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Impeachment: A bridge too far (Buchanan)
WND ^ | 7/7/2014 | Pat Buchanan

Posted on 07/07/2014 10:43:43 AM PDT by rjsimmon

WASHINGTON — Increasingly, across this city, the “I” word is being heard.

Impeachment is being brought up by Republicans outraged over Barack Obama’s usurpations of power and unilateral rewriting of laws. And Obama is taunting John Boehner and the GOP: “So sue me.”

Democrats are talking impeachment to rally a lethargic base to come out and vote this fall to prevent Republicans from taking control of the Senate, and with it the power to convict an impeached president.

Still, Republicans should drop the talk of impeachment.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buchanan; impeachment; obama; patbuchanan
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Pat is off of his meds.
1 posted on 07/07/2014 10:43:43 AM PDT by rjsimmon
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Per usual.


2 posted on 07/07/2014 10:46:58 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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It would put Crazy Biden in Power. Then if he were impeached too, then we would have Dingy Harry Reid.

But Dingy will not let it happen.

3 posted on 07/07/2014 10:48:15 AM PDT by sr4402
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Geez, Pat...just take your doggone IRA, 401K, whatever money you’ve stashed away and go off and be irrelevant like you have been effectively for 20 years. Sheesh.......

Who cares what you think.


4 posted on 07/07/2014 10:48:22 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Pat is absolutely right.


5 posted on 07/07/2014 10:49:04 AM PDT by circlecity
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Pat is off of his meds.

And McCain wouldn't mind Hitlary being President.

It's getting wilder out there by the minute, hour, and day. World war Z yet?
6 posted on 07/07/2014 10:50:05 AM PDT by Resettozero
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The base is not “lethargic”, it is outraged - at the GOP - for being dead flies and doing nothing in the face of this assault on the country


7 posted on 07/07/2014 10:50:23 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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Pat is absolutely right.

I quite adamantly disagree but would like to hear your opinion as to why.

8 posted on 07/07/2014 10:52:13 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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Pat is exactly right. Obama will never be convicted. Ever. Of anything, anywhere any time. It is a fools errand which he welcomes to “gin up his base”.


9 posted on 07/07/2014 10:52:42 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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I often find myself in disagreement with Pat, but he is right here. Huge waste of time and effort, nothing would come of it, except motivating the moron vote.. No thanks.


10 posted on 07/07/2014 10:54:21 AM PDT by Paradox (Unexpected things coming for the next few years.)
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Pat is absolutely right.

When the article is read all the way to its conclusion, he does make a point. Still, the words "Pat is absolutely right" do not seem to be logical when put together in a sentence.
11 posted on 07/07/2014 10:54:34 AM PDT by Resettozero
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No backbone for Pat, no accountability for Obama.

Actions have consequences. As Charles Stanley often says:

“You reap what you sow, more than you sow, and later than you sow.”

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” Galatians 6:7


12 posted on 07/07/2014 10:54:54 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( "For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know")
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

1 Vice President of the United States Joe Biden (D)
2 Speaker of the House John Boehner (R)
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Patrick Leahy (D)
4 Secretary of State John Kerry (D)
5 Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew (D)
6 Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (R)
7 Attorney General Eric Holder (D)

13 posted on 07/07/2014 10:55:06 AM PDT by garyb
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Because it would accomplish nothing but to rally a disillusioned Obama base. We don’t have the votes to get rid of him and won’t as long as he’s President. It would just be another fail for the Republicans.


14 posted on 07/07/2014 10:55:19 AM PDT by circlecity
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Obama will never be convicted.

Despite the obvious partisans in the Senate, by the time AOI makes its way up the chain, the Senate would presumably have a Republican majority and may very well unseat BHO. The only case I could see for not bringing AOI would be that the trial very well could elicit a Democratic surge in the polls this November.

What is your thesis?

15 posted on 07/07/2014 10:56:52 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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Obama will never be convicted. Ever. Of anything, anywhere any time.

You are correct, in the sense that, without an Effective Advocate, we all (including the O) remained convicted and condemned eternally to Hades or worse.
16 posted on 07/07/2014 10:59:22 AM PDT by Resettozero
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17 posted on 07/07/2014 10:59:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (I've posted a total of 2,756 threads and 85,113 replies................)
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So, what are we supposed to do? Just grab our ankles and take it in the backside? I’m beginning to suspect Pat LIKES being abused.

LAWS WERE BROKEN. PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

DAMMIT......I WANT SOMEONE TO GO TO JAIL!

Where’s the outrage, people? What happened to us?

As to Pat.....I’ve known he was an ignorant cowardly wimp for years. Any body who reads his stuff deserves the loss of wasted time from their lives


18 posted on 07/07/2014 11:00:57 AM PDT by RepRivFarm ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -George Orwell)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession 1 Vice President of the United States Joe Biden (D) 2 Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) 3 President pro tempore of the Senate Patrick Leahy (D) 4 Secretary of State John Kerry (D) 5 Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew (D) 6 Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (R) 7 Attorney General Eric Holder (D)

Excellent way to make the point; better than Buchanan's.
19 posted on 07/07/2014 11:01:34 AM PDT by Resettozero
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Because it would accomplish nothing but to rally a disillusioned Obama base. We don’t have the votes to get rid of him and won’t as long as he’s President. It would just be another fail for the Republicans.

Logical fallacy of sorts. Just because of the untintended consequences (whether or not they happen), that is no reason to refrain from doing what is just and right. The colonist wanted to avoid confrontation with Mother England for basically the same premice, that bad things would happen. The fight must be fought to preserve liberty.

My hesitation is that, were BHO to be impeached yet not removed, it would embolden him to press further with his anti-American agenda.

20 posted on 07/07/2014 11:04:50 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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