No more time for humor, I'm afraid. This one hits hard.
It is time to impeach President Obama.
I write this with great sadness. After all, I voted for this man twice for president. In 2008 I was thrilled with the election of our first Hawaiian president. If I'm not mistaken this leaves Alaska, Guam, and the new fun state of Northern Colorado as the only non- president-producing territories.
My euphoria however has lately been replaced by complete disgust over some of this man's recent actions and policies. Luckily, several of our fine Republican Senators and Representatives are on the case and it shouldn't be very long before we can get down to the serious business of impeaching this goofy Hawaiian.
I mean the jobs, the economy, the immigrants, the schools, the budget, the seniors, and the drones are all going to have to wait because we're going full impeachment mode. Not a moment too soon, if you ask me.
Fire up Fox News. Tune in Rush, Glenn, and Sarah. It's going to be a wild ride.
You may ask what evil has this poor man perpetrated to make him worthy of impeachment.
Don't.
Evidently some of our worthy Republicans have found an arcane loophole to the time-honored constitutional impeachment threshold of "HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS."
It's either the "Governing while black" offense or the "If I say the word Impeachment, many of my constituents will start drooling" strategy.
Either way, count me in. I'm really looking forward to the actual trial. The parade of witnesses should be impressive: Monica Lewinsky, Saul Alinsky, Haldeman and Ehrlichman, The Prime Minister of Kenya, several gay married food stamp recipients, the Cincinnati IRS office, a bunch of "takers" to be named later, and Senator Ted Cruz. I realize that some of these people are dead, but I doubt that will stop the hard charging GOP.
Of course for any impeachment to proceed, a vote must be taken in the House of Representatives. With only a majority of votes needed, that one will pass. I mean with Representatives like Michele Bachmann, Louis Gohmert, Steve Stockman, and Daniel Issa, how could it not?
Once it passes the House, the actual trial will be brought to the Senate. The presiding judge will be Chief Justice Roberts.
People, I just don't think this is going to be a problem...wink, wink.
Of course this little fantasy was inspired by recent comments made by some Republicans at constituent meetings. I assume most elected Republicans repudiate such nonsense, but if I acknowledged that earlier, I wouldn't have much of a piece, would I?
I guess the real point here is that the Tea Party fanatics provide no end of material to brilliant political satirists like John Stewart and Lewis Black, or leftish commentators like Rachel Maddow or Chris Matthews.
Hell, there's even enough right wing crappola left over for a hack like me.
It sure is a good time to have cable.
Ain't life grand?
J
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