Posted on 01/08/2014 4:02:45 PM PST by Kaslin
On Tuesday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, during a discussion of Republican congressional members who have spoken of the possibility of impeaching President Obama, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank labeled such talk "tribal politics" and compared it to a "revenge killing" against the President because he won the election.
After host Al Sharpton played clips of several Republican members of Congress from a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Milbank dismissed the likelihood of impeachment and then added:
But I think what this represents is not a serious effort to remove the President. But it's a certain frustration, and they said as much in that hearing having lost these elections: What do you do to counter this President? I think that's in a way what politics has become now.It's not just about defeating your opponent, it's about taking him out. And I think that's sort of this revenge killing almost that's become part of our tribal politics right now. And I think that's what we're feeling.
Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Tuesday, January 7, PoliticsNation on MSNBC:
AL SHARPTON: Maybe not even though. Maybe because he beat them twice. But the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing last month, Dana, about how the President has failed his constitutional duties. They offered up a laundry list of issues they had. Listen to this.REP. BLAKE FARENTHOLD (R-TX): Then you can insert whatever you want, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, the IRS targeting of advocacy groups, NSA overreach. If you like your health care, you can keep it.
REP. LOUIE GOHMERT (R-TX): The President ordered Anwar al Awlaki killed by a drone strike.
REP. BOB GOODLATTE (R-VA): The President effectively enacted the Dream Act himself.
REP. TRENT FRANKS (R-AZ): The deep-water drilling ban, Mr. Holder's attempt to reform criminal justice by selectively enforcing our laws. Mr. Obama's unilaterally ignoring immigration laws in many cases.
SHARPTON: I mean, Dana, you wrote about this hearing. It's like a complete grab bag, wasn't it?
MILBANK: Right. And I think the Republican leadership recognized they look a little crazy, to be having an impeachment hearing. Because Joe is right. If both chambers were controlled by Republicans, they may well attempt to do it. But there is another thing out there called the public, and the public would say that's a bunch of nonsense there is nothing approaching high crimes or even misdemeanors here.
But I think what this represents is not a serious effort to remove the President. But it's a certain frustration, and they said as much in that hearing having lost these elections: What do you do to counter this President? I think that's in a way what politics has become now. It's not just about defeating your opponent, it's about taking him out.
SHARPTON: Yes.
MILBANK: And I think that's sort of this revenge killing almost that's become part of our tribal politics right now. And I think that's what we're feeling.
Lighten up Dana. You wouldn’t know your ass from a hole in the ground. Give it a rest Skippy!
I am not convinced that Obama won either election, not if only valid ballots from legal voters had been counted, nor am I convinced that the usurper is constitutionally eligible for the position that he is so severely mishandling. Still, I would compare talk of impeachment against the alleged President to talk of reforming ObamaCare so that it’s the best law ever passed. Neither has even the remotest chance of happening, so there is no point in wasting effort on either attempt.
We are stuck with that evil, anti-American thug for another three terrible years. I will pray for America, but I won’t waste time trying to get the Dem Senate to vote on whether to remove their communist hero from office. It’s not going to happen.
Impeachment File for “B. Hussein Obama,” aka Barry Soetoro, a documented legal citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.
At least he did’nt say “Lynching” /sarc
Bias? Obama has out done them in bias...
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Well, Dana, you should know tribal politics well, your party having become masters of it. After all, when it comes to tribal politics, Edward Kennedy began the worst permutation of it when he shamelessly trashed Robert Bork as a candidate for the Supreme Court. It has devolved, ever since.
she’s confirmed her fool status to the world with that ine.
Project much Dana?
Well...Now that Dana mentions it...
I long for the day when conservatives learn “how to fight on their terms.”
We have been playing checkers and the LIEberals have been playing “Shootout at the OK Corral” my entire (72 years) life!
I am damn sick and tired of being marginalized by the Karl Roves and GOPes!
And, I am damn sick and tired of losing to the LIEberals!
If we don’t take this country back by winning the Senate and extending our margins in the House in 2014, we are doomed!
Obama and his administration MUST be prosecuted for their blatant disregard for the Rule of Law and the US Constitution, and to do that, WE MUST WIN THIS ELECTION, BIG TIME!
The rules are diff’nt for sweaty old Republicans.
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