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Can We Impeach Now?
RedState ^ | February 27th, 2015 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 02/27/2015 8:46:59 AM PST by SharpRightTurn

First Barack Obama decided to overreach and extend amnesty by executive order. One judge in Texas has told him no and Republicans are hanging their hat on that judge’s order.

Then the FCC decided to declare internet a public utility. They overreached, rushed it through, and committed to as little transparency as possible to make it happen. Congress did nothing on this front and the FCC decided to replace the Congress on the matter.

Now there are reports that Barack Obama, by executive order and agency regulation, will curtail the manufacture of certain ammunition.

Again and again and again the President of the United States has met the boundaries of his powers and stepped across them. The Senate is now on the verge of confirming his Attorney General appointee who sees no limits to the power of Octavius Obama.

Given Barack Obama’s continuous overreaching of power, I must now ask if it is time to consider impeachment proceedings. Is it even possible?

Of course some of you think I mean against Barack Obama. No, can we impeach, remove from office, or otherwise put metaphorical cement shoes on Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)(N/A) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)(67%)?

The only reason Barack Obama can and is doing what he is doing is because Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)(N/A) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)(67%) have enabled, emboldened, and incentivized him.

Boehner and McConnell have their press fluffers claim they are tough guys scrapping for a fight. McConnell is cast as Darth Vader. Boehner is cast as the guy in the bar. But in reality they are scared school girls. They will fund the government, extend temporary funding, and otherwise bend over in front of Obama declaring, “Thank you sir, may I have another?”

It speaks volumes that at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, neither Boehner nor McConnell are speaking. Even the American Conservative Union, which is often criticized here and elsewhere as too close to the GOP to be indistinguishable from it, is not having them speak. In fact, ACU deserves credit for the move. The mood here among the several thousand people is deep, deep hostility toward the Republican leadership in Washington.

Much of what Barack Obama is doing, Boehner and McConnell privately support. They have no desire to fight him on Obamacare. They were happy to fund it. They have no desire to fight him on amnesty. They’re happy he did it. And on the issues that they care about, they crap their pants at the thought of a government shutdown.

Folks, we do not need to impeach Barack Obama. He is only getting away with the excesses of his office because Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)(N/A) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)(67%) are petrified to use the power of the purse to stop him. They are so scared of political damage to themselves that they are willing to allow policy damage to the country and an undermining of the very constitution they swore an oath to defend.

At some point men have to stand up and damn the consequences to do what is right.

But we are not led by leaders of men. We are led by cowards — cowards for whom no oath is meaningful or sacred.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boehner; boehner4obama; cowards; impeach; mcconnell; mcconnell4obama; palinwasright; rinoenablers; treasonbyrinos
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To: Dr. Thorne

Didn’t read the article, did you?


41 posted on 02/27/2015 10:00:43 AM PST by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Then we have the embarrassment that was the recall election to replace McConnell - without anyone bothering to put a worthy successor in the nomination.

It truly appears that the only people who pursue a career in politics are either those who are too wealthy to need to work, or those too stupid to be able to do anything productive. The bare minimum a person should do, before preparing to run a election is to have a candidate that is worthy of holding the position.

I see precious few Republicans worth the time to vote for; yet I somehow manage to hold my nose and vote anyway, only to be betrayed within weeks of these idiots taking the oath of office.


42 posted on 02/27/2015 10:04:24 AM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just as dangerous domestically. The illegal immigration project is going ahead full speed. The court is being defied and Obama is transferring money from other agencies to get it all paid for regardless of what Congress does with DHS funding. He can appropriate new money all he wants up to the debt limit and maybe beyond that. He is ruling without Congress altogether now. He is still playing games with Congress because Congress is still inclined to go along with whatever he decrees or at least will not oppose him. We have into the Venezuela phase now heading for the Cuban phase.


43 posted on 02/27/2015 10:05:23 AM PST by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: Hodar

“I see precious few Republicans worth the time to vote for; yet I somehow manage to hold my nose and vote anyway, only to be betrayed within weeks of these idiots taking the oath of office.”

You’re right, it’s both infuriating and demoralizing. It makes you want to give up, but we can’t do that.


44 posted on 02/27/2015 10:10:10 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: arthurus
Yep. And also by Executive action we see....

