The pages of The Washington Times today reflect the nation’s disenchantment with Barack Obama’s presidency. The op-ed section contains an article by Jeffrey T. Kuhner, president of the Edmund Burke Institute for American Renewal, entitled, “Don’t Go on Vacation — Just GO.”
Last September, Kuhner called for Obama’s impeachment. This year, he’s taken a new tack: Telling Obama to quit:
Mr. Obama is the most arrogant, self-absorbed and self-obsessed president in U.S. history. Nothing is ever his fault. He blames everyone and everything for America’s economic woes – Tea Partyers, Wall Street, Japanese earthquakes, insurance executives, oil companies, millionaires and corporate jet owners. He lashes out at imaginary enemies without ever taking personal responsibility. In his mind, he is – and always will be – the Anointed One.
There is only one solution: Drive him from office. Americans should forge a mass grassroots movement demanding that Mr. Obama step down – immediately. Through bumper stickers, picket signs, posters, T-shirts and rallies, tens of millions of citizens should express the same message: Leave. It is highly unlikely he will step aside, but such a movement would cripple the president’s authority and possibly blunt him from doing further harm. It also would puncture his boundless ego. A widespread manifestation of no confidence would break him – politically, morally and psychologically – in order to save America. Mr. Obama is out of his depth. He lacks the character, intelligence, skills and experience – the basic competence – to be the leader of the free world.
Resign, Mr. President.
Of course, Obama resigning is as likely to occur as Bill Clinton entering a monastery; they both love the thrill they get from their self-indulgent pursuits too much to forsake them for their own good, much less the nation’s. However, there is some value in his analysis.
A growing number of Democrats are sick of Obama, too. Contrary to what some people believe, political parties are not primarily dedicated to promoting ideals or ideologies. They are dedicated to power: getting it, exercising it, keeping it, and denying it to their enemies. Democrats understand this better than Republicans, in part because Democrats are the statist party, in part because Republicans believe in the transcendent values the Left denies. Democrats are happy Obama is president; they generally agree with him even when they are afraid to say so; and they hope he will be re-elected in 2012. But they saw the monumental butt-thumping the American people gave them in 2010, and they aren’t willing to go down with the ship. Several are asking whether they should have supported Hillary Clinton in 2008 (which may be ironic, since she probably won the nomination anyway). This author noted last year, many Democrats desperately want to escape the ObamAlbatross that Barack will present in 2012. There is increasing talk — although precious little more — about a primary challenge in 2012. Ralph Nader attempted to recruit half-a-dozen candidates to Obama’s left. So far, only former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel has stepped forward, holding a primary fight ransom in exchange for $1 million in campaign contributions.
Secondly, Kuhner understands the only way to effect Obama’s ouster is through a mass movement. If the Republicans are too craven to impeach a president who flagrantly violates the Constitution by waging an unconstitutional war, it will take a massive amount of pressure for them to take any action against him. If last night’s debate is any indication, several candidates would have a hard time waging an effective campaign when the presidency is on the line.
The American people need to echo Congressman Michael Burgess: Impeachment “needs to happen.” In this constitutional republic, politicians serve at the consent of the governed. We must turn in our notice that we have withdrawn our consent. Obama has done too much damage, broken too many laws, too fundamentally “transformed” our nation, and we want him out. He can resign, be impeached, or — if America can endure it — be voted out in a year. But we want him out of the White House by any legal means possible, as quickly as possible. Like his bitter, cranky, illegal alien aunt, we want him out of public housing and out supporting himself through gainful employment for once.
Kuhner’s column had one additional benefit. It reminds me of this:
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I’m vindicated. Saw him for what he is from the beginning. That the ENTIRE block of Liberals, from voters to reporters IGNORED all the danger signs is worrisome for our survival in this increasingly harsh world. I would join the movement to impeach, throw him out, in a heartbeat. Living in NYC, I’m surrounded by die hard Libs (including some in my family).
Count me in and all my friends on Face Book too- we’ve all had enough of watching this America hating resident of OUR White House destroy our country daily. Obummer hates this country. he is the Manchurian candidate that attained the Presidency. Our press corps (Lib media) should be ashamed and held responsible for not doing ANY DUE DILIGENCE.
We will be rid of him- I predict IT WILL BE A LANDSLIDE of EPIC PROPORTIONS.
