'Impeach Obama' groups hit Facebook

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Raw Story

Barack Obama has not even been sworn in yet as the 44th president of the United States but groups are springing up online calling for his impeachment.

On Facebook, an "Impeach Barack Obama" group has attracted more than 700 members and a lively debate about the Democrat's election victory on Tuesday over Republican John McCain.

Another Facebook group of the same name has 160 members and urges others to join because "we might as well get a head start on the impeachment of Obama."

"There are a lot of Americans out there that do not fully understand the concept of Socialism or Communism which is why they've elected Obama as president," it says.

Yet another Facebook group, "Impeach Barack Hussein Obama," has 160 members.


Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Impeach_Obama_groups_hit_Facebook_1105.html

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What patriots! Its Bush and Cheney who should've been impeached!

[bemildred]

1. Better sic Pelosi on them. nt

[amdezurik]

5. Since nancy has betrayed us a lot

and since she has pointedly NOT taken impeachment "off the table" for Obama then how should we take her deafing silence on this?

[bemildred]

7. Actually, I'm ready to let Ms Pelosi alone at this point.

As long was she works as she ought with the new leader of the Democratic Party.

But that crack was too easy to pass up.

[Why Syzygy]

31. Well the thing is, she is already

pestering him with her centrist fanaticism. Oxymoron much? I want his battle cry to be, "Forward", not "Center".

[bemildred]

39. One of the interesting questions that now presents itself ...

which I indirectly mentioned, is who is going to be the boss now? My money in on Obama.

In the meantime, Obama has nothing to gain by alienating his own party.

Stay tuned.

[Why Syzygy]

29. Exactly!

The thing is, the GOP actually has scum bags that would take on this project. We don't have enough honorable seat holders.

[aquart]

2. Can't wait to see the name of the counter groups.

I notice they don't need a crime first. Which explains why they wouldn't call for George's head no matter how many crimes he committed.

[riverdale]

3. I'm taking that option off the table right now

[Ian David]

4. When will McCain publicly repudiate all his smears against Obama?

They're protesting against the bizarre straw man that the McCain campaign created.

It is McCain's responsibility to put an end to it.

[BurtWorm]

6. Let's start an impeach Palin site

just in case she wins in 2016. :eyes:

[unpossibles]

8. that was fast

Didn't they say impeachment for no reason was a bad thing?

[yardwork]

45. Brought to you by the same people who claim that criticizing a president is treasonous.

Right wingers are about to rediscover a whole bunch of constitutional rights.

[unpossibles]

50. true. what's sad is, they claim that our very legitimate criticisms of Bush

are just "Bush derangement syndrome" even though most of us grew to dislike him based on his policies and the stolen election. Obama is not even in the White House yet, but they supposedly think it's ok to impeach?!? I knew they were angry hateful morans, but this is a new low!

WTF!?

[kwolf68]

9. Nasty assholes

I blame this all on hate radio...these far rightist (fascists) get worked up in a frenzy by carnival barkers like Limbaugh and Savage...these idiots are told Democrats are essentially the enemy of the state. In short, a subtle call to arms.

[kwolf68]

10. And by the way dumbasses

Who do you THINK is gonna impeach President Obama? The 170 Republicans you still have left in the House? I'd LOVE for you to try bullshit like this...work hard enough you dumb rake brains and you may find the Republicans down below 100 Congressmen. Freaks

[Lex]

11. Hahah. The R's don't have a majority anymore so good luck

with that, jerks!

[mtnsnake]

12. Thanks to people like Nancy Pelosi, the RW assholes are going to make a farce out of impeachment

Nancy made a joke out of it 2 years ago, so it's no suprise that the ignorant assholes from the other side will follow suit.

If Bush couldn't be impeached, impeachment will never be taken seriously again.

[phantom power]

13. On the one hand, these rubes are funny. On the other...

this is exactly how it went down with Clinton. A bunch of conservatives decided they were going to impeach Clinton, no matter what, and then they set about trying this idea, and that idea, without ever stopping, until they pulled it off.

Not very hard to imagine the level of enthusiasm for trying the same thing with Obama. Take their resentment of Clinton, and mix in a bunch of additional racial resentment.

[kwolf68]

15. True but

The makeup of Congress is MUCH different now.

