But although the nation's top Republican doesn't want anything to do with Palin's irrational attempt to punch out the President...John Boehner is acting in an unreasonable manner as well. The Speaker of the House wants to sue President Obama and is moving forward with a political stunt by taking The White House to court. With the lawsuit against Mr. Obama...Speaker Boehner is attacking the President for delaying the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act in 2013. Boehner says President Obama exceeded his authorities and in a statement released on Thursday, July 10th, 2014, the House Speaker stated that "The President changed the healthcare law without a vote of Congress, effectively creating his own law by literally waiving the employer mandate and the penalties for failing to comply with it. That's not the way our system of government was designed to work. No President should have the power to make laws on his or her own."So someone who should be trying to work with the President of the United States to solve problems in our country is instead going to sue him. And a pain in the butt "has-been" who was really never anything at all is pushing to pummel the President with a threat of impeachment.
On Thursday, July 10th, President Obama took to humor when responding to Boehner and Palin's right-wing freak show that is nothing but a comical, asinine joke. "Sue him. Impeach him. Really? Really? For what? You're going to sue me for doing my job?"Meanwhile, President Obama continues to point the finger and rightfully blame Congress for failing to take action on everything from the minimum wage to immigration. But Speaker Boehner shot back by saying, "He's been President for five and a half years. When's he gonna take responsibility for something?" As for the outrageous lunacy of Sarah Palin to call for the impeachment of President Obama...Boehner - at a press conference on Wednesday, July 9th - was emphatic. "I disagree."
Sarah Palin is a publicity hog who just wants to be on the front pages of the nation's newspapers or the lead story on the morning and evening television network and cable news broadcasts. Palin simply wants to grab headlines and - despite the fact that I'm talking about her in this commentary - the media shouldn't give Palin any more attention. After all, the United States Constitution is clear. A President can only be removed from office "on impeachment for...and conviction of...treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors." And obviously, President Obama isn't guilty of any such things.
When are Republicans going to stop? They went on a wasteful witch-hunt 16 years ago when they attempted to convict President Bill Clinton after an impeachment by the House of Representatives on December 19th, 1998, which was a total and complete farce. Mr. Clinton was acquitted of any wrongdoing by the Senate on February 12th, 1999. It was a multimillion dollar 
Now I'm not going to re-live a time in our country - more than a decade and a half ago - that should never have been made in to the spectacle that it was...but poll after poll has proved that most people in America don't think that "getting a BJ" is having "sexual relations." It is widely accepted that "sexual relations" or... "having sex"...is intercourse. So there you have it. I've finally used The Controversy to defend the single greatest President the United States of America has had - so far - during my lifetime...and that's President Bill Clinton. And most Americans apparently agree with me...based on the enormous popularity of our 42nd President...more than 13 years after leaving office. Plus...too many surveys and polls have documented that if the U.S. Constitution would allow it...and if Bill Clinton wanted to run for President again - which personally I think he would - he'd win in a landslide. So to impeach him in 1998...was a travesty of justice and a mockery of our court system.
Now...Sarah Palin and some other Republicans are trying to do it again, but for different reasons. Palin and others want to impeach President Obama for - as the President says - "doing my job."
It is obvious that President Obama is frustrated by the actions of Congress - or the lack of actions thereof. The President has made every effort to work with Republicans since he took the oath of office for his first term on January 20th, 2009. Mr. Obama - without question - has bent over backwards and busted his behind to go along with Republicans...and in many cases - when he should have pushed harder to negotiate more for what he wanted...instead of compromising to such a degree - he gave in and gave up too much. That being said, I understand the President needed to do what he did to get certain bills passed - namely his signature piece of legislation - the Affordable Care Act. And as I have stated in this column at other times...I'm grateful to President Obama because - with all my pre-existing conditions - if it wasn't for him...I wouldn't have health insurance.
Since President Obama began his second term - and now a year and a half in to it - the President's eyes have opened up wide. And if it was me...if I was President...I'd be pissed off - in plain English. After all...everything Mr. Obama's trying to do to make our country better...whether it be with higher wages for American workers...to Immigration Reform...to a whole host of other issues...Republicans in Congress are simply slapping the President in his face and telling him that no matter what he wants to do...they are going to say "No."
President Obama has worked his tail off to be a President and a Commander-in-Chief who will do whatever he possibly can do to work hand in hand with Republicans. But the GOP refuses to do a damn thing that will give the President ways to help the people of the United States and to better our nation.
The thought of suing President Obama and the notion of impeaching him is not only preposterous, but disgraceful. Republicans continue to make a great deal of ruckus over the Affordable Care Act when all three branches of the federal government gave it their stamps of approval. "ObamaCare" is the law of the land and it always will be. Republicans need to get a grip...realize and accept...that the United States Supreme Court endorsed the Affordable Care Act and about 20 million Americans who never had - or could not get - health insurance...including me...now have coverage. And tens of millions of more U.S. citizens...will have health insurance in the future...because of "ObamaCare."
Republicans are relentlessly criticizing President Obama for truly no justifiable reasons whatsoever. Get off his back and let the President do his job. And if Speaker Boehner and the Republicans will do their jobs too...the United States of America will move forward in a positive direction.
Republicans have tried over and over and over again to do whatever they can in their hope to make our President fail and to make him look like a failure. President Obama is already a success for reasons too vast and too numerous to detail here. Republicans tried to kill the Affordable Care Act by shutting down the government. That didn't work. The Congress of today would refuse to agree with President Obama on whether the sky is blue. Beyond politics...the far right wing of the Republican Party - and perhaps others - for whatever the reason...seem to despise President Obama. And there's nobody who can convince me differently that a great many in Congress do not want to see absolute success and perfection from a black President. Oh I know a lot of you are going to jump all over me and give me a tremendous amount of flak for saying that, but race is definitely an issue and it's deplorable and reprehensible that they feel that way.
To sue President Obama...along with any discussion about impeaching him...are not only harebrained and reckless thoughts, but nauseating notions.
Enough is enough. Speaker John Boehner and his Republican cronies need to give up their nonsense of a lawsuit against the President. As for Sarah Palin...she needs to pack her bags and go home. Palin is an annoyance and a thorn in the side of most everyone in our country. And nobody...but perhaps some Tea Party fanatics...care about anything she has to say. Go away, Sarah! Your day in the sun has set...and you've been eclipsed by others whose words are worthy...not whining.
And that's The Controversy for today.
I'm Gary B. Duglin.
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