The day after the election I sent friends and relatives (some less than receptive to the missive, one brother in Alabama told me I was full of anger and hatred. We call that projection, of course) a satirical email outlining how things would look with Obama as President (I found it on some blog, it was too funny, I apologize for not remembering the source).
I have inserted it in first block below the fold.
I laughed with some bitterness at this item,
"After two weeks on the job, Republicans called for Obama's impeachment today, and were literally laughed out of the chamber..."
remembering how the impeachment proceedings against Clinton was the initial step in the neo-con strategy to destabilize the Clinton presidency and lay the groundwork for putting a puppet, as it turned out G.W. Bush, in the White House
"I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States..."
"In the news today, President Obama called on Americans to..."
"The Obama administration says it's tackling the issue aggressively..."
"Republicans condemned/accused/attacked President Obama today..."
"The House and Senate have passed, and President Obama signed, sweeping legislation..."
"The first question of this and all future press conferences will go to Helen Thomas. Go ahead, Helen." "Thank you, Mr. President..."
"President Obama's cabinet picks have been hailed as smart, shrewd, and diverse..."
"For the first time in years, polling shows that Americans feel like the country is on the right track again..."
"President Obama, with the backing of General Petraeus and the Iraqi government, announced significant troop reductions this week..."
"Once again, the Republican effort to mount a filibuster failed miserably..."
"After two weeks on the job, Republicans called for Obama's impeachment today, and were literally laughed out of the chamber..."
"OPEC panics as Obama White House announces massive alternative energy push..."
"You're watching Alaska Cable Access Channel 2. Welcome to Hockey Talk with your host, Sarah Palin..."
How could I have known how wrong this prediction would be?! While browsing around today I came across reference to fact someone on Facebook has already started an 'Impeach Obama' page, which already has 700 members.
So I googled, as I am wont to do when in need of information.
'Impeach Obama' groups pop up on Facebook
Barack Obama has not even been sworn in yet as the 44th president of the United States but groups are springing up online calling for his impeachment.
On Facebook, an "Impeach Barack Obama" group has attracted more than 700 members and a lively debate about the Democrat's election victory on Tuesday over Republican John McCain.
Another Facebook group of the same name has 160 members and urges others to join because "we might as well get a head start on the impeachment of Obama."
"There are a lot of Americans out there that do not fully understand the concept of Socialism or Communism which is why they've elected Obama as president," it says.
Yet another Facebook group, "Impeach Barack Hussein Obama," has 160 members.
It decries that Obama "has voiced support for various unconstitutional programs such as the assault weapons ban, universal healthcare, and various schemes for wealth distribution."
"What are we going to do about it? IMPEACH HIM!" it says.
I googled just the two words "Impeach Obama" and got the following results: Results 1 - 10 of about 1,730,000 for impeach obama. (0.13 seconds).
Why Cafe Press already has a google ad that rises to the top of the search results with Impeach Obama gear on sale. I particularly liked the tee shirt with the slogan "Dissent is Not Racism". I guess I needed to be reminded that there is no racism in the hearts of any of these fine Republicans.
I have been fascinated for years how news.google.com so effectively manages to ignore serious breaking news with a liberal, progressive, or reality based slant. But that is not the case here. Results 1 - 10 of about 1,673 for impeach obama. (0.12 seconds)
Web sites have even begun to spring up, not even waiting for the official declaration Obama was President-Elect.
Impeach, expel Barack Obama
Why investigate Senator Obama?
Barack Obama was in the Illinois Senate for 8 years and was
elected to the US Senate from Illinois in 2004. Senator Obama
has been rushed to the forefront of the Democrat Party
without being vetted for his integrity and credentials to
be the Democrat Party's candidate for president. Little was
known about the senator from Illinois until the past year.
However, the investigations of the Federal Government,
indictments by Patrick Fitzgerald, testimony during the
Tony Rezko trial and research by those without ties to
the Democrat Party, have unearthed volumes of incriminating
evidence about Senator Obama that are of grave concern. The
grass roots effort behind this website and petition has
evolved out of the concern of millions of caring citizens.
