With the washing of the waves comes 

the weathering of the rocks

  Consider Maine Senator Susan Collins, who today announced she will vote to acquit the president. I think of the pressure from her home state, and how polling has said she is the most unpopular senator in the nation. To wash away some ill-respect, is she choosing to please voters by voting for acquittal?
   The washing of the waves, in this case, the pressure from the public, wears on a person.
   But, mostly I think of  this -- what she said as her decision made the news
   "This decision is not about whether you like or dislike this President . . ."
   Quite often, in discussing the impeachment, someone would say the only reason we wanted to impeach Trump was because we hated him. This quote from Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah, is among the many suggesting it is all about hatred. "This vote, this day has nothing to do with Ukraine. This vote, this day is about one thing and one thing only: They hate this President."
   Time after time, we heard such quotes. They discredit honest belief that the president should be impeached, by insisting the only reason for impeachment is hatred.
   As if you can't honestly believe he did something wrong. It must be just because you hate him. There can be no other reason. The Republicans thrust line of argument upon us, repeating it so continuously that it echoed throughout the nation, and everyone wondered if the impeachment had nothing to do with whether he did something wrong, but only with whether we hated the President. Sen. Collins picked it up, and it may have influenced her decision to vote for acquittal.
  With the washing of the waves comes the weathering of the rocks.