Yup, it's all about the Dems, huh? Palin and Cruz want impeachment. So should you.
A new article by Bob Unruh, published late last night on World Net Daily, says former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is calling on the new Congress to begin investigations into the numerous scandals plaguing the Obama administration. The list is long, everything from Fast and Furious, to Benghazi, and IRS targeting. Palin believes if the evidence against President Obama is strong, he should be impeached.
"We need to get in there and start those investigations," she said during an interview with the Fox Business Network’s Stuart Varney on Wednesday. "The Democrats would, had this been a Republican president who so walked all over the will of the American people … and stomped on our Constitution. The American people are expecting them to hold their president accountable."
Varney questioned the idea of impeachment, saying it could create backlash against Republicans, and hurt their chances of taking the White House in 2016. Palin strongly countered that politics should not play into the decision. It is a matter of upholding the Constitution as far as she's concerned.
"It’s the right thing to do though, Stuart, Palin said, "Put politics aside and do the right thing. The constitutional duty and responsibility that they have, that is to hold this president accountable."
But Sarah Palin isn't the only person talking impeachment. It seems Michelle Obama has that subject on her mind as well. WND reported just before the election that even the first lady was talking about impeachment. In a fundraising email sent in the days leading up to the midterm elections, Mrs. Obama wrote, "I’ll put it frankly: If we lose these midterm elections, we’ll just see more obstruction, more lawsuits and talk about impeachment, and more votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act or even shut down the government."
GOP leadership doesn't seem to be interested in pursuing the impeachment option. In July, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, accused Democrats of playing politics when they claimed the House GOP wanted to impeach Obama, saying it was "a scam started by Democrats at the White House."
"This whole talk about impeachment is coming from the president’s own staff and coming from Democrats on Capitol Hill," Boehner said at the time. "Why? Because they’re trying to rally their people to give money and to show up in this year’s election."
At least one administration official is still talking impeachment. According to Reuters, top White House advisor Dan Pfeiffer said the president’s planned executive orders on immigration could cause some members of the GOP to push for impeachment..
"The president acting on immigration reform will certainly up the likelihood that they would contemplate impeachment," the Reuters report quoted Pfeiffer as saying. Pfieffer also said it would be "foolish" to overlook the possibility.
Pfieffer's remarks came just on the heels of the results of a CNN/ORC poll that shows nearly half of adult Americans believe Obama has "gone too far" in expanding his power, and one-third believe he "should be impeached and removed from office."
