In making his brilliant (and viciously distorted) point that, if a politician's motives were constantly scrutinized for abuse of power for personal gain, impeachment would be used as a weapon perpetually by a House controlled by the opposite party to the POTUS, Alan Dershowitz mentioned the case of Lincoln sending Indiana troops home in the Civil War to help the Republicans win an election there. He was too politic to mention a couple of more recent examples I can think of.
That is, when Obama threatened the Chairman of the Federal Reserve that he would not extend his term if he did not bring in a QE3...in October, 2012! Or, the time he koshed the Director of the "Arms Length" CBO into suddenly changing his opinion that Obamacare would increase the deficit. Or the time Obama claimed it was a "video" that got the US Ambassador to Libya killed in Benghazi and ordered his UN Ambassador to go around the Sunday chat shows lying about the circumstances of the disaster so he could run out the clock and avoid the bloody scandal mucking up his re-election. Or the time...
How ever did the "historic" President avoid the GOP House he faced for the last 6 years of his administration from impeaching him 'round the clock? Next time they run the Lower Chamber, the Republicans may not be so forgiving or gracious to a Democratic President in light of the treatment their POTUS just got at the hands of the Democrat House. Just the most practical part of Dershowitz' point if his fellow liberal Democrats would only listen instead of defaming him.
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