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Lurid Moonbat Fantasy of the Week: the Impeachment of Barack H. Obama for War Crimes
2011-03-23
Benjy Sarlin, TPM-DC

A number of Democratic and Republican lawmakers are concerned about the White House's air assault on Libya, but Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) raised the rhetoric to 11 on Monday, suggesting President Obama should be impeached.
That makes Dennis Kucinich a racist!!! and probably a Tea Party birther as well!!!
"President Obama moved forward without Congress approving. He didn't have Congressional authorization, he has gone against the Constitution, and that's got to be said," Kucinich said in an interview with Raw Story. "It's not even disputable, this isn't even a close question. Such an action -- that involves putting America's service men and women into harm's way, whether they're in the Air Force or the Navy -- is a grave decision that cannot be made by the president alone."

According to Kucinich, Obama's decision "would appear on its face to be an impeachable offense," though he questioned whether Congress would ever move forward with a trial in practice....
Posted by:Mike

#5  Getting us involved in a war without planning and a well-defined goal should be an impeachable offense. And no, "let's lob some cruise missiles and then wing it from there" does not constitute planning.
Posted by: CincinnatusChili   2011-03-23 22:39  

#4  Y'know, law, especially the law of armed conflict, is not an exact science. Frankly, I'd be hard-pressed to find a situation where I'm not ok with killing bad guys, regardless of who's the CINC. I read about the farmers east of Benghazi who got one of our pilots out. So far so good.

Yes, I'd like assurances that the objective is to kill K-Daffy and his minions, not just leave him wounded and pissed off. I'd like assurances from our allies that AQ will not be permitted to fill the power vacuum. I'd like to see a Congressional authorization that sets limits, defines the mission, and guarantees no boots on the ground. I hope/presume/damn well expect those to come soon.

But war crimes? Puh-lease. BHO has already committed so many impeachable offenses, I'm actually sort of impressed that he's exercising executive power more or less appropriately for once, rather than trying to run the legislature and the judiciary from the White House.

I can't get quite as fired up about it as OldSpook did the other night, but I think he was right.
Posted by: RandomJD   2011-03-23 17:32  

#3  Ya know what, Dennis? If you weren't the Class Clown of Congress everyone would realize that what you say about this is quite true.
But I looked at this and said "HA! Kucinich!"
Just like everybody else did...
Posted by: tu3031   2011-03-23 16:26  

#2  Points for consistancy, and surviving Mars.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-03-23 16:17  

#1  

The hypocracy begins at the 50 second mark.
Posted by: Glaising Bonaparte7659   2011-03-23 16:13  

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