The media derided President Trump's letter to Speaker Pelosi as deranged. No, friends. This is deranged.

Here's Pelosi's post-impeachment letter to House Dems. Oddly enough, a large chunk of it is just Henry V. Literally.

I write to thank our Democratic Caucus for the outstanding moral courage that has been demonstrated, not only yesterday but every day of this prayerful process. We have defended democracy For The People: honoring the vision of our Founders for a Republic, the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform to defend it and the aspirations of our children to live freely within it. During this historic moment, let us recall the words of King Henry V, as immortalized by Shakespeare: “This day is called the feast of Crispian Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot But he'll remember with advantages What feats he did that day; From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember'd; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.”

Because voting on two articles of impeachment against an opposition president you don't like and then running away from your vote is just like invading France. We did it for the soldiers, the children, and to kill the frogs.

Not only is this sadly lazy. It's the equivalent of writing a term paper that spends most of its time quoting other things.

There's a time and a place for the St Crispin's Day Speech. It's probably not after a vote. And not quite this much of it.

There are also quite a few references to gender that seem outdated in the new Democrat Party which no longer believes in gender. Henry V's speech is after all a classic example of toxic masculinity. Not to mention warmongering. #EndEndlessWars

Anyway, the St Crispin's Day Speech is supposed to nerve up men to go and do something challenging and dangerous without counting the cost. It makes as little sense to recite this after the fact to a faction that thinks of Will as another dead white guy as it does to try and take impeachment hostage.

But if Pelosi really felt the need to quote Shakespeare at length to her crew of miscreants, there was a more obvious choice.