Hello Bob,   
      
   According to the latest poll, this one by   
   CNN, 57% of Republicans favor impeaching   
   President Barack Obama, while 33% of all   
   Americans favor impeachment.   
      
   Since Republicans now control both the   
   House and the Senate, Republican politicians   
   are openly talking about doing just that.   
   Not as an idle threat, but making it a reality.   
      
   Are Republicans insane?  Are the American people   
   insane?  Are our elected officials insane?   
      
   Richard Nixon resigned from office in disgrace.   
   But he was never impeached.  Nor was he forcibly   
   removed from office.   
      
   Democrats knew better than to impeach an unpopular   
   president, and sure hated to see him leave the White   
   House when he did.  But even so, Democrats still won   
   68 Senate seats and almost 2/3rds of the House, along   
   with the Presidency in 1976.  In fact, due to Nixon's   
   unpopularity, Democrats controlled both the Senate   
   and the House for the ehtire Carter presidency.   
      
   The fact of the matter is that good things happen for   
   the American people when Democrats control everything -   
      
   FDR, JFK, LBJ, Jimmy Carter (entire terms in office)   
   Harry Truman, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama (partial terms in office)   
      
   Those were the best of times.   
      
   On the other side of the coin, bad things happen for   
   the American people when Republicans control everything -   
      
   Herbert Hoover, George W. Bush ...   
      
   Those were the worst of times.   
      
   How quickly people forget.   
      
   The economic crash of 2007.   
   The ineptitude of Katrina.   
   The invasion of Iraq.   
   The invasion of Afghanistan.   
   The events of 9-11.   
   The squandering of the surplus.   
      
   That is the legacy of George W. Bush.   
      
   You want to know why folks continue   
   to love and adore Bill Clinton?   
      
   The creation of 22 million new jobs   
   during the Clinton Administration.   
      
   That is just one of the many reasons.   
      
   Bill Clinton.  Left office with the highest approval   
   rating in history, even higher than Ronald Reagan, the   
   dead man adored by Republicans as a living god.   
      
   In six years, the Obama Administration has managed the   
   creation of 6.8 million new jobs in the private sector.   
   Millions of working Americans have also been given the   
   opportunity to have health insurance for the first time   
   in their lives.  All thanks to Obamacare.   
      
   How many new jobs were created under the Bush Administration?   
   Republicans are too embarrassed to say or admit.   
      
   "It's the economy, stupid!" - James Carville   
      
   That quote became Bill Clinton's campaign   
   battle cry against George H.W. Bush.   
      
   "It's still the economy, stupid!" - Lee Lofaso   
      
   That quote is what the future Democratic nominee   
   for president should use as his/her campaign battle   
   cry against Jeb Bush, the presumed Republican nominee   
   for president in 2016.   
      
   Clinton vs. Bush.  That is the presumed presidential   
   contest for 2016.  But all the polls show Hillary Clinton   
   trouncing Jeb Bush and all other Republican wannabes.   
      
   So Republicans had to come up with a new game plan.  What   
   is that new game plan?  Impeach the president.  With Barack   
   Obama impeached and removed from office, Joe Biden will be   
   sworn in as president.  And there is no way that Democrats   
   will dump an incumbent president in favor of nominating a   
   ditzy blonde ...   
      
   --Lee   
      
   --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb   
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