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Question: .... Where will his approval rating go?
#1
Bellow the current 42%
 
#2
>45%
 
#3
>50%
 
#4
>55%
 
#5
>60%
 
#6
>65%
 
#7
>70%
 
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angus
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« on: July 12, 2014, 07:36:25 PM »

>70%.  

What would be the charges, though?  And what would be to gain?  I can't really imagine Obama getting impeached.   It'd be bad for everyone (even for Obama, whose popularity would, at least on paper, go sky high, causing him and supporters to confuse anti-impeachment sentiment for approval of his legacy.)
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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2014, 07:12:40 PM »

>70%.  

What would be the charges, though?  And what would be to gain?  I can't really imagine Obama getting impeached.   It'd be bad for everyone (even for Obama, whose popularity would, at least on paper, go sky high, causing him and supporters to confuse anti-impeachment sentiment for approval of his legacy.)


The South Dakota Republican party voted to impeach Obama for negotiating the release of a POW and trying to enforce the clean air act. The clean air act was signed into law by Nixon. Maybe that's why he almost got impeached. Tongue

But seriously, 20000 Americans die a year from air pollution, and in 2008, the Republicans nominated a POW who cracked for President.

The Bergdahl release was weirdly handled, but not illegal.  The PPACA is a major problem, but the congress voted for it, and Obama merely signed it into law when it was delivered to his desk.  Renegging on his promise to cancel the Bush tax cuts when they expired was a total pussy move, but it wasn't impeachable.  The spying is horrible, but it falls under the general aegis of the 2008 ACLU vs. NSA Supeme Court decision.  I just don't really see any reason he should be impeached.  He's not perfect, but he hasn't committed any worse crimes than his predecessor.
 
The only illegal thing I can think of is ordering the execution of Osama without trial.  That's basically murder.  It is probably extralegal in the US code, but given the level of animosity toward Osama, I don't think anyone will hold it against Barry.  Other than that, none of the silly stuff Barry has done doesn't really rise to the level of an impeachable offense.  

I can tell you that if he is impeached for any reason, and I get a call from a pollster, then I'm going to answer yes to that pollster's question about approval of Barry, no matter the circumstance.  Moreover, I suppose that many, many others will as well, so I'm sticking with my 70%+ vote.
 
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2014, 07:53:35 PM »


I agree with you that there is no real reason to impeach Obama as of today, but there is nothing at all, even in theory, that could lead you to tell a pollster that you disapprove of the President in the future?


Oh, maybe.  I don't know.  I do know that there is no good reason to impeach Obama.  If they try to do it, I'll probably assume that it is politically motivated.  Moreover, the impeachment of a sitting US president shouldn't be taken lightly, and probably does more damage to the country than just about anything that the president did.  Frankly I don't think that Johnson or Clinton did anything particularly horrible, and I'm glad that they were acquitted.  I assume that Obama would be acquitted as well, and that any effort to impeach him will look worse than anything he did.

As has been pointed out, they will simply make fools of themselves.  More importantly, they will be making fools of all of us, and that is the reason I'd probably tell a pollster that Obama is the greatest thing since sliced white bread.  Just to spite the fools who impeach him.
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