Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) says House 'probably' has enough votes to impeach Obama

[Newsjock]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) told constituents at an event Saturday in his district that, although it would amount to a fruitless effort that could potentially damage the country, Republicans have the votes in the House to impeach President Barack Obama.

Fielding a question from a birther at a gathering in Luling, Texas, Farnethold at first lamented that Congress didn't do more to investigate Obama's birth certificate.

... “You tie into a question I get a lot, if everybody's so unhappy with what the President’s done, why don’t you impeach him,” Farenthold continued. “I’ll give you a real frank answer about that, if we were to impeach the President tomorrow, you could probably get the votes in the House of Representatives to do it. But it would go to the Senate and he wouldn’t be convicted.”

Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gop-rep-we-have-votes-in-house-to

[Recursion]

1. Please, please, please

That would be awesome for us for the mid-terms.

[LostOne4Ever]

14. This! (nt)

[deutsey]

2. Last I checked, you can't impeach a president because he makes you "unhappy" n/t

[HereSince1628]

7. But dissatisfaction is a motivation for trumped up charges...

and when you KNOW you have the votes to bring the charges, hell, duetsy, that's the making of an indictment for a kangeroo court.

[madinmaryland]

22. Impeachment is political, so yes they could. They could impeach him for eating a ham

sandwich while being President, if they so wanted to.

[deutsey]

26. Right...I had forgotten about the Constitution's "Unhappiness Clause" mentioned below.

[Shrike47]

3. For any particular crime or just Democratness?

[Nevernose]

5. Benghazi!

Kenya! Muslim! Birth certificate! Benghazi again! His wife hates America! He divided the races!

I have repeated words and phrases heard on AM radio and Faux news: what more evidence do you need? How could Obama's dastardly crimes not be obvious?

[KamaAina]

6. GWB

Governing While Black.

[CakeGrrl]

20. "KENYAN GO HOME"

Blackness.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/59083/only-in-florida-birthers-greet-obama-with-kenyan-go-home-signs

[bullwinkle428]

4. Of course, referring to the "Unhappiness Clause" in the Constitution!

[Kber]

8. Probably not

But thanks for playing.

[winter is coming]

9. The stupid, it burns. n/t

[TexasTowelie]

28. If you have ever listened to him on TV or speak in public

you need the stupid is red hot in that boy.

[spin]

10. Well at least he admits that impeachment would be futile. ...

Still the House has voted for repealing Obama Care something like 49 times now.

[hobbit709]

11. Speaks Ducky Pajama Boy who poses with minors

http://juanitajean.com/2013/08/12/ducky-boy-rides-again/

[Botany]

13. this would be him?????

[hobbit709]

15. Yup!

[Drunken Irishman]

16. That guy has pervert written all over him...

[UTUSN]

31. A more inclusive version:

[JoePhilly]

32. Apparently you can go through life fat, drunk and stupid.

[Turbineguy]

12. Damage the country?

since when was this an issue for republicans?

[rppper]

17. Well senator, either grow some f@cking balls....

....and do it or shut your drooling pie hole....time to put up or shut up assholes....

[jasond54231]

18. Go ahead, you stupid repug morons

It'll be amusing to watch you right wing airheads make a fool of yourselves once again to the American public.

[CakeGrrl]

19. Feeding red meat to their ignoramus constituents

A well-deserved spot between a rock and a hard place.

[spanone]

21. it's sad that the house of reps is full of racist assholes.

[Rex]

27. +1

It is HIGH time for the GOP to become an extinct party.

[sakabatou]

23. Yes, let's waste even MORE time

[hrmjustin]

24. If they pull this stunt then the democrats should impeach every elected gop official they

can just for fun.

[Rex]

25. Goes to show you Repukes have no respect for the law.

Fucking sick group of morons. I hope this helps to end their party!

[hobbit709]

29. I wonder if his step-grandmother has anything to say to him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Farenthold

[AlinPA]

30. Why hasn't it been brought to a vote? They keep talking about it, and Boehner has the votes.

It's as fruitless as the vote to cancel the ACA and they have done that about 40 times.

[Tx4obama]

33. BIRTHER lawsuits scorecard

Original Decision
Total Actions: 207
Birthers win: 0
Birthers lose:201
Pending: 6

Appeal(s)
Total Appellate Court Rulings: >90+
Birthers win: 0
Birthers lose: >90+

Supreme Court
Total Supreme Court Rulings: 25+
Birthers win: 0
Birthers lose: 25+

List of all birther lawsuits here: http://tesibria.typepad.com/whats_your_evidence/BIRTHER%20CASE%20LIST.pdf

[Erose999]

34. Hey Fartenhold, just because you have "the votes" doesn't mean you have the grounds.

Go fuck yourself.