So, what can you as an average caring citizen do:
If you do not know the real Obama, spend some time to
get the facts. The main Stream Media has done a poor job
of covering Senator Obama. Read the petition and ask questions.
You may have to do a lot of digging. The Obama Campaign has
spent millions to distort and hide information on the internet.
Add your name to our online petition. Although, as many
claim, online petitions are not as powerful as traditional
pen on paper petitions, each name added will empower our
efforts to be heard.
Print out our petition or draft your own letter and forward
it to your senators and representatives. This is still one
of the most powerful forces to get their attention. If
enough of us do so, they cannot ignore us.
View/Copy/Print Petition
Add your name to our online petition here:
Sign Our Petition
I particularly liked that part about how important it is to vette one's candidates. Maybe someone could share this advice with John McCain.
Of course the most entertaining aspect is what is now the total, unhinged meltdown of the true members of wing-nuttery, a good example of which are the folks over at "Atlas Shrugs".
President Fraud
I have my ideas and strategies for the next phase to take back our party, our principles and our country .......... but that for tomorrow. Dear friend and Atlas reader John Jay wrote me this and it echoes my sentiments as well.
i do not recognize obama as my president, nor as the legitimate president of the united states.
it is all pretty simple and straight forward to me.
the man is a political fraud.
he hid who he was.
he hid what he is.
he denied his friends, and he denied their beliefs, and he denied his adherence to them as friends and their shared beliefs.
so, while this son of a bitch paraded himself as an honest, open and fresh breath of air, ... , a rebirth of honest politics, he did so while running a campaign of deceit about who he is, what he believes, and what his convictions are.
i believe that there can only be one reason for this.
he is also hiding what he intends to do as president. he says he is a democrat. i think he does so to hide that he is a committed marxist leninist who intends to impose a marxist dictatorhip upon this country, which advancig the interests of islam.
he will attempt to either impose or import sharia, and sharia financing into this country.
he will stifle free discussion by the use of the "fairness doctrine," and he will seek the imposition of hate speech law, laws prohibiting discussing islam critically, and will seek added preferential treatment for muslims in our immigration law.
and, then there is the matter of the promised "civilian security force" the size, prestige, force and cost of the united states military. i do not believe this to be idle chatter on his part.
finally, i have grave fears, mortal fears, for the fate of israel. i do not believe that he will rise to her defense, and believe that he is in cohoots with those who seek to destroy her. pelosi's and reid's trip to the middle east convinced that such is the general agenda of the democratic party for several years now, and obama recent "chats" wiht abbas have done nothing to dissuade me from that feeling.
so, no, i concede nothing with regard to obama.
he was elected under false pretenses, and he will govern under false pretenses, and the only reason for doing so is to hide his evil intent with regard to the fate of the country he "rules."
he is not my president. i do not accept him we have no deals, mr. obama and i, as he has vitiated them by a fundamental and far reaching fraud. he has evil designes and intents upon me and mine, upon thee and me.
I mean really, how does one begin? Other than an offer of a generous grant to the writer of a keyboard that has a functioning shift key?
Of course the fine intellectual folks at "Atlas Shrugs" are the ones who published the drop dead serious research article proving that Obama was the LOVE CHILD OF MALCOM X, so you have to, you know, give them some sort of credit for creativity. I guess. Although I have to wonder about the intellectual capacity of white folk in the 21st century who still appear to think that all Black people look alike.
On a somber note, however, let me remind you gentle readers of historical precedent. The neo-con, PNAC rat bastard Republicans who brought this nation to the brink of ruin started their campaign to full power with their campaign to impeach Bill Clinton. They will not hesitate from trying such tactics again. I hope the Obama inner core keep this in mind when the Republicans indicate they have suddenly seen the light and now are in favor of true bi-partisanship.
Bi-partisanship for Republicans means one thing, and one thing only: Hold still while I distract you and then shove a shank in your back.
I hope Obama and his administration and the leadership in Congress will keep that fact in mind in the coming days and years of the Obama administration.