[Torie]

OK, I read Debbie S's piece on Issa. Let me say that I have never liked Issa (I voted against him when he first ran in the primary, and now vote Libertarian in the general, because the guy is a sleezeball, that does indeed have trouble telling the truth), and if my home was not drawn out of his district, I would vote for the Dem against him, and against him in the primary of course. Having said that, I don't trust Debbie. Debbie appears to be a bit of a b - itch.

What bothers me about Debbie. Well what bothers me is this:

"Pro-Hezbollah utterances by Issa, similar to those in The Tehran Times, were reported by Lebanon's Beirut Daily Star, Syria's National News Agency and even in his own past comments before the committee on which he sits, the House International Relations Committee. Does the Congressional Record lie? "

Nice quote. Naturally I raced through the article looking for the Congressional Record quote, or indeed any of the quotes. I'm still looking. That is not only shoddy journalism, that is - well - being a b - itch.

[John H K]

Yep.

It's time for someone to produce the actual quote or quotes where Issa defends Hezbollah.

I can't find anything to that effect, either, myself. We might be the only two people on FR that actually research claims.

I suspect there's either 1) a quote taken horribly out of context, or 2) a quote where it may be interpreted by some that Issa isn't as condemnatory of Hezbollah as some people would like, but I seriously doubt there's a "Hezbollah Rules!" quote floating around.