Iowa GOPer: 'Race An Issue' Preventing Obama Impeachment
DANIEL STRAUSS – APRIL 8, 2014, 6:59 PM EDT
A long shot GOP Senate candidate said members of the House of Representatives are refraining from moving to impeach President Barack Obama because of what news coverage of an impeachment of a black president would look like.
In an interview with The Daily Times Herald of Iowa, Senate Candidate Sam Clovis said the reason Obama hasn't been impeached yet is a "practical matter."
"I don't think so and I'll tell you why. It's not that what he has done would not rise to the level where it might be impeachable," Clovis said. "I don't think it's a practical, pragmatic issue and simply because I don't think the nation is ready for it. You know, within this generation we just went through an impeachment of a president and it didn't end well and now we have a situation where race is thrown into the card as well. And whether we like it or not, race is an issue."
The Daily Times Herald asked Clovis if he thought Congress wasn't trying to impeach Obama because of his skin color.
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from everything from how often he passed gas to if he killed Vince Foster himself. Just making shit up about the passing gas 
RepubliCONs suck, simple as that
Oh yeah, most are criminals to boot
What is this thing that Obama has done? I'm mystified by these imbeciles.
Unfortunately, many presumably on our side are just as filled with irrational hatred of the President. One suspects that the fundamental reason is similar as well.
From the local article mentioned in the original posted article as the source for the interview:
Clovis: Obama's race shields him from impeachment
Hinton Republican, former radio host, says he can talk language of GOP base
By DOUGLAS BURNS
Staff Writer
April 8, 2014
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Clovis (left) speaks with his campaign
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The Republican U.S. Senate field now includes Clovis; state Sen. Joni Ernst of Red Oak; former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker of Clive; Mark Jacobs of West Des Moines, the retired CEO of Texas-based Reliant Energy; and Ames car salesman Scott Schaben, a Kuemper Catholic High School alum.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley of Waterloo is the presumptive Democratic candidate. Veteran U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is retiring at the end of the year.
Clovis said that recent endorsements from Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum, a long-standing conservative organization with roots in the early 1970s battles over the Equal Rights Amendment for women, and the Citizens United Victory Fund, show that while other candidates in the field are getting airtime, he's stoking the grassroots base.
"That exactly where we are, and I'm not trying to be coy," Clovis said.
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