Posted on 03/24/2010 1:56:55 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
“and Nancy Pelosi singing the DNC document...”
I refuse to hear Nanzi sing...;)
“and has been all
over ACORN before it became popular.”
He was the head of the axe that O’Keefe and Giles swung to fell the ACORN tree. [sorry for that!]
“I give Issa credit for the recall of Grey Davis. I really don’t think it would have happened without his efforts.”
Wow, I didn’t know that. Issa’s really quite something!
Drop out of Race = Secretary of Navy Position?
Sounds like this guy is about to be outta a job.
Secretary of Navy Ray Mabus
since: June 18, 2009
Guess ole Ray doesn't mind getting shoved to the side in order to prevent Arlen Spector from giving a concession speech.
Issa, please prove me wrong. But I call bull$hit...
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
That was put very well!
“If the public doesn't receive a satisfactory answer, the next step would be to call for a special prosecutor, which is well within the statute,” Issa (pictured) told Hotsheet.
The California Republican has been pushing for the White House to provide details of conversations between Sestak and administration officials in the wake of Sestak’s comment during a radio interview last month that he was offered a high-ranking administration job in exchange for dropping his primary challenge against Sen. Arlen Specter.
Asked if that job was secretary of the Navy, Sestak declined to comment. His press secretary told CBS News that the lawmaker stands by his original statement that he was offered the job in exchange for an administration post. Sestak did not drop out of the race.
On March 10th, Issa sent a letter to White House lawyer Robert Bauer asking for details about communications between Sestak and the White House. In the letter, he pointed to statutes he said could have been violated if Sestak was offered a quid pro quo arrangement in which he would be given an administration job in exchange for leaving the race.
Issa said the move may have violated anti-bribery provisions of the federal criminal code as well as prohibitions on government officials interfering in elections and using federal jobs for a political purpose. Violation of each provision is punishable by up to one year in jail.
The White House did not respond to Issa’s letter by its March 18 deadline. Reporters have asked White House press secretary Robert Gibbs about the inquiry on six occasions.
On February 23rd, Gibbs said he had not looked into the matter. On March 1st, he said he had not made any progress on it. On March 9th, he said he did not have an update with him. On March 11th, he said he did not have anything additional on the matter. On March 12th, he said he did not have any more information on it.
On March 16th, Gibbs finally addressed the situation.
“Look, I’ve talked to several people in the White House; I’ve talked to people that have talked to others in the White House,” he said. “I’m told that whatever conversations have been had are not problematic.”
On Monday, Issa issued a second letter asking who Gibbs had spoken to about the matter and the basis for his comment that the interactions between the White House and Sestak were not problematic.
In the letter, Issa said that Gibbs’ comments that he is “collecting direct evidence from witnesses” implies “that the White House is allowing its communications staff to carry out investigative tasks ordinarily conducted by legal professionals in the Counsel’s office. Such slipshodness has all the makings of a cover up.”
“I believe not answering our questions when in fact they have asked and gotten them answered” meets the standard for a cover up, he said. He compared the Obama White House to that of former President Richard Nixon and said it was not living up to its promises of transparency.
“Democrats, when they were not in the White House, had real objections to that idea of, ‘whatever I want to do is OK,’” he said, referencing objections to Bush administration policy. “The public has a right to know who asked what, when. A congressman has made an allegation that is likely a felony.”
Issa said that if he doesn't receive “satisfactory answers” to his letter by its April 5th deadline, “then the next step would be to call for a special prosecutor to investigate.”
He said it is now “a lot easier” for the White House to respond because Gibbs “has the raw information that we asked for.” Asked if he expected his call for a special prosecutor to be answered, Issa said, “I'm a practicing Christian, I have always believed in the redemption of souls.” He said that if the issue generates enough publicity Democrats may feel forced to appoint a prosecutor out of “the fear of the voters.”
Issa said that while backroom dealing is not uncommon in politics, an explicit quid pro quo arrangement crosses the line, and that there is no way to know exactly what happened until either Sestak or the White House provides details. Asked why he was taking up the fight, he pointed to efforts by Democrats on the House Oversight committee to examine Bush administration e-mails and the Valerie Plame matter and said he had the right to look into any potential violation of the Hatch Act.
“I'm not going to let this issue go away between now and November until it's resolved,” Issa said.
