
And then last night, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said something similar.
In a question and answer session following a speech he gave at a Montgomery County GOP dinner last night, an audience member asked Cruz, "Why don't we impeach him [Obama]?"
"It's a good question," Cruz responded, "and I'll tell you the simplest answer: To successfully impeach a president you need the votes in the U.S. Senate."
Actually, it's not a good question, and to successfully
impeach a president you need the votes in the U.S. House. But other than
that, the right-wing senator clearly knows what he's talking about.
National Review posted an audio clip
of the Cruz event, and listeners will notice that neither the senator
nor his audience actually bothered mentioning a rationale for
impeachment; they just seemed to think it was a good idea. Cruz said
something about his belief that Obama has acted outside the law, but he
offered no details or specifics.
I remember the good old days --
back in 2011 -- when unhinged conservative Republicans in Congress used
to come up with pretenses of high crimes when talking up presidential
impeachment. Lately, they don't even bother. Obama is the president;
he's a Democrat; the right doesn't like him; ergo impeachment is a
credible option. QED.
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