Palin the constitutional expert (She must be right over the target)

The Hill ^ | July 11, 2014 | A.B. Stoddard

[2ndDivisionVet]

It has been a while since former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) embarrassed herself, but staying out of the news isn't good for her livelihood, which relies on lucrative speeches, television appearances and a regular stream of news accounts of her Facebook posts where she offers up her special brand of leadership. So since things have been a bit quiet for her, this week she insisted that everyone who resists impeaching President Obama must go. In her words, "we should vehemently oppose any politician on the left or right who would hesitate in voting for articles of impeachment," and this other choice sentence: "Enough is enough of the years of abuse from this president. His unsecured border crisis is the last straw that makes the battered wife say, 'No mas.' Opening our borders to a flood of illegal immigrants is deliberate. It's time to impeach." She surely didn't want you to miss her slap at Latino battered wives while she accused the president of the United States of intentionally creating a humanitarian crisis involving more than 70,000 people.

It must have been too much fun for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to face reporters this week, knowing he would be asked to weigh in on the latest guidance Palin had offered up to the Grand Old Party. "I disagree," Boehner said, something he had to repeat when asked the question — again — another way. In her inspirational call to arms, Palin had made a point of mocking the suit Boehner is filing against Obama on behalf of House Republicans, saying "you don't bring a lawsuit to a gun fight." That's pretty rich, considering the lawsuit was created in order to quiet conservatives calling for impeachment. Rational Republicans decided a long time ago that impeaching Obama is a one-way ticket to political irrelevance. Which is why someone like Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — looking for a future in politics, possibly including the presidency, instead of a past — had to admit when pressed by CNN that "that's not my position."

And then there is Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who gets credit for birthing the phenomenon that is Palin. Shocker — he also disagrees. "I respect always Sarah Palin's views, but my particular view is that we should devote our energies to regaining the majority in the Senate," McCain said. "I saw the impeachment scenario with former President Clinton and it was not a good thing to do. The American people didn't like it. The American people wanted us to do their work and that was overall opinion at the time. It did not sit well with the American people." Trying to urge reason in an unreasonable debate, McCain said that "the real answer is to get control of the United States Senate and then we can enact legislation which would curb exactly what Sarah Palin and others want to impeach him for. You're never going to get 67 votes in the United States Senate either." Those trying to "defund" Obamacare last year never let a lack of votes get in their way.

Palin isn't the first conservative calling to impeach the president, and she won't be the last. There are conservatives everywhere hoping Obama could somehow be convicted of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors," but those experts on the Constitution should spend some more time looking those words up in the dictionary and giving some thought to a legal path forward, particularly before giving any money to a "leader" or lawmaker who tells them that just like defunding ObamaCare, the votes are there.

Democrats can count — their email titled "Palin Humiliated" (about her impeachment push) brought in 10,000 donations in 24 hours to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

[2ndDivisionVet]

http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/speakers/speaker.cfm?SpeakerId=6467

http://www.harrywalker.com/speaker/Hillary-Clinton.cfm?Spea_ID=1655

[kiryandil]

Hillary makes twice as much.

On the other hand, AB Stoddard grew up to be a "crony"

Being a crony can get you a $1.8 million house in Chevy Chase, Maryland, some say.

[kiryandil]

She [cronyette AB Stoddard] has a bachelors degree, the same as Governor Palin and millions of other people up and down the strata of society.

How ironic, using the word "lucrative" as a slur to describe Palin's current career.

Pretty sure Sarah hasn't got a crony pad worth $1.8 mil in the DC Pustule...

[Jacob Kell]

The picture didn’t post.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I can see it but you can’t? Anyone else see it?

[kcvl]

Stoddard attended the prestigious Spence School in New York City, later graduating from Connecticut College in 1991. She was employed as a reporter by the Potomac News in northern Virginia. Stoddard was a Congressional reporter for The Hill from 1995 to 1999.

Her father is Brandon Stoddard, who served as president of ABC Productions and ABC Motion Pictures. Stoddard's mother is Alexandra Stoddard, a prolific author, interior designer and lifestyle philosopher.

Her aunt is Barbara Johns Waterston, owner of Providence Magazine. Stoddard's cousin is James Smallwood Waterston, an actor. Her great-aunt is Ruth Elizabeth Johns, renowned social worker.

[kiryandil]

Little Alexandra wants to be a "crony":

[kiryandil]

hotlink is disabled. It’s in your cache, so you can see it.

[kcvl]

The Hill’s Stoddard: Bunning ‘Gave the GOP the Face of a Mean Old White Guy’

By Mike Bates | March 4, 2010 | 17:12

When a political editor declares that U.S. Senator Jim Bunning (R-Ky) makes “even former Vice President Dick Cheney seem warm and fuzzy,” you know that the mainstream media are reaching for the long knives. Associate editor of The Hill A.B. Stoddard wrote in yesterday’s “Bunning’s gift to Dems:”

Bunning’s blowup was indeed a gift to bewildered Democrats on more than one level. It portrayed Republicans as obstructionists, showed Republicans dissing the unemployed, gave the GOP the face of a mean old white guy that made even former Vice President Dick Cheney seem warm and fuzzy, illustrated how hamstrung Democrats are in trying to pass legislation within the confines of Senate rules, made fellow home-state senator and former friend Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) squirm and distracted from the plans Democrats have to pass healthcare reform with the reconciliation procedure, as well as from Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) stepping down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee amid ethical troubles. Let’s call that a six-fer.

http://newsbusters.org/people/b-stoddard#ixzz37E6rdu5P

[upchuck]

I’ve got stickers that say,

“The average price per gallon on Jan 20, 2009 was $1.83. Had enough Obama Hope and Change yet?”

I put one on the pump every time I fill up.

[kcvl]

December 12, 2008

A.B. Stoddard. The associate editor of “The Hill” offered up the strange excuse that death threats are preventing Rahm Emanuel from attending press conferences in the course of an MSNBC appearance this afternoon during which she also claimed that “President-elect Obama is taking steps to be as forthcoming and as open and as transparent as he promised he would be.”

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/12/12/rahms-not-attending-press-conferences-because-hes-receiving-death-#ixzz37E7j6h7Y

[2ndDivisionVet]

I just grabbed it off a Google search.

[kcvl]

. A.B. Stoddard is an associate editor of The Hill. Unfortunately, Stoddard is also routinely on the Fox News “all star panel.” Last night after Obama’s hyper partisan propaganda speech Stoddard of course praised Obama, and made the asinine claim that Ronald Reagan couldn’t win the Republican nomination

“Well, first of all Ronald Reagan, as everyone at this table knows would not be able to win the Republican nomination in the Republican Party of 2011, period,” Stoddard said. “This is one of the reasons President Obama continues to mention him.”

[2ndDivisionVet]

Hahahaha! I worked for President Reagan. She has NO IDEA what he was capable of.

[Finalapproach29er]

They know Palin is the North Star for people who still care about America.

[Finalapproach29er]

Stoddard attended the prestigious Spence School in New York City, later graduating from Connecticut College in
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Snob from birth....

[Olog-hai]

First step towards destruction, as translated from Hebrew sheber (literally “ruin”).

[bray]

Nepotism pays very well in the District or Corruption.

Pray America wakes up

[lulu16]

I read her mother’s lifestyle books in the ‘90’s, not that I remember anything about them, she spent a lot of time decorating very feminine spaces and musing about fluff.

At that time, I much more enjoyed The Tightwad Gazette.

[kcvl]

I guess I didn't make the connection for some reason!