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If Obama is impeached

If obama is impeached should romney be seated as president

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Kal'Stang said:
Wow, if it was found out that Obama did something to make himself win the election that was against the law you think that he wouldn't get impeached because any such claim would be "false grounds"?
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If it was found that Obama did it, sure. But someone would have to prove that Obama did it, not some low level Democratic operative.
 
samsmart said:
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.
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Pretty good list, but I think you can abrogate Joe Biden - he's just a moron.
 
haymarket said:
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.
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So in your world if obama made the decision not to send a rescue party in Benghazi and then broke some law in an attempt to cover that fact up it would mean nothing?
 
sawyerloggingon said:
So in your world if obama made the decision not to send a rescue party in Benghazi and then broke some law in an attempt to cover that fact up it would mean nothing?
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I would be happy to look at the evidence of that.
 
Dooble said:
Pretty good list, but I think you can abrogate Joe Biden - he's just a moron.
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He's still on the list.

Something to consider is that the President pro tem is the longest serving Senator of the majority party.

That means that there were times when Strom Thurmond or Robert Byrd could have been President.
 
haymarket said:
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.
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Speaking of 2010, the statistic I didn't know about that election was that the % of over 65 voters in that year was 30% vs. 15% for 2012.
That means Republican victorys were based on the votes of many people who are dead now and that trend is likely to continue.
 
iguanaman said:
Speaking of 2010, the statistic I didn't know about that election was that the % of over 65 voters in that year was 30% vs. 15% for 2012.
That means Republican victorys were based on the votes of many people who are dead now and that trend is likely to continue.
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That would be significant. But if we have a repeat of the poor Dem turnout it might no be enough to overcome. We must learn from the mistakes of 2010 to avoid repeating them.
 
How is that going to happen. Biden is the VP. You are not aware of how the system works. Romney is a private citizen.

Any Obama is not going to be impeached. On what LEGAL grounds. The burr you got. Get over it he won.
 
Of course not...If Obama is impeached (which will NOT happen) then Joe Biden would become president...end of story
 
sawyerloggingon said:
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?
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That is not how impeachment works. Biden would be president.
 
Carleen said:
That is not how impeachment works. Biden would be president.
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Now Carleen you are purposely being obstinate.I didn't ask for a lesson on the constitution, I asked in your opinion would it be fair play to make Romney president if obama cheated in the election.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
Now Carleen you are purposely being obstinate.I didn't ask for a lesson on the constitution, I asked in your opinion would it be fair play to make Romney president if obama cheated in the election.
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Sorry, I deal in reality, not suppositions.
 
Carleen said:
Sorry, I deal in reality, not suppositions.
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So no imagination in you at all? That must be a very dull life. Just outta curiosity, and you're more than welcome to not answer but what is your chosen profession?
 
Carleen said:
That is not how impeachment works. Biden would be president.
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Actually I don't think that he would be in the case put forth by the OP. Because in this case Biden only got the vice-presidency due to fraud caused by Obama. As such if there was fraud, that would mean that Obama never actually got elected. And as such it would have been Romney that was elected. See Biden wouldn't be President for the simple fact that the votes never supported Obama and by default him.

What you would be doing is putting Biden in position against the Peoples wishes.

Also technically there would be no impeachment. Because in order to be impeached you have to be a valid President. Gaining that position through fraud would mean that you were not technically voted in by the People...which is the only way to become President.
 
Normally, I would say yes, under those circumstances, Romney should be seated. However, because Romney achieved the nomination by dishonest means himself, rather than earning it, there should have to be a whole new contest, starting from scratch, with Biden holding office until the new election is over.
 
dumbest poll ever. Obama is not going to get impeached.
 
sKiTzo said:
Normally, I would say yes, under those circumstances, Romney should be seated. However, because Romney achieved the nomination by dishonest means himself, rather than earning it, there should have to be a whole new contest, starting from scratch, with Biden holding office until the new election is over.
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Actually we should go back to the last president who won an honest election. Bush should be president until a new election can be held.
 
sKiTzo said:
Normally, I would say yes, under those circumstances, Romney should be seated. However, because Romney achieved the nomination by dishonest means himself, rather than earning it, there should have to be a whole new contest, starting from scratch, with Biden holding office until the new election is over.
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And, naturally, the part about Biden taking over until a new president is elected would have to be a unanimous decision that everybody agreed upon. If there was opposition to this
- they would be saying that since (whatever the reason for impeachment was), the dems would not necessarily have been in office, etc. To solve this, they would have to use the un-presidented "limbo" rule of law and.......ok , I'm lost.
 
Paschendale said:
The impeachment process should not be reduced to the petty squabblings of partisan strategy. Unfortunately, Republicans already did that in 1998. Let's not go down that road again. Tying up the government with all of that nonsense hurt the country last time. It would do so again, and all this talk of a conspiracy around Benghazi is just stupid.
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I loved it that president Clinton, darling of the Left, was impeached for lying under oath. He is still the darling of the Left.
 
johnny_rebson said:
Actually we should go back to the last president who won an honest election. Bush should be president until a new election can be held.
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You mean George senior? I dom't think either of Dubbyas elections were honest. In fact, you could ask Ray Lemme about that - oh that's right, no you can't. He was found sliced up in a motel bathtub - an apparent "suicide".
 
johnny_rebson said:
Actually we should go back to the last president who won an honest election. Bush should be president until a new election can be held.
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Oh because 2000 was such a fair election.
 
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