AHEM, AHEM, HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THIS?  THUS SAY THE US SENATORS, WHO ARE MAKING FOOLS OF THEMSELVES – AT 5:45 P.M.:  Now there is a proposal to forget the impeachment trial, where an acquittal is almost certain, and replace it with a censure resolution.  A censure resolution isn't worth the paper it's printed on, but it makes people feel good and righteous.  From Fox: 

With only five Republicans joining all 50 Democrats in the Senate on Tuesday in rejecting a push by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky to declare the trial unconstitutional, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Trump’s second impeachment trial will likely end in acquittal.

And that’s spurring two moderate senators – Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who was one of the five GOP lawmakers to say the trial’s constitutional – to pitch to their colleagues in the chamber an option to censure Trump.

"I think it's pretty obvious from the vote today that it is extraordinarily unlikely that the president will be convicted. Just do the math," Collins said on Tuesday evening.

Kaine told reporters on Wednesday that censure could be an alternative to holding a trial that would divert precious Senate time from confirming President Biden’s Cabinet nominees and passing coronavirus pandemic vaccination funding and relief aid.

"I have been talking with a number of my colleagues, a handful, for a couple of weeks about the likelihood that we would fall short on impeachment. And by doing that, not only will we fall short but we would use time for something that we could be using for COVID relief, which I think is just so dire right now," Kaine said.

"To do a trial knowing you'll get 55 votes at the max seems to me to be not the right prioritization of our time," Kaine added. "Obviously we do a trial, maybe we can do it fast but my top priority is COVID relief and getting the Biden cabinet approved."

COMMENT:  But Democratic Leader Schumer insists there will be a trial.  He has got to please the kamikaze wing of the Democratic Party, which dreams of a revolution featuring guillotines.

The trial is ridiculous, and likely unconstitutional.  Added to Biden's first week in office, with its leftist executive orders, we are truly living in a brave new world.

January 27, 2021