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So what are we impeaching Obama over? (Original Post) LynneSin Nov 2014 OP
Conspiracy to govern effectively. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2014 #1
He Fooled You Into Believing He Was an American Christian ProfessorGAC Nov 2014 #2
The problem is that there's a black man in the White House and he ain't the butler. hobbit709 Nov 2014 #3
Being Black, that is it plain and simple Youdontwantthetruth Nov 2014 #4
2 month of news cycle where Republican voters won't have to focus on why their party Johonny Nov 2014 #5
Note the rebranding of "Executive Orders" to "Executive Actions" by the GOP & M$M KeepItReal Nov 2014 #6
Being president while black. 2naSalit Nov 2014 #7
They can't decide whether he is a ruthless dictator or a passive wimp emulatorloo Nov 2014 #8
WEARING A TAN SUIT! Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2014 #9
That was an impeachable fashion mistake LynneSin Nov 2014 #16
Oh. I forgot about that. Brigid Nov 2014 #17
It's bad TV Blue_Adept Nov 2014 #28
Don't forget that time he wore those "mom jeans"!!!! logosoco Nov 2014 #36
Presidenting while Black. muntrv Nov 2014 #10
OR... 2naSalit Nov 2014 #11
How about six years and still no immigration reform, hmmm?? eom BP2 Nov 2014 #12
I think the GOP vetoed that a few times too LynneSin Nov 2014 #18
Whaaaa, He hasn't done everything I wanted him to do in a timely fashion... NightWatcher Nov 2014 #22
I'm not real sure its something we have to worry about madokie Nov 2014 #13
Why do you want to impeach him? Rex Nov 2014 #14
Who is this "we" you speak of? Brigid Nov 2014 #15
Mustardgate. DetlefK Nov 2014 #19
they'll decide that later. The important thing is to get it into the Investigations Committee librechik Nov 2014 #20
God the race card is so over used kwolf68 Nov 2014 #21
so over used strawberries Nov 2014 #32
only racists believe it is overused noiretextatique Nov 2014 #48
Tell that to Bill Clinton nt strawberries Nov 2014 #49
bill clinton threw lani guinier and jocelyn elders under the bus noiretextatique Nov 2014 #50
only white people believe that noiretextatique Nov 2014 #47
I'm not sure about that BobbyBoring Nov 2014 #65
Clinton gave them a reason treestar Nov 2014 #71
BENGHAZI!!!!!! Roland99 Nov 2014 #23
that honestly wouldn't surprise me.... Takket Nov 2014 #40
Refusing to bow and scrape to the GOP meow2u3 Nov 2014 #24
oh boy strawberries Nov 2014 #33
what's your problem? noiretextatique Nov 2014 #41
I think the Obama's are doing quite well strawberries Nov 2014 #43
"the race card" is a rw meme noiretextatique Nov 2014 #45
what's a rw meme? strawberries Nov 2014 #46
an oft-repeated phrase, used mostly by rw assholes noiretextatique Nov 2014 #51
No one called you a racist ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2014 #54
For shaming the white guys at the art of leadership. n/t moondust Nov 2014 #25
All I can say is that President Obama........... wandy Nov 2014 #26
doubling the stock market while cutting the deficit and unemployment rate in half while black. unblock Nov 2014 #27
As dumb as the American public appears to be, if the rebukes are stupid enough to push impeachment, still_one Nov 2014 #29
I believe they will talk loudly about it for a while louis-t Nov 2014 #30
Fixing an economy fucked up by a republican - providing health care to millions liberal N proud Nov 2014 #31
Well, he brought Ebola into the U.S. to make it more like Africa KamaAina Nov 2014 #34
Being Black in America JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #35
Driving the country while Black.. redstatebluegirl Nov 2014 #37
*cynical giggles* Quayblue Nov 2014 #64
For ANYTHING Politicalboi Nov 2014 #38
Yeah - they're really gonna show us! tjwash Nov 2014 #39
the salute, the umbrella, the bike helmet, the tan suit napkinz Nov 2014 #42
Being Black ... Bingo!!! napkinz Nov 2014 #44
They will throw shit at the wall and impeach him for the lumps that stick. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #52
He is guilty of doing all this (in the face of the greatest obstruction and hate known to humankind randys1 Nov 2014 #53
prezidentin' while black AtomicKitten Nov 2014 #55
In the words of Marlon Brando from "The Wild One" gratuitous Nov 2014 #56
It all comes down to hifiguy Nov 2014 #57
It snowed in Maine already. merrily Nov 2014 #58
Spend five minutes watching Fox News, if you can stomach it DefenseLawyer Nov 2014 #59
My second cousin's gout? derby378 Nov 2014 #60
Anything we can get the Republicans to fall for - I'd love to see Obama impeached. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #61
Impeaching Obama cannot possibly lead to midterm election gains. That ship sailed. merrily Nov 2014 #67
Mutatis mutandis. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #68
Potayto, potahtoh merrily Nov 2014 #69
You noticed there aren't any more midterms LynneSin Nov 2014 #72
They aren't going to impeach Obama. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #62
Used car prices? GusBob Nov 2014 #63
For being only 1/2 white. CK_John Nov 2014 #66
It would have to be being black since treestar Nov 2014 #70

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
2. He Fooled You Into Believing He Was an American Christian
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:31 PM
Nov 2014

Me too.

