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The members of the senate had an opportunity today to show the nation and the world, once and for all, what they are made of. One courageous senator, Mitt Romney of Utah, chose conscience over politics by announcing his vote to convict the president on abuse of power charges.  Romney is a true patriot and not a partisan tool for the outrage currently being perpetrated by the Republicans in the senate.

The acquittal was, in the words of Senator Angus King, “an acquittal with an asterisk—not exoneration, not a finding of innocence . . . because it (was) the first impeachment ever to occur with no witnesses and no documents produced.”

The abomination that is Mitch McConnell put his perfidy on full display during the closing arguments in the trial, oozing with hypocrisy as he sought to continue the grand illusion that his handling of the proceedings constituted a fair and reasonable response to Minority Leader Schumer’s eloquent entreaty, while simultaneously confirming that no limits exist to the depths to which he would plunge his party in his fevered quest to defeat justice.

Mocking the House Speaker for her stated refusal to accept the results of the acquittal with all the feigned outrage he could muster, McConnell maintained his usual straight face throughout the proceedings. To see him abuse his office so blatantly and shamelessly only served to confirm beyond all doubt the need to defeat him in the upcoming election. Mere words alone fail to express the revulsion felt at the sight of this miserable excuse of a human being upending logic and reason in support of his unholy alliance with the devil he is seeking to protect from justice.

We would all be well-advised to consider the mettle—the true character—of these people, as revealed by how they voted, and remember this November what they showed us on this dark day. There now remains no illusion about the true intent of these people and what they hold as most important. Now it’s up to us to show them ours.

The future of our republic depends on it.

Tim Konrad