GOP leaders warn 'impeachment' is a dirty word (Cornyn, Grahamnesty alert...)

Politico ^ | 11/19/14 | MANU RAJU and BURGESS EVERETT

[jimbo123]

Senior Republicans worry that party could misplay hand on Obama’s immigration action

Republican leaders, anticipating outrage from their base over President Barack Obama’s upcoming immigration move, have a message for their party: Don’t use the ‘I’ word.

Senior House and Senate Republicans don’t want their rank-and-file to even raise the specter of impeaching Obama, fearing it would give Democrats a message to rally around as the president’s party is split over the hugely controversial move. Ahead of the upcoming announcement, top congressional Republicans are trying to find the right balance between expressing outrage and overreaching, hoping that the battle doesn’t lead to either a government shutdown in December or calls among conservatives to impeach the president.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the incoming Senate majority whip, said Wednesday that the GOP response needs to be “appropriate” and measured.

“Nobody’s talking about the ‘I’ word like the White House and others,” Cornyn said. “They would love for us to take the bait. We’re not going to take the bait.”

“Impeachment and shutting the entire government down takes the focus away from him to us,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. “There are some people in the conferences that will have their 15 minutes of fame over this. But the rest of us want a Republican Party that can compete across the board in 2016.”

Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, had a similar response when asked about impeachment: “The speaker has said we have no current or future plans to go down that path.”

[TigersEye]

Cowards or collaborators?

[DugwayDuke]

“If congress won’t do what they were elected to do why do we even bother talking/writing to them?”

I don’t remember anyone being elected on the basis of impeaching Obama. Did I miss something?

[no-to-illegals]

new “I” words

You are the Best Mystery, I've Ever Seen!

[right way right]

Lucy pulls away the football again.

[Steamburg]

DICTATOR is a dirty word. In the case of these two, SPINELESS COWARD is an apt description. If you lack the balls to govern, you get a dictator. The people may well have to remove both kinds of scum to drain the swamp.

[no-to-illegals]

Is a heavy road. It’s dirty. Starts out dirty and winds up dirty.

[Deo volente]

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the incoming Senate majority whip, said Wednesday that the GOP response needs to be “appropriate” and measured.

Translation: Write an angry letter or two, have a press conference, then roll over and play dead.

[no-to-illegals]

Hate flying, FRiends!

[Revelation 911]

But, until you get the people on your side it is a very rash and dangerous proposition.

people on our side? what do you call the most stacked R Congress in the past 70 years?

The electorate wants this to happen in '15but these surrender monkeys are afraid of pissing off people that have overwhelmingly supported them this last election

what they are afraid of is not being invited to the parties

[no-to-illegals]

We are so royally screwed!

NO, We the People are NOT! We have Aces!

[Lazamataz]

• Obama declares himself eligible for a third term.

  GOP leaders warn 'impeachment' is not an option.

• 2016 Obama poll numbers so bad, Obama decides elections unnecessary.

  GOP leaders warn 'impeachment' very bad strategy.

• Third Obama term starts with Obama dismissing the entire Bill of Rights with an Executive Order.

  GOP leaders warn 'impeachment' will have bad electoral backlash.

• 2017: Obama declares Private Property all belongs to Central State.

  GOP leaders warn 'impeachment' will never fly.

• Obama orders all white people are enemies of the state and must report to "processing camps".

  GOP leaders warn 'impeachment' cannot possibly work at this time.

• All white people now dead. Obama reveals he is a homosexual and that Michelle is a Transexual. Declares Islam national religion.

  GOP leaders warn 'impeachment' not a good idea yet.

• 2018 Obama goes on live TV, screws an infant boy, then slaughters it in the name of Satan, then eats the corpse.

  GOP leaders warn 'impeachment' might annoy Democrats.

[farming pharmer]

The election is over. I wish to God that these gutless bastards grow some balls and have that Kenyan c**ks***ker arrested the day the new Senate is sworn in!

[Uri’el-2012]

Speaker John Boehner should be Impeached
if he does not start impeachment of BHO.

[amnestynone]

“people on our side? what do you call the most stacked R Congress in the past 70 years?”

That is congress we are talking about getting a majority to support impeachment that is something completely different. Right now we have very few.

[tbpiper]

Oaths of Office for the Senate and House (emphasis added):
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

[Obstinate]

I was really hoping the GOP would at least wait until the New Year before they rolled over.

[grobdriver]

“Impeachment and shutting the entire government down takes the focus away from him to us,”

So we'll just let him do what he wants.

I don't know which side of the aisle I despise more...

[Terry L Smith]

what bothers me, is that IF impeachment is not sought, it just might set off some poor misguided soul, or souls, to do the dirty, and then here we go all fergusoned.

[gogeo]

What's the plan?

Enough about what repubs shouldn't do...if your mouths are open, share your plan.

What's the RINO plan?

[Ray76]

No, you’re whipped before you start. Stay under the porch.