It is all about Sex, Sex, Sex.
Posted on 07/09/2014 1:13:13 PM PDT by PoloSec
Republicans in the House of Representatives have conveyed the message that they would support Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) lawsuit against President Barack Obama for allegedly abusing his powers of executive privilege, even though critics on the right dismiss the move as no more than a political stunt.
Several Republican legislators on Tuesday said the president leaves them with no choice but to sue him, citing executive actions to bypass the gridlocked Congress on issues that include health care, immigration, foreign policy and energy.
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said he believes the lawsuit is “a very reasonable step to take. We believe the president has been violating the law and going around the law.”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said he’s “reluctantly” endorsing the lawsuit, although it’s “unfortunate” Republicans have been pushed to this extreme. “At some point, the president has to listen to the legislative branch and this may be a way to make that happen,” Kinzinger elaborated. “I don’t celebrate this. Any time that we have to go into the courts to settle a dispute shows that the system isn’t quite working as it should at this moment, which is sad to see.”
Boehner has been facing criticism from both the left and the right for planning legislation, which is likely to be brought for a vote this month, that would authorize the House general counsel to sue the Obama administration and “compel” the president to enforce existing laws.
The White House and Democrats have dismissed the lawsuit threat as a political maneuver designed to strengthen Republican support ahead of November’s midterm election. Surprisingly, they have been joined by some conservative commentators, including Erick Erickson, the RedState.com editor who wrote a scathing critique of the lawsuit plan on Monday, arguing that Boehner should “man up” instead. “I realize John Boehner and the House Republicans may lack the fortitude to fight President Obama, but I would kindly ask that he save the taxpayers further money on a political stunt solely designed to incite Republican voters who might otherwise stay home given the establishment’s abandonment of their constitutionally derived powers,” Erickson wrote. “John Boehner’s lawsuit is a Republican waste of taxpayer dollars.”
Sarah Palin also belittled the lawsuit on Tuesday, stating that it was time for Republicans to impeach the president instead. “You don’t bring a lawsuit to a gunfight, and there’s no room for lawyers on our front lines,” the former Republican vice-presidential nominee said. But most rank-and-file Republicans disagreed with her, noting that impeachment was not politically viable, or even appropriate. “This is much more responsible,” said King in regard to the lawsuit, adding that he would “absolutely not” support impeachment. “And no true conservative should, because that destabilizes the government.”
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) pointed to the example of former President Bill Clinton, who was impeached by a Republican-controlled House in 1998 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice over the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but subsequently acquitted by the Senate. “If we couldn’t get a verdict on the impeachment of Bill Clinton, why would we think we could get one in the United States Senate with Harry Reid as majority leader,” Steve King said. “So that’s off the table.”
For his part, Boehner dismissed the idea when asked last month if his lawsuit was a prelude to impeachment proceedings in the House. “This is not about impeachment,” the House Speaker said. “This is about faithfully executing the laws of our country.” Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) spoke in a similar manner, asserting that the lawsuit is a result of “an overreach on the part of the executive branch.” Impeachment, Bishop said, had a number of problems. “First of all, the last time the House impeached somebody, it made the president more popular,” Bishop stated, referring to the dramatic rise in Clinton’s approval rating following his impeachment. “That should not be the goal — [the president] becomes empathetic and a martyr. Second problem is if the Senate’s not going to pass it, why waste your time? The third one is Joe Biden would be president — that’s no big improvement.”
History will never judge him a failure if the democrats and the public aren’t pounded daily with all of his crimes against the Republic.
Yes to gutlessness...
Anyone still believe “we can’t leave the Republican Party B.S.” ?
We have no opposition party in Washington. This is why we are descending into chaos. How long have we been trying to change the Republican Leadership? Think it’s been around 12 years? Now think what’s the definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over, over again and expecting a different result.
The Tea Party has to organize now. I’m sure the few good conservatives left in the Republican Party will jump ship. It’s time to put a real opposition party in Washington.
I just don’t see how the media will ever turn against him. They never turned against clinton.
Can you begin to imagine if a REPUBLICAN president had been accused of getting b-js in the oval office from an intern...how soon until that hypothetical guy was run out of town on a rail? Do you think we would have read article after article saying it was just “about sex”?
Never, never in a thousand years. We’re stuck with this guy like we were stuck with Clinton (who was basically thomas jefferson compared to Obama).
There is no choice in the matter. He must impeached. Otherwise you are condoning his actions and the country is finished.
Boehner is a huge part of the problem. Too bad we can’t impeach him.
It is a political stunt. I cannot believe that Americans cannot see that the entire Federal Government is corrupt and most are hard core criminals. King Obama is a small cog in the wheel of communists democrat terrorists. The GOP is not too far behind. America will never recover from the destruction that branches like EPA, IRS, etc, that have such power that they are making the laws.
Agreed. Impeachment will not fly. Suing him is silly. A military trial on charges of espionage is the only way to get him out.
Every one of them should be asked whether they believe a breach of duty of obeying the Constitution by Obama has been made.
If there are any that say yes, then they are obligated to impeach as per the same Constitution they themselves swore to uphold.
If they say no, then they must be actively voted out of office this fall as they are unfit for office. They were elected as a check against Presidential Power, among other things, as representatives of the people.
There really is no other choice.
“Let History judge him a failure, which she will, but let us not make him a martyr or do anything else that will interfere with that judgment sure to come.”
Unbelievably naive on display.
Was it history that removed Hitler from power? Of course not.
What good would historians have done in judging Hitler? Nothing, he laughed at them.
How much damage was done by the idiots like you back then that claimed history will judge him, don’t mess with him.
The ONLY think people like Obama and Hitler understand is power. It is power that must remove him.
You know, I loathe Obama, but I cannot see him as the equivalent of Hitler.
Let me translate. When they get around to it, the gop wing of the uniparty will spend $50 to file a lawsuit that will get tossed by the courts in short order.
That summarizes what the gop faction of the uniparty is willing to do to “fight” dear leader.
Impeachment would not succeed today. And it would mobilize Obama's zombie legions who are not energized right now over the mid-term elections.
After the Democrats get creamed in November--and more scandal and incompetence are seen by the sheeple--then the conditions might be more favorable.
My new slogan: Biden for President in 2015!
Kabuki theatre from the oompah-loompah. Not one dime’s worth of difference in the Uniparty.
Maybe bam bam will catch ebola from one of the immigrant kids.
See Eugene O'Neill, "The Emperor Jones."
The beauty of modern vote fraud is that the zombie legionsy are in usable-as-needed data bases. Their actual votes, if they can be found, are pure Democrat gravy.
peter king is a useless butthead
OK, I will read that!
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