Impeachment Looming for Obama?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Republicans Accuse Obama of Using Position as President to Lead Country

WASHINGTON — Responding to reports that President Obama is considering signing as many as nineteen executive orders on gun control, Republicans in Congress unleashed a blistering attack on him today, accusing Mr. Obama of “cynically and systematically using his position as President to lead the country.”

Spearheading the offensive was Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas), who charged the President with the “wanton exploitation of powers that are legally granted to him under the U.S. Constitution.”

Calling him the “Law Professor-in-Chief,” Rep. Stockman accused Mr. Obama of “manipulating a little-known section of the Constitution,” Article II, which outlines the power of the President.

“President Obama looks down the list of all of the powers that are legally his and he’s like a kid in a candy store,” Rep. Stockman said. “It’s nauseating.”

The Texas congressman said that if Mr. Obama persists in executing the office of the Presidency as defined by the Constitution, he could face “impeachment and/or deportation.”

Noting that the President has not yet signed the executive orders on gun control, Rep. Stockman said that he hoped his stern words would serve as a wake-up call to Mr. Obama: “Mr. President, there’s still time for you to get in line. But if you continue to fulfill the duties of President of the United States that are expressly permitted in the Constitution, you are playing with fire.”

Edited January 16, 2013 by Mr. Big Dog

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Nice.

[^_^ 5,021]

Lol @ deportation

[bigdog 376]

I guess he is the King not President. Don't Tread on Me.

[Caryh 5,206]

Hmmm mad at a President for leading the country?

Using his powers given to him in the constitution is wrong?

I guess I just don't get this, what's impeachable about using the powers the constitution gives him and leading the country, its what a president is supposed to do. I may not like some of the things he wants to do, I might think they're stupid even, but impeachable? I suppose its like bring a lawsuit, anyone can do it over anything, but getting anywhere with it is a different story.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

I smell onions. ..

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I smell onions. ..

close but no onions.

[Dakine10 5,452]

if you continue to fulfill the duties of President of the United States that are expressly permitted in the Constitution, you are playing with fire.

It really is a fine line between satire and realism these days.

[bsd058 296]

close but no onions.

Borowitz Report (New Yorker). Though, I do love the Onion. And this was definitely Onion-worthy.

Edited January 16, 2013 by bsd058

[Love's JAA 100]

If not Onion, then what other reliable source are you posting here?

Nevermind, I found it and noticed someone else answered the Q already. The satirical Borowitz Report. I was hoping it was real news though I new it wasn't.

Edited January 16, 2013 by Love's JAA

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

fixed the link in the OP.

[MyLittlePony 340]

Obama is doing a good job so far as gun control is a huge problem.