Bring on the investigations
“We need to get in there and start those investigations,” she said in an interview with the Fox Business Network’s Stuart Varney. “The Democrats would, had this been a Republican president who so walked all over the will of the American people … and stomped on our Constitution.
“The American people are expecting [Congress] to hold their president accountable.”
Varney challenged Palin, arguing impeachment could rebound against the GOP in 2016.
But Palin, who was running mate to Sen. John McCain in 2008, said: “It’s the right thing to do though, Stuart. … Put politics aside and do the right thing. The constitutional duty and responsibility that they have, that is to hold this president accountable.”
There are numerous unresolved scandals in the Obama administration, from Benghazi to Fast and Furious to the IRS targeting program to Obamacare.
“It is the GOP’s turn now … to show us what they got,” Palin said.
She said it soon will be clear whether or not the 2015 class of Republicans are “establishment type” members who are worried about their own offices, or whether they will follow the “new agenda,” which is “stopping Obama’s fundamental transformation of America.”
WND reported just before the election that even first lady Michelle Obama was talking about impeachment.
She fretted in an email that even a “few hundred” votes could change the course of Obamacare and other issues.
“I’ll put it frankly: If we lose these midterm elections, we’ll just see more obstruction, more lawsuits and talk about impeachment, and more votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act or even shut down the government,” her email to constituents stated.
She added: “These races are going to be unbelievably tight. They could be won and lost by a few thousand – or even a few hundred – votes.”
Her email: Michelle Obama
‘No plans’
While the GOP added about a dozen members to its already-significant majority in the U.S. House on Tuesday and at least seven Senate seats, giving the GOP the majority, party leaders have said there are no plans for impeachment.
In July, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, blasted Democrats for saying the House GOP wants to impeach Obama, calling it “a scam started by Democrats at the White House.”
“This whole talk about impeachment is coming from the president’s own staff and coming from Democrats on Capitol Hill,” Boehner said. “Why? Because they’re trying to rally their people to give money and to show up in this year’s election.”
He added: “We have no plans to impeach the president. We have no future plans.”
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WND reported in August when a member of Congress said the Constitution provides for impeachment when a president exceeds his authority, and it’s a provision that should be used.
Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., told WTIB’s “Talk of the Town” program that Boehner’s plan to sue Barack Obama in court probably is a non-starter.
“Use the Constitution,” he said on the Greenville, North Carolina, radio program. “That’s what it’s there for.”
Discussion about bringing impeachment charges against Obama has been around for years. It’s increased in intensity in recent months because of the piling on of scandals, including the immigration catastrophe on the southern border.
Jones has been just one of many to join the conversation.
“I am one that believes sincerely that the Constitution says that when a president, be it a Republican or a Democrat, when a president exceeds his authority and you can’t stop the president from exceeding his authority then we do have what’s called impeachment,” he told the station.
“You can thank Alexander Hamilton,” Jones said. “He felt that the Congress needed to use this process to get the attention of a president. And if the president had lost the public trust then move forward in that area. A lot of people – you know, we recently had a vote to go to federal courts. I did not vote for that, Mike. I was one of five.”
He explained he’s already gone to court twice against a sitting president, first Bill Clinton and then Obama, and in neither instance did it get very far.
Jones said he had lunch with Jonathan Turley, the constitutional law professor at George Washington University, to discuss the lawsuit. They were joined by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., former former Republican congressman Ron Paul, former Democrat Rep. Dennis Kucinich and two other Democrats.
“We held a news conference in front of the federal court in Washington, D.C.,” Jones said. “Turley said I think we’ve got a pretty good shot to get this through the court system – George Washington University will pay for it. We did not get very far in the courts. My problem with what my party is trying to do, to sue, will cost the taxpayers between $2 and $3 million. Use the Constitution, that’s what its there for.”
Impeachment talk even has come from a White House top adviser.
According to Reuters, Dan Pfeiffer said the president’s planned executive orders on immigration will make Republicans in Congress very unhappy.
The comments came at a breakfast organized by the Christian Science Monitor.
“The president acting on immigration reform will certainly up the likelihood that they would contemplate impeachment,” the report quoted Pfeiffer saying.
He said it would be “foolish” to overlook the possibility.
Pfeiffer said he can see Republicans moving toward impeachment, according to the report, “in retaliation for the immigration orders he is expected to unveil by the end of the summer.”