I, too, Loretta, saw Obama for what he truly was from the beginning, but all my efforts to educate others fell on deaf ears, even my daughters, but my son and his wife were with me. Now, ever since his inauguration, I have put my support behind Orly Taitz and Jerome Corsi to expose Obama/Soetoro for the person he really is, whoever that is. We do know for a fact that he is a criminal, many felons, a forger, fraudulent documents that create a phone background and citizenship for the Indonesian citizen who returned to the U.S. and failed to get naturalized. He is quite possibly an illegal alien on top of all his other crimes. Using the alias Harrison J. Bounel, using the same stolen CT SSN that Obama uses as POTUS, he is guilty of tax/real estate fraud in connection to his ‘sweet deal from Tony Rezco’ mansion in Chicago. The Obama’s don’t pay taxes on it, and it has more than one Tax ID (a red flag for fraud). All his crimes are documented. Documents and sworn affidavits are attached to Orly’s lawsuits that are currently in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in CA, and Tatiz v Astrue in the District Court of Washington D.C. We are just waiting for the judges to decide whether to throw them out, or proceed to trial. With all the proof, unless the judges are terribly corrupt, the cases should go forward, and we will be rid of Obama/Soetoro. Through the judge of the D.C. court Orly was given standing and subpoena power, and with that she is fighting to see and have the original BC in HI examined by experts. The next court date on that is Sept 14, 2011. Stay tuned!!
Again, I hope and pray that barry hussein odumbo will be exposed for the criminal lying fraud of a muslim moron that he is…
Same here, I couldn’t STAND him from the get-go! We NEED to have a LEADER that can PLAN a MASS movement to tell him to STEP DOWN. Specific places, specific dates. We NEED to let ALL of Congress and the Senate KNOW that THEY are complicit in this since they would NOT impeach him, and THEY have their necks on the line!
Count ME in!
How in the world can we find someone willing to stand up and lead the American citizens in rallies, etc. to get Obummer to step down? ……How do we also get congress to understand that they have our foot up their butts to impeach that fool??! So many of us American citizens would gladly take days off from work to attend such rallies, maybe even drive down to DC and picket outside of congress. Right now we need an organized leader to take our momentum and direct it in a visible way. My question is: ARE THERE ANY POLITICIANS OUT THERE WHO LOVE AMERICA ENOUGH TO WORK WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SAVE HER????? I can’t think of one ………. Where is Superman when we need him? I’d settle for Mighty Mouse…………..
I think a spirited recall movement would be worthwhile. Resignation or impeachment are both far fetched, in my opinion, and if either were successful, we would wind up with Biden.
However, there needs to be a grass roots movement stirring up both Democrats and Republicans to take actions to minimize Obama’s power and influence.
With his ego and selfishness, the only way to get him out is to vote him out, but that will be difficult due to his war chest and he can still do more harm in the next year and a half. even if ousted by vote, I think he would be a very dangerous lame duck. He does not seem to care for the Republic or the citizenry.
I wish I could have slapped his mama for having him in the first place. He is without a doubt the sorriest excuse for a human being as I have ever seen. But the thing that astounds me the most of all is the 535 talking heads in CONgress who sit there with their proverbial heads stuck up their collective asses and permit this nonsense to continue. If I even had an notion that I could instigate his removal from office I would have done it on January 22,2008. I knew from before the election this was gonna be a bad situation and I begged and plead with folks to not vote for OHOMO. Obviously they didn’t listen, so now we ALL have to suffer under this communist clone. I have a great love for my country and I’d do anything to keep it free. But I’m just one person and I can’t seem to get other folks to get off their computer ridden butts long enough to take some decisive action. What OHOMO has done to America to this point is nothing compared to what he will do if he isn’t defeated in the next election. If this is the situation he will try to drive a stake through America’s heart. Most likely his philosophy will be…”If I can’t have America then nobody can have America.” And one more thing that I have yet to hear anyone speak about. It’s a foregone conclusion that he is a muslim. It is a foregone conclusion that he has access to any and ALL national secrets. Being the man/child he is, what will prevent him from selling information to the highest bidder when he’s gone, out of uncontrollable anger ? If he hasn’t done so already ?
Eddie, some good points. But if Obummer were to even have one thought about selling info…that would be it. He would be murdered just like Seal Team 6. Many people want to try him for treason and have him executed. If he did attempt to sell anything, they would have their day.
Barry Soetoro MUST step down or be KICKED OUT or impeached. He is not even proven to be eligible to hold the office and the Democrats should NEVER be elected to office again …EVER but neither should the repulsive Republicans that go along with this treasonous actor called Obama. The 25th amendment was written to oust a sitting president and should be used IMMEDIATELY! Politicians are the BIGGEST SPONGES of wealth on the planet and they all MUST be held responsible for the whole Obama disgrace to our nation….Then reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act H.R. 1489 to get the illegal banking system regulated once again to prudent banking….Clinton got rid of it during his term and heavily lined his own pockets.
It’s NOT OUR DEBT! Let the banks go bankrupt, it is not our business to bail them out!
Bravo, very well stated!!
OH YES I agree AMEN!!!!!
He should be impeached BUT!
