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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs predicted, the Thugs are threatening impeachment
if President Obama does immigration reform on his own. The other threat, right on cue, is shutting down the government.
49jim
(560 posts)MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)It's pathetic.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)The tea-party exists to demand confrontation. So many of the elected officials throw hamburger scrap at them.
rock
(13,218 posts)a really high-maintenance sector and may yet be the death of the GOP!
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)a Jeb/Walker ticket cover the entire range for the GOP...centrist right/populist anti-social right.
I think Walker would deliver Teahadists everywhere.
Orrex
(63,216 posts)Pretty much everyone else predicted it, too, so you have plenty of company.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Orrex
(63,216 posts)I don't recall your thread, but I've seen more of the latter.
YMMV
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)reasons, a, b, and c.
Orrex
(63,216 posts)Now you know that you were right!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Only bright side of that outrage would be how totally destroyed the Rethugs would be when it's all over.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)with a big ass chip on their shoulders.
One of the reasons they won this election
is because they pretended to be 'not republican'.
Now they're shedding their skins and back to
doing stupid spiteful shit, I'm happy to provide
a big bright spotlight. Please proceed, GOP.
CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)Please fucking proceed, GOP.
Laurian
(2,593 posts)how to do anything productive, they only know how to grandstand with obstruction. This will just prove their lack of ability to govern.
I say they should go for it and demonstrate their true nature. Their constant threats are getting old.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Shit or get off the pot, you disgusting toads!
LWolf
(46,179 posts)I have little political respect for the POTUS, but he hasn't done anything impeachable. Let the Republicans smear that shit all over themselves.
spanone
(135,844 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)Maybe unless Faux Newz convinces them its all Obama's fault.
cali
(114,904 posts)have been blathering on about it for years. no different than it was prior to the election.
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Clyburn may be right that Republicans want an asterisk by Obamas name. But theres no proof of a plan. Instead, we have disavowals from a large group of Republican leaders, who all say impeachment is off the table. We have no plans to impeach the president, said John Boehner at a July 29 press conference. We have no future plans. And a few months later, just before the election, a spokesman for the House speaker told Politifact that Boehner has taken impeachment off the table. His stance hasnt changed. (Indeed, he hasnt even moved with his lawsuit against the president, a good sign that hes telling the truth.)
If that isnt enough to dismiss Clyburns claim, theres statements from Rep. Paul Ryan, who said Obamas actions do not rise to the high crime and misdemeanor level; Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who as House Judiciary Committee chairman would play a crucial role in impeachment proceedings if it happened; and presidential contenders like Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who, if nothing else, has a real interest in siding with the base on an issue like impeachment.
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/11/republicans_won_t_impeach_president_obama_but_democrats_think_they_might.html
former9thward
(32,025 posts)Nobody who counts is making that threat.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)I hope I am wrong, but those crazies are definitely capable of it, because after last week's election results, they erroneously think they have a "mandate."
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)It won't happen.
But... if Obama does do "executive amnesty" (or whatever you want to call it), I don't expect anything to get done for the rest of his term. They will block every bill, every judge, every nominee to everything.
MissB
(15,810 posts)Ok, I'm really not. Soooo predictable.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)Stupid assholes. The party of "No" .