Impeachment usually represents a punitive act following the commission of a crime, but some are looking to it as a last means of self-defense. At a Tea Party town hall meeting last night Rep. Michael Burgess, R-TX, said impeachment “needs to happen” to stop Barack Obama from inflicting more “damage” on this country.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram claims an attendee “suggested that the House push for impeachment proceedings against President Barack Obama to obstruct the president from pushing his agenda.” Burgess, who represents four counties in northern Texas, responded: “It needs to happen, and I agree with you it would tie things up. No question about that.” He later stood by his comment. “We need to tie things up. The longer we allow the damage to continue unchecked, the worse things are going to be for us.”
Burgess made his comments at a town hall meeting with the NE Tarrant Tea Party Tuesday evening in Denton, Texas.
The Star-Telegram adds, “Burgess said he wasn’t sure whether the proper charges to bring up articles of impeachment against Obama were there.” Since the reporter does not quote Congressman Burgess nor elaborate on this sentence, it is uncertain whether Burgess said he was not sure Obama had committed an impeachable offense or whether the charges could pass the Democrat-controlled Senate. While there are ample grounds for impeachment, it would take intense citizen pressure to force senators to vote for conviction.
The event was broadcast live on UStream, but it is not yet archived on the Congressman’s video page. If you have more information about — or video of — this incident, please contact me.
Whatever the circumstances surrounding Burgess’ words, he is part of a significant and growing number of Congressmen willing to see Obama removed from office. Early last month Rep. Tim Scott, R-SC, told the Tea Party group LowCountry 9.12 if Obama invoked the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling, it would be “an impeachable act.” The next day, Texas Republican Pete Olson said Scott is “not a lonely voice” on impeachment. Obama promptly backed off the scheme.
Rep. Trent Franks, R-AZ, became the first sitting Congressman to raise the possibility of impeaching Obama over his refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The Justice Department is currently fighting against DOMA in the courts.
A number of Republican presidential candidates are also on board. Newt Gingrich warned Obama about possible impeachment if he refused to defend DOMA. Ron Paul said forthrightly the war in Libya is “an impeachable offense,” although he later sought to distance himself from his statement. Last Monday when a questioner asked Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman if the Libya war is impeachable, Huntsman responded, “I’ll let Congress make that decision.”
Burgess received some flack from the meeting because he was one of only seven Texas Republicans in the House to vote for the debt ceiling deal. He shrewdly warned Retuers news service last week that the plan’s “spending reductions do not go far enough” to satisfy Standard & Poor’s requirements to maintain our AAA credit rating. He also raised concerns over the “Super Congress” the bill establishes.
A medical doctor, Burgess wrote a book-length refutation of ObamaCare, published by WND Books, entitled, Doctor in the House: A Physician-Turned-Congressman Offers His Prescription for Scrapping Obamacare…And Saving America’s Medical System. It carries a foreword by Newt Gingrich and an endorsement by Ron Paul.
Now it seems the three agree impeachment should be on the table for America’s most radical president.
Burgess shoots down ObamaCare in a radio interview.
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"Impeachment" is the process by which a sitting President is condemned (impeached) and then possibly removed from office by a vote of his "peers" in the Congress for "high crimes and misdemeanors" against the Constitution and the office of POTUS. O.whodat CANNOT be impeached, because he is not a legitimate POTUS due to his status of not being a "natural born Citizen" and with the release of a fraudulent birth document, a criminal forger. He needs to be investigated, indicted and incarcerated , not impeached.
His(ours) problem is that his entire life is one large accumulation of forgery and compulsive lying, it's his sponsors and supporters that perpetuated this hack and it is they I want to see brought down…I am willing to bet a good lunch on this.
I'll see your good lunch and raise it to a fine steak dinner.
I’ll raise that to all-you-can-eat, full course Alaskan King Crab feast.
Impeachment is two parts, the house investigation refering articles to the senate for trial or NOT. You see, if the "impeachment" begins and it is discovered he is ineligible it's over on the spot.