And there is all those republicans who didn't get what they wanted.

That just has to impeachable, right?

Somebody has to pay for people not getting EXACTLY what they wanted in the EXACTLY the time frame they wanted it in.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
3. The problem is that there's a black man in the White House and he ain't the butler.
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:31 PM
Nov 2014

That is the real gist of the repukes attitude.

Johonny

(20,851 posts)
5. 2 month of news cycle where Republican voters won't have to focus on why their party
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:32 PM
Nov 2014

never does a damn thing for them to make their lives better. I'd laugh at them but they're really a cry.

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
6. Note the rebranding of "Executive Orders" to "Executive Actions" by the GOP & M$M
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:33 PM
Nov 2014

That's all they got. President Obama is squeaky clean.

Take a standard practice and paint it as somehow illegitimate....

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)
8. They can't decide whether he is a ruthless dictator or a passive wimp
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:35 PM
Nov 2014

They tend to call him Dictator in one sentence, and passive wimp in the next.

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
28. It's bad TV
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:03 PM
Nov 2014

Which is why they use that image in many ads around the country when showing him. It's all about the optics.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
36. Don't forget that time he wore those "mom jeans"!!!!
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:31 PM
Nov 2014

I wear them myself, but I am an old mom, so he was clearly over stepping the bounds of the Constitution there!

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
11. OR...
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:37 PM
Nov 2014

Because they couldn't catch him having extramarital affairs or taking bribes or being guilty of all their presumptions.

OR

For being intelligent, far more so than they and their constituent lemmings?


NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
22. Whaaaa, He hasn't done everything I wanted him to do in a timely fashion...
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:50 PM
Nov 2014

Let's forget the fact that everything he does gets sucked into the black hole that is Republican Obstruction.

Let's forget what he has done that is good and benefits millions of Americans, because you didn't get your pony or jetski.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
13. I'm not real sure its something we have to worry about
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:39 PM
Nov 2014

the election is NOT over yet. I still haven't made my appearance at the church where I vote at yet. My wife and I will do our voting when she gets home from work.

By crook or by hook is the only way the pukes can win and I'm not convinced there's enough crooks or hooks for them to have

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
15. Who is this "we" you speak of?
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:42 PM
Nov 2014

The idiot Repugs can whine and threaten and bloviate all they want to please their knuckle-dragging base, but they need to remember hat happened the last time they pulled this crap.

librechik

(30,674 posts)
20. they'll decide that later. The important thing is to get it into the Investigations Committee
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:47 PM
Nov 2014

So they can issue talking points every day while Obama must be silent. Cool, huh?

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)
21. God the race card is so over used
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 12:49 PM
Nov 2014

Why was Clinton impeached?

Yes the Republicans are morons and many are indeed racist, but I personally believe they are more interested in their ideology and not race, or black people who are Conservative like Carson, Sowell, Williams, etc...wouldn't be so celebrated by the right.

I have no doubt had John Kerry won in 2004 they would have been just as ruthless. The Republican machine is sinister, vile and disgusting and it's crosshairs are on the so-called left, irrespective of color (mostly).

 

strawberries

(498 posts)
32. so over used
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:12 PM
Nov 2014

I don't think anyone pays attention anymore. Just roll your eyes.

As for Clinton, he could have done great things for this country, but he had to continuously fight with repubs who were so jealous that a poor young white man made it from nothing to president of the USA

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
48. only racists believe it is overused
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:15 PM
Nov 2014

the people who actually experience racism do not. nor do they use the term "the race card," which is rw bullshit propaganda.

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
50. bill clinton threw lani guinier and jocelyn elders under the bus
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:19 PM
Nov 2014

and of course there was his famous appeal to racism, aka, his sistah souljah moment. is he a racist? i don't think so. did he try to appeal to racism: ABSOLUTELY.

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
47. only white people believe that
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:13 PM
Nov 2014

of course they like their black PUPPETS, and of course they use "the race card" to gain the votes of racists...but they aren't really racist, right. what utter bullshit.

BobbyBoring

(1,965 posts)
65. I'm not sure about that
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 04:39 PM
Nov 2014

If he was white and had an R by his name, they would love him (with the exception of ACA).
He's not a liberal, socialist, leftist, or the other lables they pin on him, so what else is there?

treestar

(82,383 posts)
71. Clinton gave them a reason
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 09:13 AM
Nov 2014

Obama has not, so that would be a major difference. For Obama, they would say they had the votes and they would have to come up with some bogus reason, a reason so ridiculous that they would look stupid (not that looking stupid bothers them).

