GOP Congressman: ‘We Have The Votes To Impeach Obama’

The Patriot       May 1, 2014 GOP Congressman: ‘We Have The Votes To Impeach Obama’2014-05-01T07:25:03+00:00     News      Comments

Representative Blake Farenthold of Texas is claiming that Republicans have the votes in the House to impeach President Barack Obama. He claims, however, that moving forward with the action would ultimately be a fruitless effort that would damage the country.
When responding to a questions about the fact that Congress didn’t do more to investigate Obama’s birth certificate, Farenthold said, “I think unfortunately the horse is already out of the barn on this, on the whole birth certificate issue. The original Congress when his eligibility came up should have looked into this and they didn’t. I’m not sure how we fix it.”
“You tie into a question I get a lot,” Farenthold continued, “If everybody’s so unhappy with what the President’s done, why don’t you impeach him. I’ll give you a real frank answer about that. If we were to impeach the President tomorrow, you could probably get the votes in the House of Representatives to do it. But it would go to the Senate and he wouldn’t be convicted.
To back his statement, Farenthold pointed to the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton in 1999. Clinton, too, was impeached by the House by not convicted by the Senate. He therefore remained in office for his entire term.

“Aside from the fact that it wouldn’t be effective, I think there’s some potential damage to society that would be done with a failed attempt,” Farenthold concluded.
“What message do we send to America if we impeach Obama and he gets away with what he’s impeached for and is found innocent? What do we  say then is okay,” the Congressman conclude. “Aside from the fact that it wouldn’t be effective, I think there’s some potential damage to society that would be done with a failed attempt at impeachment.”
What do you think? Should the House try to impeach Obama?