Posted on 08/04/2009 8:50:29 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
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.”
Issa noted, “The fact that the letters were coordinated by you to maximize the level of intimidation is supported by the timing, structure, and content of each letter. Not only were the four letters all sent the day following Senator Kyl’s remarks, but they were also remarkably similar in tone and sentence structure.”
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“Back off, you varmit!!!!!”
That’s MY Congressman!
“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.”
Good for Issa! And it’s good to get the word out as far as how the new administration is trying to running the show.
Yep! How much longer before the politicians themselves are in revolt over zero's thugocracy??
I saw Emmanuel standing next to Obama and figure he is not much more than 5 feet tall. He has one of those “midget” hangups of trying to overcome his stature with an aggresive personality.
We had ALL better find our inner ruthlessness.
Obammas people are acting like they are still in Chicago. Im afraid it will be a steep learning curve for them in DC.
Keep the conversation on Chicago style politcs, loud and often. There is a disconnect here that people just need to understand. Bully politics in the White House. Are Americans really getting this??
Well that letter draws the line in the sand. Can’t wait to see Can’t wait to see what Rahm the Enforcer replies...if he does.
YES!!! Send him a note of support. The spine is coming back, we need to stand up to these thugs.
Sen. DeMint is another brave soul. The more I hear about him, the better I feel about conservatism.
Great ! Our congressman is hiding under his desk.
Where is his district?
You are very fortunate! I am quite impressed with Rep. Issa.
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