Posted on 01/14/2014 12:45:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
“How “realistic” is Obamacare?”
Quite realistic, in that it actually got passed and is now law. In that respect, much more realistic than impeachment.
True dat. It would make the BJ Clinton impeachment sh*t storm look like a summer breeze.
p.s. why is megyn asking mcconnell this? If she's gonna ask a dumb question, at least ask the guy who be the one who would have to launch it in the House?
Amazing what happens when one tries.
It’ll never happen. The next POTUS, D or R will be handing out pardons like candy on Halloween.
That is an understatement.
qualified? Really? qualified for what?
Impeachment needs to be done....only Obama Supporter RINOs will fight it. It also puts on record who supports Obama.
I am so tired of the GOP excuses
Amazing the lengths people will let wishful thinking take them too.
You’re defeated before you begin. The Democrats thank you for your help.
Cut her a little slack. Who else in the media even asks the question?
“You’re defeated before you begin.”
Well, that’s kind of my point. Impeachment is doomed to fail, so it’s an exercise in futility, wasting time, resources, and energy that should be devoted elsewhere.
Clinton was not in fact made stronger by impeachment. Or rather, the Democrats were not. Has it not been for Clinton, Gore would have been elected President in 2000, for many of the same reasons that Bush I was able to succeed Reagan. But Gore, unable to assume even the appearance of neutrality, had to act as cheerleader for a President whose actions bothered even many Democrats.
You miss the point or ignore it. To be clear: YOU are defeated before you begin. Many Republican apparatchik are Vichy surrender monkeys. I hope you are not one, but your attitude is defeatist.
F&F, AP, IRS, NSA, Seals... take your pick. None should be pursued?
That’s a good point. The Republicans wait until after the mid-terms and the new congress draws up articles of impeachment early on. Then they’ll have a stronger majority (and hopefully a louder voice) and the charges will have plenty of time to be proven valid prior to the 2016 election, so it’s a lot less likely to backfire (through a false media narrative) on those voting for it.
If the Republicans do win in 2014, win both House and Senate, they will have to do something, or they won’t win in 2016. The best thing would to to impeach Obama in direct reaction to a specific act of usurpation of a Congressional power. Already they have a list as long as that list of grievances against George III in the Declaration of Independence.
“The best thing would to to impeach Obama in direct reaction to a specific act of usurpation of a Congressional power.”
Why is that “the best thing” to do? What do you think it would accomplish, exactly?
I know it would make all of us feel better, but I can’t see how it would actually be productive.
The real question here is why would they chose to start using these powers now? They seem to have no fear at all of ourside EVER regaining the Executive. Why is that?
“...your attitude is defeatist”
No, my attitude is realist. If an action can’t hope to accomplish anything, then what is the point in wasting resources pursuing it? Instead you can devote those resources to something that might accomplish something.
Just calling people “defeatists”, because they won’t enthusiastically support something that is already DOA, is just silly. Conservatives are supposed to be pragmatists, not pie-in-the-sky idealists.
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