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Cha

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5. I like this second thing, too.. from the link
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 08:54 AM
Nov 2014

"So, naturally, the second thing the new Republican majority will do is attempt to impeach the president.

First they’ll threaten Obama with it, better bow down, admit defeat, boy, or else we’ll do it. We will. We mean it.

Forgetting, of course, that if the last five years have proven anything it’s that Obama isn’t much intimidated by conservative threats.

But Republicans, drunk with their new found power and utterly oblivious to the lessons of history will bluster and beat their fleshy chests and threaten impeachment based solely on the idea that being black and liberal in the White House constitutes “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Saner heads among them will caution that they don’t have a case, Constitution-wise, and perhaps sanity will even prevail. Perhaps. But more likely, when the Republican congress figures out that they actually can’t push Obama around, that those checks and balances go both ways, well, then likely they’ll work themselves up into a suicidal frenzy of blood-maddened rage, and maybe, just maybe, they even go through with it.

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Because that’s their whole agenda. Repeal the ACA. Impeach Obama. And if that fails, as it inevitably must, then allow nothing to happen. That’s it. That’s all they’ve got. If you want to see what a Republican led majority looks like, look to the House. They can’t even agree on the stuff they agree on.

The last line in that essay is the ULTIMATE money quote. nt MADem Nov 2014 #1
Indeed! n/t markpkessinger Nov 2014 #2
Wish I could rec this more than once. nt MADem Nov 2014 #3
I like this second thing, too.. from the link Cha Nov 2014 #5
It's one of the most inspiring articles I've read here, lately! nt MADem Nov 2014 #7
Yeah, I just sauntered over her in search of something exactly like this.. it Cha Nov 2014 #10
Something to love in a sea of doom and gloom! nt MADem Nov 2014 #11
and this "boy" part is exactly right......they hate him because he's black!!! a kennedy Nov 2014 #9
I'm feeling a lot better, a kennedy.. interesting how the right words can help us take a look Cha Nov 2014 #13
This writer is the same guy who wrote a blistering response to the Benghazi nonsense last Spring . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #4
Brave guy---lives in Palinistan, too!!! MADem Nov 2014 #8
Thank you, Mark.. this is very comforting somehow.. I needed this. Cha Nov 2014 #6
. markpkessinger Nov 2014 #15
TPP and Keystone are guaranteed to happen now. geek tragedy Nov 2014 #12
Yeah, more trickle down, DocMac Nov 2014 #17
What about another government shutdown? What about failing to raise the debt ceiling? Silent3 Nov 2014 #14
Yes, that's the "nothing" that's happening and will continue. mountain grammy Nov 2014 #16
A Number of Things Will Happen erpowers Nov 2014 #18
All of that requires the President's signature . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #19
President Obama Has Shown Willingness To Sign Bills erpowers Nov 2014 #20
I know . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #21
K&R! Stardust Nov 2014 #22
he's a leader heaven05 Nov 2014 #23
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