Posted on 06/23/2009 5:40:12 AM PDT by fiodora
I'm wondering how long it will be before the word "impeachment" starts being bantered about?
The list of reasons to expel Obama keeps getting longer and stronger, and this is only five months into his reign.
Everyone knows about his inexperience. His rhetorical abilities made people overlook this weakness. Even his eligibility to have become president is becoming an issue.
He places personal and party ideologies over what is best for America. I thought when appointing justices, it was supposed to be "the best person for the job" and "justice is blind." Affirmative-action policies and "empathy" aren't part of the requirements for appointment.
He fits the definition of being a narcissist perfectly. This makes him extremely dangerous for the country. He only cares about what is best for him, not the country.
He is ashamed of our country (as was his wife until Barack won his party's nomination) even though it has given him immense amounts of opportunity. He constantly feels the need to apologize for our country's history of perceived repressiveness.
Sorry, Barack, we are the greatest country in the history of the world. No country has done more for other countries where there has been suppression of human rights, and Americans are unmatched in raising money and supplies for others when natural disasters hit.
You have been hanging around the Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers too long.
You have been going around (the Muslim world in particular), speaking of "the promise of a secular nation." How much more arrogant and ignorant can you be?
Even though you think highly of your rhetorical skills, you are not going to change the fact that a vast majority of Americans believe in God.
Why do you keep implying to other countries that our country was not founded on Judeo-Christian principles?
Your history of duplicity is unmatched. This was illustrated numerous times throughout the campaign. You carry it forward into your presidency.
You incur the largest-ever budget deficit and then insist that we operate on a pay-as-you-go principle from now on. Of course, shortly thereafter, you exempt your government-run health program costs from this rule. You are great with smoke and mirrors, Barack. You are the ultimate flim-flam man.
You are a corrupt man. You appoint tax cheats and disreputable people to positions of power. You promise no lobbyists in your administration, yet no other administration had close to the number you now have.
You fire people who uncover very serious issues of impropriety by organizations run by individuals who are close friends of yours. You had your Justice Department cancel a criminal suit against goons, representing your friends ACORN and the Black Panthers, involving voter intimidation tactics at election polls.
You are dishonest and lie when it serves your purposes. Including examples above, you ridiculed John McCain's idea of taxing employer-funded health insurance premiums, promising never to follow such a policy during your administration.
Change your mind, Obama? You promised no tax increases for individuals making under $250,000. What do you call proposals like getting rid of tax-excludable programs like Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts?
Millions of middle- and low-income individuals participate in these programs. What do you call new taxes proposed on soda and beer? I guess only the rich drink these.
You are proposing one of the largest increases in corporate taxes in history. Who do you think ends up paying for these increased costs of doing business?
I think these mentioned items also fall under the topic of incompetence. And I thought we could never get a leader less competent than Jimmy Carter. I was wrong.
How about your lying to the American Medical Association? You specifically said, "I'll be honest, there are countries where a single-payer system works pretty well."
Why couldn't your press secretary name just one when pressed for an example?
Why did your mainstream media stooges, especially The Washington Post, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, specifically leave that quote out of their news articles, but quote everything said before and after that part of your speech perfectly?
You continually show disrespect for and trample on our Constitution, especially when it bars you from enacting your most radical ideas.
There is hope, however. Sixty-six percent of the voters from age 18 to 30 voted for you while only 32 percent voted for McCain. Voters 30 and above, on the other hand, favored you by a margin of only 50 percent to 49 percent.
Do you think you can fool the younger voting bloc twice, Barack? I don't think so, especially when they see the impact of your socialist agenda on their lives. Maybe we won't have to wait another 31/2 years for "change."
We've survived idiots before - Jimmy Carter for example. Biden would do less damage than Obama.
Nice
That, and Plugs Biden is...perhaps not the dumbest human being on the planet....but is certainly in the top 10. I think BO picked him as a health insurance policy.
impeachment....?
