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Palin the constitutional expert (She must be right over the target)
The Hill ^ | July 11, 2014 | A.B. Stoddard

Posted on 07/11/2014 8:45:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

It has been a while since former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) embarrassed herself, but staying out of the news isn't good for her livelihood, which relies on lucrative speeches, television appearances and a regular stream of news accounts of her Facebook posts where she offers up her special brand of leadership. So since things have been a bit quiet for her, this week she insisted that everyone who resists impeaching President Obama must go. In her words, "we should vehemently oppose any politician on the left or right who would hesitate in voting for articles of impeachment," and this other choice sentence: "Enough is enough of the years of abuse from this president. His unsecured border crisis is the last straw that makes the battered wife say, 'No mas.' Opening our borders to a flood of illegal immigrants is deliberate. It's time to impeach." She surely didn't want you to miss her slap at Latino battered wives while she accused the president of the United States of intentionally creating a humanitarian crisis involving more than 70,000 people.

It must have been too much fun for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to face reporters this week, knowing he would be asked to weigh in on the latest guidance Palin had offered up to the Grand Old Party. "I disagree," Boehner said, something he had to repeat when asked the question — again — another way. In her inspirational call to arms, Palin had made a point of mocking the suit Boehner is filing against Obama on behalf of House Republicans, saying "you don't bring a lawsuit to a gun fight." That's pretty rich, considering the lawsuit was created in order to quiet conservatives calling for impeachment. Rational Republicans decided a long time ago that impeaching Obama is a one-way ticket to political irrelevance. Which is why someone like Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — looking for a future in politics, possibly including the presidency, instead of a past — had to admit when pressed by CNN that "that's not my position."

And then there is Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who gets credit for birthing the phenomenon that is Palin. Shocker — he also disagrees. "I respect always Sarah Palin's views, but my particular view is that we should devote our energies to regaining the majority in the Senate," McCain said. "I saw the impeachment scenario with former President Clinton and it was not a good thing to do. The American people didn't like it. The American people wanted us to do their work and that was overall opinion at the time. It did not sit well with the American people." Trying to urge reason in an unreasonable debate, McCain said that "the real answer is to get control of the United States Senate and then we can enact legislation which would curb exactly what Sarah Palin and others want to impeach him for. You're never going to get 67 votes in the United States Senate either." Those trying to "defund" Obamacare last year never let a lack of votes get in their way.

Palin isn't the first conservative calling to impeach the president, and she won't be the last. There are conservatives everywhere hoping Obama could somehow be convicted of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors," but those experts on the Constitution should spend some more time looking those words up in the dictionary and giving some thought to a legal path forward, particularly before giving any money to a "leader" or lawmaker who tells them that just like defunding ObamaCare, the votes are there.

Democrats can count — their email titled "Palin Humiliated" (about her impeachment push) brought in 10,000 donations in 24 hours to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.


TOPICS: Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2014; boehner; congress; democrats; getpalin; gosarah; impeachment; impeachobama; mccain; obama; palin; sarahpalin
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To: lulu16

http://www.alexandrastoddard.com/meet.asp


41 posted on 07/11/2014 11:47:07 PM PDT by kcvl
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When Alexandra was 16 years old, her aunt, Ruth Elizabeth Johns, a renowned international social worker, took her around the world, exposing her to architecture, design and beauty; also sorrow and suffering. This eye-opening tour gave depth to her literary career and enlarged her understanding of human nature and of our universal search for meaning and greater purpose in our lives.

Alexandra’s distinguished interior design career began in 1963, when she joined McMillen, Inc., becoming a protégée of Eleanor McMillen Brown, the firm’s founder. Alexandra became one of America’s top design professionals, and thereafter established her own design firm, Alexandra Stoddard Incorporated.


42 posted on 07/11/2014 11:48:43 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: lulu16

Her father...

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19890322&id=1gJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NowDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4688,1877521

After 25 Years, Veteran ABC Executive Brandon Stoddard Reveals Plans to Step Down in June

March 23, 1995|
JAMES BATES

Veteran ABC executive Brandon Stoddard announced Wednesday that he will leave the company in June after 25 years, most recently as head of the network’s in-house production arm.

