Wink and a Nod

One of the reasons that I am so emotionally troubled by the impeachment proceedings is that they remind me a lot of what I've seen in the nursing home industry.  Every nursing home says that they don't hire a medical director for the purpose of that doctor bringing patients to their facility.  Just because they say it's not true, doesn't make it not true!  Today, Sondland said that what Trump was asking him to do was a quid pro quo, while at the same time, Trump told him "there's no quid pro quo."  Give me a friggin break!  Donald Trumps modus operandi is to say he doesn't do something when in fact he does it.  At least he does that until his lie is fully exposed.  He didn't use the disgusting language in the Access Hollywood tape.  Well, he did, but it was just "locker room talk."  Utter bullshit!

But this isn't uncommon in the business world, or the world in general.  The concept of a "wink and a nod," is very common.  In the nursing home industry, one of my favorite lines is that when a nursing home administrator says "we're not hiring this medical director in order for him/her to bring us patients," and a speck of dust hits their eye and they wink...well, you get the point.  The nursing home industry is rife with this type of behavior.  Now we're seeing this portrayed in the impeachment process.  Only the Republicans aren't bothering to wink and nod.  They're just going right to ignoring the truth and common sense.

I don't know what's next.  I understand that this type of behavior has probably gone on since the founding of our country.  I understand that this stuff happens all the time.  I also understand that two wrongs don't make a right.  So, we're back to where we were the past few days.  The American people will hear the truth.  Democrats will impeach the President.  Republicans will not convict him in the Senate.  We have an election in one year.  Nothing's really changed.