IMPEACH DAMN IT ! IMPEACH !!!!!
He needs to be dragged out" PAJAMA STYLE "
suits me. seal team 6 could do it too.
FINALLY SOMEONE BESIDES ME TELLS IT LIKE IT IS GOOD JOB A_PEN
100% dead on target!
There will be more than enough means to impeach and imprison should the state of Hi. fail to make good on producing a valid BC for the Mysery Man. A investigation will ensue that is going to make this Republic reform it's government to forever put a stop to trusting our elected and appointed officials outright, we will make "Trust but Verify" the motto of all elections and candidates….we will reinstate the rule of law and it will hold under our Constitution.
I do believe our founders made it clear that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. The gubmint run schools teach the benefit of entitlements without mentioning the price.
Yeah! Like that'll ever happen. They have built the concentration camps already . Five hundred of them, built by halliburton. Are you going to lead the revolution? Become prison slave labor? You'd better wake up! It's already in place and waiting for the first shot to be fired. UN troops are in this country already and waiting to kill Americans who don't capitulate and fall in line. Hundreds will be rounded up an executed for political subversion. Are you on the red list? The first of the people to be rounded up and killed? You think I'm B.— Sing but I'm not. There are 400,000 plastic caskets ready and waiting. There are cattle cars just like hitler had! YES! Right here in America! I've personally seen 3 of these camps. This is for real and I'm not a crazy militia nut trying scare people. But you should be made aware of is that most of these camps are already manned and waiting.for prisoners.
I am sure I don't know how you know this but let's hope the rule of law can be put back in order to avoid another revolution where blood is shed….
Amen.
Yes I hope for a peaceful return to sanity in this country. I'm concerned though – we've murdered 52 million babies in the womb. God will not permit their blood to go unavenged! We could be in for a terrible time in this country.
TBD Really? I mean Really? Where are these camps you saw. Location Location Location. See three times becuase you said you have seen three.
Impeachment is not possible with out 60 votes in the Senate, any other legal idea's guys? I got one Insure he is a one term President and has to live with that title the rest of his crappy life.
ireuel Obama can be removed from office in a assortment of ways.Impeachment is a definite possibility & additionally he can be removed from office for numerous violations committed by him why occupying his office.He can be removed from office by a military coup,civil war,racial war, revolution but hopefully not by assassination.
Not a good idea to suggest, Alexia.
All those still lead right back to imply if read wrong as the last one in which
you do state "hopefully not by"
Gary of Colo. just stating facts. I am sure that the simpletons will try to make something of it.
See, ireuel, if you don't care about Constitutionally legal means such as elections or impeachment, there is "a assortment of ways" to proceed.
I would prefer we do it either by impeachment or by the vote of the people. All the other options here are and should be saved for third world countries. We are better than that and can resolve this issue peacefully. Being tagged a one termer is just about as bad as all the other tags that end in er.
Note to self:I Never got any locations of these camps that were spoken of. Which was in fact the intent of my response. I assumed the aluminum foil is now being place over all the windows so the government can't read their minds. I hear sheets of lead work better, about 1/8" thick will do.
ireuel just stating facts which you did not include in your original comment. Personally I
really have no desires one way or the other. Just as long as he is gone is all that matters to me.
James of course there are numerous ways to proceed. I simply stated facts. Do you not agree with the facts?
The camps are very easy to find as I`m sure you well know. I`m not computer literate, so all that pasting stuff is beyond me.Mack computer work a little different than Windows, and i`m still learning. BUT, if you google internment camps, it brings up all of them, state by state, complete with photographs. Lots of information to be found here. They even tell about the coffins, the furnaces, and pictures of the new cattle cars for people. TBD is telling it like it is. You can knock him, or me if you prefer, but its coming one way or another. You can start putting stuff back, or continue like nothing is wrong, but you will pay the price. No one will escape this, so you should start preparing. Like I said on here earlier, my kill zone is well defined, and I have enough food for a year. You better get with the program, but don`t knock those that are ready now, you may want to bunk close by.