[pat_k]

51. Really? When did the impeachophobes grow a backbone?

Action speaks louder than words. Opposition to the immediate impeachment of Bush and Cheney trumps all the tough talk, "educating," and hope mongering -- it is a declaration that Bush is right and/or Democrats are weak political hacks who refuse to fight for the principles they give lip service to.

When principle demands action, the Democratic leadership has stubbornly refused to use of the weapons we gave them. The balance of powers is not "co-equal." With the power to impeach, we gave Congress the ultimate trump card. As things stand today, the next time principle demands action, I see no reason to believe they would use the power that few more seats gives them.

The "professionals" on Capital Hill occupy a looking glass world in which casting a losing "no" vote against a Supreme Court nominee, but refusing to join in a united filibuster, is accepted as "opposition." Where leaving the massive power of the American Presidency in the hands of war criminals is being "high minded." Where embracing torturers is "moving forward."

Beltway "conventional wisdom" (irrational, fear-driven, groupthink) is so intractable because it is so deeply entrenched. It kept Dems from impeaching Reagan and Bush I. It kept them from standing up and rejecting the invalid Florida electors on January 6th, 2001. It drove them to pass the authorization to use military force. It kept them on the sidelines when the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Senator Barbara Boxer stood and objected to the invalid Ohio electors on January 6th 2005. It drove them to pass the War Criminals Protection Act of 2006.

Groupthink in a closed system is a powerful force, but it can be broken with intensive "treatment" (i.e., persistent, direct, in your face challenge from outsiders). More and more outsiders are stepping in challenging the folks on the Hill. There's a growing number of examples that we are "getting through." We've brought about things we were told were absolutely impossible. Tubbs-Jones and Boxer DID stand and object. It was long in coming but Articles against Bush and Cheney WERE been introduced.

We're making inroads, but as far as I can tell, the 111th Congressional leaders remain as deeply in the grips of beltway blindness as the 110th.

We CAN change that by continuing to hammer them on Impeachment. Because the rationalizations for refusing to impeach are the quintessential example of beltway lunacy, this is a fight that's worthwhile, whatever the outcome. As we challenge these quintessential examples -- Can't win; won't fight; Keep our power dry; We'll be destroyed by backlash; Too 'divisive' (as if dividing fascist followers from anti-fascists was a bad thing) -- we are chipping away at a wall that we'll be up against in future battles.

We have twelve weeks. We may not succeed in making impeachment a reality, but for the sake of our future and our self-esteem as Americans, I believe we must try.

[dhpgetsit]

14. To them, impeachment means launching a political witch-hunt..

It has nothing to do with the Constitution or "high crimes and misdemeanors".

[JohnnyBoots]

24. It is all part of their obstructionist GOP tactics. They need to STFU and get out of the way.

[pat_k]

25. And don't be surprised when we watch in horror as a "scandal ridden" Obama. . .

. . .administration is driven from office by the torturers and Anti-American neo-fascists that Democrats are so eager to "reach across the aisle" to. By seeking to sweep the truth under the rug and "move on," our so-called "leaders" are allowing the REAL enemies of American principle to re-group and re-emerge.

Action speaks louder than words. Opposition to the immediate impeachment of Bush and Cheney trumps all the tough talk, "educating," and hope mongering -- it is a declaration that Bush is right and/or Democrats are weak political hacks who refuse to fight for the principles they give lip service to.

There can be no "new beginning" with a Congressional leadership driven by irrational fears of what "they" will do to "us."

What's so horribly tragic is that it's the preemptive surrender of the anti-fascists in DC that's enabled the tiny fascist faction to gain and hold the levers of power.

Given that propensity for surrender, when Obama is hit with one manufactured scandal after another, don't be surprised when Nancy 'No we can't' Pelosi decides it's time to toss Barak "Yes we can" Obama overboard.

Of course, it's not too late for http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=4387363">members of Congress to redeem themselves. Twelve weeks is plenty of time.

[Cleita]

16. I knew it. The minute they aren't in charge they will harass our

chosen President with impeachment like they did President Clinton. Nancy, save this country and put impeachment back on the table for Bush and Cheney. It's not too late.

