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If Obama is impeached

If obama is impeached should romney be seated as president

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As I understand the Constitution, if a President for whatever reason cannot complete his term, Presidential succession directs the Vice-President to assume the office of the Presidency. If after an election but before the Electoral College meets in December, it is determined a president-elect (or second term incumbent president-elect) cannot take office in January, the Electoral College delegates are free to pick anybody they want. Since the Electoral College delegates are hand picked by the party/campaign of the person who just won, its a given that they'll pick someone of their party and most likely the Vice-President-Elect (or second term incumbent president-elect). In this hypothetical, there is no way democrat party state big shots from around the country are going to elect anybody but a fellow democrat if President Obama cannot serve, most likely Joe Biden but possibly Hillary Clinton.
 
I voted no... but I think the correct answer is: Obama shouldn't be impeached.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
If obama is impeached for something he did before the election that would have made him lose if it had come out should Romney be seated as president in his place?
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What is the point of the poll? It is totally fictional. Is it just for fun?
 
sawyerloggingon said:
If obama is impeached for something he did before the election that would have made him lose if it had come out should Romney be seated as president in his place?
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Short of Obama committing a provable real crime, this sort of thing could finish off the GOP for a good ten years or more. If they repeat the Clinton travesty simply for partisan purposes, it will backfire on them big time and take a huge chunk out of their posterior.
 
Luna Tick said:
Is that what's going to happen now? Are they doing to abuse the impeachment process like they did with Clinton?
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We tried to oust him on election day. That didn't work so now we've got to look for some other way like impeachment to get the job done.
 
roflpublican said:
and that's a possibility based on what i heard of limbaughs rhetoric over the weekend.


no problem amigo
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What sane people need is a voice of reason to counter and quiet the right wing extremists.
PBS ?
 
Fisher said:
...and once we impeach Biden too, President Boehner will be the Bee's knees
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I was going to say impeach him next but I think Hilary is next in line. :crazy3:
 
haymarket said:
Short of Obama committing a provable real crime, this sort of thing could finish off the GOP for a good ten years or more. If they repeat the Clinton travesty simply for partisan purposes, it will backfire on them big time and take a huge chunk out of their posterior.
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Don't you guys already think the GOP is finished?
 
Carleen said:
What is the point of the poll? It is totally fictional. Is it just for fun?
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The point of the poll is assessing your sense of fair play. If obama was hiding an impeachable offense so he could get elected my sense of fair play says Romney should get the nod, how bout you?
 
Romney should be tried and executed for treason if he tried to usurp the office of President. He lost by nearly 4 million votes.
 
haymarket said:
Short of Obama committing a provable real crime, this sort of thing could finish off the GOP for a good ten years or more. If they repeat the Clinton travesty simply for partisan purposes, it will backfire on them big time and take a huge chunk out of their posterior.
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Something stinks to high Heaven in this Benghazi affair. I think obama was directly involved in not helping those guys and lied about it. While that in itself is not an impeachable offense what he has done to cover it up may or may not be, time will tell just how deep of a hole he has dug himself into.
 
Luna Tick said:
Is that what's going to happen now? Are they doing to abuse the impeachment process like they did with Clinton?
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Clinton should of gotten impeached for nothing more than cheating with a fat ugly chick as the president. Clinton shamed the game without doubt.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
If obama is impeached for something he did before the election that would have made him lose if it had come out should Romney be seated as president in his place?
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I don't think that is how the process works. Besides, it really woudn't change much, anyways. I believe most of America would still be stupid enough to vote for him.
 
Dooble said:
I don't think that is how the process works. Besides, it really woudn't change much, anyways. I believe most of America would still be stupid enough to vote for him.
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You don't "think" it's how it works? Good for you, you are are now the smartest right wnger on this board.
 
Henrin said:
I was going to say impeach him next but I think Hilary is next in line. :crazy3:
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The Senate Pro Tem Dan Inouye who would be our first Asian President. Bet he'd make us do our math homework.....
 
iguanaman said:
You don't "think" it's how it works? Good for you, you are are now the smartest right wnger on this board.
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Which is 10 to 11 times smarter than the most enlightened Leftist on this board. Are you #2 on that list?
 
johnny_rebson said:
We tried to oust him on election day. That didn't work so now we've got to look for some other way like impeachment to get the job done.
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Please do NOT let alone discourage you from this effort.
 
Henrin said:
I was going to say impeach him next but I think Hilary is next in line. :crazy3:
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Actually, Hilary is 4th in line. Here's the succession.

Vice President: Joe Biden - D
Speaker of the House: John Boehner - R
President pro tempore of the Senate: Daniel Inouye - D

After these, the succession line are Cabinet Secrataries in order of creation of the Department.

Secretary of State: Hilary Clinton - D
Secretary of the Treasury: Timothy Geithner - I
Secretary of Defense: Leon Panetta - D
Attorney General: Eric Holder - D

And so on down the list.

Whenever all 3 branches are gathered together - such as the State of the Union Address - 1 Cabinet Secretary, and, nowadays, 1 Representative, and 1 Senator are sequestered to maintain a continuity of government in case if attack. These are known as designated survivors.
 
Henrin said:
Don't you guys already think the GOP is finished?
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Not at all. I have been following politics since 1960 at age 11 and there are normal back and forth swings of the pendulum. They occur more frequently than in the past and can be (as in 2010) more extreme and severe in a shorter period of time than in the past. Unless the GOP does something incredibly stupid such as double down on opposing Obama on almost everything like they did in the first four years or pursue this silly idea of impeachment, they should be able to return to being a viable contender. And even if they have troubles nationally with the presidency, they still have a very strong and dominant presence in many parts of the nation. It will also be interesting to keep an eye on 2014 to see if the Democratic base comes out or if we have a repeat of the 2010 disaster for the party.
 
iguanaman said:
Romney should be tried and executed for treason if he tried to usurp the office of President. He lost by nearly 4 million votes.
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Obama should be waterboarded and shipped to the Middle East for impersonating a US President.

This is fun. :)
 
sawyerloggingon said:
Something stinks to high Heaven in this Benghazi affair. I think obama was directly involved in not helping those guys and lied about it. While that in itself is not an impeachable offense what he has done to cover it up may or may not be, time will tell just how deep of a hole he has dug himself into.
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This is simply another one of those right wing cause celebre's that change with the seasons. If you do not inhabit right wing world, it is a story which means little to America.
 
Silly thread is silly.
 
samsmart said:
Actually, Hilary is 4th in line. Here's the succession.

Vice President: Joe Biden - D
Speaker of the House: John Boehner - D
President pro tempore of the Senate: Daniel Inouye - D

After these, the succession line are Cabinet Secrataries in order of creation of the Department.

Secretary of State: Hilary Clinton - D
Secretary of the Treasury: Timothy Geithner - I
Secretary of Defense: Leon Panetta - D
Attorney General: Eric Holder - D
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God, I hate all those people. Thanks though.
 
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