This installment of Frank on Friday is about the idiotic, wasteful and malicious second impeachment of Donald Trump.  I looked for a catchy title that included the word “impeachment,” but then it occurred to me that, what we have here is just the latest version of what Joseph Heller described in his novel, Catch 22.  We’ll call it Catch 2021.  The novel is about a WWII bomber crew.  Those crewmen had a 29% chance of surviving 30 missions.  Catch 22 provided that if you’re crazy you don’t have to fly, and to fly missions, you have to be crazy.  You can apply to be excused.  But doing that proves you’re not crazy, so you must keep flying.  Now, we know the Democrats in the Congress are certifiably crazy, and were crazy even before Trump arrived on the scene.  His arrival triggered TDS, Trump Derangement Syndrome, which drove them to try to destroy Trump, his family, anyone who ever worked for him, and any evidence that he ever existed.  It’s pretty sick.  They impeached him the first time for an innocent phone call, in which he dared to suggest that Hunter Biden might be a fit subject for investigation.  Outrageous!  Of course, while that farce was going on, the FBI never bothered to mention that Hunter already was being investigated – by them.  No harm though.  Trump was acquitted and Christopher Wray got to keep his job.  The second impeachment is an even bigger load of horseshit.  Although Wray’s FBI knew in advance that some bad actors were planning violence at the Capitol, Trump is guilty of promoting insurrection because, after the bad actors had already acted, he told supporters to make their voices heard, “peacefully and patriotically.”  This would be bad enough if Trump was still President.  He’s not in office anymore, but that doesn’t matter, he still must be removed.  Only the president, vice-president or civil officers of the United States may be impeached.  The purpose of impeachment is removal from office, after which, the official may be prevented from holding another office.  Nancy Pelosi says impeachment is necessary to defend our democracy and Constitution.  So, our Constitution says only a designated office holder may be impeached, but the Dems say the only way to defend our Constitution is to impeach someone who’s not an office holder, and shut down the Congress for a sham trial.  You’d have to be crazy to do something like that, and crazy people shouldn’t be running the government.  But if you tell them they’re crazy you’re un-American for failing to protect the Constitution by violating the Constitution.  It’s Catch 2021.  Welcome to the era of Biden unity.  What do the experts say?  Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz says you can’t impeach  a former President, and the case should never come to trial.  Former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig agrees, calling the effort political theater. “Once Trump’s term ends, Congress loses its constitutional authority to continue impeachment proceedings against him.”  So if they can’t legally do this, how are they doing it?  Back to Catch 22, which also provides, “They have a right to do anything we can’t stop them from doing.”  Hence, whatever they do is legal, even if the Constitution says it’s not legal.  The Great One, Mark Levin has called the endless war against Donald Trump “really repulsive.”  Professor Jonathan Turley is even more blunt, comparing the second Trump impeachment to the Cadaver Synod.  In 897, Pope Stephen VI was angry with the actions of Pope Formosus, who had died in 896.  Pope Stephen decided to get even with the late Pope.   He pulled Formosus out of his tomb, propped him up in court, and convicted him of variety of violations.  They cut three fingers off Formosus’ hand, then threw his body in the Tiber River.  It’s not an isolated case.  Oliver Cromwell was instrumental in the English Civil War that resulted in the execution of Charles I.  Cromwell died of natural causes in 1658, but, 360 years ago tomorrow, on January 30, 1661, a mob dug up Cromwell’s body, hung it in chains and then beheaded it, for treason!  This latest impeachment effort makes almost as much sense.  It makes you wonder what’s motivating the deluded Democrats.  There’s a simple answer.  Hatred and fear.  Soon after The Godfather movie was released, there was a comedy record album called, Everything You Want to Know About the Godfather, But Don’t Ask.  The album featured satiric take-offs on The Godfather theme.  In one of them, two mobsters are discussing the killing of a rival.  One mobster says with pride, “Even after they hit him, they put a bomb in his hearse.  That’s real hate.”  That same kind of hate is one of the motivations for Democrats.  Trump spoiled their 2016 party, and delayed the advance of Socialism.  They used all means, legal and illegal to get rid of him, and they succeeded.  He may be gone, yet they fear his return.  Which is yet another Catch 2021.  According to Democrats, Trump is so universally regarded as a threat to our way of life, and is so guilty and repulsive, that he must be impeached even after having left office.  But even though they’re so firmly convinced that Trump is universally despised and disgraced, they’re also afraid that he’s so popular that he may be reelected.  I rest my case.  Brain damage.  Democrats have to be brain damaged to believe this impeachment will help them.  If they were sane, having defeated Trump, they would have thanked him for his service, and told him, “Don’t let the White House door hit you in the ass on your way out.”  But they can’t let it go.  The truth is Democrats need Trump because hating Trump is the only thing they agree on.  They need a villain to distract the country from corrupt demented imbecile Joe Biden.  But by impeaching Trump, they’re playing right into his hands.  Let’s face it, nobody plays the Martyr better than Trump.  “Witch hunt.”  “Fake news.”  The only thing Democrats have to gain by impeachment is to prevent Trump from holding office again.  At 78 years old in 2024, that’s unlikely.  By doing this, Democrats are just giving Trump more coal to fire up his supporters.  It’s a big mistake.  They need 67 votes to convict him.  They may have 55.  Either way it doesn’t matter.  Unless they manage to convict him, cut out his tongue and throw him in the Potomac River, they’ll still have to deal with Trump in the future, which is the ultimate Catch 2021.  They need Trump to stay in power, but Trump is the greatest threat to their power.  Come what may, the Democrats are marching on with impeachment.  Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 character Yossarian said it best, “Insanity is contagious.”