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
41. what's your problem?
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:57 PM
Nov 2014

are you one of those people who have the privilege not to see the blatant racism directed at Obama?

 

strawberries

(498 posts)
43. I think the Obama's are doing quite well
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:04 PM
Nov 2014

as a family, as president and as human beings. I don't care that he is half white or half black of half purple green and blue

The race card is used so much that it loses its validity

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
45. "the race card" is a rw meme
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:07 PM
Nov 2014

and you are full of a simple google search will reveal to you all the blatant racism directed at this president and his family. that's not some silly rw meme...it is reality.

 

strawberries

(498 posts)
46. what's a rw meme?
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:13 PM
Nov 2014

been called a lot of things in life, Racist was not one of them... You have lots of anger and I am sorry for you.

Google me all you want, but first get a hold of yourself.

To quote Clinton "I don’t think I should take any s–t from anybody on that, do you?"

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/04/bill-clinton-ob-2/


noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
51. an oft-repeated phrase, used mostly by rw assholes
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:20 PM
Nov 2014

but not limited to rw assholes. mostly used by white americans, regardless of political affiliation, in stupid attempts to deny racism.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
54. No one called you a racist ...
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:26 PM
Nov 2014

what the poster said was ... the phrase: "Play the Race Card" is a rightwing meme, used to shut down/minimize any discussion of racial mistreatment.

wandy

(3,539 posts)
26. All I can say is that President Obama...........
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:00 PM
Nov 2014

better keep this critter off of the White House lawn.


One 'calling card' would be enough to start impeachment proceedings.

still_one

(92,219 posts)
29. As dumb as the American public appears to be, if the rebukes are stupid enough to push impeachment,
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:05 PM
Nov 2014

they WILL propel themselves to obsolesence even quicker

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
30. I believe they will talk loudly about it for a while
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:10 PM
Nov 2014

just like Boner bragged about suing Obama. I would say at least 3 freshman teabaggers will have the papers drawn up to wave around for their minions. It will go nowhere, as usual, because they know they have nothing but bluster. The 2 law firms Boner hired to sue Obama have quit, either because they knew it was fraudulent, or because Boner told them it was only theater.

liberal N proud

(60,336 posts)
31. Fixing an economy fucked up by a republican - providing health care to millions
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:11 PM
Nov 2014

Killing the boogie man (bin Laden).

Those are just 3, there are many more cases where he did good things while being a black Democratic President.

tjwash

(8,219 posts)
39. Yeah - they're really gonna show us!
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:51 PM
Nov 2014

If it wasn't such a sad commentary on the republican mindset, AND the piss-poor organization of the democratic party messaging skills, it would actually be comical how the congressional approval rating among the GOP is at 18 percent, which is actually up from their all-time record low of 15 percent in Jan of 2012...sooooo...naturally, the voters are gonna really teach everyone a lesson by - giving the GOP the majority in the Senate and house.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
53. He is guilty of doing all this (in the face of the greatest obstruction and hate known to humankind
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:22 PM
Nov 2014

in the history of politics, or close anyway)


63 straight months of economic expansion.
A depression averted.
A deficit reduced by two thirds.
A healthcare law that's working and lowering healthcare cost.
Two women on the Supreme Court.
Bin Laden is dead.
Stock Market at record heights
Unemployment down from 10.2 to 5.9%.
Gas prices are down.


Thank you Bill Maher for the list

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
56. In the words of Marlon Brando from "The Wild One"
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:30 PM
Nov 2014

Brando is asked, "What are you rebelling against?" He replies, "Whatcha got?"

The impeachable offenses will be whatever the likes of Louie Gohmert and Ted Cruz can think up.

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
59. Spend five minutes watching Fox News, if you can stomach it
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:47 PM
Nov 2014

They have a very long list. The hardest part for them is going to be narrowing down the charges to a workable number.

Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)
61. Anything we can get the Republicans to fall for - I'd love to see Obama impeached.
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 03:12 PM
Nov 2014

Bill Clinton's impeachment lead to one of the very few mid-term elections where the party controlling the presidency gained seats.

If there's any chance whatsoever of the Republicans impeaching Obama, we should be doing everything we can to help and encourage them.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
62. They aren't going to impeach Obama.
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 03:18 PM
Nov 2014

The Republicants aren't stupid, just evil. They are about to control all of Congress without being particularly popular.

The last thing they want to do is gin up the African American and Latino vote for 2016.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
70. It would have to be being black since
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 09:12 AM
Nov 2014

impeachment gets them nowhere - why would Biden be any better for them? Only because he's at least white. They can handle that. The first black President being impeached and removed from office supports their agenda that black men aren't as capable as white men. They are already devastated by the electorate choosing one to be POTUS in the first place. All that's left is to prove he is "qualified" for the worst thing that can happen to a POTUS.

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