Democrats make the case that Obama should have been impeached

Tom Trinko:

Democrats are saying that Trump should be impeached because he solicited foreign interference in the 2020 election.  That's essentially the core complaint in the hyper-partisan impeachment report coming out of Adam Schiff's witch hunt.

By that criterion, Obama should have been impeached, because he specifically promised Putin that he, Obama, would go easy on Putin if Putin helped Obama get re-elected.

While the fake news media have done all they can to make sure you never heard of Obama's quid pro quo with Putin, we know that it happened because of what Obama was heard to say to outgoing Russian president Medvedev, with the intent that Medvedev pass that on to incoming Russian president Putin, in 2012, when he thought the microphones were off.

"On all these issues, particularly on missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it’s important for him[Putin] to give me space," Obama said.  "This is my last election.  After my election, I have more flexibility.”"

What Obama was doing is clear.  He was offering to be more "flexible" in doing what Putin wanted if Putin agreed to leave Obama and the U.S. alone until after the election was over.

This is precisely what the Democrats are accusing Trump of having done: offering a bribe to a foreign leader to induce that leader to help Obama get re-elected.

The "space" that Putin gave Obama played a major role in the 2012 election.

A big point in the 2012 election was when Obama mocked Mitt Romney for Romney's concern about Russia.  Obama said:

Gov. Romney, I'm glad you recognize al-Qaeda is a threat, because a few months ago, when you were asked what is the biggest geopolitical group facing America, you said Russia, not al-Qaeda.  You said Russia.  And the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back.  Because the Cold War has been over for 20 years.

If Putin hadn't been giving Obama "space" in return for Obama's promise to be good to Putin, Romney would have been able to eviscerate Obama for saying something so wrong.

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There are other actions Obama took that would also be impeachable such as his actions to hide the culpability of his DOJ in the selling of guns to the Mexican cartels.  Also his using the IRS to attack political adversaries.