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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:46 PM
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'Impeach Obama'? Can anyone help me here? What exactly has he done that is impeachable?
Edited on Tue Sep-15-09 08:56 PM by Jackeens


Dolores Berk, right, of Philadelphia and others protest outside a fundraiser for Sen. Arlen Specter attended by President Barack Obama in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.



True, most of them think being black/having brains/being articulate/having travelled abroad/having lived abroad/knowing how to use cutlery/liking Dijon mustard/etc are impeachable offences, but apart from those, um, reasons, and the allegation that the President was born in Kenya/Indonesia/a country called Africa/Luxembourg, what exactly has he done that makes them believe he should be impeached?

Can anyone help me out here? Seriously.

Has any reporter actually asked one of these wankers what impeachable offence the President has actually committed? :shrug:


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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:46 PM
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1. GWB.
Governing While Black.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:47 PM
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And there it is. There's really no other reason.
Maybe make it a GWDB: Governing While Democrat & Black.
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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:48 PM
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4. Okay! But I'm not sure that would stand up in court - so what other impeachable offences have they?
:toast:
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:51 PM
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13. There is no court to stand up in. Impeachment happens in Congress only.
You get tossed because your tie is the wrong color. It don't matter.
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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 09:05 PM
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17. True enough. But it seems like they believe being black is a prosecutable offence.
And being black and wearing the wrong tie colour just lifts the offence to stratospheric levels. But impeachable? Methinks they need to work harder. :-)
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 01:37 PM
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41. Nothing else is needed!
In this country that offense is quite obviously considered to be a "high crime".
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Top Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:47 PM
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2. Simple he's black......
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mscuedawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 10:13 PM
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21. Yeah, I got in this pissing match w/someone the other day..."He's not black...
He's half white"

ME: "well, if he's half white then he has to be half black."

THEM: "No, he's half white"


You really can't fix stupid... :crazy:
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:47 PM
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3. ___________ while black.
Driving while black. Talking while black. And so on............
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:48 PM
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5. It's a habit with them....
A Democratic president? Impeach!
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:48 PM
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6. Nothing
Really, do you expect people who don't understand that the Soviet Union is no more (see sign behind the impeach one) to grasp the finer points of the Constitution? (Rhetorical question, I'm sure you don't.)
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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:50 PM
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11. LOL, true! But just for the heck of it, I'd love someone to ask one of these creatures...
...holding those signs, what exactly has the President done that is impeachable?
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:49 PM
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7. First and foremost he is a Democrat
Edited on Tue Sep-15-09 08:49 PM by liberal N proud
And above that, he is a black Democrat.

'nuff said for the crazy blue hair lady with the granny shades and visor.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:49 PM
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8. He wuz borns in Kenya! He tooked office while unelgible!
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mscuedawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 10:14 PM
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22. Are you series???
eom :hi:
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 11:48 AM
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51. OMG!!!This is HUGH!!!
Why haven't I heard of this before?!
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mscuedawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 08:42 PM
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59. Becuz you're a MORAN!
just kidding... :hug:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:50 PM
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9. Obama affronts their Stupid with his
intelligence.
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:50 PM
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10. You don't have to do anything to be impeached.
It is a purely political act. It helps to have something to pin the impeachment on, but it is not a requirement. Most likely that blue haired medicare granny thinks the Indonesian muslin welfare thug Obamer needs to be executed for impeachment because he is trying to implement a gummint takeover of her medicare.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 10:19 PM
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62. I love this post so much because it sums up the racist/birther/teabagger
movement in so few words.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:51 PM
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12. He exists.
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 09:51 PM
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20. He's breathing our air goddamn it.
Stealing it. Drinking our fucking water too. How much do you need?
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:52 PM
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14. He's an uppity negro.
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msanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 11:14 PM
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30. I was going to go with "Negro, uppity or not." n/t
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 11:28 PM
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31. See? We know.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:55 PM
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15. Well if You Take Bush as Their Reference Point
"knowing how to use cutlery" is probably a serious political affront.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 09:04 PM
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16. u people are acting rational in the face of irrational race based hate. lol nt
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 09:14 PM
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18. He talks more better english than them decent white folk do.
What those ignorant idiots have forgotten, if they ever knew, is Obama is almost half Irish. What about that?
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NOLALady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 10:20 PM
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24. Of course they know that half of his ancestry comes
from Europe. They are also very much aware of the other half of his heritage. As far as they are concerned, he is still the other as "The One Drop Rules" in their world. They see him as black as the rest of the African Americans of multiracial ancestry.

