“The remainder of this Congressional term will prove challenging for Issa.”
Issa definitely has his hands full. Ozero is as incompetent as Jimmy Carter and is as sneaky as Richard Nixon. I dub Ozero Jimmy “I’m not a crook” Nixon.
For far too long the congress has been rife with corruption and embezzlement. As they claim to be doing with the super committee on budget, I'd like to see the commissioning of a super committee on legality and ethics.
In my vision which is far from reality, the committee would announce that they are going to go deep into the dealings of decisions and operations that have come from our congress and if illegality is found, prosecutions would be mandated. Upon convening the members of congress would have the option of resigning their seats and going away and never coming back. (sort of a one time amnesty) Those that don't would not be treated with any special considerations not offered to the rest of us in a criminal investigation.
When will any public official suggest the real reason for Fast & Furious - the DOJ was trying to build a bogus case to use in order for a national crackdown on firearms merchants. A very inept & fatal sleight of hand.
remains to be seen.
i live about 5 miles from his congressional office.
issa lost me in a local interview when he defended lifetime congressional “service”.
there are no “public servants” anymore. just public parasites.
During the Clinton crime family's time in power, I easily got my hopes up again and again when investigators found some new evidence or made a new charge against Slick Willie, only to see him skate away. Can't say the same for that blue dress, but his teflon suit was always stain free.
obama isn't as slick as Clinton, but he's close and Issa's job won't be easy, just absolutely necessary.
Well...
“Issa dropped out of high school and enlisted for a three-year tour in the Army on his 17th birthday.[3][4] He served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician, defusing bombs, after having been shown a movie about soldiers in that specialty during World War II. He would later claim his unit had provided security for President Richard Nixon, sweeping stadiums for bombs prior to games in the 1971 World Series, and that he had always received the highest approval ratings during his service.[5] A 1998 investigation by the San Francisco Examiner found that these claims were not true: Nixon did not attend any of that year’s World Series games, and at one point Issa was transferred to a supply depot after receiving an unsatisfactory evaluation. According to Issa, the Examiner reporter had misunderstood an anecdote he had related.[3]
A fellow soldier, Jay Bergey, claimed that Issa stole his Dodge Charger in 1971 while they were serving together and that, the day after he confronted Issa, the car was found abandoned on a nearby expressway. Asked about this charge in 2011, Issa denied it and suggested it was possible that other soldiers stole the car or that Bergey, whom he claims had a drinking problem, had abandoned it himself while intoxicated.”[3]
After receiving a hardship discharge in 1972 following his father’s heart attack, Issa earned his General Educational Development (GED) certificate and began taking classes at Siena Heights University, a small Catholic college in Adrian, Michigan. He continued his military service in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC).”[3]
Twice during that year he was arrested. In March, Issa and his brother William were charged with stealing a Maserati from a dealer’s showroom in Cleveland. Issa says it was a matter of mistaken identity by the Cleveland Heights police; the case was later dismissed.[3]
Before that had happened, in December 1972, police in Adrian pulled Issa over for going the wrong way on a one-way street and, as he was retrieving his registration, saw in the car’s glove compartment what turned out to be a .25-caliber Colt semi-automatic handgun inside an ammunition box, along with a military pouch containing 44 rounds, a tear gas gun and two rounds for that. Issa was charged with carrying a concealed weapon; ultimately he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of possession of an unregistered firearm. He was sentenced to six months’ probation and paid a small fine.[3][6] At the time Issa told police that Ohio law allowed such possession of a handgun with a justification; his was the need to protect the car and himself. Years later, he said that the car and gun were his brother’s, which William Issa supported. He had been unaware of the gun’s presence when inadvertently driving the car the wrong way down the alley and that, to the extent of his knowledge, there had been no ammunition present. The entire incident, he had believed, had been expunged.[3]”
3. Lizza, Ryan (January 24, 2011). “Don’t Look Back”. The New Yorker. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
4. Broder, David S. (December 21, 1997). “California’s Battle of the Bankbooks”. The Washington Post.
5. Williams, Lance. (May 29, 1998). Issa’s Army record in doubt: Candidate’s account can’t be verified. San Francisco Chronicle.
6. Williams, Lance, San Francisco Examiner, July 2, 2003 “Darrell Issa held twice on illegal weapons charges and convicted in ‘70s on misdemeanor count”
One wonders if there will be two real scandals for Issa to investigate? Green light baloney and Fast and Furious? If so, these two alone might bring down this WH if the facts show both Holder and Obama knew about these failures of policy.