Let’s just say it and get it out of the way. The lunatic right wants to take back the House in 2010 so they can begin an investigation that they hope will end in an impeachment trial against Pres. Obama. It’s not rocket science, because this is the politics Republicans practice.
The insidious, swiftboating campaign against Pres. Obama continues, as one of the unhinged fringe (yes, he was a Clinton supporter who went for McCain) steps forward to make the most outrageous claim yet. World Net Daily jumped in to pick the fiction up and keep the birther storyline going
…and before the emails start flowing, anyone suggesting that voting McCain-Palin made any sense at all on policy is simply fact challenged, regardless of the reality and tragedy that Pres. Obama’s “drill, baby, drill” energy policy is exactly the same as Palin’s and the Republican right.
From WND:
A college instructor who worked as a senior elections clerk for the city and county of Honolulu in 2008 is making the stunning claim Barack Obama was definitely not born in Hawaii as the White House maintains, and that a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Obama does not even exist in the Aloha State.
Tim Adams, a former senior elections clerk for Honolulu, now teaches English at Western Kentucky University.
“There is no birth certificate,” said Tim Adams, a graduate assistant who teaches English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky. “It’s like an open secret. There isn’t one. Everyone in the government there knows this.”
I know, it’s preposterous to think about an independent counsel and impeachment trial against Obama, right? But Republicans aren’t like Democrats; they fight to the political death of their opponent, even when it’s one of their own, like what happened when they tried it against Nikki Haley in South Carolina. It is a tenet of the Republican Party playbook. They hunted Bill Clinton before he won the presidency, compliments of Lee Atwater politics. There is no depth to which they will not stoop.
hey- control of the house emans subpeana power. thats what they want. period. this is why dems must hold the house or face possible impeachment of obama. expect sestak to have a probe, a hunt for obama’s birth cert and the rest.i would expect michelle obama to face probes on what money she is spending and if paper clips were used at an excessive rate. this si what the gop does- their policy is worthless but they hunt good. so in the end will dems turn out in 10 with memories of 94?
You be correct. The Republicans will go into a holding action for two years forcing Obama on the defensive so he will be able to get nothing done. That in hopes of getting a Republican elected president in 2012. The Republicans will be the cause of what they will charge Obama with. Which will be getting nothing done because he’s so incompetent. The incompetency charge has always come from the right. Unfortunately, some progressives fall into the trap of calling Obama not competent. Better that progressives use the charge of “corruption” because it can be directed at either party eaqually. Peace
I know republicans are geared up and its going to be tough for the democrats to keep the house or senate. The democrats have not helped themselves at all. They had the majority and the screwed it up. Republicans would do the same, but hopefully there will be more independents come and take both parties on. Neither party deserves to hold the majority.
With a backdrop of the BP blowout going on and on…
The latest union swipe by the Obama WHouse didn’t help. There is a wide gulf between Obama and many Dems right now. The emotion that once fueled his rise has pulled away in many quarters.
Your correct Taylor, many people are pissed off at Obama in Dem circles. Maybe The White House should worry less about not upsetting Republicans and more about destroying the Dem base. Obama has been barley hanging on for months now and I can’t see him lasting another two years. Unless something positive dramatic happens this guy is looking at being one term….his downfall will be by his own hands.
On the plus side, we might be getting our first female president in 2012…downside it could be Sarah Palin…lol
Actually, I think at this point it would be an upside. I think so many have this woman wrong. I would be anxious to see what kind of President she would make. I bet all Obama would turn out to be exactly what I felt in my he would be and is turning out to be…nothing but a successful marketing campaign supported by a compliant media.
This Independent feels more comfortable with the idea of palin than I am currently feeling with Obama.
No, it took more then a marketing tool to get Obama in the White House. He has political skills it’s just limited in scope…lol
As for Palin, I hope you do realize she is for more of the same things Obama pushes. There is no big difference between the two…Taylor has pointed that out numerous times. So, if your hoping she will do a better job as President think again…lol
The woman abandon her governorship in Alaska mid term when things got to tough. She only feel comfortable with her because the right offers no one else.
