I realized he was insane when I saw him on HBO on the Maher show.
Attention Whore Mental Case.
The antics tonight are just Lagniappe.
I’ve been saying this for a while. Issa (who actually has quite the blue-collar background, not that there’s anything wrong with that) but is absolutely no way no how a lawyer, has this thing where he likes to pretened he is a lawyer. And this unfortunate trait has very seriously impeded if not outright sabotaged previous investigations because he does NOT know the art of cross-examination. He ask questions that do not entrap the witness which is exactly the aim of cross examination. Instead, with his sloppiness, he allows the witness to create a bi- or tri- furcated answer and this in turn creates an ever-expanding field of uncertainty. It is exactly the wrong thing to do. Instead of narrowing down, the effect of his clumsy questioning is to widen out.
And by the way, the $1K/hour attorneys defending Lois Lerner picked up this “let’s pretend I am a lawyer” thing on Issa’s part and IMMEDIATELY exploited it.