Stoddard, 57, has headed ABC Productions since it was founded in 1989, overseeing the unit’s involvement in such shows as the critically acclaimed “My So-Called Life” and “Me and the Boys.”


43 posted on 07/11/2014 11:58:09 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kiryandil
So, I take it that A.B. is even less a Constitutional expert than is Palin. But, unlike Palin, A.B. makes a habit of embarrassing herself
44 posted on 07/12/2014 12:00:54 AM PDT by Razz Barry (Round'em up, send'em home.)
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To: kcvl

Those hands. Did she work fast drying concrete on the side?


45 posted on 07/12/2014 12:17:08 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I just read all 27 of the comments. Overwhelmingly, "Palin is right" is the consensus.
46 posted on 07/12/2014 2:09:02 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; fieldmarshaldj; Army Air Corps; doc1019; KC_Lion; All
Mrs. Stoddard is not getting as much love in the comments over there as I expected.

The reader comments at any site, especially MSM and leftist sites, tell more about what's going on in America than the story they're commenting on.

47 posted on 07/12/2014 2:13:39 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: upchuck
“The average price per gallon on Jan 20, 2009 was $1.83. Had enough Obama Hope and Change yet?”

I put one on the pump every time I fill up.

Very good! BUMP

48 posted on 07/12/2014 2:19:09 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: Finny

A lot of those other websites, when the leftists comment, they usually are trollish comments as opposed to constructive ones (little attempt to appear rational, screaming about “wingnuts” and “teabaggers”).

If they’re leftist regulars, especially, act indignant if Drudge features the article, so their little echo chamber dares to have a different sound (so their elitism is on full display).

So with the left, you either get the trolls, spambots, moonbats or snobs.


49 posted on 07/12/2014 3:06:53 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: kcvl
Hey, Stoddard's mom was a "lifestyle philosopher."

Quit picking on her.

50 posted on 07/12/2014 4:07:13 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim ("It is not the color of his skin, ... it is the blackness that fills his soul")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Palin isn't the first conservative calling to impeach the president, and she won't be the last.

So what's the problem, again?

51 posted on 07/12/2014 4:19:34 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Army Air Corps; Ray76; Finny; onyx; Resettozero; Windflier; Abbeville Conservative; ...
Ask and you shall recieve Ping to Sarah's Awesome List!

We are Constantly reacting to the lib's

You win by making your enemy react to YOU

Also they say Impeachment will get the Lib's fired up to vote in the Mid-Terms

...Um....Won't it get our side fired up for the Mid-Terms Too? Getting the vote out works both ways, it will show OUR people that we are serious.

We need to spend more time getting to OUR base rather than pandering to THEIRS!!!


52 posted on 07/12/2014 4:49:08 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
A.B. Stoddard = A BOZO Stoddard!
53 posted on 07/12/2014 6:19:37 AM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Stopped readind after the first line. I have important things to do like watch my toe nails grow.


54 posted on 07/12/2014 6:55:42 AM PDT by bravo whiskey (we shouldn't fear the government. the government should fear us.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pot meed kettle. Stoddard is among those who think that anyone who opposes obama must go.

To jail.

To re-education camp.

To concentration camp.


55 posted on 07/12/2014 9:59:58 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: eCSMaster

That caught my eye as well. Just what IS that?????


56 posted on 07/12/2014 4:37:07 PM PDT by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The stupid is strong with this one.

I can’t stand her on the Special Report panel. She repackages others thoughts as her own, even though it is mostly drivel.


57 posted on 07/14/2014 9:07:15 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The stupid is strong with this one.

I can’t stand her on the Special Report panel. She repackages others thoughts as her own, even though it is mostly drivel.


58 posted on 07/14/2014 9:09:50 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: exit82

Wow—fast on the trigger button—sorry for the double post.


59 posted on 07/14/2014 9:12:06 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The comments aren’t loading....


60 posted on 07/14/2014 9:20:27 AM PDT by uncitizen (Buckle up! We're on the Facism Fast Track!)
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