OPINION:
Leave it to the Republicans to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. President Obama is treating Congress like his subordinate. If he issues that executive order on amnesty and gets away with it, Congress will have been stripped of its power. Mr. Obama will veto every law passed and continue to ’rule’ by executive order.
However, instead of stating that Mr. Obama risks impeachment for his proposed action, congressmen beg and plead with him not to issue the order. Others send petitions to him opposing the action. Still others engage in high oratory with clever turns of phrase such as “poisoning the well” and “playing with matches,” or else they issue vague and empty warnings.
The future of this nation hangs in the balance. This no time for talking. It is time for action. There are those who claim that impeachment is not politically wise. However, this is a matter of statesmanship, not politics.
HESSIE HARRIS
Silver Spring, Md.
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