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the right-wing media is truly out of it's collective frickin' mind
Right-wing media and Republicans are blaming Democrats and President Obama for allegedly "ginning up" the issue of impeachment for political benefit, but that Pandora's Box was opened by conservatives themselves, who have been demanding impeachment since Obama first took office.
In an interview with conspiracy website WND (which has its own "Impeachment Store" , Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) told conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi that President Obama "wants us to impeach him now" because "his senior advisors believe that is the only chance the Democratic Party has to avoid a major electoral defeat. Evidently Obama believes impeachment could motivate the Democratic Party base to come out and vote."
Stockman's proclamation that the president is "begging to be impeached" was quickly trumpeted as the top story on the Drudge Report and Fox Nation, and Stockman isn't the only one trying to pin the increase in impeachment discussion on Democrats. While refusing to answer whether impeachment is off the table for House Republicans, incoming House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) claimed "this might be the first White House in History that's trying to start the narrative of impeaching their own president."
Fox News America's Newsroom host Martha MacCallum also attempted to distance impeachment rhetoric from the right and pin it on Democrats, claiming that while "some" Republicans have called for impeachment, "The White House itself has been talking a lot about this potential impeachment, even though a lot of members of the GOP want nothing to do with it."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/07/28/conservatives-blame-democrats-for-conservative/200222
malaise
(268,998 posts)spanone
(135,831 posts).....john prine.
sheshe2
(83,759 posts)to describe them.
spanone
(135,831 posts)"this might be the first White House in History that's trying to start the narrative of impeaching their own president."
you can't make this kind of insanity up
sheshe2
(83,759 posts)Sadly I am not.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)If I ever have grandchildren, they will scarcely believe what's going on. MAINLY_BECAUSE_HE'S_A_BLACK_MAN. Lawdamercy.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)And let's not forget Rush either. Obviously these people were under great duress when they called for impeachment. It was NOT their idea, but crafty Dems put them up to it!