IT'S COME TO THIS – MALICE IN BLUNDERLAND – AT 8:45 P.M. ET:  Not only are the Kamikaze Dems plunging forward with their impeachment trial of a president who can no longer be tried because he's out of office, they're doing it in the worst possible way.  From Fox: 

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., pledged Monday to remain impartial in his role presiding over former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial next month despite his past call for the Senate to convict Trump over his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Under normal conditions, the Constitution dictates that Chief Justice John Roberts would preside over an impeachment trial. However, since Trump has already left office, Roberts is not constitutionally required to fill the role and Leahy, the Senate’s president pro tempore, will take his place.

Leahy, 80, was a vocal critic of Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol, calling for him to be convicted on impeachment charges and barred from holding office in the future. But in a statement released shortly after his key role in the trial surfaced, Leahy said his personal political views would not impact his judgment.

"When presiding over an impeachment trial, the president pro tempore takes an additional special oath to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws," Leahy said in a statement. "It is an oath that I take extraordinarily seriously."

"I consider holding the office of the president pro tempore and the responsibilities that come with it to be one of the highest honors and most serious responsibilities of my career," he added. "When I preside over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, I will not waver from my constitutional and sworn obligations to administer the trial with fairness, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws."

COMMENT:  Oh please.  Oh please.  The Chief Justice of the United States declined to preside because the whole thing is a farce.  And so a hyper-partisan senator gets the job.  How comforting to the American people.

And this, less than a week after the new Democratic president pledges unity.  That pledge disappeared pretty fast, didn't it?

I'm sure the editors of the Washington Post and The New York Times will now come up with reasons why this is the best path for the American people.  The 75 million people who voted for Donald Trump will not be asked to comment.

January 25, 2021