“I think an unanswered allegation of a criminal activity is one that even a back burner boil will eventually lead to steam rising,” he added. “I don't believe the question will stop being asked until original source information is delivered.”
Asked if he wanted to comment on Issa’s intention to seek a special prosecutor in the case, Gibbs said he would say “nothing more than what I said last week.”
Rep. Darrell Issa
Don’t count on it. Issa’s a bull dog.
Any bets on whether anyone gets jail time? I’ll give really good odds.
This is a huge story. Obama and his criminals are already in coverup mode which means they are currently involved in the coverup. They can only say no comment at this point. Otherwise everything they say can and will be used against them.
Then-Democratic presidential contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was greeted by Pennsylvania’s Rep. Joe Sestak, left, last year durng a campaign stop at Radnor High School in Radnor, Pa.
en. Arlen Specter’s bid for reelection could grow more complicated than he expected, with Rep. Joe Sestak saying today that he is “inclined’’ to seek the Democratic nomination as well.
On Fox News Radio’s Brian and the Judge today, Sestak (D-Pa.) said he is now more inclined than ever to run for the Senate in in 2010.
Judge Andrew Napolitano asked if Specter’s party-switch to the Democratic Party last week, near the end of his fifth term in the Senate, had gotten under Sestak’s skin.
“It sounds like you are more inclined to run now,’’ the judge said.
“I am,’’ Sestak said. “Actually you are right. I am:’’ Sestak (2).mp3
Specter, who acknowledged that he’d have “bleak’’ prospects of winning the Republican Party’s nomination in his home state, stands well-supported for a general election contest with Republican Pat Toomey, a Quinnipiac University poll found this week.
However, Specter could face a close race against Republican Tom Ridge, the former governor, should he run for Senate.
And now Sestak, a career military man and second-termer in the House, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who retired from the Navy as a two-star admiral and holds graduate degrees from Harvard, says he’s inclined to go for the seat, too.
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/05/05/Sestak
Sen. Arlen Specter’s bid for reelection could grow more complicated than he expected, with Rep. Joe Sestak saying today that he is “inclined’’ to seek the Democratic nomination as well.
On Fox News Radio’s Brian and the Judge today, Sestak (D-Pa.) said he is now more inclined than ever to run for the Senate in in 2010.
Judge Andrew Napolitano asked if Specter’s party-switch to the Democratic Party last week, near the end of his fifth term in the Senate, had gotten under Sestak’s skin.
“It sounds like you are more inclined to run now,’’ the judge said.
“I am,’’ Sestak said. “Actually you are right. I am:’’ Sestak (2).mp3
Specter, who acknowledged that he’d have “bleak’’ prospects of winning the Republican Party’s nomination in his home state, stands well-supported for a general election contest with Republican Pat Toomey, a Quinnipiac University poll found this week.
However, Specter could face a close race against Republican Tom Ridge, the former governor, should he run for Senate.
And now Sestak, a career military man and second-termer in the House, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who retired from the Navy as a two-star admiral and holds graduate degrees from Harvard, says he’s inclined to go for the seat, too.
“Issa said that if he doesn’t receive “satisfactory answers” to his letter by its April 5th deadline, “then the next step would be to call for a special prosecutor to investigate.”
He said it is now “a lot easier” for the White House to respond because Gibbs “has the raw information that we asked for.” Asked if he expected his call for a special prosecutor to be answered, Issa said, “I’m a practicing Christian, I have always believed in the redemption of souls.” He said that if the issue generates enough publicity Democrats may feel forced to appoint a prosecutor out of “the fear of the voters.”
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DRIP, DRIP, DRIP!!!! Go get ‘em Darrell!
“So Obama will give some deceptive answer ...and Issa will say oh, o.k....”
Issa is the man who broke down the entire thug operation of ACORN. Guess again.
Don’t you think its about time the GOP should back Issa in a public manner? Like maybe 10 senators?
Exposing him to be a usurper would stop ALL of his crazy madness.
I met Darrell Issa when he first ran for Congress. He is a tough no-nonsese conservative. He's a self-made wealthy guy who really is trying to serve his district, California and the nation as best he can as one of 435 congress critters.
...if it does not address Rep. Joe Sestak's claim that he was offered a federal job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary. "If the public doesn't receive a satisfactory answer, the next step would be to call for a special prosecutor, which is well within the statute," Issa (pictured) told Hotsheet.
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