I think the President has to put resignation on the table and not give them the

[CK_John]

satisfaction of being impeached.

[TwilightGardener]

1. Er...why, praytell, would he resign?

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[BeyondGeography]

2. Dude...

[Cha]

70. See.. this kind of shite.. smh

[nc4bo]

3. Step away from that bottle.

You've had too much to drink tonight!

[CK_John]

9. do not drink.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

69. Maybe you should start.

[A HERETIC I AM]

111. .....

[oh08dem]

4. Absolutely not the ascension of the GOP is short lived and over-hyped if they want to go there

they'll regret it.

[Piedras]

5. Bullshit

Hell no.

[bravenak]

6. What a stupid idea.

He won HIS election. They can please proceed with impeachment.

[virtualobserver]

17. don't dismiss the idea so quickly....maybe Biden could resign too!

Then Boehner would be President.....that way we could win by completely giving in to them!

[KingCharlemagne]

25. That's probly what Boner fantasizes about when he's in his cups. - nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

142. And ... it didn't take long for someone to suggest that too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251384116

and they say they're serious.

[maced666]

8. They just won running 24/7 anti-Obama ads. Why would they impeach that?

They won't.
They will take all those Senate chair committees and turn this country backwards, but they won't touch Obama.

[Puzzledtraveller]

10. Really?

They WILL NOT IMPEACH HIM.

They need him.

[WhiteAndNerdy]

11. Impeached for what?

No one seems to be able to come up with any "high crimes or misdemeanors" he has actually committed. Republicans are making fools of themselves with this nonsense.

[virtualobserver]

24. That didn't stop them last time. They will impeach him, but the Senate won't convict.

Just like last time.

[WhiteAndNerdy]

34. Maybe so. nt

[cry baby]

12. Pfffft.....end of message.

[Rex]

13. Fuck em, make em put the paperwork in!

If he resigned, it would be used as a mandate by the GOP! Tink bout it!

[steve2470]

14. what ? just no...jesus nt

[Nay]

128. Really! WTF is this???

[jwirr]

15. No, I think he needs to look at more ways to use his office to do things himself by overriding the

stupid ass congress. I especially want him to do as much as he can for immigration. IF we ever get another chance to vote I want a whole nation of Hispanics on my side.

Edited to add: If they try to impeach him we all need to go to DC and protest until that place is closed down. ENOUGH.

[2naSalit]

20. Hear, Hear!!!

[still_one]

16. what the fuck are you talking about. They don't have the votes to convict for one thing. It takes

2/3. For another thing what reason would they have for impeachment, and if they did, we should definitely fight

[CK_John]

27. The House does impeachment, the Senate holds the trial. Process is important.

[still_one]

39. no it isn't, and they couldn't convict cause they don't have 2/3. Most important, Obama has NOT

done anything that comes close to impeachment. The republicans would self-destruct if they were stupid enough to do that

[Live and Learn]

82. Not to mention the fact that he hasn't done anything to be convicted of.

Impeachment would just make the GOP look like the idiots they are.

[Stardust]

52. How many seats do the Repugnicans have in the Senate now?

[Brigid]

18. Wow.

Even I'm not that pessimistic.

[Control-Z]

19. You are fucking with us, right?

Gawd, I hope so.

[seabeyond]

21. Stupidest post in forever. Nt

[Logical]

33. +1000! nt

[rbrnmw]

49. yes it is wtf???

[Blue_In_AK]

22. Are you out of your fucking mind?

[malaise]

66. +1,000

Can't believe this thread

[marmar]

23. sarcasm? I hope.

[Hekate]

26. What the ever loving fuck?

[Blaukraut]

28. Oh stop. Impeachment proceedings are the best thing that could happen to the Dems

They'll clean the Repubs' clock in '16 if that happens.

[KingCharlemagne]

29. Wait, wut? - nt

[underthematrix]

30. right here - this is why we lost

we love our stupid

[LawDeeDah]

31. What stupid nonsense.

[Logical]

32. Save some face and self delete this Idiotic post. Nt

[CK_John]

37. I'm just putting into word what everyone is thinking.

[Codeine]

40. Yep, everyone.

Except by everyone you mean absolutely no one. So, yeah. No one.

