Poll: 35% Of Republicans want to impeach Obama

[wilt the stilt]

Source: Huffington Post

A new poll released by Public Policy Polling Wednesday introduced some surprising numbers.

Thirty-five percent of Republicans said that they would support impeaching Obama for his actions so far, though there is no indication of what specific "actions" they think could potentially merit impeachment. Twenty percent of all respondents were in favor of impeachment.

"I'm not clear exactly what 'high crimes and misdemeanors' they are using to justify that position but there may be a certain segment of voters on both the right and the left these days that simply think the President doing things they don't agree with is grounds for removal from office," said pollster Tom Jensen. Dave Weigel notes that a lot of the opposition to Obama has included rhetoric about supposed violations of the Constitution.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/10/poll-35-of-republicans-wa_n_387093.html

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His crime is he is African American

[FrenchieCat]

1. His crime is that George Bush was an asshole.......

and the right want to give Obama
the treatment we gave Bush;
I call it undeserved and unreasonale payback!

They are seeking revenge for the Boy King!

[timeforpeace]

33. Even more shocking is the Obama vs Bush poll at 50% versus 44% for all voters! WTF?

[truthisfreedom]

2. Presiding while black.

That's his only crime.

[SpiralHawk]

7. You nailed it. His very existence galls the massive Republicon inferiority complex

Because so many republicons are pathetic chickenhawk losers, they HATE the idea of a Black man having risen -- by virtue of intelligence and skill -- to a position of leadership. Rather than respond to a good man with admiration and emulation, the republicons go into petty resentment and project their self-loathing outward as hate.

[CTyankee]

57. That's right. He didn't even have to open his mouth before they made their judgment.

All they had to do was lay eyes on him to know...

[AndrewP]

3. Teabaggers wanted him impeached for being black

Right wingers wanted him impeached for not declaring war on everyone his first week in office.

I'm not a big fan of the President, but I certainly realize that he has just a few challenges to work through that are of the Republicans making. For them to claim in any unity that he is the problem is fucking amazing.

[SkyDaddy7]

10. "Just a few challenges"

I certainly hope that was sarcasm...You can hate Obama or love Obama but to say anything less than ALL HIS CHALLENGES are the result of Republican disasters is being dishonest.

[AndrewP]

59. Of course it was sarcasm

[sinkingfeeling]

4. So? About 85% of DU thought Bush should have been impeached.

[baldguy]

5. Yeah, like allowing 3000 people to die on 9/11,

a few thousand more to die in New Orleans, ignoring the Constitution, ignoring Congress, ignoring long-standing treaties & int'l agreements - not to mention launching illegal wars & killing hundreds of thousands of innocent Afghanis & Iraqis isn't reason for impeachment - but trying to make it just a little easier to live on a middle-class income in America is.

[marybourg]

8. So? They were correct. nt.

[Oregone]

12. And?

Pretty clear crimes there

[sinkingfeeling]

27. Yes and there was no impeachment.

[The Magistrate]

13. And Indeed, Ma'am, He Committed Crimes Of State Warranting Impeachment

That is the difference between the two hue and cries....

[tridim]

14. There is no comparison there.

None.

[No Elephants]

17. You beat me to it, except I would have said 75% of Democrats.

[treestar]

32. Surely you can tell the difference.

[on point]

39. Yes, legitimately for the high crimes he committed; not the delusions of crazy wingnuts

Crimes against Humanity (Torture)
War Crimes (Violation of Nuremberg and UN Treaties), not to mention Treaty of Westphalia
Crimes Against the Constitution (Unreasonable search and seizure, search without a warrant; unlawful detention)
Fraud (lying to public; filling the pockets cronies such as of Carlisle (sp?) Group, KBR)(
Corruption (AG firings, DOJ hiring only delusional christians)
Murder (Iraq soldiers; Torture victims)

Help me out DUer's. What other crimes should go on his charge sheet??

[rayofreason]

46. Treaty of Westphalia!!! ROTFLMAO!!! n/t

[rambler_american]

63. Don't forget

the Magna Carta of 1215. Big one.

