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WHAT OBAMA HAS TO GAIN BY BEING IMPEACHED
Congressmen warn president may be saying, 'Make my day'
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After one, first-hand look at the immigration crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico, U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, commented, “President Obama is begging to be impeached.”

It turns out, he’s not the only the congressman thinking the same thing.

As WND reported, Stockman theorized, “He wants us to impeach him now, before the midterm e******n because his senior advisers believe that is the only chance the Democratic Party has to avoid a major e*******l defeat. Evidently Obama believes impeachment could motivate the Democratic Party base to come out and v**e.”

Similar comments were made by former U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., in an editorial in the Washington Times Friday, in which the now Heritage Foundation fellow argued, “Obama wants to be impeached.”

“President Obama insists on flirting with impeachment even as House Republican leaders insist there’s no such possibility,” Istook wrote. “Already operating beyond the constitutional bounds of p**********l power, Mr. Obama’s strategy is to push the bounds further rather than pulling back. He dares political foes to make his day.”

The definitive case for removing Barack Obama from office is presented in “Impeachable Offenses” by Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott.

Istook also suggested Obama believes impeachment talk is a political boon to his party’s chances in the e******n later this year.

“Secure in the knowledge that impeachment is not the same as removal from office, Mr. Obama brings up the topic on his own and with bold defiance. Martyrdom goes well with a Messiah complex and Mr. Obama’s speeches are a non-stop litany of depicting himself as a victim of Republicans,” Istook continued, “Impeachment would be his crowning badge of victimhood, the ultimate symbol to rally his base, asking that they protect him by guaranteeing a Democrat majority in the U.S. Senate.”

Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn., has also said he worries impeachment could backfire on Republicans.

“Every political analyst, almost, that’s really looked at this … has said that nothing would fire up the base of the Democrats more than an impeachment action, and also perhaps more importantly that it would turn off some of the independents who are right now leaning our way, ” Duncan said. “If you want to help the Democrats keep control of the Senate, this would be one way to do it, to start impeachment action.”

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Like Istook, U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., has also suggested Obama’s camp may be generating the “impeachment” talk as an intentional rallying cry.

“You know this might be the first White House in history that is trying to start narrative of impeaching its own president,” Scalise told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace.

“The White House wants to talk about impeachment; they want to go out and fundraise off of that,” Scalise added.

True to Scalise’s accusations, the Democrats in the House immediately put out a reaction press release touting Scalise’s mention of the “I-word.”

“The fact that the third-highest-ranking Republican in the House is refusing to rule out impeachment offers a stunning view of the extreme measures this Republican Congress will take to push their reckless partisan agenda,” asserted Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y, according to The Hill. “Republicans will spend the final week before their summer vacation plotting their lawsuit against the President, and now Scalise just made it clear that impeachment is absolutely on the table for House Republicans.”

The Washington Post further discovered that after Sarah Palin penned a July 8 op-ed on Breitbart.com suggesting Obama be impeached, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, sent two fundraising e-mails within 24 hours and raised $500,000 over the next four days.

“Republicans are drastically overreaching with their lawsuit and impeachment talk, and the result has been a massive surge of enthusiasm from our grass-roots supporters,” said Rep. Israel, who also serves as the DCCC chairman. “A stark contrast has developed between Republicans’ focus on suing or impeaching the president and Democrats’ focus on strengthening the economy for the middle class.”

Justin Barasky, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also chimed in, “Republican Senate candidates who legitimize impeachment talk not only motivate donors, but they reinforce just how out of touch they are and how much they’re focused on partisan political battles instead of helping their states.”

Historical precedent suggests the Democrats may be on to something. No president has ever been successfully removed from office through impeachment, and after the last attempted ouster – of Bill Clinton in 1998 – the president’s party picked up five seats in the House and held ground in the Senate, a rarity for a second-term president. The Post quotes several scholars suggesting the reason was particularly minority v**ers coming out in defense of the impeached president.

Nonetheless, recent polls indicate a majority of Republican v**ers support impeachment, and the GOP is warning there comes a point when a president can go too far.

Andrea Bozek, communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee, told the Post, “If Democrats think the president’s blatant disregard for the Constitution is a reason to celebrate, they’re even more out of touch than we thought.”


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bmac32 Loc: West Florida

What better way to rally the troops than to have anyone screw up as bad as Obama has. Republicans shouldn't even think impeachment but should think of ways to remove his powers.

ginger

Just to understand how you think, screwed up how?
You do understand that they are sueing him for doing exactly what they wanted? And they are using our money to do it. Millions flushed down the toilet AGAIN!

semper-fi Loc: Corrupticut

That's the whole point, to them it's a game, to us , it's our lives!

Airforceone

Please please stop your threats impeach look what happened when you did it to Clinton the real American people will finally find out how foolish the Rep/TP really are . Hurry I want to watch this.

semper-fi Loc: Corrupticut

Trd, you really are a Turd, you picked the right name.

karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!

Pension Ever After

karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!

Trdsnest
You Should Be Rooting For This
Really.......

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

When will you manage to understand that is the Democrats who are spending all their time talking about impeachment these days? They are talking about that crap so they can convince their sheeple that impeachment is coming and so they can maybe win some seats that they will lose in the e******n. Ah yes, the Dems really do want to see I Won impeached. What happens if it doesn't happen? Well they will have made a lot of money off their sheeple.

semper-fi Loc: Corrupticut

Roy, there's some food for thought in what you said.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

To sue and to impeach are two completely different things, now if they win in court then they have a good case to impeach but only if they win and how long will it take?

How long did it take to impeach Nixon? Easy answer, he wasn't, he stepped down. The break in was June 17, 1972 and he stepped down August 8, 1974, that's what 26 months and things were a lot simpler then, republicans were lined up to impeach him for lying. Obama has 28 months left and to impeach him there will be a major fight even if the Senate ends up controlled by republicans. OK so let's say he is impeached what's to stop him from stepping down and uncle Joe handing out a pardon?

What I see is a complete waste of time and resources.

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

Ginger, I have been wondering all evening if you failed to see how many millions of our tax money the Obama family, especially Michelle, have spent on vacations.

Is the business of the House to be paid for from taxpayer money? Answer, sure as hell. You are just trying to repeat Democrat talking points here.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

The democrats have a poor record to run on so it will be fear!

semper-fi Loc: Corrupticut

So, what do you propose?

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Republicans need to hold the House and win the Senate, with both they can make the lame duck lamer. The House can defund everything he wants and that will either make him wake up or we have a president in name only. No money, no can do!