Re: Newt Gingrich Threatens Obama With Impeachment Over Defense of Marriage Act

Exactly. Newt can't impeach a ham sandwich

On Feb 25, 9:30 pm, dick thompson <rhomp2...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Since  Newt is not a congressman now, how is this threat anything at all
> meaningful.  There are a whole lot more useful charges to make against
> Zero than this one.
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> On 02/25/2011 08:57 PM, Travis wrote:
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> > <http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/author/doctorbulldog/>      
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> >     Newt Gingrich Threatens Obama With Impeachment Over Defense of
> >     Marriage Act
> >     <http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/newt-gingrich-threatens...>
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> > *doctorbulldog
> > <http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/author/doctorbulldog/>* | 25
> > February, 2011 at 4:19 pm | Categories: politics
> > <http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/?category_name=politics> | URL:
> >http://wp.me/p1NPg-6UF
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> > /*Hey, Newt, while I admire the effort on your part to defend
> > traditional marriage, there are over 50 truly impeachable offenses
> > that have been committed by Obama [CLICK HERE
> > <http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26650>] and yet,
> > this is the dark horse you've chosen to place your bet on?  Sounds a
> > little odd to me that you would go after the least prosecutable of
> > these offenses---unless, that is, you aren't really serious about
> > impeaching him:*/
>
> > *Newt Gingrich: Obama Could Be Impeached Over Gay Marriage Reversal*
> > /By Paul Bedard - February 25, 2011 - USNews
> > <http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/02/25/newt-...>/
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> > Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who plans within two weeks to
> > announce if he will run for president, said today that if President
> > Obama doesn't change his mind and order his Justice Department to
> > enforce the Defense of Marriage Act, Republicans in Congress should
> > strike back and even consider impeachment proceedings.
>
> > "I believe the House Republicans next week should pass a resolution
> > instructing the president to enforce the law and to obey his own
> > constitutional oath, and they should say if he fails to do so that
> > they will zero out [defund] the office of attorney general and take
> > other steps as necessary until the president agrees to do his job,"
> > said Gingrich. "His job is to enforce the rule of law and for us to
> > start replacing the rule of law with the rule of Obama is a very
> > dangerous precedent."
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> > He didn't call for immediate impeachment hearings, but didn't rule
> > them out if Obama balks at any congressional demands to enforce the law.
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> > [...]
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> > Gingrich's call for quick GOP reaction to the Justice Department's
> > decision to stop enforcing the marriage act was seen as a bid for the
> > conservative and Tea Party vote, a base he would rely on if he decides
> > to get into the presidential race.
>
> > [...]
>
> > Gingrich noted that Obama supported the law during the campaign. "He
> > is breaking his word to the American people," Gingrich said. Also, he
> > added, "He swore an oath on the Bible to become president that he
> > would uphold the Constitution and enforce the laws of the United
> > States. He is not a one-person Supreme Court. The idea that we now
> > have the rule of Obama instead of the rule of law should frighten
> > everybody. The fact that the left likes the policy is allowing them to
> > ignore the fact that this is a very unconstitutional act," Gingrich said.
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