From Sullivan's blog The Daily Dish, published by The Daily Beast.
Are They Aiming For Impeachment?
They did the last Democratic president; and they feel even more strongly that this one is illegitimate, depite his thumping majority in the last election. Here's the scenario. The House GOP pushes for completely unserious Boehner plan (including a balanced budget amendment) that they know will be vetoed; they then filibuster the Reid plan in the Senate, forcing Obama to invoke a 14th Amendment executive prerogative, which they will then turn around and impeach him for.
Far-fetched? I hope so. But every time you think you have reached the end of Republican extremism, they manage to move further out of the solar system. But it will take a huge effort by the propaganda machine on the right to make Obama's decision not to default his fault, rather than the GOP's. At this point, if the Reid plan cannot make it through the Senate on time or through the House at all, I'm beginning to believe that Obama should invoke this controversial power, given the extreme danger the stalemate is creating for both the US and the global economy, and challenge the courts to reverse it.
I suspect it would be popular among Independents. And allow Obama to regain the initiative over events dictated by a single faction in one party in one chamber whose fanaticism is only matched by their irresponsibility.
Cartoon by Liza Donnelly of The New Yorker.
2 comments:
I hate all of this!! It stresses me out. I think AS may be right also. The President needs to hammer on the hypocrisy and intractability of the GOP. Maybe some of the not-so-idiotic idiots will get it. P.S. I've picked out my shirts, now I just need to cut out the squares. About what size? :)
Any size, although approximately square or approximately rectangular would make things easier. The easiest of all would be if the squares were all exactly the same size but that's not necessary.
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