ATF pushes bullet ban, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle

Friday, February 27, 2015 9:13:20 AM      · by WhiskeyX      · 49 replies
 

Devilish details behind Obama's bullet ban

Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:11:30 PM      · by Perseverando      · 38 replies
 

Obama to ban bullets by executive action, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle

Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:14:31 AM      · by sheikdetailfeather      · 356 replies
 
Obama is dead set on destroying America. But after all - he promised to do just that when he said he would fundamentally transform the USA.

45 posted on 02/27/2015 10:10:32 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Almost seems the thread is now getting more posters concerned about correcting others than contributing to the original topic or it’s evolution. Too bad, because Erickson has written an excellent piece here. Perhaps you could repost it later towards evening and add to the title “impeaching Bonehead and the Turtle” in parenthesis or something.


46 posted on 02/27/2015 10:10:54 AM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: SharpRightTurn

It has also come out that Obama has spent thirty BILLION dollars on his health care scheme that is not authorized in the law.

Again, an impeachable lawless usurpation.

http://hotair.com/archives/2015/02/26/lawless-treasury-throws-unauthorized-3-billion-to-insurers-under-obamacare-wont-say-why/


47 posted on 02/27/2015 10:11:44 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Unalienable individual rights. Equal protection under the law. It's not optional.)
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To: Carthego delenda est

“Perhaps you could repost it later towards evening and add to the title “impeaching Bonehead and the Turtle” in parenthesis or something.”

You may be right. The spotlight of the article was on McCommell and Boehner.


48 posted on 02/27/2015 10:14:27 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: arthurus

“He is ruling without Congress altogether now. He is still playing games with Congress because Congress is still inclined to go along with whatever he decrees or at least will not oppose him. We have into the Venezuela phase now heading for the Cuban phase.”

Well written. There is a reason/s congress is not opposing him. Personally I suspect it is because they are all members of the Uniparty, and the ‘game’ is to try and pretend that they actually stand for something different, while behind the curtain they slap each other’s backs congradulating one another for an excellent performance.


49 posted on 02/27/2015 10:17:55 AM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Carthego delenda est

I call it the Imperial Party or just the Oligarchy.


50 posted on 02/27/2015 10:20:19 AM PST by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: SharpRightTurn

“Can We Impeach Now?”
Is quota boy still a negrO/
Then no.


51 posted on 02/27/2015 10:48:26 AM PST by Joe Boucher
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To: SharpRightTurn

Impeach ‘em all. From Zero down to the local Dog Catcher.

We massively need a Reset.


52 posted on 02/27/2015 10:51:58 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Dead Corpse

“We massively need a Reset.”

A massive reset would be great.


53 posted on 02/27/2015 10:57:11 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Thank you, SRT, for posting Eric! Spot on!

The overall Republican impotence has become its most glaring feature and its only calling card. Just as Sir Walter Raleigh’s coat laid way for the queen, this pair in Congress regularly and predictably lay all of us down across the mud for the Obama agenda to pass over.

Eric is on to something.


54 posted on 02/27/2015 11:11:10 AM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: SharpRightTurn

I don’t think they do what they do out of cowardice (though certainly they are).

They are complicit. They are in essential agreement with the regime. They are part of the regime.


55 posted on 02/27/2015 11:45:18 AM PST by marron
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To: RitaOK

“Thank you, SRT, for posting Eric! Spot on!”

Thanks, Rita.

I’m glad, too, that guys like Ericson who have a platform from which they can be heard (in his case, RedState, radio—including occasionally sitting in for Rush) are willing to take these guys on. Of course, Levin does regularly and even Rush expresses his disgust at times.


56 posted on 02/27/2015 11:50:37 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

How can we even think we are going to stop Obama if we can’t even unseat guys like McConnell and Boehner?

And if guys like Jeb can get the time of day?


57 posted on 02/27/2015 11:51:56 AM PST by marron
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To: SharpRightTurn

The GOP is just too corrupt to act. If they were going to act they would already be doing it. Its not going to happen. They will squander this Senate majority and lose the Senate again in 2016. I can hardly bear to even watch it.


58 posted on 02/27/2015 11:51:59 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: marron

“I don’t think they do what they do out of cowardice (though certainly they are). They are complicit. They are in essential agreement with the regime. They are part of the regime.”

You’re probably right. After all, they are probably being paid handsomely to gut the citizenry by Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and other Chamber of Corruption entities.


59 posted on 02/27/2015 11:53:16 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Until the leadership is replaced with conservatives with balls, this has less than zero chance of happening.


60 posted on 02/27/2015 12:27:36 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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