Once and Future Congressman: GOP Must Confront Obama “Up to and Including Impeachment”
October 19th, 2010 Ben Johnson, Floyd ReportsOne of the chief questions facing conservatives is not whether Barack Obama is guilty of impeachable offenses — it is whether Republicans will have the courage to do anything about it once elected. At least one gutsy former Congressman seeking to regain his old seat has the temerity to say impeachment will remain on the table.
Republican Tim Walberg represented Michigan’s 7th Congressional district until Barack Obama’s wave election swept the conservative out of office. Democrat Mark Schauer narrowly defeated Walberg during Michigan’s 2008 Obama blowout, and this November could be a prime time for Walberg to regain his seat from voters in the state hardest hit by Obama’s Great Recession.
Walberg told a town hall audience last week the president should dispel rumors about his eligibility by unveiling his full birth certificate. He stated, “I’m going to take him at his word that he’s an American citizen.” However, the president should show his full, long-form birth certificate to a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and journalists — including Congressional leaders of both parties, a representative of the judiciary, Alan Colmes, and Rush Limbaugh. Walberg said in that situation, “I would lay out my birth certificate on the table” and tell those who verified it, “Now go and report it.”
The trouble, he said, is that no one is holding the executive branch accountable. The powers of the presidency are such that “the Executive has an awful lot of power to keep from showing certain things unless the courts will stand up to him.”
Then Walberg laid the i-word out on the table.
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