Well, if BO gets a Republican Congress next year, he is a goner. He does not have the political skills and wit that President Clinton had to truly make lemonade from lemons.
Don’t underestimate Barack Obama. He *could* work very well with Republicans, as conservatism is a natural reflex for him. It comes down to if they want to work with him as we go into 2012.
“There is no depth to which they will not stoop.”- Taylor
If they try to impeach Obama over something so stupid…they will suffer a big backlash like they did with Clinton. Everyone “Sane” knows Obama was born in Hawaii. Yeah right, like Hillary Clinton & John McCain just let this open secret slip by them in the primary battles…Or better yet, Karl Rove would have said something much sooner to get rid of Obama.
Speaking of Niki Haley, I remember them ( Republicans) using the McCain having a Black baby myth against a fellow Republican. Or the whisper campaign they did to Mitt Romney about a Mormon take over. These people can’t be trusted or believed and yes they will go full throttle for impeach of Obama. You would think these idiots would let Obama screw up on his own…but no they have to jump in the way of his personal destruction with this crap…ugh
As t4h said above, they don’t need to impeach him. It’s the subpoena power they’re after.
It’s the plan of a thousand political cuts. Rep. are masters at it.
did u see charlie rose- he had on matthews. it was just what we said about it all. he said one thing that scares dems is gop subpeana power. bp is beomming obama’s iran mullah issue of carter, wh has lots of medning to do with its base or the gop will get in power and prosecute the president.
For the record, I was a Republican for 30 years, until this last election when I changed my registration to Independent and voted for Pres Obama, whom I admire. My ambitious hopes for his administration were that he would: 1) enact healthcare reform legislation; 2) enact financial reform legislation; 3) enact immigration reform legislation; and 4) get the US out of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. So far, he has enacted healthcare reform, he is on the verge of enacting financial reform, and he is positioning the nation to debate and deal with immigration reform. To accomplish this much in less than 2-years is an incredible testament to Mr. Obama’s determination. I would not count Mr. Obama out just yet. Yes, perhaps the Republicans might try to impeach our president, but I have great confidence in Mr. Obama’s resiliency.
Clearly, Pres Obama is the first real pluralist that our country has ever experienced in the Presidency, and I seriously doubt that either elitism or populism will can overcome the forces of pluralism in these post-modern times. Democracy is in the process of being reborn — more at:
http://wjmc.blogspot.com/2010/03/given-that-healthcare-reform-in-america.html
Thank you for the opportunity to comment…
Hi mckibbinusa.
Good for you and thanks for your comment. I’m sure there are many people who appreciate your belief in Obama’s “resiliency.”
I hope you are right, though the BP blowout and the Obama administration’s complicity in it happening now leaves him with an oil sheen from head to toe.
I have met many people like you that have not abandon Obama. They see something in him that others refuse to knowledge and that is “steady as a rock personality”…I have seen Obama take many political hits and survive. Perhaps, you are correct he will make it past the BP damage to win another election. After all Republicans with the help of Fox News and some Democrats tried to destroy him in the primaries and they thought in 2008 he had no chance to win the White House. And they were proved wrong…So, who really knows at this point 2012 is still a long time away.
His recent support for getting rid of the ban on commercial whaling will come back to bite him in the ass. He’s dead to many environmentalists now.
I haven’t heard a peep out of “environmentalists” about Ken Salazar, a man who should be fired.
Taylor, That is one thing I agree with you on, is that the republicans will stop at nothing to get what they want which is total control of our government. I can’t force myself to trust them and I never will. I just know they are going to run Mittens in 12′, that should prove to be a disgrace.
I’m sure I should know, but who the heck is “Mittens?”
And I’m not counting out Obama because he’s a clever campaigner. BUt he’s not a very good president. And other Dems should have, by now, figured out that Obama doesn’t really care about them. His start and finish of caring ends with himself and his own future.