I Have Trouble Thinking For Myself.

I can’t help but think that nearly every government official feels this way whenever they have to vote on something.  How could I think otherwise?  At the impeachment circus today, senators voted to not allow witnesses and the vote was nearly along party lines.  I can’t believe anyone in their right mind would not allow witnesses to determine the validity and extent of what Trump was accused of?  Oh wait, they aren’t in their right mind.  The Republican senators are making their decisions out of fear of being berated by the big, bad president. What’s worse is that I heard lame excuses from these senator’s like, “Let the people decide.”  Well, they did decide…they decided when they voted you into office and trusted you to make decisions for yourself and your constituents based on what is honest and right, not out of fear of the president’s wrath or your concern about getting re-elected.  Our federal government has to be the worst institution for groupthink in the U.S. and it only perpetuates the societal divide.