I contacted our congressman with a simple message...now is the time to consider impeachment of Barack Obama. I did not request a reply because there is no way a congressman is going to be open on a subject like this. I did receive a prepared response to questions on impeachment which in effect said that our Constitution allows for impeachment only in the case of "Treason, Bribery, or high Crimes and Misdemeaners" thus implying that Barack Obama is not guilty of impeachable offenses. The Congressman's response went on to say that the Congress must use its "oversight authority" in stopping certain policies. In fairness to him, he may be on the border of considering impeachment or he may be concerned that a two-thirds guilty vote that would be needed in a Democrat Senate would be impossible to achieve.
Richard Nixon was threatened with articles of impeachment consisting of 1) Obstruction Of Justice, 2) Abuse Of Power and 3) Defiance Of Subpoenas. Bill Clinton was charged with articles of impeachment consisting of 1) Perjury To A Grand Jury and 2) Obstruction Of Justice.
Within the last few days John Boehner announced that a lawsuit is being considered against Barack Obama. Here is his reasoning: "Every member of Congress swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So did President Barack Obama. but too often over the past five years, the President has circumvented the American people and their elected representatives through executive action, changing and creating his own laws, and excusing himself from enforcing statutes he is sworn to uphold." Apparently this description, which is only a small part of this President's overt and covert attempts to undermine our Constitution, empower our enemies and imperil our allies and impose a Marxist state, even tyranny, upon the American people does not meet the criteria of "Treason, Bribery, or high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
It could take years to see the end of a lawsuit. It could take months to see if the House of Representatives even has standing to bring about a lawsuit. Impeachment proceedings are no answer to our problems in America but they must take place. They should not be contingent upon a favorable verdict in a Senate trial, nor should they hinge on whether or not they might stir up the Democrat base. Successful or not, impeachment proceedings could, if handled correctly, serve to do what our national news media has failed to do. They could inform Americans from Miami to Prudhoe Bay and from Honolulu to Bangor Maine that we are a Constitutional Republic that is under siege from those who have no appreciation for our past and no concern for our future, it could enlighten the American public as to the strategies of the Communist over the past century and the almost picture perfect similarities to the Obama administration, and it could be the determining factor in preventing this President from implementing even more egregious circumventions of our Constitution.
What this may boil down to is the character of our elected representatives. One gets the feeling that they are not of the same stouthearted, resolute, resourceful and unyielding determination as that of our founding fathers. Some are, no doubt, but as of now not enough. The same grid can be held up to the American people, and also to me, for we are a nation in need of introspection.
Impeaching Barack Obama has nothing to do with politics, it has everything to do with doing what is right. Scripture tells us that God knows our "frame." He knows that we are inherently weak and prone to fall away. The pressing question is do we ourselves know our own ...frame? If we did we would look only to Him and depend upon His strength.
The American people do not realize the scope of our predicament, our Congress does not realize the extent of our distress and the church is not aware of its own culpability in our collapse as a society or the imminence of judgement. May God awaken us and have mercy upon us and restore some semblance of character and wisdom of which he instilled in those who came before us, and may He do it for His purposes and entirely to His Glory alone!
Two recommended books:
Catching Our Flag, Behind The Scenes Of A Presidential Impeachment by James E. Rogan
Faithless Execution, Building the Political Case For Obama's Impeachment by Andrew C. McCarthy
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