September 2, 2021--25th Amendment

 It appears that a few Republican members of Congress recently discovered we have a Constitution. 

True, they've known something about their favorite part, the 2nd Amendment and bearing arms, but not the worrisome ones that guarantee citizens the right to vote or speak their minds. 

Now they have a new favorite--the 25th Amendment that's about how to remove from office a crazy president.

Republicans have been carrying copies of the Constitution in their jacket pockets, which reminds me of the Chinese embrace of Chairmen's Mao's Little Red Book. 

Florida senator Rick Scott has been tracking this one.

As chair of the Senate GOP campaign committee, he has been raising the prospect of using the 25th Amendment to remove President Biden from office and calling for a congressional investigation into his handling of Afghanistan. 

"After the disastrous events in Afghanistan," he tweeted, "we must confront a serious question: Is Joe Biden capable of discharging the duties of his office or has time come to exercise the provisions of the 25th Amendment?"

If Biden made such a mess in Afghanistan why not just stand back and watch things collapse of their own weight?

Maybe it's because Biden didn't make a political blunder after all. Maybe he actually scored a political victory. Perhaps after the dust settles we'll discover that he was the only one in high office, including four previous presidents, to have the guts to end the 20-year war and take the political risk for that. It may be that he had the insight and political will to do the right thing even though he knew there would be American casualties and prices to pay.

Republicans could be worried about that.

Or maybe they like Kamala Harris so much that they can't wait until 2022 to vote for her for president.