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Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« on: January 31, 2012, 10:20:36 am »
Though liberals are scoffing, that's the threat from Grover Norquist, the anti-tax activist who has essentially been setting the GOP's tax policy

Grover Norquist, the head of Americans for Tax Reform, raised plenty of eyebrows on Saturday with an interview he gave to National Journal, in which he said that if President Obama is foolish enough to let all the "Bush tax cuts" expire at the end of the year, "Republicans will have enough votes in the Senate in 2014 to impeach." The anti-tax activist holds a lot of sway over the GOP, with almost all House Republicans and every GOP presidential candidate signing his no-tax pledge, but impeachment is reserved for "treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors," notes Tanya Somanader in Think Progress. So "suggesting Republicans impeach the president over tax cuts is wildly outlandish." Right?

There's no way the GOP's that crazy: Norquist is just plain "nuts," says Nicole Belle in Crooks and Liars. And even with "idiots and clowns" running the Grand Old Party these days, "there's no way that the Republicans will go down this route." Impeaching over tax policy stretches the Constitution to the breaking point, and won't win any favors with voters, either. "You may think you rule Washington," Grover, but this idea is "just delusional."

source - http://news.yahoo.com/could-gop-impeach-obama-ending-bush-tax-cuts-134500609.html

Can we officially call in the "men in white" with those jackets that let you hug yourself on this guy yet?  I mean I know the right wing has their nuts (see Palin) but this is I think even more nuttier than even Palin's rantings.
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2012, 10:24:04 am »
It seems like the people quickest to scream for impeachment usually have an IQ under 50.
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2012, 10:34:15 am »
So changing the tax code is a High Crime, now?

I was under the impression that Congress had more sway over the tax code to begin with.
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2012, 10:53:13 am »
Norquist has a lot of clout with in the GOP, but no where near enough for impeachment. First, the House would never go for it. If the impeachment fails, they look like assholes and it could hurt their re-election chances come 2014/2016. Second, the House would remember what happened last time they brought impeachment charges against the President; they failed and Clinton's approval rating went up considerably. Third, Congress looks at polls, and they know that the majority of Americans want the Bush tax cuts repealed, so they would avoid such a politically risky fight. Finally, even if all the prior swing Norquist's way, he could never get 67 Senators to agree to impeachment, let alone anything  >:(.

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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2012, 12:05:56 pm »
Blowing smoke and fucking around, as usual. Can we teach these old dogs a few new tricks already?

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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2012, 01:09:29 pm »
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2012, 02:29:44 pm »
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2012, 03:28:02 pm »
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2012, 03:32:43 pm »
On what grounds would this guy call the impeachment for?
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2012, 03:46:07 pm »
On what grounds would this guy call the impeachment for?

On the grounds of Obama being a doo-doo head who did something the GOP didn't like, and for being a brown person with a weird brown people name.
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2012, 04:02:13 pm »
On what grounds would this guy call the impeachment for?

Because Grover is a greedy prick who doesn't want to pay his fair share in taxes.

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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2012, 05:03:57 pm »
How the fuck is letting a scheduled tax change happen treason, high crime, or a misdemeanor? Fucking hell, Norquist is disgusting.

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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2012, 05:06:21 pm »
How the fuck is letting a scheduled tax change happen treason, high crime, or a misdemeanor? Fucking hell, Norquist is disgusting.

Apparently it's a high crime to ask him to pay fairer taxes. ::) I mean if you listen to this people, they make even a 2% increase sound like bloody murder.
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2012, 05:16:30 pm »
On what grounds would this guy call the impeachment for?

On the grounds of Obama being a doo-doo head who did something the GOP didn't like, and for being a brown person with a weird brown people name.

Liberals, after all, are the real poo-poo heads.
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Re: Grover Norquist threatens Obama with Impeachment
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2012, 05:25:05 pm »
Wow that's some straight up ego right there.  Call for impeachment over a tax cut?  Boy you need to read up on what constitutes actual impeachment charges.  And it ain't a blowjob in the Oval Office either.  It was the perjury that got Clinton snagged.

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