Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says impeaching Pres. Obama is a “great idea,” while on a conference call with bloggers.
Cain suggests that the Defense of Marriage Act and the Health Care Mandate are impeachable offenses:
“That’s a great question … and [impeachment] would be a great thing to do, but because the Senate is controlled by Democrats we would never be able to get the Senate first to take up that action, because they simply don’t care what the American public thinks. They would protect him and they wouldn’t even bring it up,” Cain said. Cain believes that the Defense of Marriage Act is an impeachable offense.
Cain added, “So the main stumbling block in terms of getting him impeached on a whole list of things such as trying to pass a health care mandate which is unconstitutional, ordering the Department of Justice to not enforce the Defense of Marriage Act — that’s an impeachable offense right there. The president is supposed to uphold the laws of this nation … and to tell the Department of Justice not to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act is a breach of his oath. … There are a number of things where a case could be made in order to impeach him, but because Republicans do not control the United States Senate, they would never allow it to get off the ground.”
Not so fast Herman Cain — according to Article II, section 4 of the Constitution: “The president, vice president and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Nevertheless, there is a fierce Impeach Obama campaign underway, complete with an online petition.
Smack dab at the top of the site to impeach President Obama is Herman Cain’s photo — that in and of itself should be considered a high crime and misdemeanor on so many levels.
