If Palin Took Obama Actions, There Would Be Calls for Impeachment

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Just this past Friday, yeah, welcome to the Big Sunday Edition of the OPNTalk Blog. I AM your Provocateur of thought himself. What else? Oh yeah, you can follow along on Twitter, Facebook, and the Email as always is opntalk@gmail.com.

Just this past Friday, I posted If Bush Decided?I talked about what would happen, if someone like Bush, or Palin, were to decide that Roe vs Wade was Unconstitutional. I then posted "Imagine." A bit that Rush Limbaugh did on Thursday on his Radio Show.

That message is spreading. "What If?" According to Newsmax.com - Gingrich: If Palin Took Obama Actions, There Would Be Calls for Impeachment Friday, 25 Feb 2011 02:53 PM, By Jim Meyers and Ashley Martella

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV Friday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama’s decision not to fully enforce the Defense of Marriage law eventually could lead to a constitutional crisis, as he has directly violated his constitutional duties by arbitrarily suspending a law.

Gingrich even suggested that, if a “President Sarah Palin” had taken a similar action, there would have been immediate calls for her impeachment. Asked directly whether President Obama could be subject to articles of impeachment, Gingrich said, “I think that’s something you get to much later. But I think clearly it is a dereliction of duty. Clearly it’s a violation of his constitutional oath. Clearly it is not something that can be allowed to stand."

(A Gingrich spokesman stressed after the interview that we are not currently in a constitutional crisis, nor was Gingrich calling for the direct impeachment of the president. His statements were meant to illustrate the hypocrisy of the left and the mainstream media.)

Obama Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday that the administration will not defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in the courts, which has banned recognition of same-sex marriage for 15 years. President Clinton signed the act into law in 1996.

The problem here is that a President just does not have the Authority to pick and chose what Laws of the Land they will or will not adhere to. It IS the Law of the Land. It IS up to the Justice Department to enforce and defend it. But Newt was not done there.

“First of all, he campaigned in favor of [the law]. He is breaking his word to the American people,” Gingrich says.

“Second, he swore an oath on the Bible to become president that he would uphold the Constitution and enforce the laws of the United States. He is not a one-person Supreme Court. The idea that we now have the rule of Obama instead of the rule of law should frighten everybody.

“The fact that the left likes the policy is allowing them to ignore the fact that this is a very unconstitutional act,” Gingrich said.

Gingrich said it is absolutely critical for Obama to comply with Congress and the constitutional process.

“I believe the House Republicans next week should pass a resolution instructing the president to enforce the law and to obey his own constitutional oath, and they should say if he fails to do so that they will zero out [defund] the office of attorney general and take other steps as necessary until the president agrees to do his job.

“His job is to enforce the rule of law and for us to start replacing the rule of law with the rule of Obama is a very dangerous precedent."

Gingrich adds: “I don’t think these guys set out to create a constitutional crisis. I think they set out to pay off their allies in the gay community and to do something that they thought was clever. I think they didn’t understand the implication that having a president personally suspend a law is clearly unconstitutional.”

Way to go Newt. From your Mouth to the Republicans ears.

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We'll get to all that in a second. First I have a Public Service Announcement for all my Travelers out there. If you were in the Denver International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 after 9pm, start checking yourselves. There is a Measles Exposure Warning. According to CBS Denver - DIA Travelers Warned Of Possible Measles Exposure

DENVER (CBS4)- Denver International Airport is warning travelers and employees that they may have been exposed to measles. The exposure would have happened on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

According to the Department of Public Health and Environment, a person with measles arrived at DIA, Gate C39 at about 9 p.m. That person remained in the area for several hours.

People who were working or traveling through Concourse C at DIA on Tuesday after 9 p.m. should monitor themselves for any early symptoms of measles, especially fever, from March 1 to March 12.

Basically, if you were there, and you are showing early signs, which are,,,

Early symptoms of measles are fever, runny nose, cough and red, watery eyes. Usually, one to four days after the early symptoms, a red rash appears on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. A person with measles is contagious beginning four days before the rash appears.

you should stay away from Public Places, Schools, Malls, Work, ETC, and contact the Health Department ASAP. Of course, go to the Doctor and get checked out. But then again, ANYTIME you are showing signs of ANY Sickness or Disease, you should stay away from others and get checked out. Misery may love company, but you do not want to be the Vessel that gives it to me.

Going to fill my cup. This week's Coffee of choice? Don Francisco's Butterscotch Toffee. Oh, by the way. To my friends over at Boca Java? It was truly a SAD DAY when I received the Email. I wish you guys nothing but the best. You produced some of the best Coffee I have EVER had. If you get Boca Java up and running again, you KNOW you have one Customer that will be first in line.

Be right back...
Peter

Sources:
Newsmax.com - Gingrich: If Palin Took Obama Actions, There Would Be Calls for Impeachment
CBS Denver - DIA Travelers Warned Of Possible Measles Exposure

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