Posted on 08/04/2009 8:39:21 AM PDT by RobinMasters
WASHINGTON. D.C. – Following reports that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has been orchestrating an effort to intimidate members of Congress and Governors who raise legitimate concerns regarding the effectiveness of the stimulus, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to Emanuel saying “While this type of scare tactic may work In Chicago, it will not work to intimidate me or other Members of the United States Congress.”
“I and others have dared to bring these facts to the attention of President Obama, the Congress and the American people,” Issa wrote. “You’ve unfortunately reacted by once again resorting to the playbook of the Chicago political machine.”
Last month, Politico reported that Emanuel had “launched a coordinated effort to jam” Senator Kyl and other Administration critics… “[A]fter seeing Kyl and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) again paint the legislation as a failure on Sunday talk shows, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel directed that the letters from the Cabinet secretaries be sent to [Governor] Brewer, according to two administration officials.”
(Excerpt) Read more at republicans.oversight.house.gov ...
Darrell Issa is my Congressman. I am fortunate enough to live and vote in his district. It’s highly Hispanic, too.
At some point during his high school years, while working at an Arby's restaurant, Emanuel severely cut his right middle finger on a meat slicer. He sought medical attention only after suffering severe infection from swimming in Lake Michigan and as a result of the wound, the finger had to be partially amputated.
Ahhh, he can only flip one bird and a wounded canary.
BUMP!
Wow, just read it. Thanks.
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when he was putting this letter together. Love the footnotes and supporting references. heh
Me too!
I recently Emailed him saying that he was not in the public eye enough. Would you know, his office rang me personally from DC and we had a friendly 15 minute conversation about all the ills of the world.
When I Email Boxer & Feinstein I get standard “Thank you for contacting me, I am a wonderful senator” replies.
Issa should be a rising star in the new GOP>
Here’s a link with the actual letter:
http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/media/letters/20090804EmanuelStimulus.pdf
August 4,2009
The Honorable Rahm Emanuel
White House Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Emanuel:
As you know, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) recently raised questions about the failure of the stimulus and suggested on a national television show that stimulus money scheduled to be spent in futut. years ought to be returned to the American taxpayers.l
Following Senator Kyl’s remarks, according to Politico, you coordinated an “assault” on Senator Kyl and other critics of your policies by directing four cabinet secretaries to write to Jan Brewer, the Governor of Arizona, asking pointedly if, in light of Senator Kyl’s remarks, Governor Brewer wished to forfeit taxpayer money directed to Arizona by thestimulus.2
These tactics have been characterized as “a fist to the nose” and a message to “Back off.”3 While this type of scare tactic may work in Chicago, it will not work to
intimidate me or other Members of the United States Congress.
At the risk of adding to the “weeks of frustration” you’ve reportedly felt in response to criticism of the Administration’s ineffective and wasteful policies, a please
allow me to bring the facts about the stimulus to your attention. In selling the stimulus package, the Administration promised the Congress and the American people that the legislation would create or save 3.5 million jobs and prevent the U.S. unemployment rate
from rising above 8.5 %.
See Transcripl, This I4/eek with George Stephanopoulos, ABC News, July 12,2009 . Available at
http//abcnews. go.corn/print?id:8063029.
2 See Jonathan Martin, “The White House strikes back,” Político, Iuly 16,2009. Available at
o Id. çThe coordinated assault against Kyl came after weeks of frustration in watching GOP members of
Congress trash the stimulus as ineffective . . . “)
) See Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein, “The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Plan,” (January 9,2009), qvailable at http://otrans.3cdn.netlee40602f9a7d8172b8_ozm6bt5oi.pdf
The above is only the first page of a five page communication. It is a must read.
Wow! Twin blisters!
Atta boy, Darrell!
Give him back his own medicine.
bump
The National Socialist movement had lots of queers in it.
The Nazi ambassador to France was a magical poofter.
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when he was putting this letter together.
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I’d have loved to be that fly seeing Rahmbo’s face upon reading it (and the conversation in the Oval). ;-)
Not really. Michael Corleone wasn’t a homosexual.
Yeah, but they operate the same way.
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