[pat_k]

37. The torturers didn't get us into this mess. Preemptive surrender of DC Dems did.

And as long as they fail to impeach, their declaration of surrender stands.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7807293&mesg_id=7808152

[Cleita]

38. Oh, I agree. n/t

[pat_k]

52. (Certainly! I just echoed/expanded on your sentiments.) nt

[eshfemme]

17. ROFLMAO at their attempt to criticize Obama supporters for not understanding socialism and communism

Way to continue the Republican tradition of making criticisms that are more aptly applied to the critics than the ones being criticized. Seriously, read a fucking dictionary or encyclopedia! Hell, wikipedia it! Seriously, WTF?

[AspenRose]

18. Impeach him for WHAT?

He's not even in office yet! Do these idiots know what impeachment is supposed to be used for? :banghead:

It's not to be used to get someone out of office that you don't like or agree with! IDIOTS!!!

They make a mockery of our government

[Left Is Write]

19. I'm really worried about those 860 Facebook members who've joined those groups.

[damonm]

34. Don't sweat it - I just took a look at them, and

They're being HAMMERED by our folks...

[Left Is Write]

35. I wasn't really sweating it.

Just pointing out that the opinions of 860 whackos don't really amount to much. :D

[damonm]

40. Very true, but...

about 1/2 of that 860 is pushback.

[unpossibles]

53. actually, there a several groups

which is funny on its own level... but one of them has like 3,000 people.

Gotta love how people won't even give him a chance, just like how they apparently have no idea how our government works.

[FVZA_Colonel]

36. I wonder how many of them are trolls who just want to fuck around with wackos.

[wyldwolf]

20. ooh! Let's all join and flood it with pro-Obama links and posts

[ashling]

21. Same thing happened with Clinton

A few days after the election in '92 I saw an Impeach Clinton bumper sticker.

[Marrah_G]

22. Errr- any idiot can make a facebook or myspace and get 1000 people to join it......

I hope DUers are not going to spend every second they have seeking out obscure online attention whores who make anti-obama web sites or blogs.....

[MaryEllen9399]

23. Don't they know

that you can't criticize the President-elect/president when there is a war going on?

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. Whatevah

:rofl:

LOOOOSSSSEERRRRRSS.

[Warren DeMontague]

27. Sorry kids.

It's off the table.

[HughMoran]

28. Morans

:eyes:

[mmonk]

30. Impeachment has been marginalized despite being mentioned

seven times I believe in the constitution due to the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the non impeachment of Bush/Cheney. It's no wonder an uninformed public will continue to behave in such a matter.

[Life Long Dem]

32. Oh that's constitutional.

Since when can you make charges against someone for a crime not even committed. Is this your rights in action? What's next? Will charging someone for murder they say will be committed in some years down the road?

[FloridaGrl]

33. LOL

What the heck are they going to to impeach him for? Being too awesome isn't a crime.

[calmblueocean]

41. We should try to get this story into the mainstream media. It really shows off the loony right.

When you read something like this, all you can do is shake your head. Their extreme, crazy partisanship is going to drive away many more voters, and they'll never understand why.

[yellowcanine]

42. Ah well, let them have their little circle jerks. Might keep them from causing any real damage.

[TCJ70]

43. Somehow, I doubt that group will...

...really take off.

[progressivebydesign]

44. stupidest fucking people. EVer. Do they EVEN KNOW what impeachment is all about???

Ummm.. you have to actually DO something to get impeached, or have someone even start the proceedings.

[progressivebydesign]

46. BTW.. were WE this stupid and obnoxious when Bush took office in 2000 and 2004? n/t

[LynneSin]

47. Impeach him for what?

Seriously

[ddeclue]

48. What morons!!!

The man is NOT even in office yet and has done nothing for which he should be impeached.

Moreover the Republicans have no ability whatsoever to impeach him anyways since they are decidedly in the minority in both houses of Congress.

What idiots!

Doug D.

[ddeclue]

49. What morons!!!

The man is NOT even in office yet and has done nothing for which he should be impeached.

Moreover the Republicans have no ability whatsoever to impeach him anyways since they are decidedly in the minority in both houses of Congress.

What idiots!

Doug D.

[surrealAmerican]

54. "There are a lot of Americans out there ...

... that do not fully understand the concept of Socialism or Communism" which would seem to include the person who wrote this, and I would add, there are some who do not understand the constitution.