Posted on 07/29/2014 8:40:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
Republicans are not planning to impeach President Obama. Yes, Sarah Palin has called for it. The South Dakota GOP passed an impeachment resolution. Andy McCarthy is out with a book arguing that the legal foundation for ousting Obama exists, but the political will does not. And the occasional House back-bencher floats the 'I-word' from time to time. But there is no groundswell of support, or any semblance of a serious campaign, to remove the President of the United States from office. That's not a thing. When asked about Palin's impeachment advocacy House Speaker John Boehner -- who's suing Obama for executive overreach -- flatly responded, "I disagree." The Republican chairman of the relevant House committee has shut the idea down, too. Indeed, the parties most excited about invoking the specter of impeachment are the White House...
A top aide to President Obama said it's possible that Obama could be impeached by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. House Speaker John Boehner's decision to proceed with a lawsuit against the president has "opened the door" to the third presidential impeachment in the nation's history, Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told reporters at a Friday breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor...Later, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said "prominent voices in the Republican party" have called for impeachment, but was hard-pressed to name one other than Palin. "I think there are some Republicans, including some Republicans that are running for office, hoping that they can get into office so they can impeach the president," he said.
...and MSNBC:
I attend a lot of conservative events. Idea of impeaching Obama has come up more on MSNBC today than all those events combined. — Philip Klein (@philipaklein) July 28, 2014
Leading cable news at 6PM/ET: CNN: Gaza conflict; Fox: Legislative deal to fix V.A.; MSNBC: GOP calls for Obama impeachment — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 28, 2014
The uptick in impeachment hand-wringing from the Left isn't an accident. It's a coordinated fundraising and base-goosing effort that's latched onto this CNN poll as a news hook:
Roughly a third of adult Americans want to see President Barack Obama impeached, according to a new CNN poll released Friday. Support for impeachment cuts down party lines, with 57% of Republicans favoring the idea but just 35% of independents and 13% of Democrats feeling similarly.
A majority of Republicans! This is serious, they clamor. Not really. In 2006, roughly the same percentage of CNN poll respondents favored impeaching George W. Bush, presumably with heavy support from Democrats (that survey didn't include internals). A substantial majority of liberal Vermont residents told a CBS News pollster they wanted Bush impeached in 2007. In short, it's not unusual for partisans to want the other guy thrown out. Hell, more than half of self-identifying Democrats believed that it was at least "somewhat likely" that Bush knew about 9/11 in advance, according to a 2006 poll. Congressional Democrats never came close to advancing articles of impeachment against the 43rd president even though some really wanted to -- including the powerful House Judiciary Committee Chairman. Rep. John Conyers and dozens of fellow liberals convened fantasy impeachment hearings in the Capitol basement in 2005, before they took over the lower chamber. Obama impeachment chatter hasn't even sniffed that level of, er, "seriousness." Here's what's going on: Democrats are desperate to light a fire under their base before November, as enthusiasm indicators have looked fairly grim so far. One way to galvanize support and raise easy money is to try to convince low information lefties that the nasty, racist GOP is actively scheming to bring down The Precious. The White House, evidently, is not above playing along with the charade. This is about fear-mongering and raising cash, plain and simple. Did I mention that Democrats are desperate? Here's a screen grab from an endless parade of borderline stalker-esque, impeachment-themed contribution solicitations:
Er... nevermind!
Oh, it’s simple really.
“They’re going to impeach the first black president if they take over Congress! Send money! Vote! Often!”
Obama might be lucky if he gets impeached. He will be twisting in the wind for 2.5 years.
But i think impeachment is inevitable, he will cross toooo many lines. He is a radical revolutionary.
2.5 years of golf, luxury vacations, 5 star world travel for his family on taxpayer's money, and 20 grand a plate fundraising dinners.
Doesn't sound all that bad to me....
Their balloon must be awfully deflated after Boehner took impeachment off the table a little while ago.
If the Democrats lead on this I’m sure the GOP would follow.
Because Obama’s DESTROYING our country. Will our Free Republic survive his second term?
they think it makes the right look bad. Sara Palin is talking impeachement.He should be impeached . Obama and his machine are real criminals .
The best defense is a good offense.
They have dropped the defense of the IRS’ lies about their destroyed emails and collusion to defeat the TEA party in 2010 and 2012.
They are on attack at the GOP for hating on the black president.
RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
Boner’s lawsuit will be the final push to a dictatorship. Once the courts rule in Obama’s favor he’ll be free to do any damn thing he wants.
That’s the problem with lawsuits. You just might lose then you’ll have to stop your bitching. Boner is doing this to help Obama.
It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if a democrat introduced articles of impeachment just to show which republicans would vote for it. I hope we haven’t given them an idea.
Someone please explain the meaning of futility.
The Current Regime and the (P)MSNBC are stirring this up as what they hope will be a very potent fund-raiser and motivation for the Low-Information Voters to get out there in November. If at all possible, they are attempting to hold the Senate, and possibly make inroads on the House.
(Cue up “Mission Impossible” theme music)
This is even bigger than pushing Grandma over the cliff.
In a day dream, I see this backfiring on the journolistas by awakening a dormant unease in the ignorant masses who, now aware that there is a path to relief from the Obama plague, actually demand impeachment, declaring “I heard it on MSNBC.”
But then I wake up.
Honestly if one like Obama can take us down, we aren’t going to survive anyway. I do agree he should be removed ,but he is just following orders from those in charge. If he wasn’t he would have been removed already. Obama is playing the role given to him, that’s all.
“He will be twisting in the wind.....”
IMO The above sounds good to me.......
It’s a fundraising tool for the RATS, and gives MSNBC something to rile their moronic viewers.
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