Do you think Congress and Senate are HUMAN ENOUGH
aparently no one is listening to the PEOPLE
When a patient has cancer the hospital frist tries Chemotheapy, then radiation and then finally surgery – cut it out and get rid of it! That is what the whole Washington Senate and Congress must do. Get rid of the cancer affecting our nation. While in the operating room, get rid of a few more – Like Bieden, Reid, Holder (investigated and tried in a couirt of Law)and one who has no business sitting in the Sepreme Copjurt – Kagen. Then…give economic recovery a fair chance and reverse the debt trend while passing the long awaited Balanced Budget Amendment.
“Oh Woe is me!”……. That’s all I continually read every time I sit down at my PC.
It has become an American disease….. In fact, all of you have made Obama the most
“Read about – Spoken about” President in history. All of you continually whine,
YET, nothing is done. Get your heads out of your posterior area’s, stop whining and
for goodness sake and our sanity, impeach the man. DO IT! Otherwise stop whining.
Ron, you need to read my reply to Loretta. MUCH has been done, and we are closing in on proving in court that Obama is a felon and needs to be imprisoned, along with all who were complicit to knowingly nominating and electing Barry Soetoro, citizen of Indonesia, never naturalized, a string of felonies, identity theft, tax/real estate fraud, forgery, post dated selective service application, other fraudulent documents giving him a fake past for the sake of his political career. Heads will roll before much longer.
Dear GOD, I hope and pray you are right about this. I detest this lying fraud of a muslim moron usurper in our White House. Why won’t Darrel Issa and congress do something about the treason barry has committed against this once great country?
Surffing Granny: I’ve made copies of all sorts of documents that prove what you are saying. You are absolutely right. The documents get printed and sent to Washington – and NOTHING gets done. The Fat Assed Lifer Polititians are afraid to do anything because they don’t want to loose their jobs.
barry hussein odumbo is a lying criminal fraud of a muslim moron with an egotistical narcissistic personality disorder who lies everytime he opens his mouth. Take away his teleprompter and you have a lying bumbling idiot who has pulled the biggest scam on the American people in it’s history. barry hussein has apologized for our country and called us arrogant plus he has bowed to muslim leaders who want to wipe us off the face of the earth. The United States of America is now the laughing stock of the world thanks to barry hussein. barry and his wife mooshelle, who is ashamed of America, are addicted to vactions for themselves and their friends on our tax $$$ and he is addicted to golf and his personal trainer. The only thing this muslim moron is capable of doing is community organizing at best!! The American people deserve better this muslim in the White House. Frankly I’m very disappointed that congress has not started impeachment proceedings or have this imposter arrested for treason!!! barry hussein, eric the red holder and valerie jerret must have had a good laugh when they posted the last fake birth certificate on line. WOW barry and his communist, marxists and socialist minions must really think “We the People” are stupid!! This muslim moron refuses to accept blame for anything and continue to blame George Bush, the Tea Party, Standard and Poor’s and whoever is handy at the time. BARRY HUSSEIN ODUMBO MUST GO… THE SOONER THE BETTER!!
The President’s actions or lack there of speak volumes. He has abdicated his duty. He refuses to defend the constitution and Rule of Law. His administration has failed to protect the people and prosecute the financial terrorist that continue to do us harm. He has conspired with Financial institutions to hide their insolvency while they pay themselves $ billions in bonuses. He has waged war where there was no threat. These high crimes and his obfuscation of the truth are ACTS OF TREASON.
The Presidents has broken the social contract. Anything short of coming clean and requesting our support to remove corporate money from the election process, break up the To Big To Fail Banks and reform the banking industry, reform the tax code and reign in the military/homeland security industrial complex, must be seen as his complicit acceptance. If the President does not take immediate action to stop the systemic fraud and crimes against the people, we have the right to demand impeachment and his removal from office.
To restore the democratic process and save the republic we must start now. A ground swell of support in calling for the President to reform or resign sends a clear message to Washington and the World: The America People do believe in freedom and the democratic process. And legitimate power comes from the consent of the governed; “WE THE PEOPLE”!
See: MR. PRESIDENT: LEAD OR BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE
http://notionalvalue.blogspot.com/2011/08/mr-president-lead-or-be-removed-from.html
Visit Inflection Point: http://notionalvalue.blogspot.com/
I guess the resignation of President Obama would be a dream come true for a Minority Party of people trying their best to find a Formidable, Intelligent, Well Balanced American Citizen an just can’t do it!
If you didn’t understand how Destructive, Self Centered, Greedy and Evil, Republicans are You could almost feel sorry for them
During the most damaging yrs of the Bush Administration, that has brought us to this stage of economic disaster We continue to allow RW bought, paid an controlled media sound bites an spin, dictate the future of this country, knowing these are the same people who gave us Weapons of Mass Destruction, currently now blaming it all on this President they now want to resign so they can finish the job!
But guess what? He wont!
