Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Will House GOP do what's right? (...initiation of impeachment hearings to flush out evidence)
WND ^ | June 6, 2013 | Alan Keyes

Posted on 06/07/2013 11:05:32 AM PDT by Perseverando

[As interest in impeachment grows, I offer the following thoughts, reflecting my own ongoing efforts to help people think things through.]

Between right and wrong, the intended purpose of just government is to take the side of right. Given the finite nature of human power, the members of civil society may not always have the power to assure that it does so. Moreover, whatever the right intentions of people in the society at large, a government established in view of justice may nonetheless fall into the hands of people who do not take that view. When it pleases them, such people reject the choices prompted by conscience, in light of the Creator’s endowment of right. Because their choice to do so involves the defiance of good conscience, their abuses of power reflect the defection of their will from the Creator’s righteous endowment of their nature. How then can these abuses be attributed to His divine will rather than their own all too human willfulness?

What I have always admired about the American founders is the skill with which they devised and implemented a scheme for just government that offered people of goodwill the opportunity to do right or oppose wrong (i.e., exercise and/or stand upon their rights) whenever they summoned the courage and determination to do so. On account of their foresight, a few people, sometimes even only one person, can raise a standard to which people of goodwill repair. As long as the word right is fundamentally connected with righteousness, the doctrine of unalienable rights gives great support and encouragement to people willing to take a stand (as people quite literally did during the era of the founding; or the contention over slavery; or the various movements for equal civil/political rights.)

Tragically we have come to a time

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: impeachemnt; tyranny
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-26 last
To: Perseverando
I've been against impeaching Obastard for quite some time (well, for as long as FReepers have been suggesting it, IOW since 1/21/09) because of how it went in '99 when it actually helped Clinton, but a column by Burt Prelutsky the other day has me reconsidering it.

Impeach the S.O.B.!

Sez Burt:

"But I no longer care about the end result. I want Obama to go through the process because he has it coming."

"If for no other reason than his unbearable arrogance, the schmuck should have to pay a penalty. For instance, when a White House reporter asked him to justify spying on the Associated Press, Obama said, “I’ve still got 60,000-plus troops in Afghanistan and I still have a bunch of intelligence officers around the world.” No, sir, the United States has 60,000-plus troops in Afghanistan and a bunch of intelligence officers around the world."

I don't know why, but I thought Burt died a few years ago. Thank goodness he did not!

21 posted on 06/07/2013 1:29:39 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jeffc
Impeachment proceedings should wait until we own the Senate

67 votes in the Senate, as presently chosen, is an impossibility.

Look, it's coming to a fight. When Nixon stood accused, the Republicans said, "We don't believe it, so we are going to make you prove it, but if you can, he's out". When Obama is accused of worse, the Democrats say, "Good, we're glad he did it, and if you think you can do anything about it, f*** you".

Peaceful coexistence with these people is impossible. We will never have 67 votes in the Senate without repealing XVII.

Keep your powder dry.

22 posted on 06/07/2013 1:35:05 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Jim Noble

I know you’re right. I just like being optimistic.


23 posted on 06/07/2013 2:03:00 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: little jeremiah
What have the Republicans done to encourage you? Many Republicans on these oversight committees were told of IRS going after tea party in 2010. They did nothing. Have they stopped funding Obamacare?

You can wish in one hand...but our elected reps have no spine.

It matters not if the people have a fight like hell spirit when your speaker of the house does not.

You all go ahead and be confident Republicans will do something, especially Lindsey Graham and McCain. I won't hold my breath.

24 posted on 06/07/2013 7:09:01 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Perseverando

Boehner’s too busy swilling bourbon and sodas at The Palm to be bothered.


25 posted on 06/07/2013 7:16:37 PM PDT by WeatherGuy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TornadoAlley3

Nothing stays the same. Things will change, one way or another. Civilizations start, grow, decay and fall. Etc.


26 posted on 06/07/2013 7:23:33 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-26 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson