More Opened Eyes to the I-word

A new CNN poll reveals that one in three Americans agree with my call for President Obama’s impeachment. That’s a huge number – especially considering how misconstrued the issue is when relying on media to explain impeachment. Let’s go around the media filters and acknowledge this ourselves: many Americans haven’t heard what impeachable offenses really are; but when they do, more citizens will rise up to hold their government accountable.

On the heels of this new poll, The Hill reports that the Obama White House is now taking talk of impeachment very seriously. They can’t poo-poo this as liberal followers want them to because they know they’ve done wrong.

The article states, “Dan Pfeiffer, a senior advisor to Obama, said Friday that the White House is taking the prospect of impeachment in the GOP-controlled House more seriously than many others in Washington, who see it as unlikely.” Pfeiffer then noted that a large block of the conservative base favors impeachment.

They also note that Team Obama is aware that the illegal immigration crisis is the tipping point. With the president continuing to halt deportations and with his intention to skirt law once again to grant some sort of amnesty by executive fiat, more Americans will join me in calling for impeachment. I’m talking about average, everyday law-abiding citizens who know we must hold our government accountable; I’m not talking about the political elite on both sides of the aisle who only give lip service to the problem of a lawlessp. They mock the idea of actually remedying this extremely dangerous situation because they’re fine with Washington D.C.’s status quo.

Thank you, good Americans who care about defending our constitution and preserving American exceptionalism! It’s so good to know we finally got Washington’s attention. It took the illegal immigration crisis to tip this because Americans know it’s a direct attack on our sovereignty, on American workers of all races and backgrounds (both native-born and legal immigrants who came here orderly, safely; the right, legal way), on our solvency and security. It IS a direct attack, orchestrated by a president who promised to fundamentally transform our nation.

The American worker is the forgotten man in this crisis of Obama’s making. None other than Cesar Chavez affirmed that illegal immigration hurts hardworking Americans as it drives down the wages of our workers seeking good jobs to support their families.

That’s why we see so many Americans of all racial and ethnic backgrounds uniting to protest this border insanity. We are protesting a lawless administration that doesn't respect the will and wisdom of the people. We can affirm the productivity of legal immigration, but we know why we have laws on the books that keep government in check with this issue and all other issues; we know that part of what makes America exceptional is the rule of law. Without rule of law at our borders, in no time we will become as corrupt and dysfunctional as the nation’s immigrants flee to come here. We also know that “no borders equals no nation.”

The president has a constitutional duty to secure our homeland. That means securing our borders. He’s willfully derelict in his duty. This is illegal.

The Washington Post published a bombshell report this week about top officials at the White House and the State Department having been repeatedly warned of the crisis brewing with illegal immigrant children coming through our unsecured borders in massive numbers from Central America. Essentially the illegals are enticed here by Obama sending a message that he promises they may do so. Illegal children and adults from all over the globe are coming in droves to collect what he's illegally promised. His incentives are invitations to not support legal immigration but instead, invasion.

Despite dire warnings, the White House didn’t want to deal with the issue. They were focused instead on Obama’s 2012 reelection and the push for amnesty along with that promised “transformation,” and this burgeoning crisis didn’t look good for the president politically. So Obama willfully ignored it, and our laws, and in fact Team Obama actively stoked this when Obama issued his own version of the DREAM Act. I call him the Dream Weaver because Obama waved his glittery magic wand and took actions that obviously led the illegal immigrants to believe they would be granted amnesty. And that is why they're coming. He caused a trickle of illegals to “necessarily skyrocket.”

In light of this Washington Post report, there are two questions Congress needs to demand answers to: What did the president know and when did he know it?

Recall that those questions were asked of another president who was also the subject of a Washington Post exposé.

So, speaking of the “I word” – IMPEACHMENT – a supporter on Facebook recently asked me: “Do you have any clue why he isn't impeached already?”

Yes, I do actually. Let’s go back to that poll I cited showing 33% of Americans agree with me on impeachment. It’s clear from the way these polls are conducted that most Americans aren't aware of what constitutes impeachable offenses.

