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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:30 PM Jun 2014

Conservatives Call For Obama's Impeachment Over Bergdahl POW Exchange

Conservatives Go From Zero To Impeachment In Record Time On Bergdahl
Tom 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

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Conservatives Call For Obama's Impeachment Over Bergdahl POW Exchange (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 OP
lol... SummerSnow Jun 2014 #1
Thanks for the excellent gif! freshwest Jun 2014 #17
Cheers to My Haters.. Cha Jun 2014 #40
Let them try. Puglover Jun 2014 #2
Well said. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #5
Please proceed GOP Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2014 #3
Pajamas media (conservative site) did link to a petition for his release a few months ago alarimer Jun 2014 #4
really? napkinz Jun 2014 #6
Ah, perfect as always, napkinz! You have an eye for the artistic. n/t freshwest Jun 2014 #18
"Cheers to my Haters".. Cha Jun 2014 #41
love that smile! napkinz Jun 2014 #45
Kick! Cha Jun 2014 #46
Can you smell it too? VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #7
Well I dont really see how this has anything to do with Hillary davidn3600 Jun 2014 #14
Then you are not looking at the big picture....they are desperate....they haven't been able VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #22
"Conservatives Call For Obama's Impeachment Over The Fact That Tuesday Follows Monday." Aristus Jun 2014 #8
heheheh SammyWinstonJack Jun 2014 #10
I thought it was because the sun rises in east. Mecca is to the east. See the logic? freshwest Jun 2014 #19
Bloody Hell!!!! Here we go again!!!!! LongTomH Jun 2014 #9
OMG, I love Godzilla! freshwest Jun 2014 #20
The ones who remember how high Clinton's polls went after his impeachment merrily Jun 2014 #11
At the risk of sounding like our coked-up ex pres: bring it. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2014 #12
Anyone else think they've got a stack of Call For Impeachment Forms, with a blank space to fill in winter is coming Jun 2014 #13
They must be running low on erasers... nt LiberalElite Jun 2014 #23
Impeachment Mad-libs. arcane1 Jun 2014 #29
More like Batshit-Crazy-libs. n/t winter is coming Jun 2014 #30
I'm sure we're all shocked. toddwv Jun 2014 #15
You're thinking of Dijon Mustard-gate. arcane1 Jun 2014 #28
Just more crap to side line the important issues of the day .. like guns, climate, and inequality! YOHABLO Jun 2014 #16
Of course they do JHB Jun 2014 #21
These people are not, "conservatives." jaysunb Jun 2014 #24
... Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #25
all aboard the crazy train bigtree Jun 2014 #26
Why don't they throw all their impeachment reasons in a hat and draw one malaise Jun 2014 #27
Do it, I dare these POS to do it. It may just turn the midterms in our favor lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #31
Unfortunately, they'll probably wait until after the midterms. GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #33
They won't take the Senate, the illustrious MSM has grossly exaggerated that, and they will have egg lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #38
I think your probably right, but... GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #39
Agreed. The other thing that concerns me is pele won't vote lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #43
They want to impeach him for presidenting while black. muntrv Jun 2014 #32
Do it, fuckers. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #34
Bring it! underthematrix Jun 2014 #35
No surprised here. They've been looking for something since Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #36
That will go over real good for them, lol. . B Calm Jun 2014 #37
Cheers to My Haters.. Cha Jun 2014 #42
McCarthy has this new book out alp227 Jun 2014 #44
We should take up a collection and offer these idiot clowns free sterilization. nt Zorra Jun 2014 #47

Puglover

(16,380 posts)
2. Let them try.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:32 PM
Jun 2014

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

alarimer

(16,245 posts)
4. Pajamas media (conservative site) did link to a petition for his release a few months ago
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:34 PM
Jun 2014

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.



 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
7. Can you smell it too?
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:40 PM
Jun 2014

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)
14. Well I dont really see how this has anything to do with Hillary
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:53 PM
Jun 2014

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)
22. Then you are not looking at the big picture....they are desperate....they haven't been able
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:26 PM
Jun 2014

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...

merrily

(45,251 posts)
11. The ones who remember how high Clinton's polls went after his impeachment
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:46 PM
Jun 2014

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)
12. At the risk of sounding like our coked-up ex pres: bring it.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:48 PM
Jun 2014

This would be a Republican Waterloo. They know this; they're just making noise.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
13. Anyone else think they've got a stack of Call For Impeachment Forms, with a blank space to fill in
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:50 PM
Jun 2014

the "reason" of the day?

toddwv

(2,830 posts)
15. I'm sure we're all shocked.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:56 PM
Jun 2014

Didn't they call for impeachment that one time he decided on bacon instead of ham for breakfast?

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
33. Unfortunately, they'll probably wait until after the midterms.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 08:25 PM
Jun 2014

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)
38. They won't take the Senate, the illustrious MSM has grossly exaggerated that, and they will have egg
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 09:25 PM
Jun 2014

on their face again by their incorrect analysis

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
39. I think your probably right, but...
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 09:39 PM
Jun 2014

I've seen to many republican dirty tricks in my lifetime that I'm putting nothing past them.

alp227

(31,962 posts)
44. McCarthy has this new book out
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:20 AM
Jun 2014
Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama's Impeachment - when searching for the title I learned (widely quoted by right wing media like The Blaze and Washington Times, for instance) that the Democratic National Committee actually sent out a fundraising email before that book came out, citing that book! Did anyone see it, if you subscribe to DNC emails?

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:

He is currently a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, serving as the director of the FDD's Center for Law and Counterterrorism. He has served as an attorney for Rudy Giuliani, and is also a neo-conservative opinion columnist who writes for National Review and Commentary.
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