The comments came just as a poll indicated nearly half of adult Americans believe Obama has “gone too far” in expanding his power, and one-third believe he “should be impeached and removed from office.”
The results were from a CNN/ORC Poll that interviewed 1,012 adult Americans July 18-20. The margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points.
Some 45 percent of respondents said Obama has gone too far, and 33 percent said he should be impeached. Very few people were unaware of Obama’s controversies and scandals, with only 1 percent responding with no opinion.
Another poll, by YouGov and the Huffington Post, found more than a third of all Americans “and two-thirds of Republicans” say “Congress would be justified in bringing impeachment proceedings against President Obama.”
“Impeachable Offenses” promises to be the year’s biggest blockbuster, presenting an indictment that goes well beyond today’s headlines. Order it today at WND’s Superstore.
And Joe Miller, at the time a potential GOP candidate in Alaska to unseat Sen. Mark Begich, a Democrat, endorsed impeachment.
According to a Huffington Post report on his campaign, Miller said: “Sarah Palin is right; it’s time to impeach this president for dereliction of duty, selectively enforcing the law, and usurping powers that the Constitution does not authorize. He is willfully undermining the rule of law and creating chaos.”
The idea has been gaining traction across America. For example, the South Dakota Republican Party passed a resolution at its state convention calling for Obama’s impeachment.
The resolution says Obama has violated his oath of office, citing the release of five Taliban combatants in a trade for captive U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl and the president’s statement that people could keep their health insurance policies. It also cites recent Environmental Protection Agency regulations on power plants.
And talk-radio star Dr. Savage recently said: “I believe we should impeach Obama. It doesn’t matter whether Harry Reid lets a motion to impeach go forward or not. Merely bringing the charge of impeachment will slow down if not stop Obama’s agenda entirely.”
Another top syndicated talk-show host, author Mark Levin, agreed with Palin that Obama should be impeached.
According to Reuters, Dan Pfeiffer said the president’s planned executive orders on immigration will make Republicans in Congress very unhappy.
The comments came at a breakfast organized by the Christian Science Monitor.
“The president acting on immigration reform will certainly up the likelihood that they would contemplate impeachment,” the report quoted Pfeiffer saying.
He said it would be “foolish” to overlook the possibility.
Pfeiffer said he can see Republicans moving toward impeachment, according to the report, “in retaliation for the immigration orders he is expected to unveil by the end of the summer.”
The comments came just as a poll indicated nearly half of adult Americans believe Obama has “gone too far” in expanding his power, and one-third believe he “should be impeached and removed from office.”
The results were from a CNN/ORC Poll that interviewed 1,012 adult Americans July 18-20. The margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points.
Some 45 percent of respondents said Obama has gone too far, and 33 percent said he should be impeached. Very few people were unaware of Obama’s controversies and scandals, with only 1 percent responding with no opinion.
Another poll, by YouGov and the Huffington Post, found more than a third of all Americans “and two-thirds of Republicans” say “Congress would be justified in bringing impeachment proceedings against President Obama.”
“Impeachable Offenses” promises to be the year’s biggest blockbuster, presenting an indictment that goes well beyond today’s headlines. Order it today at WND’s Superstore.
And Joe Miller, at the time a potential GOP candidate in Alaska to unseat Sen. Mark Begich, a Democrat, endorsed impeachment.
According to a Huffington Post report on his campaign, Miller said: “Sarah Palin is right; it’s time to impeach this president for dereliction of duty, selectively enforcing the law, and usurping powers that the Constitution does not authorize. He is willfully undermining the rule of law and creating chaos.”
The idea has been gaining traction across America. For example, the South Dakota Republican Party passed a resolution at its state convention calling for Obama’s impeachment.
The resolution says Obama has violated his oath of office, citing the release of five Taliban combatants in a trade for captive U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl and the president’s statement that people could keep their health insurance policies. It also cites recent Environmental Protection Agency regulations on power plants.
And talk-radio star Dr. Savage recently said: “I believe we should impeach Obama. It doesn’t matter whether Harry Reid lets a motion to impeach go forward or not. Merely bringing the charge of impeachment will slow down if not stop Obama’s agenda entirely.”
Another top syndicated talk-show host, author Mark Levin, agreed with Palin that Obama should be impeached.
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