Ben Johnson,The White House Watch
Historians agree empires and presidencies die from imperial overreach. Now Barack Obama’s closest allies in the Democratic Party,the far-Left,and the media are encouraging him to take actions that will lead inexorably to his impeachment. The president’s hubris and lawlessness seem destined to collide with Washington’s tense polemical atmosphere in a showdown that will put his presidency on the chopping block.
The leaders of the House Democratic Caucus this week urged the president to usurp Congressional authority and order the government to continue borrowing money,(mis)using the 14th Amendment. Caucus Chairman John Larson of Connecticut called the provision “the fail-safe option”to assure Republicans do not hold the American people hostage.” Larson added House Democrats are “prepared to stand behind”Obama all the way.
Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina played the race card in justifying his call for an executive power grab:
I was joking to my staff the other day:“Tell me the bill number for the Emancipation Proclamation.”It was an executive order. We integrated the armed services by executive order. We integrated the public schools by executive order. Sometimes executives must order that things get done…If the president gets up to August 2 without a piece of legislation,he should not allow this country to go into default. He should sign an executive order invoking the 14th Amendment and send that to all the governmental agencies for us to continue to pay our bills.
This,Clyburn said,would “calm to the American people.”
He added,almost as an afterthought,“discussion about the legality of that can continue.”
Xavier Becerra,D-CA,went further. He said Obama had to raise the debt ceiling “just as the president took out Osama bin Laden in a way that some presidents wouldn’t have done it.” Thus,preserving big government spending from Republicans takes on the same moral urgency as saving America from al-Qaeda. Becerra sidestepped the legal issue altogether,saying,“The Republicans through their failure have given you license to do whatever it takes.”
The press conference was the most assertive lobbying for this dangerous course of action,which is enjoying increasingly broad support in both houses of Congress. Earlier this week Connecticut’s Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal,who defeated wrestling executive Linda McMahon in 2010,said the measure “might be something that arguably could be done in the face of genuine crisis,in the face of catastrophe.”
Other prominent party leaders have lent their rhetorical support,however dissembling. Bill Clinton lied that,if were he ever faced with an imminent government shutdown,he would act unilaterally “without hesitation,and force the courts to stop me.”(What was this,“Tweet to my 49-year-old self”?)
Ironically,as these Congressmen encouraged Obama to take unprecedented (and unconstitutional) power over the nation’s purse,Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz accused House Republicans of trying to impose a “dictatorship.”
The Democrats’allies in the media have done their share to keep talk of this political crime alive….
Is America still in a recession. Are Americans out of work? Where are the jobs? Returning veterans would like to be given a job Mr. President!
G.E. given the Green Light to move to China! Yes,G.E. is moving to China while G.E.’s CEO,Jeffrey Immilt,who is one of Barack Obama’s advisors on U.S. job creation gives the green light. Anyone here care to say the word….Hypocrite-in-Chief? Do you all still have your head up his you know what so far you can’t say the word?
http://biggovernment.com/tobytoons/2011/07/29/ge-…
…….but then we have this to contend with. Obama Labor Deptartment appointee quits because he was caught giving jobs to ……………..his friends making big government even bigger! No wonder we are a broke nation.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-labor-dept-…
I say King Obama and his Democrat Cronies ought to be HUNG FOR TREASON!!!
IF THIS IDIOT IN CHEIF LISTENS TO THESE TRAITORS IMPEACHMENT WILL SET HIM FREE,NO MORE IDIOT IN CHEIF !!!
Read this article by Devvy Kidd from News With Views…and learn why Obama can't be impeached:http://newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd488.htm
Impeach the dictator now! What is the holdup?
If this country doesn't remove the liberals from Washington soon it will be to late! Act now!
Put Him and Eric Holder in Prison and Charged with Murder for their "FAST and FURIOUS".
I'd LOVE to see Him Impeached! It should have happened LONG ago! But it's not gonna happen! By the time they impeach him,the new election will be over. And he will lie,scheme cheat,any way he can to win again! I for 1 would LEAVE this country if he won if it weren't for my kids here! He needs to be JAILED and Imprisioned for Crimes against the U.S and fraud!! Treason! I can't believe our Country has alloed his BS and fraud this long!
He allowed to continue because he's a negro. Politicians are scared of negros. Negros cause uproar and riots. Negros don't have role models. Monkey see! Monkey do!
The Congressnal Black Caucus is useless. We are all Americans. Of course one could not prove it after watching Cynthia McKinney blasting this country in Iran looking like a complete idiot.
If Barack Obama has the almonds to use the 14th Amendment,he should make our day.
The Democrats are setting him up to be impeached because they too are fed up with the incompetence.
This lying criminal fraud of a muslim needs to be arrested for treason,imprisoned,tried,shot or hanged by his scrawny mulatto neck…no more vacations paid for by the American taxpayers,no more sending in war planes without a consenting congress,no more golf games when he should be tending to bussines,no more lies from this usurper-in-chief…Start Prayer breakfasts again and bring back National Prayer day.
No more suing states like Arizona who are trying to do the job that barry hussein odumbo pledged to do when he took the oath of office. Close all tax loop holes and recind obamacare and that will create jobs. Bring our troops home and put them on the borders. Stop giving money to other countries especially the ones who are our enimies. Send the United Nations to an island somewhere,just get them out of our country!! Send all illegal aliens back to where they came from. Reform the immigration laws already on the books. STOP over lapping government programs and stop paying government so much more then private sector pays for the same job. Get rid of all muslims in the White House,all his criminal cronies including eric holder,the czars and all his communist/marxist/socialist supporters including those in congress.
Set term limits for congress take a close look at their benefits package and let them pay for their own medical insurance and for God's sake give the seniors a raise in their Social Security Checks please!!!
AND…no more killing OBL types by proxy….O was out playing golf when Panetta gave the order to go in…
As a South Carolinian,I am ashamed of James Clyburn. He is a race baiting,ultra liberal with communist beliefs. He's no better than the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who perceive everything through the lens of race.
Hey,Obama sure wants this debt ceiling bill to pass,he has a very important event Wednesday night –its his 50th BIRTHDAY PARTY BASH in CHICAGO –at $3500.00 a plate !!!!!!! He needs this money to add to his billion or is it billion dollar goal for his re-election campaign !! He thinks he can BUY this election.
Now,telll me,how can he run for a second term when we DO NOT KNOW WHO HE IS –IS HE LEGAL OR ILLEGAL ?????? The birth certificate that he held up to show the American people,was and is a FRAUD!!!!!!!!!! Fool us once,shame on him,fool us twice,SHAME ON US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!