[bergie321]

52. The difference is

That right wingers are MUCH better at staying focused so they will get it done if we give them back Congress.

[laughingliberal]

6. Let's see. Around 20% of people identify as Republican now. So, 35% of 20% want to impeach the

president. Lol. Good luck with that.

[tomm2thumbs]

9. yup, it's 73 people...

well, maybe less if the older ones have since 'moved on' since the poll

[laughingliberal]

15. Lol! Very good! nt

[Plucketeer]

19. Hah! That's the first thought than came to my mind.

35% - how many can that be??? :crazy:

[Hissyspit]

11. Tough. We didn't get to impeach Bush/Cheney. You

don't get to impeach Obama no matter what he does.
Idiots.

[Ozymanithrax]

16. Since the Clinton years, Impeachment has a been political act...

If they should regain control of Congress, we will see a endless number of investigations where Republicans throw shit at the wall and see what sticks.

[DavidDvorkin]

40. Andrew Johnson

It predates Clinton.

[groundloop]

18. SO, 65% of Republicans approve of President Obama (85% using Fox Math)

:sarcasm:

[No Elephants]

23. Good point. 65% said they did NOT want him impeached. Leave it to the headline writers to spin.

[Bitwit1234]

20. To be impeached a president

must be guilty of treason or some other horrendeous crime against the country. The trumped up charge against President Clinton took six years to manufacture. Wonder what they will trump up on Obama. BUT THEY SURE AS HELL WON'T GET A MAJORITY OF THIS CONGRESS TO IMPEACH HIM FOR NOTHING.

[get the red out]

21. If they controlled congress they would

The Republicans are absolutely out of control and if they took control of congress they would probably begin impeachment hearings immediately.

[pattmarty]

22. "35% of Republicans are fucking idiots".

[HopeHoops]

24. It seems like that should be a much higher number.

Not necessarily the percentage that want to impeach Obama, but at least the percentage that are fucking idiots.

[No Elephants]

28. No, 100% of Republican are fucking idiots, but 35% are even worse than the other 65%.

Dumb and Dumber.

[Wizard777]

25. Two words. No not Bush & Cheney. Civil War!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9VhD4SccSE">What we've got here is failure to communicate.

[krispos42]

26. Amazing.

pre-9/11 warrantless wiretapping of EVERYBODY? Not impeachable.

Some nutjob says he was born in Kenya? Impeachable.



And this is EXACTLY why conservatives shouldn't run anything larger than one of those $20 Rolex tables on a Manhattan sidewalk.

[husky92]

29. When Will it End???

When will this bullshit end. I am sick and tired of reading and hearing crap like this day after day. Where was their outrage when W was thumbing his nose at the constitution or torturing people? I see polls where 44% of Americans would want Bush back as President. Now I read this. I am not naive but how does this stuff get legs? I have my theories but Jesus, Obama has been President for 10 months and everyone is in a tizzy and everything he is doing is wrong. Give the guy some damned time. He's trying to push things through like healthcare and a stimulus plan to help the economy. He hasn't been perfect, but every time you turn around Republicans offer NO help and even some of these so-called Democrats have tossed him under the bus. It is frustrating. I have never seen so much animosity towards someone so quickly. I know much of it is driven by those knuckleheads Limbaugh, Beck, Fox News and right-wing talkers, but give the guy some time. It scares me to think that people actually pine for the Bush administration again. So much of what people have thrown at Obama has been pure bullshit, made-up stuff. He's a socialist, community, fascist...hell, make up your damned minds what he is. Take healthcare. If these morons are happy with healthcare in our country then they are dumber than I thought. Sure your own might be good, but how about thinking of others who don't have it and face catastrophic situations. When these people crow about loving their country, I just point out one thing...Way to think about your fellow Americans!

[boomerbust]

35. Very well said Husky

It will end the day Obama leaves office or worse. This is one sick country that he has to deal with. I am not looking forward to the holidays because it will be non stop Obama bashing from the right wing moron distant relatives.

[No Elephants]

30. Seriously, who cares what 35% of 20% wants? Must be a very slow news day.

[undeterred]

31. As frustrated as I am with Obama

he certainly hasn't done anything to deserve impeachment.