The Constitution says “high crimes and misdemeanors” are the basis for this serious remedy. The Framers used that term to mean a dereliction of duty, and the first duty of the president is to enforce our laws and preserve, protect, and defend our Constitution. Alexander Hamilton described impeachable offenses as “the abuse or violation of some public trust.” He called them “political” offenses because they “relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself.”

No serious person who is paying attention can deny that Obama and his administration have abused and violated the public trust and the Constitution.

The White House is counting on the fact that Americans think impeachment is for committing a crime under the penal code. But I’ll keep repeating the truth in order to educate as many Americans as possible.

So, again, let’s be crystal clear on this. Impeachment isn’t necessarily for ordinary criminal acts, nor is it for bad political decisions or differences in opinion. We’re not saying, “Impeach him because his stimulus failed; he coddles Wall Street while dissing Main Street; he recklessly spends our tax dollars on skewed priorities, etc., etc.”

We’re saying he must be impeached for overstepping his Constitutional authority. Here are some examples: he broke the law in changing the Obamacare law by fiat, and he issued amnesty for illegal immigrants by fiat, and he committed fraud on the American people by lying that we could keep our health care if we like our health care, and he refused to secure our borders or halt this border crisis he caused. The list of abuse is long. Allowing any president to continue this lawlessness sets a precedent for future presidents that can allow destruction of our nation.

We’re acknowledging that there’s only one recourse in holding government accountable when led by a president who breaks the law. Remember the Constitution holds the president directly responsible for the executive branch. He can’t just vote “present” and keep feigning ignorance of all the scandals rocking his administration, any more than a mob boss can claim innocence because he didn’t personally do the hit. The buck stops with the guy at the top.

From Benghazi to the IRS and VA scandals, to the NSA spying on innocent Americans, to his Department of Justice wiretapping reporters and giving guns to Mexican drug cartels in Fast & Furious, to ignoring in-house illegal fundraising, I could go on and on.

Impeachment is the Constitution’s answer for a derelict, incompetent presidency, as well as for a lawless imperial presidency. Both describe the unprecedented problem we have with Obama.

In terms of lawlessness, the president is radically changing the way the executive branch does business. He has put us on a dangerous path that will fundamentally change us. With his “pen and phone,” he’s abrogating Congressional authority in violation of the Constitution’s separation of powers. He’s making himself a ruler, not a president. As I said last week, we had a revolution back in 1776 because we don’t do kings.

Making the case for impeachment is not difficult. What’s difficult is having the moral courage and political will to do what is right.

I will keep hammering this issue because it is clearly the only way to stop this president from further abusing his powers. Our founders prepared a future citizenry for such a thing. They crafted the tool for Congress’ authority and obligation to stop this. We’re putting the president on notice.

One out of three Americans are talking about impeachment, Mr. President, because we love this country and respect the sacrifices made to build it. That number will increase as more eyes open to the truth.

Here’s the Washington Post article mentioned above: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-aides-were-warned-of-brewing-border-crisis/2014/07/19/8b5d2282-0d1b-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2_story.html

taildragger

Your comment (#32) was spot on!! Excellent!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3185566/posts?page=32#32

Now, if the GOP does not think it is prudent to talk of impeachment before November, let Governor Palin go rogue and see if she can up the figures from 33% to at least above 50%. Then it will be difficult for the media not to follow on.

Some interesting points from from the poll: First the negative one - more than 50% of the sample felt that the president had been about right or not gone far enough in expanding the power of the presidency. However, it was only 4% less who thought the same about President Bush in 2006. Maybe you really do do rulers!

OK, so more information is needed (and remember the poll was “adults” on phone - not the best of samples, probably a lot of LIV:s).

So, on the positive side, the figure 33% for impeachment is higher than the figures CNN compares with for both Clinton and GW Bush (29 and 30%, respectively).

The Boehner lawsuit is not much more popular than impeachment, 41 vs 33%.

So, what do we think the figures would have been like 2 months ago, before Sarah Palin started to talk about impeachment? (There were others before her, for sure, but she is still the one with the media buzz.)