Besides with the Irish ancestry, they might see him as 3/4 black rather than half. There was a time that the Irish were listed as fpoc in my neck of the woods.
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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 06:36 AM
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35. Sadly, most won't see Europeans as "white folks" either - look at the
constant demonization of all things French. Nope, good ole Americans just sprung up here spontaneously and have been reproducing ever since.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 09:46 PM
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19. racist 'she dog'
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 10:15 PM
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23. "Presidenting While Black"
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 10:51 PM
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28. Stinky The Clown FTW! eom
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 11:49 AM
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52. a clear felony
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Fozzledick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 10:23 PM
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25. He won the election
That's what they impeached Bill Clinton for.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 10:23 PM
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26. He showed up to work on January 21st. I mean come on, Do you really have to ask? nt
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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 10:28 PM
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27. You & me know there is no rational answer, but what (um) sound reason would that lady give?
:shrug:

(I use the word 'sound' a touch loosely - honestly, I would love to hear a reporter actually ask one of these people what has the President done to be impeached).
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 11:05 PM
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29. I know I was being flippant. But in all seriousness asking the actual question
would no doubt cause a great deal of confusion, produce a "Deer in the headlights" look. Then the person would most likely ramble incoherently about a constitution which they've never read.
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RememberWellstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 01:05 AM
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32. Morans...all of them
(sic) for irony.:crazy:
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thoughtcrime1984 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 01:17 AM
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33. They are racist and about as stupid as one can be.
That's why the dumbasses carry the water for the rich(RepublicanTs), they're too stupid to know any better.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 03:43 AM
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34. Well ... he's black
nough said.
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RobertDevereaux Donating Member (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 07:59 AM
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36. He's unacceptably wonderful!
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 08:50 AM
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37. He was elected ,
same as Bill Clinton.:shrug:
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 08:51 AM
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38. Obama was inaugurated while black
This just cannot stand!


:sarcasm:



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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 08:54 AM
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39. Prosecuting an illegal war? n/t
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 02:14 PM
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42. you think he should be impeached eh?
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 07:11 AM
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47. I dunno. Who in the world would impeach him?
The Congress that funds the war? The one that wouldn't hear of impeaching Bush or Cheney for starting it? I think we're far beyond the land of impeachment.

And yet we are left with an illegal war, one that kills, maims, bereaves and paupers millions, and daily mocks the Constitution we profess to love. What should we do when our president, Congress, media and fellow citizens accept it as a normal state of affairs?
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 01:14 PM
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40. I have a co-worker who posted impeach Obama signs
on his desk the day after the election. Freak.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 02:28 PM
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43. Two counts: he's a Dem and he's black
Both of which are high crimes from the point of view of the Right.
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HamdenRice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 02:34 PM
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44. Ask DU's Trotskyite mob. They were demanding impeachment a day or so after inauguration
But you'd have to get their "logic" from them, because to me it was unfathomable.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 02:39 PM
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45. For being a Commie Pinko, halfrican, muslin or nothing.
I think the primary offense is failure to be a conservative which is exacerbated greatly by being a Democrat. Being black...being black makes the normally intolerable crimes extenuating circumstances for which a desperate reaction is required.

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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 03:14 AM
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46. At least they spelled it correctly (for a change).
Edited on Thu Sep-17-09 03:14 AM by DCKit
But (if I were a Hatriot) I'd be very careful where I wore that shirt. It's just begging for some artful modifications - knife and bullet holes, foot prints, etc....
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windbreeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 10:48 AM
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48. Wonder if that old bat and her cohorts are on Medicare?? n/t
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 10:50 AM
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49. I've read of Boomers' being blamed for many ills. But frankly, it's the geezers who live in 1942.
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 11:47 AM
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50. PWB
Presidenting While Black
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 12:13 PM
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53. Yeah, Impeach him...Obama is Guilty of using TRUTH REASON SANITY along with POSITIVITY
Friggen nutcase...he should know thats not good.....
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 12:30 PM
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54. Send that old crone to the death panel.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 12:48 PM
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55. I'm sure if you ask them he had something to do with Teh ACORNZ
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 12:57 PM
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56. Grandmaw probably doesn't even have a vague idea what "impeach" means.
She probably thinks it has somthing to do with "puttin' up peaches" that she did this summer. All she knows is that she saw us with "Impeach Bush" signs, so it must be bad.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 12:59 PM
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57. Must be a DUer.
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 01:02 PM
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58. Morans spell "HET", Nyet!!!
What a bunch of "doobledomes".
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 09:02 PM
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60. Barack Obama kicked my pitbull
And I don't even have a dog.
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ShadowLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 10:16 PM
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61. To some anything congress deems impeachable is 'high crimes' worthy of impeachment
Look at the reconstruction right after the civil war, congress fell just one vote of kicking Andrew Johnson out of the whitehouse after impeaching him. The 'crime' he committed was firing one of his cabinet secretaries without permission from congress because of a bill congress passed (over Johnson's veto) specifically to protect the guy he fired. It was a law that many years later the Supreme Court later ruled was unconstitutional.

And a few months before Johnson committed that 'impeachable offense' congress wrote up a bill of impeachment that was really just a long list of complaints about him, and 1/3 of the house voted to impeach him based on those 'crimes'.
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Milk Donating Member (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-17-09 10:28 PM
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63. Probably because he hasn't invaded a country under false pretenses
and he's black. It's the only possible reasons that impeachment is not on the table.
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