political calculation that they must support Donald Trump.  This, in spite of the clear evidence that Trump incited rioters to attack the Congress, including those same members.  In all of the history of the United States, it is the first time a President has tried to violently intimidate the Congress.  It is the most dangerous threat to the Constitution since the secession of states before the Civil War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But though out of office, Donald Trump maintains political power, and some of the Senators are afraid they will be \u201cprimaried\u201d and lose their office.  Unlike Kennedy\u2019s eight \u201cprofiles in courage\u201d, these Senators are putting their political careers ahead of principle.  But they need a \u201cfig leaf\u201d, something to hide their embarrassing act from public view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misinterpretation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rand Paul, the junior Senator from Kentucky provided that \u201cfig leaf\u201d Tuesday.  He argued that, since Donald Trump was no longer the President, the Senate no longer had jurisdiction over him.  Regardless of his prior actions as President, the fact that he was no longer in office puts him beyond the reach of the Congress, was Paul’s theme.  And that argument does fit in with our \u201cSchoolhouse Rock\u201d understanding of the impeachment and conviction process, where we learned that it was about removing the President (and other high officials).  That’s why it was no surprise that when Nixon resigned from office, impeachment went away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the legal precedent, what the Senate has done before, is the opposite.  The Senate has tried \u201cformer\u201d officials in the past.  And that is because the Constitution specifically states that the penalties for conviction are two-fold:  removal from office and a second vote to ban from future office.  Practically, the Founding Fathers envisioned both, and resignation or end of term shouldn\u2019t relieve a convicted \u201chigh official\u201d from the second penalty. Nixon, by the way, was already ineligible to run for the Presidency again, having served most of two terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Rand Paul offered this \u201cfig leaf\u201d to obscure what some Republican Senators are doing.  They are standing on false \u201ctechnicalities\u201d rather than stating the obvious:  regardless of the heinous actions of Donald Trump, they are more afraid of his political power than they are of his threat to the Republic.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take Courage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Democrats aren\u2019t afraid.  And five Republican Senators aren\u2019t afraid either.  Toomey of Pennsylvania,  has already said he won\u2019t run for re-election, removing the threat that Trump represents.  Three more, Romney of Utah, Murkowski of Alaska and Collins of Maine, believe that their constituents will stay with them.  And one, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, has made a choice of courage over expediency.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But forty-five Republican Senators are crowding behind that little \u201cfig leaf\u201d, trying to hide their naked political fear of Donald Trump\u2019s tweets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I am tired of the statement: well if it was a “secret ballot” Trump would be convicted 90 to 10. It’s time for “Profiles in Courage”, and that means speaking out in the open. But that’s probably not to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s my best case?  That several of these Republicans figure it\u2019s not worth the Trump generated pressure for the next three weeks.  So they vote \u201cfor the fig leaf\u201d, but when it all comes down will vote to convict the clearly guilty President, and ban him from office.  Hang onto that football, Lucy.  Some like Mitch McConnell and Rob Portman, have even sent vague signals that it might be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And my worst case?  That they truly won\u2019t stand up for the Constitution, that they are so afraid of the power of the \u201cTrump Base\u201d that they will \u201cstand with Trump\u201d, just as they did after the \u201cperfect phone call\u201d to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My old friend believes that will be the case, and thinks we ought to move onto the future.  He isn\u2019t ignoring the past; he\u2019s just recognizing political reality.  Senators Kaine of Virginia and Collins of Maine agree with him. They are \u201cfloating\u201d the idea of a Congressional Censure \u2013 a slap on Donald Trump\u2019s wrist with no actual penalties.  It may be the best they can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will agree on one issue.  The dark power that Donald Trump tapped into as President will not go away with his impeachment, removal or banning.  He is not the cause. He is the symptom.  So it\u2019s more than Charlie Brown foolish to think a \u201cprincipled\u201d vote of the Senate will change the divide in American politics.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it would be a start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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