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Conservatives Go From Zero To Impeachment In Record Time On BergdahlTom Kludt June 3, 2014, 3:03 PM EDT
It was really only a matter of time before conservatives began invoking the "I-word" over President Obama's decision to release five Taliban detainees from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for the only American prisoner of war in Afghanistan.
In the days following the prisoner swap that secured the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, some conservatives who have long fantasized about booting Obama from office believe they may finally have the goods for impeachment.
Andrew McCarthy, who's written an entire book that builds a case for impeachment against Obama, said in an interview published Monday he would include the Bergdahl release as part of his "larger indictment" against the President.
McCarthy told the MailOnline that the release of "senior terrorists to the Taliban" represents a "high crime and misdemeanor."
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Judge Andrew Napolitano took it from there on Tuesday, telling the gang on "Fox & Friends" that Obama "may very well have committed a federal crime by giving material assistance to a terrorist organization."
Napolitano said impeaching Obama over the prisoner swap is a "very valid argument that people are going to start talking about."
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/conservatives-impeachment-obama-bergdahl
BERGDHAZI!!11!(one)!!!11
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Soon to be followed by:
Another day, another GOP game...
Cha
(295,929 posts)Puglover
(16,380 posts)They won't have a Repuke in the White House for a generation. And I would not be surprised if it would lose them the Senate AND the House.
Fuckers
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,355 posts)I would love to see them try to impeach PBO over THIS!
alarimer
(16,245 posts)From Little Green Footballs (Guy used to be a die-hard conservative, but had a change of heart a while back):
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43450_Flashback!_1-2014-_PJ_Media_Encourages_Readers_to_Sign_Petition_to_Free_Bergdahl_By_Any_Means_Necessary
Actually, I'm not sure the original article was doing anything but describing the efforts of his family to help, but it did link to the petition, which was asking Obama to do the exchange, which is why I amended the post.
Still, it does seem curious.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(295,929 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)the stench of desperation?
They know Hillary is going to kick their asses....and their base HATES her with a burning passion!
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)If anything, focusing on this pretty much wipes Benghazi off the table.
Focusing on Obama is pointless since he can't ever run again.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)to sway public support away from him....to paint the Dems in general with a failed President...a Black one at that.....and the likely successor is a woman to boot.... Hillary Clinton who is also very popular with the base of the Democratic party!
Thats why...
Aristus
(66,096 posts)Details at 11...
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)should recommend against this.
But, yes, they'll talk about it. The real targets of this are the Democrats who are running this fall.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)This would be a Republican Waterloo. They know this; they're just making noise.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)the "reason" of the day?
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)toddwv
(2,830 posts)Didn't they call for impeachment that one time he decided on bacon instead of ham for breakfast?
arcane1
(38,613 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)JHB
(37,133 posts)It's Tuesday on Fox! Gotta call for his impeachment over something!
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)They're just racist rabble still trying to fight the civil war.
Jamaal510
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bigtree
(85,919 posts)malaise
(267,833 posts)Fugging idiots
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)They're hoping to take the Senate, which in case, they'll get what they want. All the more reason to GOTV.
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)on their face again by their incorrect analysis
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)I've seen to many republican dirty tricks in my lifetime that I'm putting nothing past them.
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,484 posts)he took office.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)Cha
(295,929 posts)alp227
(31,962 posts)McCarthy also prosecuted '90s terrorism cases like the 1993 WTC bombers and the Blind Sheik. But once Obama came into office, McCarthy came out against civilian trials for terrorists! I wonder if he'd be taking that position if McCain won the election instead? (I mean, he successfully prosecuted terrorists during the Clinton years!)
McCarthy was also on Mark Levin's show on Monday, part 1:
Part 2:
According to Wikipedia on McCarthy: