If the Republicans take back Congress, they will try to impeach President Obama.

[argonaut]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/the-impeachment-of-presid_b_297330.html

If the Republicans ever manage to retake Congress, they will absolutely try to impeach President Obama. And it'll be based upon a supremely ridiculous charge such as, say, the president refusing to nourish our crops with a sports drink instead of water.

I am absolutely certain this will happen, if the Republican Party takes back Congress in some kind of 1994 type thing. Impeachment's nothing more than a political tool for the Republicans.

[Christa]

1. On what grounds? nt

[Salviati]

2. Presidentin' while black.

But they'll find something else to call it.

[Fire1]

28. Pretty much. n/t

[argonaut]

3. Some inane bullshit. n/t

[unpossibles]

4. because he's a Democrat.

Do they really need a reason?

[Christa]

6. You are right

it frightens the living daylights out of me

:scared:

[butterfly77]

5. They will think of something...

It will be manufactured of course..

[TomCADem]

16. Glenn Beck Has A Different Ground Each Night - Because President Obama...

Made Glenn Beck boil a frog on TV?

[kestrel91316]

24. Probably because he was born in Kenya.

:crazy:

[niceypoo]

34. They will just start throwing out one wreckless accusation after another

and start endless frivolous investigations. It's what they do.

[Brother Buzz]

38. Gerald Ford said it best

What, then, is an impeachable offense? The only honest answer is that an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers to be at a given moment in history.

[Christa]

7. I rec'd you

I see we have a few Repugs online who unrec'd you.

[Maccagirl]

8. I read this and I agree 100%

It would be a good thing to archive this. Congressional Dems better sharpen and smarten up.

[Kermitt Gribble]

9. Let me guess...

The message for 2010 will be: Out of fear of the republicans impeaching the President, we should vote for anyone with a 'D' beside their name, no matter what they stand for, so the Dems can keep a majority.


Sorry, that ship has sailed.

[watrwefitinfor]

10. I rec'd you, too.

And it's still on 0.

Wat

[Christa]

11. Quite a few Repugs

kicking this for rec's.

[JuniperLea]

26. What kind of assholery bullshit is this?

I unrec'd... I unrec all RW talking points.

[Avalux]

12. I agree. They will make up something ridiculous and go after him.

Rec'd. :hi:

[PatGund]

19. What make up??

They'll suddenly pretend to take the birthers seriously and demand documentation and proof and conduct hearings, etc......

[HopeOverFear]

13. Well then we all had better work damn hard at making sure that doesn't happen

[Crosseyed Jesus]

14. The End Of America

IF you say? If the evil of the lessors are able to manipulate a position of power in the halls of our government then by all means we should declare America as Amerika.
For if such a nightmare is established by the vote of the sheeple, then my dear friends, let them bend over before the ones they serve, cause they will surly get what they deserve.
But for the rest of the sane monkeys in the "Terror Dome." There are a few places of refuge on this planet where the "In God We Trust" toilet paper still holds some value.

[Mrs. Overall]

17. Ummm, alrighty then...

I'm eating a vanilla yogurt right now.

[Crosseyed Jesus]

32. I Love Yogurt

Ya know, I can reach the bottom of my yogurt cup with my tongue and scoop up the fruit on the bottom. Without even disturbing the walls of the yogurt!

[pipi_k]

15. so what?

I mean, so far I haven't seen any really good reasons why they'd even succeed, never mind them trying it without looking like a bunch of fucking assholes.

What sorts of "crimes and misdemeanors" are they going to invent that would be WORSE than what Bush was involved in? What are they going to do, set him up with another Monica Lewinsky or something?


Honestly, I think this is on a level of ridiculousness equal to, say, the RWers screeching about Obama wanting to "take away" their guns or their bibles. Or building detention camps for teabaggers.

[Howardx]

18. its a new talking point here

amongst low post count posters.

[Mrs. Overall]

21. I agree. I unrec'd it (no, I'm not a republican) because it seems to be fear mongering

and trying to create angst.

If the republicans try it, they will look like assholes.

[JuniperLea]

27. I unrec all Republican talking points...

Including this one.

You will know them by their assholery.

[argonaut]

29. I'm not saying there's grounds for such a move.

But they'll damn well try, I'm confident. And that's unfortunate, but there you go.

[JuniperLea]

25. Exactly...

I unrec'd... I'm not a Republican, and I don't care to see their talking points bandied about here as if they were serious issues.

Now where's that goddam birth certificate! Ridiculousness is absofuckinglutely right.

:eyes:

[PopSixSquish]

20. Can You Imagine a Congressional Committee Holding Hearings Where Obama was Born?

Don't laugh. Rep Dan Burton of IN drove the "Vince Foster was Murdered" fandango for years.

I shudder to think of what bullshit they'll come up with...

[argonaut]

23. Exactly. n/t

[argonaut]

22. I should probably add

That I don't expect them to succeed. In fact, I expect their efforts will be wildly unpopular amongst the public, a la Clinton.

[Yavin4]

30. It'll Be A Three Ring Circus

There will be hearings on:

The Birth Certificate
Czars
ACORN
Rezko
Blago


You name it.

[Dr Fate]

31. They won't be "keeping their powder dry", that is for sure. n/t

n/t

[salguine]

33. Well, you'd better buckle up, then, because if I were going to bet on anything, I'd be that

A) The Democrats are going to fuck us royally on health care. People will remember it, and as a result, B) the Republicans are indeed going to take back Congress.

I almost said I wish I were wrong...but when I thought about it, if A happens, then I really don't see why B shouldn't happen too. I mean, why not?

[onenote]

42. will you bet on it?

My $50 says the repubs don't recapture the House. You willing to put $25 that they do? Money goes to DU.

[boppers]

35. They've already been talking about it.

Remember what they did to Bill and Hillary?

Bad land investments? INVESTIGATION!
Firing travel office staff? INVESTIGATION!

I see others are claiming that it's a RW talking point, but I'm pretty sure that there's a difference between a description and a talking point....

They'll go after him with anything, and everything, they can, because it's how they work.

[Vidar]

36. Wouldn't surprise me.

[robo50]

37. IF they succeeded at that, (BIG IF), they would get Joe Biden for

the rest of the term, and Nancy Pelosi might become VP instead of Speaker???

(Of course Joe could nominate someone else to be VP, like .... well, a thousand people would piss off more Rethuglicans.)

Seriously impeaching Obama would be a waste of time and energy....now that I think about it, that's all the Rethuglicans ever are and all that they ever do.

[Beacool]

39. Well, I don't know.

Then again, after persecuting a president and his wife for 5 years, Congress impeached that president for lying in a civil case about oral sex.

So anything is possible.

:eyes:

[bunkerbuster1]

40. Of course, they won't retake congress in 2010.

However, given some Conservadems' inclinations, maybe they won't have to, in order to impeach Obama.

[onenote]

41. since you are "absolutely certain" I'm confident you are willing to place a small wager on this?

Of course, I don't foresee the repubs recapturing the House in 2010 -- they'll pick up a bunch of seats, but not enough to reclaim a majority.

But in the unlikely event that happens, I am willing to bet a $50 contribution to DU that there is no serious impeachment effort mounted (I'm not going to rule out the possibility that some numbnuts will introduce a resolution, but a serious effort means doing more than the Democrats did with resolutions introduced against chimpy and/or cheney).

And to be fair, all you have to do is agree to donate one-half that amount -- $25 -- if we get to the 2012 elections without a serious repub effort at impeachment.

You in?

[TankLV]

43. Why you post this? YOU REPUKES looking for IDEAS?

Sorry, not playin...