Ben Johnson,Floyd Reports
In the past,conservative uprisings have been put out when Republicans came to power. Bill Clinton’s first term —loaded with a broken promise to cut taxes,a tax increase,gays in the military,HillaryCare,Jocelyn Elders,Lani Guinier,Paula Jones,and Whitewater (to name a few scandals) —enraged most of the country. But after Republicans came to power in 1994,the nation simmered down —even when the Republican leadership backed down on Clinton’s well-deserved impeachment.
Politico has a revealing new story that,if Republicans retake Congress after the midterm elections,they intend to investigate a wide variety of Obama’s misdeeds,some of them grounds for impeachment. The story lists a few of the cases under investigation:
Jobgate. The most serious allegations on the list were raised by two Democrats: Joe Sestak and Andrew Romanoff. Both have said the Obama administration offered them jobs or other incentives to drop out of hotly contested U.S. Senate races in Pennsylvania and Colorado,respectively. The White House believed their primary opponents stood a better chance of winning,so they attempted to bribe these two,according to the candidates. If the allegations are true,they likely meet the definition of “impeachable offenses.” Former President Bill Clinton has contradicted the Obama administration’s story on the Sestak offer already. Rep. Darrell Issa,R-CA,has responded to the denials with calls for further investigation.
Bailouts. Republicans want to look into Obama’s endless bailouts. Investigators should pay close attention to the administration’s tactics in taking over General Motors on behalf of Big Labor,a move certainly unconstitutional,as his Chicago-style,backdoor arm-twisting could easily have crossed the line. Despite his promises to have the most transparent administration in history,much of Obama’s dealings remain hidden. As Obama said on the campaign trail,“Sunlight is the best disinfectant.”
The New Black Panthers Case. Politico calls this scandal “microscopic”;readers outside the Beltway know it is anything but. It is perhaps the most explosive issue facing the Obama administration. In addition to letting off a pair of radical activists who threatened Republican voters with clubs,there is the broader allegation raised by J. Christian Adams that Barack Obama and Eric Holder have decided to drop all cases against minorities. That kind of blanket discrimination makes a mockery of the idea of “blind justice”and undermines one of the key pillars of our government.
ACORN. Despite its defunding,ACORN continues its dubious voter registration schemes under another name. In addition to presidential funding,the committee should investigate ACORN’s role in the Obama ’08 campaign to determine the extent of coordination the president had with this often-indicted organization.
The article lists a few other,in some cases local scandals. May I suggest a few more to Rep. Issa,et. al.?
Government Propaganda. Darrell Issa has led the way on the Obama administration’s funding of covert propaganda. His committee drafted a 36-page report of Obama’s potential crimes,many of which your tax dollars finance. He made a compelling case at least some of these cross the line into illegality. Now,let him prosecute it.
Invasion of Privacy. The Fourth Amendment forbids the government from searching Americans without a warrant. However,a recent court case has found the government does not need a warrant to attach a GPS to your car while it is parked in your driveway. Forbes has reported full-body-scanning vans now prowl the streets,as well. Does the administration obtain a warrant to scan (and thus see naked) everyone monitored? If not,does it retain the images of people not covered by warrant? Does it act on information it finds without a warrant?
Politico quotes some Republicans who want to curtail all talk of silly things like upholding the Constitution or following the rule of law. Let’s hope this time any potential investigations are not short-circuited from within.
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Impeachment,wouldn't it be lovely?
Why didn't the republicans do this the two other times they had complete control of the House and Senate? I have long since lost my faith in them,to me they are nothing but slightly watered down democrats in disguise,who immediately turn back into democrats the minute they get elected.
They are .003 in. to the right of being a full fleged democrat,not distinguishable to the naked eye.
Norman Thomas and Gus Hall both went out of business and retired because both the DFL and GOP had adopted all the planks of the communist agenda and there was nothing left for them to do. What a sorry state of affairs.
IMPEACHMENT IS TOO GOOD FOR OBAMA,but start there! http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/
OK,Here's another resource:Crimes Against Liberty by David Limbaugh. I've heard excerpts and will buy the book. This is a fully researched Indictment,in other words "Crimes and Misdemeanors"which qualify as impeachable offenses. AG Eric Holder would be first in line following the "low hanging fruit"principal,a slam-dunk if there ever was one because of that New Black Panthers case from Philadelphia.
Frankly,since our pseudo president isn't legally able to be president,why are we putting up with all his machinations to ruin our country? Why don't we blow the whistle NOW instead of letting him perpetrate a lot more that it will take time to undo? Where are all our leaders? Since most of his underhanded doings are public knowledge,someone should be making some moves to right the terrible wrong we made in electing him. Notice how he is trying to ram a lot more of the things Americans don't want through before we get rid of him.
What's so silly about upholding the Constitution and the Rule of Law? They all took an oath to do this. So,have they all been liars from the beginning? Where I come from,swearing a false oath is pretty serious stuff. It certainly isn't silly. We need to find out who these people are and see to it they don't return in January,2011. They are obviously part of the problem,not part of the solution.
I want to see a new rule (or law) governing the Congress. There should be no such thing as a lame duck Congress. The Congress should be on hiatus from the day of the election until the new Representatives and Senators are sworn in. This is only common sense. The losers have been fired for cryin'out loud and the people don't want them casting any votes.
Time they get to this,we will all be under the OBAMA RULE..WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME,THE W.H. HAS ALL THIS READY,JUST WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO TAKE AMERICA AWAY FROM THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES
Here's some real exposure for ya:http://www.firedoglake.com/2008/04/29/exposeobama-expose....
It is no secret,to anyone with half a brain that this Illegal in the Presidents Office,along with Pelosi,Reid,&many others,is by far the most corrupt administration ever. I just hope,if the Republicans manage to win control of the house &Senate,that they manage to come up with enough GUTS to get rid of this anti-american Muslim. I doubt it though,because the vast majority of assholes in Congress are crooked Idiots.