Poll: 67 percent of Texas Republicans want to impeach Obama

[Redfairen]

According to a new Public Policy Polling survey, 67 percent of Texas Republicans would like to see President Barack Obama impeached and removed from office.

The PPP numbers show the depth of political divisions in Texas: Overall, 47 percent of Texans approve of President Obama’s job performance, about 10 percentage points less than the rest of the nation. Public opinion is highly polarized along party lines: 95 percent of Democrats approve of the president’s work, compared to just 10 percent of Republicans. Independents — the only hope for Democrats seeking a Lone Star comeback in 2014 — give the president a 49 percent approval mark.

Two out of three Republicans want Obama impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors. Just one in three independents (32 percent) shares that view. And, oddly enough, one in eight Texas Democrats (12 percent) would go along with impeachment.

The state remains very much racially polarized: Just 32 percent of non-Hispanic whites approve of Obama’s performance, compared to 70 percent of Latinos and 84 percent of African Americans. Whites, older Texans and men are the most likely to disapprove of Obama and to favor impeachment.


http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/01/poll-67-percent-of-texas-republicans-want-to-impeach-obama/

[Hard Assets]

1. I bet the same 67% of the Repukes would impeach a ham sandwich if it had a D next to it...

right?

[librabear]

2. Exactly

And 67% of democrats probably would impeach anything with an R next to them also.

[geek tragedy]

10. They didn't even impeach Cheney. nt

[librabear]

22. 67% of Texas republicans aren't enough to Impeach Obama either.

Double standards are alive and well.

[LondonReign2]

26. Apparently, so is double speak

Your logic is FAIL

Enjoy your stay

[Bucky]

40. To be fair, they're mostly busy impeaching their own intelligence.

[LondonReign2]

11. Well, no

But thanks for your attempt at "they both do it".

Enjoy your stay

[NOLALady]

3. Impeach him for what?

Did they find another blue dress?

[Ian Iam]

53. I've a sad suspicion

Governing While Black.

[CBGLuthier]

4. I find it highly unlikely that 33 percent of Texas republicans

are not as insane as the other 67 percent.

[Bucky]

41. No, that sounds about right for the number who know it's all bullshit.

[srican69]

5. then 67% of texans can go and Fuck themselves ... real hard!!!

[kentauros]

9. I think you missed this important part:

67 percent of Texas Republicans. Not all Texans, just the republicans.

[sadbear]

19. 67% of Texas republicans still represents close to half of Texans.

(P.S. I'm a Texan)

[kentauros]

20. I am a Texan, too :)

But I felt the need to correct srican69's mistake that read like a broad-brush.

[srican69]

34. oops ... but you know what I meant...

[Scurrilous]

6. Must be the heat.

[srican69]

7. lol..

[Zen Democrat]

8. Old white men in Texas are the Republican's shrinking base in this state. Boo-hoo.

[Bucky]

42. Shriveling base? No! NO!! My base just got out of the swimming pool is all!

[harrose]

12. We Need To Expel 67% of Texas Republicans from the country.

n/t

[onenote]

14. Because people aren't allowed to have stupid opinions?

nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

15. No, because they are a scourge that needs to be erradicated. eom

[harrose]

16. Of course they're allowed stupid opinions.

But if they think that it's okay to impeach a president who hasn't done anything criminally or morally wrong, then they shouldn't be here.

[Bucky]

43. Wow, aren't you the liberal! Love it or leave it. My way or the highway.

Other people's opinions are grounds for expulsion from the country. We simply cannot tolerate ideas or trust in the better ideas to win out in a fair argument. Toleration of divergent idea are too threatening to permit.

You know that old Arabic saying "Chose your enemies carefully, for you shall become them."? Well, congratulations. You've arrived.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

13. Because red Texas is so fucking stupid that their

idea of a good leader is george w. bush. Indeed, gwb is smarter than most of them by 1/4.

[Initech]

35. Who was not born in Texas and educated at Harvard and Yale.

Tell them this fact and their heads might explode!

[sadbear]

36. W is smarter than Rick Perry.

Ain't that just jaw-dropping?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

17. So it's safe to say 67 percent of Texas Republicans don't know what impeachment means. nt

[TeamPooka]

18. 67 percent of Texas Republicans want all restaurants to be McDonald's too. nt

[Bucky]

44. Not unless they serve barbecue.

[TeamPooka]

46. the McRib

[Bucky]

47. Real barbecue involves meat, not reconstituted cartiledge

If you said that down here in Texas, I'd be obliged to shoot ya.

[TeamPooka]

49. tell that to the 67%

[Xipe Totec]

51. Zing! nt

[TeamPooka]

52. :)

[kestrel91316]

21. Sorry. The Constitution doesn't allow impeachment for "prezidentin' while black".

It's silent on the matter, so their hands are completely tied.

[DJWBlue]

23. Was minding my own business, when...

I was having a drink at the bar in an upscale restaurant here in Houston a several months ago and reading The God Delusion. The place was almost deserted except for me, the staff, and another patron sitting a few stools down the bar. He asked me what I was reading and so I proceeded to explain the author's arguments against the existence of God. My mistake was to say that I agreed with them. He took this as his opportunity to spread the good news of his savior, Jesus. I politely explained to him that I had been brought up in a Baptist home and was quite familiar with the Bible and the teachings of the Big JC, but that I remained unconvinced to say the least. He finally quieted down, but not for long. After a few minutes, he turned to me and asked about the upcoming elections. Again, I politely explained that I would be again voting for President Obama and why. He said nothing. He got up off his stool, threw a twenty on the bar, called me a "heathen, nigger-loving commie" and walked out. The funny thing was that I wasn't shocked by his reaction. I have lived in Texas my entire life and have gotten used to this kind of thinking (or lack of it). Now that I think about about it, it's more sad than funny.

[JoePhilly]

25. Sounds like a right wing friend of mine who lives in Houston.

[ananda]

24. On the plus side..

.. Rick Perry's approval rating has gone way down lately.

[truebluegreen]

27. Tell 'em to have at it!

See how it turns out for them....maybe it will discourage them in the future from ANY involvement with our political process.

[retired rooster]

28. 100% of Democrats and 32% of Repblicans want Louis Gohmert impeached

[LiberalFighter]

29. 100% of Democrats want those 67% Republicans to be fixed without medication.

[Bucky]

45. You make it sound like free healthcare.

[HappyMe]

30. I really don't

give a fuck what they say.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

31. For what, though? Did the poll ask THAT?

[WinkyDink]

32. Poll: 100% of me doesn't care.

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. I don't think he can be impeached for being black

[Whovian]

37. 67% of Texans want a white man back as POTUS. A white guy related to shrubbery.

[snooper2]

38. 67% of Texas Democrats wanted to impeach Bush...

These polls are stupid

[11 Bravo]

39. Interestingly enough, 67 is also the average IQ among Texas Republicans. (I rounded up.)

[blogslut]

48. so?

[rustydog]

50. 67% of Texans read Rush Limbaugh's lips for their news.

get a brain, use it then move out of Texass! Morans!

[Bake]

54. Proving, once again, the GOP is the Stupid Party

Jindal got it right. Boehner almost got it right ... the GOP is hellbent on being relegated to the dustbin of history, but they're doing it to themselves.



Bake