I disagree with the Congressman; we do not need Impeachment, we need a sedition and treason trial, which could become a trial of espionage and trial under a military tribunal. This would be quite befitting for the imposter sitting in the Whitehouse, along with his Communism loving wife, or whatever she is to him. Congress is just as guilty of sedition and treason as Obama, for there is no way he could have gotten past the Republican Leadership, unless of course they are in on the sedition. All the pretend outrage is nothing but political theater, and most of the congress critters are liars and thieves. Vote out all of those who do not support a fully Constitution controlled government, which of course will mean most of them. Too bad that Ron Paul is retiring, for now the House loses at least 90.% of it's intelligence and knowledge. Ron Paul 2012.
I totaly find Ron Paul as the only Republican nominee that actuall stands for auditing and ending the Fed and stopping the wastefull and illegal wars. He is the only one that doesn't belong to the good old boy club. Therefore he will never be able to debate and stands no chance to be nominated. I hope his son Rand gets a chance in the future. He is going to be just as good.
You are so right. You can only impeach a legitimate president, the imposter should be taken out in chains!
Indict not Impeach!
I wish Michael Burgess were my congressman!
I really like this guy!
Agree with him also!
ALEXIA IT MIGHT HELP IF BURGESS LEARNED HOW A USURPER SHOULD BE REMOVED IF CONGRESS CALLED THIS USURPER TO PRODUCE PROOF OF WHO HE IS AND THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT THIS WOULD BE OVER REAL QUICK
The Manchurian Muslim Pres Obama Should Have Been Vetted, However DC Is So Crooked They All Looked The Other Way, Yikeess, So Now That He Was Elected We Must Wait Until Nov 2012 Than Vote And All Your Friends Also So This Phoney Can Be Defeated At The Ballot Box, Yippee, God Bless America And The Real Heroes The Tea Party Patriots.
Why aren't the Republicans clamoring to have Obama vetted for 2012?? They know he's illegitimate. It's the ultimate cover-up. They won't be able to explain why they let it happen the last time. They would be guilty themselves and possibly driven from office! They would rather risk the destruction of the United States of America, than lose their personal privilege as a Congressman or Senator!
Voting is not the solution we need to protect our Constitution. He must be indicted for his crimes and tried in an open court.
Impeachment is exactly the wrong thing to try. Number one, even if the House impeached Obama, the Senate under Reid would never convict. Please read the following article and send to everyone you can:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=321…
Now, please read the next two articles on the only way to get rid of Obama and invalidate him. This means anything he did as President would be invalid, including any laws signed (Obama Care), any appointments he made (including two liberal Supreme Court Justices), and any other Presidential act that he performed or sanctionhed. He could also being crimainally prosecuted for being a "usurper" (a legal term meaning holding office illegally) and convicted of a crime.
It is extremely important that every American understand these orinciples and have Obama invalidated. Please passs on this information to everyone you know.
Thank you very much !!!
Sorry, I left off the last two links in my first post.
http://www.devvy.com/new_site/obama-conundrum-051…
http://www.devvy.com/new_site/quo-follow-up-05121…
Thanks,
Publius II
I obviously need to take an energy drink. I forgot to also say that the process of gettin rid of Obama can be done simply by Rep. Issa conducting an investigation on Obama for not being a "natural born" citizen of the US, as required under Article 2, Section 1 as a required qualification for office. To learn l you need to know about "natural born" and why Obama doesn't qualify, go here:
A to Z, compactly in one fell swoop, in chart form: http://www.theobamafile.com/obamanaturalborn.htm
This one is the most conclusuve and convincing about the Founder's using deVattel's "The Laws of Nations" to determine the meaning of "natural born"
Publius II, again
There have been two SCOTUS decisions that confirm this position. Both concluded that a NBC requires BOTH parents to be US Citizens. Since we know the sperm donor who fathered oscama was never a US Citizen, oscama IS NOT nor can he EVER be a NBC. He is therefore ineligible to be POTUS which of course he and congress knew, so they are both complicit in his crime and must be held accountable.
