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kairos12

(12,874 posts)
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 05:23 PM Feb 2014

A question for the Community

As the endless Benghazi "scandal" drags on, it made me wonder what the chances were that, if 9-11 happened on his watch, President Obama would have been impeached. I suppose it would matter greatly what the composition of Congress was.

I think there is a very real chance it would have happened. What do you think?

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TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
2. Would have been considered a massive failure, at the very least, if not grounds for impeachment.
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 05:28 PM
Feb 2014

No bullhorn bullshit, no standing on the Capitol steps singing God Bless America, no Toby Keith songs. Just Democratic failure. Edit to add: would also have been held up as a sign of Obama's "weakness", as everything bad that happens in the world is now, apparently.

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
3. No, I don't think so. The country would have rallied around him, just like Bush
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 05:30 PM
Feb 2014

It's the natural reaction to being attacked. To get all patriotic.

tkmorris

(11,138 posts)
5. Not for Republicans it aint
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 05:32 PM
Feb 2014

Those clowns take ANY event and try to figure out how to bludgeon Democrats with it. Remember how hurricanes are caused by gay marriage?

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
4. In other news the sky is blue
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 05:31 PM
Feb 2014

(Just don't tell republicans, it must be a liberal *democrat* plot)

*I used the republican slur on purpose*

And yes, he would have been impeached and I think convicted in the Senate as well.

Vincardog

(20,234 posts)
6. 9/11 wouldn't have happened on a Democrat's watch. Democrats read their intelligence briefs
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 05:40 PM
Feb 2014

and do not have the PNAC's plan requiring a "new Pearl Harbor" like event to distract us.

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