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<i>"...we’ve said it’s okay to lie to Congress..."</i>

And that's how we ended up in Iraq.

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W sure took that message to heart...

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when you shove those lies down their throats it is

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Only the wingiest of the wingnuts in the House would even consider proposing it. The honorable gentleman from Texas has some big ass wings.

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Republican liar is lying (surprise, surprise).

This House will not try to impeach Bamz, because (don't laugh) they really do need to have an arguably impeachable offense to blather about, because not <i>every</i> Repo is in a guaranteed-solid-nutbar-red district. If there are eighteen Rs who might worry that a blatantly content-free impeachment would negatively affect their re-election, impeachment fails.

What makes this especially tricky is that all the "Obama scandals" have already been investigated to death, and there is no there there. Maybe instances of bad decisions, or lower-level malfeasance, but nothing that could be construed as a "High Crime". I mean, there wasn't anything like that for Bubba either, but at least perjury is an ordinary crime.

The reason <i>this</i> House will not move to impeach is that acquittal by the Senate is the BEST possible result for the Repos. The worst result would be to fail the impeachment vote, which would make the leadership look like even bigger idiots than they already do.

Now, if the Rs pick up seats in 2014, they might become emboldened, but even then I think some of them will remember that Clinton's approval ratings stayed high, and maybe even increased, during his impeachment.

But, then, baggers. So who knows?

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Personally, I think the only impeaching we'll have a hard time expainin to the kids is why it never happened to El Jefe the Boosh and Darth Cheney.

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I like how anytime there is a Democrat in the White House, the bar for "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" gets lowered to "We disagree with your political positions, even though they were our positions before you came along."

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He said "Unpopular." Haven't you heard of high crimes and unpopularity?

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Benghazi Libel! Solyndra Libel! Fast and Furious Libel! IRS-Bigger-Than-Water-Gate Libel!

Let me save myself some time - here is <a href="http:\/\/obamascandalslist.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/table-of-contents.html" target="_blank">a list of the top 304 Obama Scandals</a> which you just libeled.

Yes. 304.</a>

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The House is going to "work" 126 out of 365 days in 2013. Who do you go to to impeach the entire Congress for dereliction of duty?

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No 'screwing in a light bulb' jokes...?

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Just impeach Scalia and STFU.

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