[Logical]

41. No one else is thinking that except maybe the GOP voters. Nt

[freshwest]

71. I agree with you and I think I never have before. Things are looking up.

[Logical]

102. Wow, we don't agree on anything? nt

[freshwest]

118. I don't know, I can't remember ever replying to you before for some reason.

[Logical]

119. Well, sometimes I am annoying I will agree. Nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

44. "Everyone"? Like, nobody else in the whole world?

That's one of the dumbest ideas I've heard since my brother tried to get me to stick a fork in an electrical outlet when I was about five. I didn't do it, and Obama isn't going to resign.

Jesus H. Christ.

[WinkyDink]

57. OMG, you're doubling down on the idiocy!

[Arugula Latte]

59. I'm sorry, but you are insane.

Either that or you're blatantly outing yourself as a troll.

[seabeyond]

108. +1. nt

[steve2470]

62. is this like your attempt to Walt Starr without asking for it directly ?

And you're sober ? Ok.

[KingCharlemagne]

67. Boner fantasizes about it, maybe, and you are thinking about it. But can you

name even one other person besides you and Boner who is thinking about it?

[Cha]

74. Fuck NO.. everyone is NOT thinking this.. you can tell by the responses. And you don't know the

President at all if you think this would even enter his mind. He's a fighter.

[markpkessinger]

145. There's a word for what you are doing: P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-O-N n/t

[Cleita]

35. You, mean hello President Biden?

That might catch them with their pants down, maybe.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

36. Trashing thread. You can't be fucking serious!

[freshwest]

73. Some patterns can't be broken.

[littlewolf]

116. same here crazy at first I thought this was /s nt

[Codeine]

38. So much for your cogent analysis.

Now over to Brick Tamland for the weather.

[cali]

42. well that's both disgusting and batshit crazy.

[WilliamPitt]

43. My brain just slithered out my ear,

crawled into the bathroom, and is currently weeping piteously while clutching the cold porcelain truth that is the base of the toilet bowl.

You did that to me with this post.

Since my brain is currently occupied, thanks to you, I'll let this cat explain it:

[JRLeft]

45. WTF?

[frazzled]

46. Most disgusting thread of the evening.

I swear, we deserve to lose if this is an example of "Democratic" thinking.

All I've seen tonight are conspiracy theories about voting machines, blaming everyone but the voters (and candidates), and failing to cop to reality. Everyone knew that the Republicans were predicted to have big wins tonight and to likely take over the Senate. Yet we have all this crazy talk.

I'm disgusted.

[jillan]

47. Lol!!! Thanks - I needed a laugh tonite.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

48. Enough of this

Time to trash this fucking thread.

[JEB]

50. While we are at it

we can shut out any talk of single payer, keep GITMO going, let the banksters off the hook, spy on American citizens, militarize the cops, drone in a bunch of countries and make nice with the Pukes.

[rbrnmw]

51. Are you fucking serious???

What a fucking idiotic thing to say.

[lpbk2713]

53. Say what?

This is hard to believe.

[WinkyDink]

54. Aaaaand the mask drops.

[dilby]

55. Maybe the President of Hair Care for Men.

But not POTUS.

[sagat]

56. Brilliant idea.

[Jamastiene]

58. You have GOT to be shitting me.

No fucking way.

[Sissyk]

60. Have you had too much to drink tonight?

What a stupid post.

[SomethingFishy]

61. LOL...

yeah, made me laugh...

[Retrograde]

63. Whose resignation? Boener's? McConnell's?

It takes 67 votes in the Senate to convict after an impeachment by the House.

[DebJ]

64. I've been on DU since Oct 9, 2003. That is the stupidest suggestion I have ever seen in 11 years.

Certainly you are missing a sarcasm thingy?

