I spent a little time today browsing The Texasfred Blog. I was sad to see that the author (Fred) wouldn’t be posting for a while due to a shoulder injury. :( It’s pretty obvious that Fred is a very conservative Republican, which isn’t quite my taste, but I appreciate all perspectives on issues. One article that particularly interested me was “Cheney: Any attempt to impeach Obama would be distraction”. The article was about how in a CNN interview, former Vice President Dick Cheney said that impeaching Obama would take far too long and most likely be unsuccessful, and also that it would give the Obama administration the perfect opportunity to get their dirty deeds done while the impeachment was such a popular topic. Fred seems to hate Obama quite passionately, but agrees with Cheney that an impeachment of Obama would be exactly what the Democrats want. Fred gives a link to a government article on impeachment, but he tells us essentially what we need to know: the process is long, and not guaranteed. He criticizes Sarah Palin for seeming to not know this, because she is calling for Obama’s impeachment. Fred says the best choice the Republicans have now is to take control of the Senate until the next Presidential Election in 2016. This way, hopefully (in his opinion) Obama can be more closely monitored.
Even though I do not necessarily agree with all of Fred’s opinions, I do think he is right; impeaching Obama would not lead to his removal, but only chaos until the matter was settled. We have never actually impeached and removed a president in the U.S. (according to my U.S. Government professor anyway) and I don’t think this would change with Obama. Though much of his argument is based on his own opinion, his bit on the pains of the impeachment process is factual. However, how he feels about Obama and his administration using an impeachment as a distraction is totally based off his own feelings and there is no evidence that would happen. So good job Fred, you’ve convinced me that Obama’s impeachment would be an utter waste of time, but you have not convinced me of “Barack Hussein Obama’s” foulness.
Because this is a blog and not a news source I feel like it is okay for Fred to rant about his own opinions. Isn’t that what blogs are for?
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