The Real Peach in the Impeachment Hearings

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Tomorrow the impeachment hearings on President Trump begin.

Each side has for some time been preparing their defense. Media is frothing at the mouth in anticipation. Most of us will be tracking the headlines and details from our prospective areas in the days to come.

But it all makes me wonder: with people having already decided their conclusions and rebuttals, what is the real impact of the impeachment process.

Well, for one thing, our government has ground to a halt. Congress isn't passing any bills, or it's so weighed down that movement is less noticeable than paint drying. For another, the two party system is stretching wider and wider apart and we the voters, are the ones standing with one foot on the boat and the other on the dock as we slowly contemplate when we will fall into the lake of political disaster. Law and the focus on justice seems to have been replaced by a Shibboleth test around loyalty to the president.

So, tonight as I listen to my 5th grader practice his band music and work hard to find the right notes, the sound reminds me of our political system. We can recognize the tune, understand the notes, even feel proud at how good it seems, but we all know it's far from perfect. It's not the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In fairness to my 5th grader, we don't expect it to be. And when we go to the school concerts, we go to support their work and effort because we know it is children learning to play.

But our current political system charges us the price of hearing the Boston Orchestra, has all the pomp and ceremony of a professional production and then launches into a cacophony of 5th grade chaos. And that's why I think it's the American voter who is the real peach in the impeachment hearings. We're the suckers paying the price for something less than we need.

So let's fix it.

Let's vote for something and someone better. Let's vote for people who will work towards a better future for the country and the world, because as the world goes, so we go.

Let's get back to a political system that hums with the musical electricity of tight execution, perfectly mouthed notes and a crescendo that brings the world to a standing ovation because of its profundity and beauty. Let's have a system that leads in the world, instead of being the laughing stock.

Who's with me?