I know I’ll never win a prize for investigative journalism, but the drum that I beat remains important. That drum comes right out of the Bible where we read, “The first one to plead his cause seems right, until his neighbor comes and examines him” (Proverbs 18:17). My constant plea is that we learn greater patience and cease with jumping to conclusions. I seek to apply this principle whether it is my friends or my enemies who are being accused.
Which is not so difficult this time. It is because I am as politically conservative as I am that I have had from the start many concerns with President Trump. Better than Hillary? Well yes, of course. The person we should have voted for? Perhaps so. Full of pleasant surprises? Most certainly. To be trusted? I don’t think so. Which means, it’s possible the previous president may have encouraged what could only be legally recognized as a coup attempt.
It is also possible that the coup he attempted was an attempt to counter an earlier successful coup by his political opponents. It is also possible that some of his friends plotted a coup and he played it too cute. Finally, it’s possible his friends plotted a coup and he was clueless about it. I don’t know. How could I?
The Democratic party is utterly untrustworthy. ABC News is utterly untrustworthy. None of which makes President Trump in the least bit trustworthy. Which is not something I’m especially worried about. Because I have never hitched my wagon to President Trump’s wagon. When he did well he did well in combatting liberals of the political and journalistic kind. Hip hip I say. I say it because I’m conservative, a position that both existed and had a deep place in my heart long before President Trump was even known. My conservative convictions will remain undaunted and unstained should the President actually be found actually guilty of actual treason.
That President Trump assaulted the opposite side of the aisle with Trump Derangement Syndrome is not certain evidence that he is God’s special hero. That he nominated conservative justices isn’t proof that he is beyond wicked doings. That some professing Christians claimed to have had messages from God that he is the true president doesn’t mean that he is. What fools we are that we begin our investigation with our conclusion already reached, and then only look at evidence that supports us.
I am not of a mind to scour the internet looking for proof of the crookedness of the investigators of January 6. I’m not inclined to seek out further proof of the election being stolen. Even when conspiracy theories turn out to be true, they don’t cease to be rabbit holes. I’m not hoping my political allies will build a coalition with Trumpsters, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and Promise Keepers. I’m hoping, and praying, that justice will prevail, the guilty will be exposed and that the Lord’s good reign will be acknowledged from sea to shining shore. For that, I don’t need to know, nor refute what this panel concludes.
Good piece. Thanks. I feel the same way.