President Obama’s unprecedented impeachment dare

By David Limbaugh

Published August 5, 2014 2:53pm ET

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President Obama’s unprecedented impeachment dare — Obama knows he has habitually exceeded his executive authority, but it's not so much the frequency of his overreaches that is unique. He boastfully claims he hasn't issued so many executive orders as his predecessors did. (AP Photo) | Charles Dharapak

Tell me: Has any other United States president ever goaded the opposition party to bring impeachment proceedings against himself? Has any other so sneeringly mocked and taunted the other party?

President Obama is not only not the uniter he promised to be; he is the agitator in chief. Just consider the contrast with President George W. Bush, who didn’t even defend himself often, much less deride, needle and dare Democrats to oppose him.

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