Paul Ryan Is Wrong About Impeachment

Apparently Rep. Paul Ryan fails to see the big picture when he says the following:

[The Republicans’ differences with the White House do] not rise to the high crime and misdemeanor level.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/07/30/paul-ryan-just-nailed-the-impeachment-question/

In the first place, the issue at hand is not "Republicans’ differences with the White House".

The issue is "has the President committed Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors?"

Has the President broken our laws, and has the President violated our Constitution? The answer to all of these questions is "yes".

We have two examples of the actual impeachment of a US President:

(1) Andrew Johnson was impeached on February 24, 1868, in the U.S. House of Representatives on eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors", in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution. The House's primary charge against Johnson was with violation of the Tenure of Office Act, passed by Congress the previous year. Specifically, he had removed Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War (whom the Tenure of Office Act was largely designed to protect), from office and replaced him with Major General Lorenzo Thomas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson

(2) Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representatives on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice, on December 19, 1998. Two other impeachment articles, a second perjury charge and a charge of abuse of power, failed in the House. He was acquitted of both charges by the Senate on February 12, 1999.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton

[In addition, Clinton had committed the crime of adultery, which is a punishable offense under the UCMJ. Clinton was not charged or tried for that crime, but he should have been since he himself maintained that the UCMJ applied to him in his role as Commander-in-Chief.]

Obama ad-Dajjal, on the other hand, apparently has done the following:

• Executed US citizens without due process
• Violated our privacy rights by spying on us
• Used the IRS for political purposes
• Routinely violated our laws and/or refused to execute them

Refer to this web page for a more comprehensive potential list of his alleged high crimes and misdemeanors:

https://www.committeeforjustice.org/content/25-violations-law-president-obama-and-his-administration

Rep. Ryan is totally wrong. Obama ad-Dajjal's high crimes and misdemeanors stink to high heaven and cry  for impeachment. If Rep. Ryan cannot see that, then maybe he doesn't belong in government, either.

And I would go even further. I submit to you that all officers of the United States, including the President, are under oath during their entire tenure of office. Any lies they tell during the execution of their office therefore constitute perjury, a crime for which they can and should be impeached. Obama ad-Dajjal has lied about everything from start to finish.