Sleeping On the Job

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 the USA Today published an interesting, and disturbing article in the midst of the Presidential impeachment trial of Donald Trump.  The article is titled "Sleeping, snacking: What you don't get to see on TV", and it describes just that.

Off camera a number of the 100 Senators are observed doing a lot of things, none of which is paying attention to the proceedings, that were so earth-shattering that they had to be addressed immediately.  Some of the extracurricular activities seen were: passing notes among one another, whispering in conversation, snacking (talking and eating on the Senate floor are not allowed), playing with key rings, working crossword puzzles, snoozing, and the worst of all - playing with fidget spinners.

The names of these "offenders" were listed in the article, and just so I don't seem to be biased, there were as many Republicans as Democrats with their attention elsewhere.

The impeachment trial in and of itself is monumental.  A sitting President is being impeached during an election year, and there is a possibility that he could be removed from office.  The country will certainly be torn in two if that were to occur.  I would like to think that those that are going to be making this decision would at least have the maturity to actually be listening to the on-going testimony.

Time after time these representatives continue to be re-elected by their constituents, regardless of their performance in office.

We the "sheeple" need to wake up and decided if these are the people we want making decisions and speaking for us.  We need to pay attention to who's doing what, and when election time comes around vote for who and what we truly stand for.

Those that have been seen paying less than 100% attention to these proceedings should be the first ones we vote OUT of office, regardless of their party affiliation.

The impeachment trial is already enough of an embarrassment to our nation.  The conduct of our leaders makes it doubly so.