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WillyT

(72,631 posts)
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 09:04 PM Jun 2012

Whoop, There It Is... Partying Like It's 1999... 'Sen. Kyl: ‘Impeachment Is Always A Possibility'

Sen. Kyl: ‘Impeachment is always a possibility’ for Obama
By Stephen C. Webster -RawStory
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:03 EDT



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Fresh off his state’s stinging immigration defeat before the U.S. Supreme Court, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) suggested during a Tuesday morning radio interview that Americans should vote President Barack Obama out of office — but if they do not, “impeachment is always a possibility.”

Kyl was appearing on the radio with conservative talk host Bill Bennett, discussing the president’s decision to prioritize deportations of criminal immigrants over students who were brought to the country from abroad as minors.

“How do you make the feds cooperate?” Bennett asked.

“Well, that’s the executive’s job and there are only a couple of ways to do it… If the president insists on continuing to ignore parts of the law that he doesn’t like, and simply not enforce that law, the primary remedy for that is political.”

“And you have it two ways: One is oversight through the Congress to demonstrate what they’re doing wrong and there are some potential criminal charges there for dereliction of duty,” Kyl continued. “Although, I haven’t looked that up yet. And the other part of it is people need to react through the ballot box to turn out of office those people who are not doing their duty.”

And then, he concluded: “Now if it’s bad enough and if shenanigans involved in it, then of course impeachment is always a possibility. But I don’t think at this point anybody is talking about that.”


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Link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/26/sen-kyl-impeachment-is-always-a-possibility-for-obama/

Well YOU JUST DID... You Asshole !!!





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GarroHorus

(1,055 posts)
1. I think that's the standard GOP game plan for any second term Democratic president.
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 09:06 PM
Jun 2012

If a Democrat wins a second term, impeachment will be the next step for the GOP.

It's just what they do.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
2. but first, they have to find a reason
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 09:16 PM
Jun 2012

and doing what Reagan did in regards to granting amnesty to immigrants has not only set precedence for acceptance, but in no way amounts to high crimes nor misdemeanors as grounds for impeachment.

 

GarroHorus

(1,055 posts)
3. Reason? They don't need no stinking REASON.
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 09:29 PM
Jun 2012

They impeached Clinton over a blowjob. What makes you think they need any more reason than that to impeach any Democratic president?

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
5. but it didn't remove Clinton from office
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 09:48 PM
Jun 2012

Furthermore, if Clinton had stood up and said it is none of your GD business, instead of lying about it. There would have been no reason to impeach him either.

 

GarroHorus

(1,055 posts)
6. That wasn't the goal
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 09:57 PM
Jun 2012

the goal was to discredit a sitting Democratic president by impeaching him.

To this date, only two American presidents have been impeached, Johnson and Clinton.

They knew they'd never have the votes in the Senate.

yellowcanine

(35,703 posts)
7. "But I don’t think at this point anybody is talking about that.(impeachment)” Except he just did.
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 10:20 PM
Jun 2012

Slimeball is just trying to put it out there to see what happens.

Phlem

(6,323 posts)
8. Any DNC or DLC trolls, we know your here, please understand this simple math....
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 10:59 PM
Jun 2012

Democrats = Impeachment is off the table!

Republicans = Impeachment is always on the table!


And, you wonder why the Democratic party's base are disgusted with the lot. We need to flip the above scenario, get it!!??



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