George Parry: "How Not to Impeach a President"

Writing in The American Spectator today, George Parry says "arrogance and incompetence were all the spiteful Dems had to offer." A couple of excerpts:

"Obviously, this latest failed effort to depose Trump has left the Democrats frustrated, bitterly disappointed and, quite possibly, wondering how their sure-fire impeachment gambit turned into such a political train wreck.... How, the Democrats may ask, did things go so wrong?
On this last point, maybe I can help explain why the impeachment became an unmitigated, self-defeating mess....

"Having a certifiable mental case like Adam Schiff preside over the House proceedings and then serve as one of the House Managers at the Senate trial was a calamitous and entirely avoidable self-inflicted wound. Ever since Trump's 2016 election, Schiff has exhibited a messianic detachment from reality and sociopathic compulsion to prevaricate.

"For years, he has publicly and repeatedly insisted that he has secret, conclusive proof that Trump colluded with the Russians. Even after the exhaustive investigations by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General exposed Russian collusion as a hoax, Schiff has neither retracted his claim nor disclosed his hidden evidence....

"But as bad as Schiff has been, he does not hold a unique distinction among the benighted House Managers for idiotic, self-defeating behavior. Take, for example, House Manager Jerrold Nadler’s bizarre attempt to intimidate the senators by claiming that a vote to acquit Trump would be tantamount to engaging in a cover-up. Slick move, Jerry. Crapping on the jury is always a winning technique....

"This is by no means a complete catalog of the House Managers’ self-defeating, unethical, and dishonest acts that will result in Trump’s acquittal. But you get the idea. Having been cossetted, protected, and praised by their mainstream media fan club, the House Managers have presented their case with fatal arrogance and stupidity which has all but guaranteed the president’s upcoming acquittal."