" While there are ample grounds for impeachment, it would take intense citizen pressure to force senators to vote for conviction." This was a sentence in the above article we read. I'd say there's more than enough pressure available. Just 2 weeks ago we shut the switchboard down in the white house from bombardment of calls. Allow me to answer the question….You folks that can, start the impeachment proceedings and I PROMISE you, WE THE PEOPLE will finish what you start. Take a poll, ask around…you'll find we're sick to death of this fiasco that goes on daily in Washington. We're tired, broke, depressed and mad as hell. And we're tired of watching nothing getting done about everything. You flush the covey, we'll take care of the rest !!!!!!!
(For those of you who aren't hunters, a covey is a small flock of birds, you flush them from their hiding place and then you begin the preparation for a meal)
Eddie, you have some good thoughts, and I`m sure you mean well, but you CANNOT IMPEACH OBOMMA. To impeach him will give credence that he was rightfully elected, which he was not. He is a USURPER. If impeached, the acts he performed would remain in force, and some can not be undone under our current laws. But as a USURPER, everything can be undone. As a USURPER EVERYTHING he did was illegal. A lot of peole have this misconception. If everyone followed what Publius wrote, you would have much better luck getting rid of him and his cronies. Under impeachment, it will die for sure, as no one in his administation is going to go against him. No Republican will either, they just don`t have the balls for it. But, under a special commision, the USURPER will go to jail. How this will come about will have to be from people smarter than I .Just follow the links Publius gave here, and we will get this guy and his cronies out of office. It will not be easy, you can exspect riots in the street, probably martial law, and I`m sure some will die, but if we want our country back, then this needs to happen.I am more fortunate than most, . I have about a 1 year supply of food, plenty of ammo, and I make my own electric.My house in the Ozark woods is secluded, and my kill zone is well defined. Many will die before they get to me and what I have set back and I will probably be beaten to death with my empty gun, but many will go before me. Lets make this happen.
Lets take one thing at a time. First, lets get someone with the guts to get it going in the house, and than if the Senate dosen.t want to participate, than we get rid of them.
Its time for a house cleaning.
Visit: http://www.goooh.com standing for " GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE"
Six Republican state senators face recall elections in Wisconsin today, the big showdown in this fight. If Democrats win three or more races tonight, they will have a chance at taking back the state Senate. Sounds a bit like impeachment….
One congressman almost went half way, should we count our chickens? See what’s on my “Children” page. Ten million, 20 million, 30 million, 40 million… Hello Sharia flag, for English please press 2!
http://www.reformdc.com
P.S. Did you vote this week at “you cut”? http://majorityleader.gov/YouCut/
They have removed the “and tell us what else to cut” link.
THIS URSUPER IS A FRAUD, HIS ILLEGAL ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT HAS CREATED THE GREATEST CONSTITUTIONAL CRISES SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY.UNLESS THIS FRAUD IS IMPEACHED THIS COUNTRY IS ON THE CUSP OF TOTAL DESTRUCTION. IF THIS CRIMINAL COMMUNIST IS NOT STOPPED WE WILL SEE A COMMUNIUST TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIP UNFOLD, AND OBAMA WILL BE THE FIRST DESPOT TO TAKE OVER. AS HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED IN A COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP AT LEAST 30 TO 40 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIQUDATED. CASS SUNSTEIN AND WILLIAM AYERS TARGET AT LEAST 25 MILLION AMERICANS WILL HAVE TO BE LIQUDATED, SO THE NEW GOVERNMENT WILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION WITH NO DISSENTING VOICES. DESPOTS CANNOT TOLERATE DISSENT! IF YOU DOUBT THIS READ THE HISTORY OF REGIMES AROUND THE WORLD WHERE FREEDOM, LIBERTY, AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS ARE FORBIDDEN BY THE "GOVERNMENT"!