Reda StCyr, I guess that you haven’t been paying any attention to ANYTHING that Barry Soetoro has been doing these past 2 1/2 years?? He doesn’t care what bush did and he didn’t care what BP oil did either. obama’s objective is to DESTROY the economy of the United States and allow socialism to take over. He is well on his way to completing his goal and if he gets re-elected, this Country is going to come crashing down and almost ALL other countries will follow us. Then the NEW world order will step in and obama will finally get to wear his crown. Reda StCyr, if you dont understand what is going on yet, then get out f the way while the rest of us save the United States and keep your sorry ASS safe. Ignorance is bliss but Willful blindness is STUPIDITY by the power of 10 to the 32 power.
Yes, the time has DEFINITELY arrived! HUSSEIN OBABA MUST GO! His SHEER INCOMPETENCE ALONE makes him BAR NONE the absolute WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!! Maybe we owe former Pres. Carter an apology, for Obummah is INFINITELY WORSE! And a whole bunch of us KNEW THIS FROM THE BEGINNING but too many didn’t want to hear about it, or deal with it, or WHATEVEVAH!! But NOW WE KNOW ABSOLUTELY that OBUMMER MUST GO, PREFERABLY NOW but certainly by NOVEMBER 2012. And as for me, I’m EQUALLY CERTAIN that the DIVINE SARAH (as we jazz fans used to say about mega-singer Sarah Vaughn) should be our NEXT PRESIDENT; she’s funny, clever, highly intelligent, GORGEOUS, super-charismatic, FILLS a room with her presence, and will make SHREDDED DOGMEAT OUT OF Hussein. GO SARAH GO, & DRILL BABY DRILL—GOD BLESS ALL, MARKRITE
Barack Obama, behind our backs and without his “transparency” as promised, has appointed 3 new members to his White House staff and they are all from…………………. The Muslim Brotherhood.
1. http://gulagbound.com/18956/muslim-brotherhood-in-our-white-house-%e2%80%93-vetting-obama/
2. http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2011/02/obamas-agenda.html
3. http://itmakessenseblog.com/2011/06/07/obama-quietly-appoints-muslim-brotherhood-to-key-government-posts/
A Facebook group has been created to demand resignation: Resign! Resign!! Resign!!!. Please join it and add your friends.
I’M LIKE ALL THESE OTHERS I’M READING. I AGREE HE HAS TO GO AND T HE FASTER THE BETTER. MORE I HEAR ABOUT HIM, I DONT TRUST HIM AT ALL. I HAVE HEARD HIM, HIS WIFE AND HIS AUNT ALL ADMIT HE IS A MUSLUM FROM KENYA. HE IS NOT A UNTIED STATES CITIZEN.
ALL THIS CRAP OF BEN LOUDEN BEING KILLED WAS ANOTHER COVER UP. BEN HAS BEEN DEAD FOR YEARS. I SAW ON HERE AN EX-CIA TOLD A NEW LADY.ALL THAT SEALS THING THEY WERE USING SAYING THEY FOUND HIM AND ALL THIS IS ALL A BUNCH OF SHOW. I BELIEVE HE HAD THEM KILLED IN THAT HELLICOPTER THAT WAS BLOWN FROM THE SKY WITH THE NAVY SEALS ON IT SO THEY WOULD NOT TALK. WE HAVED GOT TO GET HIM OUT THIS IS TERRIBLE.
THIS IS NOT MY THINKING , THIS IS WHAT WAS TOLD TO THE NEWS LADY..
THEY DIDNT HAVE NEAR EN OUGH TIME TO RUN FINGERPRINTS AND ECT WHEN THEY SAID THEY DID. WHY WOULD THEY BURY HIM AT SEA??????? ALL A COVER UP TRYING TO GET US TO THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE WHILE OBAMA IS DOIN G SOMETHING BEHIND OUT BACKS.
HE SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT AND CHARGED NOW. NO LEAGAL SS NUMBER AND YOU KNOW HOW MANY HAS FOUND HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS A FRAUD. WHAT MORE DO THEY NEED? I BELIEVE SOME OTHERS ARE WORKING WITH THE CIA.
SOMEONE WITH SOME BALLS HAS GOT TO STAND UP. THIS IS OUT COUNTRY.!!!!
Here we are 11/19/11
Obama just can’t do anything right for this Country.He wants this great Country to go bankrupt.He spend the people money to no end. TO SAVE AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vote Out Of Office on 11/6/11 ….. Barack ‘Hussein’ Obama ….. The Muslim Marxist Socialist Impostor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EVERYONE OUT THERE VOTE HIM OUT ON 11/06/12
Thank you Mr. Kuehner, Your op-ed just gave me hope that the professional media does see the Obama that I see– Incompetent, cocky, arrogant, careless, and hateing the U.S. I hope the masses of our great country do as you say and gather together to march on Washington to show our dislike of his election as president of our great country. I do not believe this was done legally.