75% of Republicans are mind-numbingly stupid and we can't do a damn thing about it.

[RogueBandit]

34. You're either with us or ....

against us. That's what the previous President said. Maybe we should get that 35% on a watch list. At the least the current President should question why he's trying to work with these jerks at all.

Angry in Medford.

[Metta]

36. His crime is he's not them. ... the most recent attempts to demean and demonize him/us.

Trying to see how much diversion they can create. Happy karma.

[VaYallaDawg]

37. To quote my favorite political pundit (H. Simpson) -

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.

[wowimthere]

38. LOL

[classysassy]

41. The polls

its would be nice for someone to poll the pollsters.

[seeinfweggos]

42. as well they should

that's about the same percentage of repubs who think he's not an american - so it only makes sense they would want him impeached.

[vkkv]

43. The pol taken at my house indicates that 100% of Republicans

ARE IDIOTS....
so ? Who'd expect anything else from the -

GOP = RePigLickin 'Policy Of Obstruction Party' = Pig P.O.O.P. !
Sqquuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllll !!!!

[City Lights]

44. Republicans suck. Period. nt

[BluDemocratGirl]

45. 35% of those RePUKEblicans

need to shut the fuck up and get over it. The same McSame/Palin supporters/so-called Birthers/Tea Party fools who would do ANYTHING to get Obama out of office. NOPE! Won't happen.

[Mr. Sparkle]

47. Those freaks really do live in another country.

These are the same comedians who supported Bush and his cronies over the last 8 years, and yet they only want to impeach Obama because their is a (D) after his name. Pathetic.

[Bragi]

48. So what's this say about the other 65 per cent of them?

Am I correct that this shows that two out of three Republicans do not want to see President Obama impeached? Eliminating the small percentage who probably would find impeachment insufficient, what does this poll say about the relationship between Obama and the Republican majority who acknowledge his democratic right to continue as President.

Seems to me the big question is this: Is the possibly-reachable, and maybe up-for-grabs segment of the Republican party larger than the number of liberals being turned off by Obama's conservative-friendly approaches?

If the numbers of up-for-grabs GOP voters is significant, are these voters distributed geographically in an effective way for Obama in 2012 in terms of his political end game -- keeping and increasing his Electoral College votes?

[DuckyCase]

49. That 35% is actually the only 35% that understands...

...that a President has to be impeached to be removed. The other 65% think he's going to be removed by a judge because of his "real" Kenyan birth certificate.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

50. Pointless racializing of the problem by the OP

I saw my first IMPEACH CLINTON bumper sticker a month before he was inaugurated.

[Cali_Democrat]

54. I do think there is a racial component

I don't remember loads of crazy tea party protesters and town hall nut jobs when Clinton was in office.

I do think that many angry folks on the right are driven by racism.

[yurbud]

51. for what, being too conciliatory with GOP assholes?

[old mark]

53. 1-Black man 2-Democrat 3-Smart man 4-He won!!!!! Impeach him.

rec.

mark

[jasi2006]

55. 5- He is unafraid of them. nt

[old mark]

56. YES! - He even talks bad about them!!!!! nt.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

58. Interesting....

I saw a poll a few weeks back that said a majority of Republicans thought the election was stolen. Either because Obama isn't an American citizen or through the chicanery of ACORN.

So there's a certain percetage of Republicans who think he's in office illegally, but want to see h im stay there.

[O is 44]

60. Who cares, we put up with theirs for

8 long years and boy did he ever do some impeachable things. I wish the corporate media would ignore these people. I did not follow politics during the Bush years but I would love to know if such polls were done for Bush.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

61. For what?

:wtf:

GWB/Cheney set the bar for impeachment so high that I about imagine that Obama and all future Presidents would have to do something that I can't even imagine to be impeached. In fact it may never happen again in our country's history. Any President will just have to point to everything that Bushco did and got away with in order to defend themselves.

Republicans might want to re-think drawing too much attention to impeachment and the crimes of the last mis-administration.

[Forkboy]

62. Surprised it's that low, to be honest.