Posted on 11/14/2014 12:15:25 PM PST by maggief
Trey Gowdy said his party can't impeach the president over his threatened immigration overhaul – but only because Biden would become president
The folksy Biden wants the top job for himself but Republicans see him as a potentially embarrassing one-man gaffe factory
One senior House GOP aide said Biden is 'two floppy shoes short of a complete clown outfit' and Obama's 'insurance policy'
Gowdy hinted that impeachment is being dangled by the White House as bait in the hope that the GOP will destroy its own credibility by trying it
A Texas Republican congressman and a judge-turned-news-analyst floated the idea this week
A Republican congressman known as a pit bull in Washington said Thursday that he doesn't support the idea of impeachment proceedings against President Obama because winning that fight would elevate the vice president to the Oval Office.
'Have you met Joe Biden?' South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy asked during a Fox News Channel interview.
Impeachment talk has swirled around Washington since the president announced that an executive order overhauling America's immigration system is imminent.
But some in the GOP see Biden as Obama's hedge against removal from office, since much of his public exposure has come in conjunction with a series of embarrassing gaffes.
A senior aide to a House Republican told MailOnline on Friday that 'Avoiding the "I" word' is a case of 'better the devil you know than the devil you don't.'
'Only in this case, we're pretty sure we know both devils. And Biden – he's two floppy shoes short of a complete clown outfit. Let's be honest: He's Obama's insurance policy.'
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>> I saw this live on O’Reilly... Hysterical. Cong. Gowdy is quick.
Like when I saw him do that, I was quick to say, “what a sellout, little dirtbag weasel!”
History must judge 0bama and Progressivism as a FAILURE.
We don’t need a MARTYR.
Let him rot for two years, block him at every turn, and override his vetoes.
Then, set the table for 2016.
Well, at this point Obama’s mere existence is completely destroying his party. Impeaching him would be counterproductive, now - just put a budgetary fence around him and watch him lash out in impotent rage. Too bad the GOPe are too afraid of MSM opinion to do it.
Boehner's next up after 0 and Crazy Joe.
SO even here in America it doesn’t matter how scummy the scumbag is, at least he’s the scumbag we know.
BS. Owebowma has violated his oath of office and needs to be removed from office.
I have to agree. Unless you could impeach them both at the same time, it’s not worth it.
Biden is an idiot. He’s a Democrat.
To refuse to impeach because Obama would be replaced by an idiot Democrat is the stupidest of reasons. It is gutlessness covered by an evasion.
So lets give it to him...so he can label the Republicans as extremists?
I'm just as outraged over what he is doing as you are....but we need to pick our fights with care.
Impeachment is a fight we lose.
A good lawyer like Trey doesn't want to show his hand.
I trust Trey to do great on Benghazi and Obama when the time comes.
He was using comedy to make a point.
I’d trade them both for the first two names in the Boston phone book. (Is there still a Boston phone book?_
I didn’t see any importance (being flippant) in saying that Joe Biden is not a choice they he (his leadership) wants to see happen. For goodness sakes, Obama versus Biden. Obama is just purely anti American; at least, Joe is a dumb American. It shows me where the beltway republicans are at.
Nothing but a dodge of the critical question. Gowdy is just not quite what some conservatives hoped he’d be, though he does do some good work on committees.
Agreed.
Me too! Me Too!
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Gowdy hinted that impeachment is being dangled by the White House as bait in the hope that the GOP will destroy its own credibility by trying it
Not sure if it is the WH or MSM, but talk of impeachment has been floated by someone trying to get the GOP to bite. This has been going on for months, last spring maybe? For a while the GOP was the only entity NOT talking about impeachment.
I agree with Gowdy--
The Biden comment was a joke--some people need to lighten up.
Imagine if you will, Zero removed, Biden sworn in as POTUS, and appointing, say, Hitlery or Fauxahontas as VP...
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