Impeach Obama

[DeistPaladin]

During the government shutdown he threatened to veto a resolution if he didn't get his way.....which is surprising because since he had the democrats on his side. He didn't need to use the veto threat....but he did anyways. He could have stayed abovet the bickering and made himself look good....but he didn't......maybe he thought the dems were going to cave.

Absolutely.

The GOP was WAY OUT OF LINE with their threat to destroy America if Obama didn't renegotiate a law already passed by Congress, signed in by the president, upheld by the Supreme Court and validated by the 2012 election. Paying the bills is not something Congress does as a favor to the president and the American people. It's their job.

What the GOP tried to do, having exhausted all legal and ethical means, was political extortion. "Give us what we want or we'll destroy America". It was frankly borderline treason and certainly political malpractice.

You think that's what our founding fathers had in mind, government by extortion?

If Obama had given an inch, it would set a precedent that extortion was an acceptable tool for a party out of power to get what they want anyway. I don't want to live in that America. I'm glad they didn't destroy America but I would much rather bring it all down than live in a nation run by the extortionists for the extortionists.

I'm glad for once in his presidency, he stood his ground. That was an important principle to fight for when opposing an unprincipled party.