Impeachment? Not Now!

Candidate Cooper Commentary
By Chuck Cooper
2016 Presidential Candidate
(June 9, 2014)

Impeach And Convict President Obama?
Possible, But Won’t Happen Anytime Soon!

President Obama’s illegal release of five Taliban terrorists from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba last week in exchange for a U.S. Army Soldier’s release from Taliban confinement in Pakistan has triggered an explosion of impeachment calls from Republican, Independent and Democrat citizens alike.

The internet and TV news reports have suddenly been covered up with petitions, blogs, comments and opinions on Obama’s possible impeachment. The voices are growing louder and more insistent. Google “Impeach Obama 2014” and you’ll find numerous political websites and news reports about the quickly growing impeachment ground swell among bloggers, analysts and even members of Congress.

Even the White House received and responded quickly to an impeachment petition posted on its own website. (Read the petition and WH response here: www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/02/17/we-people-response-reaffirming)

So, is all this hoopla going to result in Congress voting to impeach the President? Not likely to happen any time soon, folks.

(Read the “Presidential Impeachment Process” from Wikipedia below to fully understand what must take place to impeach a President.)

It will be political suicide for the GOP to begin impeachment proceedings in the House now. Yes, they would likely muster the required majority vote in the GOP-controlled House; but the Democrat – controlled Senate conducts the trial and it would take a required 2/3 majority vote to convict. That won’t happen. And, when a House-generated impeachment measure fails to pass in the current Senate, it’s over for 2014.

But the possibility for impeachment and conviction remains, perhaps as soon as next January, provided of course a new Republican-controlled Congress is seated. If the Dems retain control of the Senate, the impeachment and conviction ball game will be over and Obama will run out his term as President.

But,if next November’s election results allow the GOP to maintain control of the House and the GOP to control the Senate, the current Harry Reid-muzzled Senate Conservatives will actually have their voices heard and their votes counted because a new GOP Majority Leader would replace Reid.

And, get this: If, perchance, voters provided a veto-proof GOP Congress, it would open the door in January for Congress to begin taking down Obamacare, to open the Keystone Pipeline, to rejuvenate the Coal Industry, to determine the truth about Benghazi, Fast and Furious, and restructure our Federal Tax Code and other Obama Administration ills forced on “We The People.
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Electing Conservative candidates in the November election is absolutely crucial to begin re-taking our country from liberal socialists who, under the law-breaking, dictatorial Obama Administration, have produced so many scandals, illogical spending, growth-impeding regulations, and self-serving dictates.

We need a nation-wide ground swell from voters who don’t want any more of Obama’s lies and changes to our God-instilled values and morals - regardless of their politics. It’s up to you to get out the vote! Yes, you!

Can I get an “Amen!”?

Presidential Impeachment Process - Wikipedia
At the federal level, the impeachment process is a two-step procedure. The House of Representatives must first pass, by a simple majority of those present and voting, articles of impeachment, which constitute the formal allegation or allegations. Upon passage, the defendant has been "impeached".

Next, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a President, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings….To convict the accused, a two-thirds majority of the senators present is required. Conviction removes the defendant from office. Following conviction, the Senate may vote to further punish the individual by barring him from holding future federal office, elected or appointed.

Conviction by the Senate does not bar criminal prosecution. Even after an accused has left office, it is possible to disqualify the person from future office or from certain emoluments of his prior office (such as a pension). If there is no charge for which a two-thirds majority of the senators present vote "guilty", the defendant is acquitted and no punishment is imposed.
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