You are so – right on!
We impeached President Clinton for wanting to cover-up his sexual philandering (almost understandable), but what Obama has done is far more sinister and the list is almost endless. This generation must rise to the occasion and show some spine or the America God gave us, will be lost forever!
Amen!
Finally, somebody with common sense.
I have wondered why none of our leaders are willing to take a stand against this organized
and methodical destruction of our country.
To Texasgal and all the other well meaning bloggers. Please read the links Publius has provided here. Any kind of impeachment will die, I guaranteee it. The impeachment against Bill Clinton was a real flop. These people are not going to impeach one of there own, cause what he is doing is what they want. He is a USURPER, and it is handled completely different. If you want this country back, and all these people thrown out and jailed as accomplices, then you need to follow Publius .links.
LETS GO MICHAEL BURGESS- YOU WILL RECIEVE A PHONE CALL FROM ME TOMORROW. UNDER WHAT GROUNDS??? NOT AHT I CAN NOT MENTION – BUT IF YOU CALL SHEILA JACKSON LEE'S OFFICE, HER LLITTLE APPARACHIKS SAY, "YOU CAN'T BE IMPEACHED FOR LYING!"
OBUMMER IS ILLEGITIMATE AND IF YOU EXAMINE HIS CZARS AND HIS "SEQUESTERED" $2. MILLION RECORDS, THEN WE WILL SEE HIS AFFILIATION WITH PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUPS. HE IS KILLING BNUSINESS AND IS NOT ACTING IN AMERICA'S INTERESTS. IS THAT GOODS ENOUGH? HE IS KILLING BUSINESSES AND IS NOT LETTING HTE PEOPOLE WORK.
UNDER WHICH "HIGH CRIME AND MISDEMEANOR" CAN HE BE FRUCKING IMPEACHED? HOW ABOUT JERK BLAGO? HOW ABOUT OBAMACARE? HIS CZARS AND HIS BOI GEORGE SOROS JUST MADE $8BILLION ON THE DOWNTURN OF THE MARKETS.
HOW ABOUT THE MURDER OF THE 22 SEALS ET AL INCL THE SEAL-DOG? A CHINOOK HELICOPTER? HOW ABOUT THE TRAITOROUS PLAN TO MAKE THIS FILM ON THE CAPTURE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN WHICH OBUMMER WILL RELEASE RIGHT BEFORE THE NOV 2012 ELECTIONS?
INDEPENDENTS AND FAKE TEA PARTIERS – SAY AWAY. WE NEED TO DESTROY OBUMMER.
You bring up some interesting questions, but seriously, you need to PROOF READ your stuff before you post it. Hard to read when stuff is misspelled.
Agreed Robert,
I also always find the ALL CAPS thing to be a real eyesore as well.
See Robert most post here that you make a spelling error gives you a squiggly red line under it, then all you got to do is Right click and most of the time select the correctly spelled word. But sometime someone start bad mouthing and lying about me and I let miss spelled word just fly. Also I agree with the Gary/Wasn't born yesterday guy from Colorado, the capitals are the pits man, I just don't read them. Hint Alexia use all caps and I won't read it. See problem solved. HAVE A NICE DAY.
Thank you ireuel, but I was not referring to you. I was referring to COOKIE. Hope everyone has a nice day.
ireuel just admit it you are just stupid!
Sorry i do not care whether you read anything which i have writtenor not.
have to do-sometimes–starts-words-
I believe that impeachment can also happen if people believe that treason has occurred. The entire sentence is: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
It's still up to the House to impeach, which is extremely unlikely. And then removal is up to the Senate, and that won't happen.
I realize that but I was pointing out the incorrect notion that a president can only be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. They can also be impeached for treason (which is defined in the constitution) and bribery.
OK–but wouldn't both treason and bribery count as crimes, anyway?