Yeah, right. A democratic house will not impeach and a democratic senate would not convict. Why do these so called pundits waste time and energy on such nonsense.
A GOP prez elected in 2012...At least that is in the realm of possibility, but not very likely.
“Bill Clinton was impeached by the US House of Representatives. The US Senate failed to vote to remove him, but he was in fact impeached”
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Do you think that if we can get new bodies in the seats in 2010, that it can happen again this way...because I’m sure most of the Senate will not go along with it?
Oh, I understand that, Really, I do.
The authority to "certify the election" was delegated.
What about the authority to question the qualifications of candidates?
Do "We the people" not have standing if a candidate is going to be POTUS?
Seems to me that "We the people" should have standing.
The candidates, if elected, actions can affect us directly.
It won’t happen. Just like Huey Long, who got 51% of the Louisiana legislators to sign a letter saying they would not vote to impeach him UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, Barry is pretty much impeachment-proof in the Reid-Pelosi led Congress. If he sinks far and fast enough though,(and in view of the fact that Joe Biden is unelectable), I look for the Clintons to start leaking like mad in an effort to throw him under the bus in 2012.
Where do I start? Maybe a review of the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution would be a good place to start. After a quick reading of that, he's failing to "Support and defend the Constitution" as stated in his oath when we talk about TARP, Auto Bailouts, Nationalized Healthcare, etc.
Almost every bit of the spending he has requested is for items specifically exempted from his authority by the Tenth Amendment.
He's trying to change our form of government from a republic to a socialist state without going through the constitutional convention process.
He's illegally fired several Inspector Generals who were doing their job by investigating his friends.
He broke the law in the Chrysler bailout in not paying off the secured bondholders as required and essentially giving their share to the union jerks.
I'm sure others will add more items, but this is a start.
If that were true then you could impeach every president we've had in the past 70 years. Sorry, disagreeing with his policies is not impeachable. As much as we'd like it to be.
That, and Plugs Biden is...perhaps not the dumbest human being on the planet....but is certainly in the top 10. I think BO picked him as a health insurance policy.
And just think who’s next in line after Plugs. President Pelosi! Could you just imagine that freak with a rubber stamp congress.
Impeachment proceedings will short-circuit Obama's agenda. That, in itself, is a desirable outcome.
I have a friend who is fond of wearing tinfoil hats. He says that if you ever see BO, Biden, and Pelousy all onstage at the same time, look in the back of the room for Hillary! with an RPG launcher.
Impeachment proceedings will short-circuit Obama’s agenda. That, in itself, is a desirable outcome
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I agree. But, if impeachment won’t work, I believe that new bodies might at least be able to slow down the speed at which he’s trying to pass these bills.
I would have liked to have seen most of the presidents of the last 70 years impeached. While we're at it, I think we should get off our butts and start impeaching Federal Judges who legislate from the bench. We could also impeach legislators who propose or vote for items that they know are unconstitutional (see my tagline).
In both instances it would ensure stricter compliance with their oath of office than has happened in the past.
Me too.
Me too.
About 2 weeks after Nixon resigned, the House passed Articles of Impeachment, as head sniper Peter Rodino (D-NJ) said it was "important for the record".
See that? 35 years, and the collective intelligence and thought processes of that august body have not changed nor improved one iota.
Amazing!
CA....
My fervent prayer is NO democrats elected or re-elected in 2010!! That’s how bad this administration has been so far!
There’s going to be consequences. Flyover country folks don’t like being forced to give away what is rightfully theirs!!
I would love to see him dragged out kicking and screaming, with Michelleonista the Fashion Maven, on the floor hanging onto his ankles!! ;-)
Same goes for Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Bahney Frank, Teddy Kennedy, Christopher Dodd, Henry Waxman, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein...the list goes on and on.
{{THAT would be dreamy!}}
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Well Put!
Does anyone know the exact process on what it takes to remove the speaker from her position?
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