Can she, with the excellent assistance of Obama, Holder, Kerry et co, get these figures to increase further? That is the question.

PS: If it had been a Republican president, what is the likelihood that the headline of this piece would have been that the opinion for impeachment was the highest for more than 15 years (notwithstanding the fact that the difference is not statistically significant)?

So Basically what you are saying is Sarah is getting the news out there and getting people talking about it.

You know, taking small Progressives steps towards an ultimate goal.

Something MUST be done, the Regime will place these People they have flown from Honduras RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR CHILDREN IN YOUR SCHOOLS. And we have NO recourse because......It might be politically risky?

Are we that far gone?

As you may or may not know, I am watching this from abroad, so it is hard for me to say whether you are that far gone or not. Given the response in the poll, it appears that “We the people” are not fully aware of the issues. This is something Governor Palin mentions in her op-ed.

If it is true I find it awful, but not surprising, given the mediocre (at best) news media available for those who don’t actively search for news.

However, IMHO this is one type of issue where I think a non-aligned, rogue, media-savvy person like Sarah Palin can do a tremendous amount of good. Not alone of course, but with the help of other good men and women. But, I think she has found the correct approach in this piece, Information, information, information - then it is up to people to start to decide themselves.

Note, I am not saying that this is how this situation must be handled, or should be handled, only that if no one in a leading position (GOP or Democrat) dare to pursue the impeachment question, then Palin’s way may be the only one. And even if it does not get you all the way there, it may still do some good such as scaring the WH from going all out with some of the more outlandish ideas that are being proposed.

Obama is doing everything in his power to destroy the USA and Israel because he hates both..he was raised to hate America, he was brought up by Communists, surrounded by Communists, and started his career in the home of a terrorist..its no wonder he became what he became..he wants to destroy Israel because that is his progressive mentality, that Israel is the enemy and that everyone should embrace Islam..Obama wants all these illegals in America for the same reason the left wants them in America, so that they will have power forever..you will have 20+ million new Democrat voters..that gives them power forever

***...because we love this country and respect the sacrifices made to build it.***

Yes - “and respect the sacrifices”. Leave it to Sarah to put things in total perspective.

Some have referred to Sarah as ‘the American version of Margaret Thatcher’, and I see even that may be an understatement.

Anything less than a Palin/Cruz ticket in ‘16 is tantamount to waiving the white flag to the globalist elites. House and Senate in November; Palin/Cruz two years later.

The benefit of an impeachment would be the airing/disclosure of Obama’s high crimes.

Since the old media are complicit in the cover-up, articles of impeachment rather than a nonexistent news chronicle will serve as the permanent historical record of His presidency.

And, if we should not recover our freedoms, if we should continue our head first dive into despotism, history will record that the people of the United States made one last effort to save their republic.

This whole talk of impeachment only serves to rally the democratic base. Not only is it a senseless waste of time, it is counter-productive.

You're absolutely right.

If we had some pubbies, Boehner and McConnell specifically, who had brass balls so big they clanked when they walked, we'd have a different situation.

From Sarah's article:

Pfeiffer then noted that a large block of the conservative base favors impeachment.This is nothing more than enticement and should be completely ignored.

As things stand now, impeachment is impossible. Even if we take the Senate it may be impossible.

And if Article of Impeachment are drawn up, it will likely take till late 2015 to work them through congress. By that time nobama will be almost through with his term.

Which brings up an interesting question: there are prolly dozens (hundreds?) of people nobama wants to pardon (Lois L. comes to mind). If a President is impeached, can he grant pardons before he leaves office?

We haven't addressed the possibility nobama has something evil in mind that will cause the 2014 elections to be canceled or put off for some time.

“Which brings up an interesting question: there are prolly dozens (hundreds?) of people nobama wants to pardon (Lois L. comes to mind). If a President is impeached, can he grant pardons before he leaves office?”

You’re confusing impeachment with conviction. Bill Clinton was impeached in the house but was not convicted in the senate and served out the rest of his term which included several pardons.

Impeachment results form a majority vote in the house. Think Grand Jury. Conviction requires a 2/3 vote in the Senate.

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