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where Bentivolio asked a bunch of
lawyers to package him up an impeachment, those lawyers gamely
attempted to explain how “laws”
work, and Bentivolio came away
convinced that the media would
be just too gosh darn corrupt to
accept his argument that Obama
should be removed from office just
because he had a bunch of superstrong feelings about it.
Bentivolio may be a bit of an
extreme case, but the fact is that
while many of his colleagues
haven’t arranged an encounter
session with legal professionals,
they nevertheless lament their
inability to impeach based on the
lack of Senate votes — not the
absence of evidence necessary
to making a case. Representative
Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.), citing
the fact that his constituents are
always asking him about impeachment, basically made this case at
a recent town hall meeting:
According to Farenthold, there
are probably enough votes in
the House for a successful impeachment but not enough in
the Senate for a conviction. He
didn’t cite any charges that
would have to be brought.
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The lingering question of
course, is whether or not
such “charges” need to have
actual merit behind them
for them to be brought.
Farenthold cited the failed effort at impeaching President
Bill Clinton, arguing that in its
failure, the impeachment was
harmful to the country.
“What message do we send to
America if we impeach Obama
and he gets away with what he’s
impeached for and he’s found
innocent? What do we say he
did is ok,” Farenthold said.
I mean, give the guy some credit: He’s totally gamed out every
part of the impeachment process
Rep. Blake
Faraenthold
(R-Tx.)
believes
a failed
impeachment
may be
bad for the
country,
citing the
attempted
impeachment
of President
Bill Clinton
in 1999.