GOP Congressman: Calls for Impeachment "Will Likely Increase"

[ProSense]

GOP Congressman: Calls for Impeachment "Will Likely Increase"

—By Kevin Drum

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R–Utah) talks to National Review about the I-word:

Behind the scenes, he says, House Republicans are frustrated by the White House’s evasiveness, and the calls for impeachment will likely increase. Chaffetz acknowledges that House speaker John Boehner is wary of moving too swiftly against the president....“Now, the speaker has more patience than I do,” Chaffetz says. “He has told me to be patient, that the truth will eventually surface. But I’m not a patient person, and if this administration makes us do this the hard way, that’s what we’ll do.”

....“This is an administration embroiled in a scandal that they created,” he says. “It’s a cover-up. I’m not saying impeachment is the end game, but it’s a possibility, especially if they keep doing little to help us learn more.”

See? All those calls from Republican elders to settle down and not get too crazy are working! According to Chaffetz, impeachment isn't a sure thing, it's only a possibility. That's totally non-crazy. All that's left now is to find some actual presidential wrongdoing. But I'm sure that's just a technicality.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/05/gop-congressman-calls-impeachment-will-likely-increase

Be "patient." It takes time to manufacture evidence.

The Lie Matters: What Did Sen Coburn Know about the Edited Benghazi Email and How Did He Know It
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022868542

[hrmjustin]

1. Didn't this guy leak classified info?

[onehandle]

2. Ass. nt

[Bjorn Against]

3. Let them impeach him

The Senate will never convict and the backlash the Republicans face will be huge. The Republicans clearly learned nothing from the last election, if they try impeachment they won't be able to keep the House even with their heavily gerrymandered Congressional districts.

[Boomerproud]

4. Impeach and be damned.

See, I can be impatient too. I've had it. Of course they talk this way to right wing tree-killers only.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. ....and O's popularity will increase

Go for it, asshats.f

[rightsideout]

6. Chaffetz is a security risk

The idiot blurted out sensitive information in a public Benghazi hearing. He also flat out told CNN he voted against Embassy security funding.

He's an ass and needs to be Impeached himself.

[still_one]

7. For what? Manufactured emails edits by the GOP? For the ap there was nothing illegal, and for the

IRS they have nothing, unless they want to go back to Nixon, and bush where there was evidence of actual targeting of certain groups

But most important the senate will never convict, and I predict if they are stupid enough, which they are to do this, the repukes will even lose more independent support, for wasting time on worthless, meaningless tactics

Bring it on asshole repukes, and demonstrate just how out of touch you are, and in the process for those not paying attention, it will expose to the public how you edited email for you talking points

[Blue Owl]

8. Likely -- as in Not Bloody