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rsmith6621

(6,942 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 05:17 PM Jun 2014

Rachel Maddow....GOP congressman says impeachment could ‘probably’ pass


http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-congressman-says-impeachment-could-probably-pass

The very idea that President Obama is guilty of impeachable offenses is obviously silly. And yet, the “I” word sure does get thrown around a lot.

Two weeks ago, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) – ostensibly one of the more responsible Republican senators, capable of working with Democrats – said he’d support impeaching the president if Obama continued to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay. This morning, another Republican lawmaker said that if impeachment came to an up-or-down vote, it’d “probably” pass.

A Republican congressman thinks a vote to impeachment President Obama would pass the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Speaking with the Gary Sutton radio program on Monday, Rep. Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania said a vote to impeach Obama would “probably pass” the House.
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Rachel Maddow....GOP congressman says impeachment could ‘probably’ pass (Original Post) rsmith6621 Jun 2014 OP
Yeah sure whatever BeyondGeography Jun 2014 #1
I saw "Impeach Obama" bumper stickers days before he was first elected. LiberalEsto Jun 2014 #2
They keep saying this, but they know they don't have a snowball's chance in hell of Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #3
Part of me hopes they do vote to impeach... joeybee12 Jun 2014 #4
Of course they have the votes. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #5
 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
2. I saw "Impeach Obama" bumper stickers days before he was first elected.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 05:27 PM
Jun 2014

This is something they've been drooling over from before Day 1 of this presidency. They've tried so hard, poor things, to find a REASON to impeach.

I swear, there is nothing that gives a Rethug a bigger hard-on than the prospect of attempting to impeach a Democratic president.

Arkansas Granny

(31,483 posts)
3. They keep saying this, but they know they don't have a snowball's chance in hell of
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 05:50 PM
Jun 2014

coming up with any charges that will stick. If they truly thought they could, they'd do it and it wouldn't matter to them if it had a negative effect on the country.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
4. Part of me hopes they do vote to impeach...
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 05:55 PM
Jun 2014

That will lose them the house this year...Boehner, the alcoholic adultering mess that he is knows this, and will never let them vote on it.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
5. Of course they have the votes.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 06:31 PM
Jun 2014

Impeach is just to charge. Trial is before the Senate. The GOP is far short of votes to convict in the Senate. And of course any impeachment by the House on trumped up charges would be viewed as crass partisanship unless there was a solid chance of a Senate conviction. The House may still do it... they're batshit crazy and care more about playing to their ignorant racist base than they do solid responsible leadership. But such an attempt will blow up in their face. I guess the reason they haven't attempted it is there's still a handful of GOP Congressmen who realize that.

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