GOP Lying About Impeachment

   • Darrel Issa (2010) republican congressman - Ca.:

"This is serious, this is an impeachable offense according to Dick [hilariously wrong]Morris. The allegation is one that everyone from Arlen Specter to Dick Morris have said is in fact a crime and could be impeachable"

  • Steve Stockman republican congressman - Texas:

"We want all tools available to use including that, the impeachment"

  • James Inhofe republican senator - Oklahoma - @ a radio interview:

Inhofe: "To me, we may be starting to use the I-word before too long"

Host: "Okay, the I-word meaning impeachment?"

Inhofe: "yeah"

  • Michelle Bachmann republican congresswoman, past and possible 2016 republican presidential candidate - Minnesota:

"There isn't a weekend that hasn't gone by that someone says to me - 'what in the world are you all waiting for in congress? 'why aren't you impeaching the President?' "

This is the same passing the blame to an unverifiable source kind of story Bachmann told when another unknown "someone" convinced her that mental retardation is indisputably caused by flu vaccines, or the fairy tale no one believed at the time, that republicans have no intention of shutting down the government, which they did; or that no one in their right mind would hold hostage the full faith and credit of the US by threatening to default on raising the debt limit, thrilled at the prospect of using sequestration for political leverage (rather than allowing for a sensible budget), which they also did, costing for the first time in history, a downgrading of our triple A rating with one of the premiere credit rating agencies.

With more impeachment pandering from republicans who have not then nor have ever been a member of.. talked about Bircher/birther/impeachment - yeah right, not a word except for all the time for the last 5 years - that is

   • Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), the #2 Republican in the chamber at the time, telling a broadcast:

"“Now if it’s bad enough and if shenanigans involved in it, then of course impeachment is always a possibility. But I don’t think at this point anybody is talking about that.”

lol - a "possibility" that "nobody is talking about" - except that you just did Kyl

   • Todd Akin (R-Mo.) said in April 2013 he wanted to impeach Obama because of:

 ”all of the czars”

   • Meanwhile, Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) talked in March 2013 about impeaching Obama -cuz freedomz

   • Fox News’ Neil Cavuto speaks with republican rep. Bill Johnson (Ohio) suggesting in 2012 that Obama might be liable to impeachment over recess appointments (video @ link):

"that sounds like an impeachable offense"

  • Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) raised the prospect of impeaching Obama over DOMA:

 “I would support that in a moment,” remarked Franks – he went on to say that he would “absolutely” favor impeaching President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder if such a move “could gain collective support”

   • Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) talked up the idea of presidential impeachment because:

"It would tie tings up" [in Washington for a while, making governing impossible.]

  • Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) even introduced an impeachment resolution, just in case Obama sends U.S. troops to Syria.

   • Then there is the republican rising "personhood" star Joni Ertz:

"Impeachment of Obama should be on the table"

   • Even the old boat anchor republican John McCain (R - Arizona) passed around the impeachment feculence:

"We're not going to impeach the President because we don't have sixty seven votes in the United States senate in order to do so. But I do think that a lawsuit filing about the Presidents abuse of his power - which he has clearly done some fifty five times, or whatever it is on Obamacare alone - then I think that's probably a good idea'

So McCain instead of rejecting the whole impeachment crap because it's stupid and has a well documented racist underpinning at its core, chooses a half-assed cya by bringing up the lack of votes as the reason not to impeach.

But he never rejected the idea outright, and doesn't stop there. He actually pretends to buy into the "let's sue the President" of the United States of America hogwash. This from establishment "tort reform' the "frivolous lawsuit" hating GOP.

McCain and other old guard GOP buying into the lawsuit thing?

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