Mitt Romney's High Noon Moment

     I can't help thinking that it must feel good to be Mitt Romney today.
    In spite of the shunning he's received by members of his own party, in spite of being immediately disinvited from attending this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, in spite of being mocked and derided by Donald Trump, in spite of a bill floated by a Utah lawmaker to recall him from the United States Senate, in spite of all the hate, invective, and threats that have been heaped on him within the last twenty our hours, still it must feel better to be Mitt Romney,

...than to be, say,   

                                            Susan Collins,

...or Lamar Alexander

                                     ...or Marco Rubio,

...or Rob Portman,

...or any of the other Senators who voted yesterday to acquit Donald Trump of charges of abuse of power and then had to shuffle and tap dance their way around having acquitted a man whom they publicly admitted they believed was guilty of the wrongdoing for which he was impeached.
     It's proving to be a difficult dance, indeed, and even if these Senators can convince the public with verbal gymnastics that they did the right thing in voting to keep in power a President whom they know is a reckless liar and a corrupt self-dealer, how much harder will it be to convince their own consciences?
      Mitt Romney, on the other hand, vilified as he may be by his Republican colleagues and constituents, is on the best of terms with his own conscience in this matter, and is still the owner of his soul.

     Because when other Republican Senators caved out of fear of the vengeance of Donald Trump, of what he could inflict on them and their careers,

...Romney had the courage and strength to vote to bring him to justice. 
      Remember "High Noon," the old western in which only one man was brave enough to stand up to the outlaw who was terrorizing the town,

...and was left to face the vengeance of the ruthless outlaw alone?

    Yesterday on the floor of the Senate Mitt Romney had his "High Noon" moment.

     And though his Republican colleagues may shrink back in silence, though not one may have the courage to come to his defense against the attacks he'll face by Donald Trump, his disciples and his sycophants,

...still history will declare Mitt Romney the hero of the day and the other Senators the craven cowards.
      And in the meantime Mitt Romney, scorned, disowned, and isolated, may just be the freest man in the whole U.S.A.

References:
https://www.newsweek.com/sen-mitt-romney-disinvited-cpac-2020-after-voting-hear-witness-testimony-impeachment-trial-1485186

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/1/29/21114269/utah-lawmaker-bill-to-allow-recall-of-us-senator-mitt-romney

https://news.yahoo.com/people-pay-trump-appears-poised-164004126.html