Michelle Obama says that Republicans may move forward with impeachment of her husband after the November midterm elections if they take control of the Senate. Obama sent a fundraising email to supporters asking for money to “keep the Senate blue” and avoid all sorts of terrible consequences. “I’ll put it frankly: If we lose these midterm elections, we’ll just see more obstruction, more lawsuits and talk about impeachment, and more votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act or even shut down the government,” her email stated. She forgot to mention the collapse of Western Civilization. Since impeachment by the House is essentially meaningless unless the Senate subsequently votes to convict by a two-thirds super-majority (hello, Bill Clinton), this means one of several possibilities: She could be ignorant of the actual impeachment process. Given that her husband doesn’t seem to know much about the Constitution — or, at least, doesn’t care what it says — that’s a distinct possibility. Or, she could believe that Republicans could win 67 seats in the Senate. That’s a mathematical impossibility, but perhaps she’s been studying under the Common Core recently and doesn’t know that. Here’s the best theory: she assumes the people reading her email are ignorant and susceptible to this sort of fear-mongering. Click here to read one of the best arguments in favor of impeaching President Barack Obama. Which is not to say that after the November elections the House won’t vote to impeach the president, that they shouldn’t, or that he doesn’t deserve impeachment, as many, many pundits and politicians on both sides of the aisle have claimed. WND has compiled quite an impressive sample: North Carolina Republican Rep. Walter Jones argued the advisability of impeachment over the current House lawsuit against the president, beginning around the 14:00 mark:
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:13:25 +0000
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