When Congress returns from its August recess, lawmakers will have new
reading material awaiting them, much like students returning to school —
only this book will detail a case for impeaching President Barack
Obama.
”Impeachable Offenses: The Case for Removing Barack Obama from Office” is a new book
coauthored by journalist and WABC radio host Aaron Klein and blogger
Brenda Elliott, and they, along with some members of Congress, are
trying to make sure that every member has an opportunity to read the
book — even going so far as hand delivering them.
“We plan to be working with a member of Congress who likes the book and
has agreed to allow his/her office to serve as a conduit distribution
source,” Klein told POLITICO in an email. “[The] publishing firm will be
physically bringing the books in as soon as Congress returns and we
provide the labor to take them from office to office — hand-delivering
them to aides and members.”
Klein declined to name those members of Congress with whom he’ll work
to distribute the book, but did say that the idea is growing both
inside and out of Congress.
Just last week Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) suggested
at a town hall meeting that the House had enough votes to impeach
Obama. The idea caught on when, this past Monday, Rep. Kerry Bentivolio
(R-Mich.) told constituents
at yet another town hall meeting that it would be a “dream come true”
if he could write and submit the bill to impeach Obama. On Wednesday,
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said that Obama was “getting perilously close”
to the Constitutional standard for impeachment, according to Tulsa World.
“We are seeing the impeachment effort snowball more and more every
week. It’s possible the comments from Reps. Bentivolio and Farenthold
represent the opening of a wider movement, both inside Congress and
outside,” Klein said.