[KingCharlemagne]

72. It betrays a fundamental misunderstanding\misconception of how

impeachment works and what is required for impeachment (House majority) and removal (Senate 2/3). It's so ludicrous that I almost want to restate the OP on his or her behalf: Were Obama presented with the certainty of removal in the Senate (please do note my use of the subjunctive mood), he should resign with dignity rather than allow himself to be lynched by a racist Senate. For those who enjoy debating nonsensical hypotheticals, this would offer some possibilties. But as things stand, it's utter lunacy.

[CK_John]

77. From Wikipedia, "The buck stops here" is a phrase that was popularized by U.S.

President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. The phrase refers to the fact that the President has to make the decisions and accept the ultimate responsibility for those decisions. Truman received the sign as a gift from a prison warden who was also an avid poker player.

[KingCharlemagne]

78. I've seen non-sequiturial responses before and may have inadvertently penned more than

a few myself.

But a non-sequiturial response to your own OP? That has to also represent something new.

The U.S. has no tradition of 'no confidence' resignations. None. So I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about with the 'buck stops here' anecdote.

[Hekate]

89. We do not now and never have had a parliamentary system.

But why let that get in the way of the idiocy of the average American who never passed high school civics? It's so satisfying, apparently, to believe that voters can give a "vote of no confidence" to the president of the US during midterm elections, when all they are doing is sending him a House and Senate that will refuse to work with him.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

65. This thread is an embarrassment to DU

You should ask the mods to delete the entire thing.

[LawDeeDah]

68. There's a 'stupid people' thread on front page of GD...

[Hekate]

75. Just out of curiosity, how many posters have alerted on the OP? Or are you all having fun with it?

Because this is deeply weird.

[steve2470]

76. I'm waiting for the admin verdict

This pushes the limits, imho.

[Cha]

96. It's not the first time, steve..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5764118

[steve2470]

141. Unless Skinner wants a poster who gets battered like a pinata....

he needs to sanction this poster or just PPR him. We don't need this kind of "debate" on DU. This can go to Discussionist, I'm sure they'd love it.

[freshwest]

146. This is considered entertainment now...

I doubt pizza will be served around here on such issues.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

80. It's just stupid. It's untethered from reality./NT

[Live and Learn]

84. Wondering the same. I keep coming back to check if it is gone

but to my horror it remains.

[Live and Learn]

88. Well, at least the other poster's thread is gone now.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025763938

[Cha]

95. It's not the first time.. the last time got a HIDE.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5764118

[Warren Stupidity]

98. WTF - it is a stupid idea, not abusive or a TOS violation.

We are still allowed to be idiots here, see at least half of the posts on DU.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

79. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING ON ABOUT AND WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU ?????

seriously.

[WinkyDink]

91. See Post #54. ;-)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

147. yep.

[LittleBlue]

81. We should just have the entire party commit seppuku on live TV

If only the Republicans will promise to pass a budget. Surely we can work something out with that a starting point.

[Hekate]

86. Ah, now there is an idea

[Live and Learn]

83. Someone please tell me that this is against the TOS.

It sure should be.

[BklnDem75]

85. Where did I read this crap before...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025189612

Obvious is obvious...

[Hekate]

87. Fascinating.....

[seaglass]

90. wow. This OP is one of the most ridiculous I've read on DU and it's been posted twice! A

pattern has emerged.

[Cha]

94. "When the House moves to impeach would Obama be better served by resigning."CKJohn's blast from

the past July 3rd. And a HIDE.

He really wants the President to resign and his lofty fantasies of Impeachment are seen to pave the way. smh

[DisgustipatedinCA]

125. Good find. This recidivism deserves a tombstone.

[freshwest]

132. Repetition.

[hobbit709]

92. Bullshit. In fact TOTAL BULLSHIT.

[MrScorpio]

93. Wow.

Simply wow.

No.

[JHB]

97. Back in college my friends coined a word for this...

"Awesomestupid"

[Orrex]

99. First he should personally repeal the ACA and *then* retire

Really give the GOP a leg-up as we roll into the next Congressional session.

