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EarlG

(21,942 posts)
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 12:26 PM Aug 2014

Pic Of The Moment: Impeachment: Keep It Up, Republicans



The GOP needs impeachment to go away — along with its lawsuit against Obama


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Pic Of The Moment: Impeachment: Keep It Up, Republicans (Original Post) EarlG Aug 2014 OP
I think that "fifteen percent" is lying about being moderate, too!!! nt MADem Aug 2014 #1
Yeah, I agree. PatrickforO Aug 2014 #5
They're shamed. Cha Aug 2014 #13
Totally agree RVN VET Aug 2014 #14
Let's hope they keep it up... agbdf Aug 2014 #2
Look at all those dopes. geardaddy Aug 2014 #3
Varying levels of insanity all in one picture liberal N proud Aug 2014 #4
Kind of makes you wonder how these cretins PatrickforO Aug 2014 #6
LOL ailsagirl Aug 2014 #11
They pay no attention to these polls . They take orders from their preacher and their highest paying geretogo Aug 2014 #7
And Fox News/ the radio underpants Aug 2014 #8
Exactly. geretogo Aug 2014 #9
and when did the Wing Nuts start caring about,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2014 #10
But they know it'll get their base out rpannier Aug 2014 #12

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
5. Yeah, I agree.
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 01:45 PM
Aug 2014

Impeachment and recall are two very serious things. If either comes up, and you are basically sane, you start asking questions. What has the person actually done that merits this. As you dig deeper, at least in the case of Obama, you'll find out how oppositional and unproductive this Congress has been. Then, you will listen to the grounds that are being brought up, and when you realize that his executive actions have pretty much been it in terms of any government actions, you are forced to the conclusion that impeachment is unwarranted. And, you'll vote accordingly.

The appalling thing is that Americans generally like their toe fungus better than this Congress. The Republicans have NOT been a loyal opposition; rather their actions have bordered on treason. Of course, corporate owned media don't really report that, but if impeachment comes up, those stories will come out.

Moderates like Eisenhower need to take back the Republican party. If you read his 1963 essay 'Why I'm a Republican' you can see that the moderate Republicans can in fact contribute, and can help us move forward. Plus, Ike and the moderates were willing to negotiate - they just didn't roll over the opposition. We've got to get these extremists out of Congress.

RVN VET

(492 posts)
14. Totally agree
Tue Aug 19, 2014, 10:45 AM
Aug 2014

No one who is "moderate" politically would go along with the RW in going after the President. Obama's done nothing impeachable. He's put up a valiant -- and not always successful -- struggle against the rogues gallery in the picture and their loyal, racist followers. And history will show that there was nothing more he could have done, if he wanted to be a real President and not a RW quisling.

We -- as a species -- may not have much longer on this Earth. Certainly, as a civilization. But as long as there are histories being written, the current crop of goons in the GOP will be remembered as obstructionist corporate whores who struggled mightily to destroy the fabric of this country and the viability of the planet.

(Whoever did the survey needs to go back and scrutinize the "moderates." Actually, maybe go back and call them out as less than honest. "Yeah, I'm a moderate on account of I don't think lynching is always a good idea." "Yeah, I been moderate all my life and I think, fer example, rubber bullets ought be used agin' them hispanic kids instead o' live ammo." "I'm sure as hell a moderate cuz when my uncle wanted for us to drop a nukular bomb on Iraq and Iran I said maybe just Iran cuz Iraq's not gonna invade us any time soon." Yeah, those kinds of moderates.)

 

agbdf

(200 posts)
2. Let's hope they keep it up...
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 12:31 PM
Aug 2014

If they do, this November might not be such a disaster for us after all.

geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
3. Look at all those dopes.
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 12:31 PM
Aug 2014

I'm not surprised to see Michele "I'll do anything to keep in the limelight" Batshitmann in there.

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
6. Kind of makes you wonder how these cretins
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 01:49 PM
Aug 2014

got elected in the first place. Sure, gerrymandering and all, but still how can any sane person listen to some of the poppycock coming out of their mouths and not laugh. The thing that makes me angry is we're paying these turkeys really good wages, lifetime pension and lifetime healthcare and they've done nothing but undermine the republic every step of the way.

For God's sake, this isn't the United States of Koch, it is the United States of America.

geretogo

(1,281 posts)
7. They pay no attention to these polls . They take orders from their preacher and their highest paying
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:50 PM
Aug 2014

lobbyist . In short their Masters .

underpants

(182,744 posts)
8. And Fox News/ the radio
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 03:28 PM
Aug 2014

It's like the pull demand created by pharma ads on TV - the receiver knows what they want and if the doctor (in this case politicians) doesn't give them what they want they will go to someone who will.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
10. and when did the Wing Nuts start caring about,,,,
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 07:19 PM
Aug 2014

what the Moderates think? thats the main reason they lost the last two whitehouse runs and its looking like a threepeat !

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
12. But they know it'll get their base out
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 11:00 PM
Aug 2014

The question is... will people who think it's a dumb idea go out and vote against them?

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