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Politics: Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings loses his mind after Lois Lerner pleads the Fifth
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| March 5, 2014
| Robert Laurie
Posted on 03/05/2014 4:44:57 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Hissy fit!
Moments ago, embattled ex-Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner appeared before Darrell Issa's House Oversight Committee. She was supposedly there to answer questions about the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups. You may remember that President Obama has dismissed this entire scandal because he claims there wasn't "even a smidgen of corruption" involved.
That's weird, because Lois Lerner promptly invoked her rights under the 5th Amendment and refused to answer any questions. For the record, the 5th Amendment is the one that deals with not offering testimony that might incriminate yourself. You'd think that would be hard to do if the President's "not a smidgen" claim was true.
Anyway, there was no surprise here. Everyone expected that - without immunity - this was exactly what Lerner would do. The interesting part came after she clammed up and a visibly frustrated Issa adjourned the hearing.
It seems ranking Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings had planned on doing some of his patented "inane grandstanding," and Issa derailed his intentions. Cummings would not be denied. First, he tried to pretend that he had a legitimate question, but then immediately launched into his standard set of rambling talking points. So, Issa dismissed everyone in the room and cut the power to Cummings' microphone.
This triggered a meltdown that rivalled the Fukushima reactor. Seriously. Cummings completely lost it.
"I AM A MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," He bellowed. "AND I AM TIRED OF THIS!!!"
The video appears below. You're going to love it.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 5thamendment; darrellissa; elijahcummings; irs; loislerner; losingit; propaganda; teaparty
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Video in original.
To: 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ALlRightAllTheTime; ...
PING!
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
DANG!
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posted on
03/05/2014 4:45:57 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The PASSING LANE is for PASSING, not DAWDLING)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Let’s not kid ourselves. This was all staged to turn what should be a huge Dem liability into a racial issue. “Look how Issa is disrespecting the black Congressman!!!!”
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posted on
03/05/2014 4:49:34 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Cummings lost his mind a long time ago.
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posted on
03/05/2014 4:50:09 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Dude lost his mind long before this.
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posted on
03/05/2014 4:50:40 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Cummings is just part of the criminal thug mob. Evil bastard creating a distraction from the real story. Lerner has engaged in criminal conduct. On behalf of whom. you ask. Obviously the One.
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posted on
03/05/2014 4:51:21 PM PST
by
LALALAW
(one of the asses who's sick of our "ruling" classes)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
They are assuming Cummings had a mind to begin with
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Elijah has a habit of this, he’s not the chairman and he’s often off his meds.
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posted on
03/05/2014 4:52:44 PM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
Lets not kid ourselves. This was all staged to turn what should be a huge Dem liability into a racial issue. Look how Issa is disrespecting the black Congressman!!!!"Mmm Hmmm!"
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posted on
03/05/2014 4:53:15 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Cummings is tied by emails to the coverup.
Either the crooks go to jail soon, or ...
To: Diogenesis
Rush called him Stonewall Cummings today.
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posted on
03/05/2014 4:55:43 PM PST
by
CMailBag
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Writer is assuming that Cummings ever had a mind in the first place. He’s from Maryland where a “mind” is hindrance to elected office. Just look at the leftist, authoritarian Democrats they have elected to office in the past few years, starting with Marxist O’Malley and working your way down the food chain to the ground slugs.
To: Diogenesis
Who’s going to press charges? Where? In which court?
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posted on
03/05/2014 4:56:48 PM PST
by
hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
To: SandRat
You cannot lose something you NEVER ever had.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Really?
Isn’t one required to have a mind BEFORE one could lose their mind?
Am I missing something, here?
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posted on
03/05/2014 5:00:15 PM PST
by
Howie66
(John Wayne McCornyn...he's just like US! Honest!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
03/05/2014 5:03:33 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Diogenesis
...Or what?
Do you think Boehner is going to appoint a select committee to investigate Lois Learner or Hillary Clinton?
Fat freaking chance! They are all so crooked none of them dare buck Obama.
Obama's blackness is a magic spell that causes our politicians to wet and our media to worship.
Turn your eyes to the Ukraine and witness our future: tyranny, terror and tribulations.
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posted on
03/05/2014 5:07:04 PM PST
by
Aevery_Freeman
(Historians will refer to this administration as "The Half-Black Plague.")
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Not proud to say that Cummings represents the district in which I live. I have been accused of being too critical of him in the past, including on FR. I take none of it back.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
GOP/Dems are panicked the public will learn of Lois Lerners role in establishing Malik Obamas terrorist group(s) under 501(c)3 status.
Details:
HOW LOIS LERNER GAVE IRS APPROVAL TO MALIK OBAMA'S MOSLEM BROTHERHOOD TERROR GROUP
Malik (Obamas claimed brother) is CFO of global Muslim Brotherhood.
Lois Lerner 'approved' Malik's domestic terror branch 501(c)3 in a hurry on a SUNDAY afternoon (!) while she blocked and persecuted TEA groups, demanding they 'Detail the content of their prayers' on IRS questionnaires.
US government (via Issa) put Lois Lerner on TV for 10 minutes so they can Put this behind us and sweep the underlying (domestic/foreign) terror network under the rug.
If gov't waited till end of March, Arpaio is blowing the lid off Obamas fake ID (forged BC proven; 7 stolen SSNs), thus scrutiny of Ubama crimes/terror sponsorship will skyrocket. Thus, Lerner must be resolved before then.
But perhaps McCain/Issa will get to the bottom of this hahahahaaa... Because GOP respects Freedom of Religion and Political Expression, HAHAHAAAAAAAAAA....
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posted on
03/05/2014 5:09:30 PM PST
by
LyinLibs
(If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
He does this stupid crap for the low information voters..... the black voters in particular see this as sticking it to the man. Or as a black man being denied his rights by whitey
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posted on
03/05/2014 5:10:55 PM PST
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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