[NCTraveler]

100. Very glad Obama doesn't have the same cowardice in him. nt.

[TransitJohn]

101. Someone was hammered at 10:30 last night. eom

n/t

[book_worm]

103. Sorry but that is just dumb. It takes 2/3 of Senate to convict and remove from office.

[adigal]

104. That's crazy. He's done nothing wrong, except try to be too conciliatory.

He needs to fight. Maybe now he will find a spine.

[mylye2222]

105. Typical Clintonite OP?

Resign for WHAT EXACTLY?

Oh ....so the Clintons cant wait to reenter the WH. ..to this point? ???

[WinkyDink]

117. Boy, are YOU off the mark. Try taking a RIGHT turn.

[FSogol]

106. Winner 2014 Most Ridiculous Post!

If I posted as many s as your OP deserved, servers everywhere would never stop crashing.

[Iggo]

107. Yeah, you do.

[sibelian]

109. No. That's a very bad idea.

ACTUALLY what the Dems should have done right at the beginning is start impeachment processes themselves.

No matter how many times they get their asses plunged they still don't realise that it's a FIGHT.

[cleanhippie]

110. The President will NOT be impeached. Period.

The House may pass articles of impeachment, but the senate must publicly try the President and present legal (as in would be held up in a court of law) evidence of his alleged crimes. Republicans will have to go on very public record and state, unequivocally what the "facts" are, and since they have no actual facts or evidence of any "High Crimes and Misdemeanors", they will never, ever get that that far.

Sure, the next two years will have out TV's bursting with Republicans ranting about impeachment, but it's just not going to happen.

[LondonReign2]

112. Can we not rid oursleves of right wing trolls?

[myrna minx]

113. Absurd.

[MineralMan]

114. I hope you intended this as some sort of comic relief.

If not, I have no idea what to say.

[Puglover]

115. I am not a fan of the jury system

but this horseshite needs to go.

[librechik]

120. Borowitz?

that's good.

[workinclasszero]

121. Is that you Harry Reid?

I see we are helping our republicans "friends" already!

[lonestarnot]

122. Are you drunk at this early hour?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

123. No offense to the poster, but probably the stupidest thing I've ever read on DU. Ever.

Not saying the poster is stupid, but damn, that's just stupid.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

124. Keep your day job. nt

[GoCubsGo]

126. Bullshit.

They want him out of office. Resigning will give the exactly what they want. Let them impeach him. It will end the same for them as it did for Clinton.

[vi5]

127. Oh brother....

I'm hardly a fan of the President's performance and his priorities but Jesus Christ what a stupid post.

[AndreaCG]

129. So save them the trouble?

You're a RW troll. Is there some way I can put this moran on ignore?

[rwheeler31]

130. Ok Biden steps in and appoints Hillary VP, and the Obamas get to vacation in Hawai.

[rock]

131. I know he's black and that is why they would impeach him

But what reason will they pretend it is?

[Travelman]

133. Well, shit! Why don't we just exile him to Elba while we're at it?

This is just spectacularly stupid. I mean this is the stupid float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, with a great big stupid balloon up above it.

And it's not just the OP. It's ALL of this impeachment talk coming from ANYWHERE, be that Democrats in Congress or some nutbar FReeper or anywhere else.

Not.
Gonna.
Fuggin.
Happen.

[randome]

134. Didn't you post this same thing about a month ago?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[NikolaC]

135. I usually lurk, but I feel the need to respond to the OP

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with a resounding NO! Why should he? Why should he give into the bullies just to pacify them? What an idiotic idea.

[Electric Monk]

136. You should really turn off FOX "News" before it drags your IQ below zero. nt

[spanone]

137. fuck no. fight these bastards to the end.

[JohnnyLib2]

138. Tension relief! But that's all you get credit for.....

[lpbk2713]

139. I can only think of one reason why the Admins haven't deleted this OP yet.

They must want to show a classic example of what "really stupid" looks like.

[Rowdyboy]

140. And I thought the pain killers I'm taking for cancer were strong! You are obviously hooked up to

the good stuff!

[markpkessinger]

143. the GOP doesnt have the votes to convict at a Senate trial . . .

. . . So why on earth would he resign?

[polichick]

144. Is this humor?