GOP Lawmaker Darrell Issa Poised to Call for Special Prosecutor to Investigate White House

Source: CBS News

Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Oversight committee, told CBS News Wednesday that he will call for a special prosecutor to investigate the White House if it does not address Rep. Joe Sestak's claim that he was offered a federal job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary.

"If the public doesn't receive a satisfactory answer, the next step would be to call for a special prosecutor, which is well within the statute," Issa told Hotsheet.

The California Republican has been pushing for the White House to provide details of conversations between Sestak and administration officials in the wake of Sestak's comment during a radio interview last month that he was offered a high-ranking administration job in exchange for dropping his primary challenge against Sen. Arlen Specter.

Asked if that job was secretary of the Navy, Sestak declined to comment. His press secretary told CBS News that the lawmaker stands by his original statement that he was offered the job in exchange for an administration post. Sestak did not drop out of the race.


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and created a new statement.

why - the guy is clearly qualified to hold any number of administration positions.

The Republicans got their panties in a bunch over the governor "selling" the Senate seat from Illinois. Some people may not like it, but what law does it break?

just like they did with Clinton...

If this doesn't work, they'll hit him with something else...

Not actually running.

harass by investigating every pissy little thing and take every thing else to court.

WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!

You really want to vote for this????

Over and over, they vote against themselves - because they use their frightened "lizard brains."

According to wikipedia:

In the 1970s, Issa and his brother were twice charged with auto theft, once for a Maserati sports car in 1972 and for a Mercedes Benz sedan in 1979, along with being accused of stealing a car during his military service, although he denies these charges. He has also been convicted for possession of an unregistered gun. <4>

Issa made his fortune through his company, Directed Electronics Incorporated, that is most famous for its flagship product, the "Viper" car alarm. It bears one notable siren that is a recording of Issa's voice, "please step away from the car."<5> As of 2004, Directed Electronics was North America's largest aftermarket automotive electronics manufacturer. Issa divested all personal interest in Directed Electronics after being elected to public office, but is the richest member of the House and the second richest in all of the 111th Congress.<6>

I also remember he was behind the Grey Davis recall. He wanted to run for governor, but dropped out in a strangely tearful press announcement.

And I'd still like to, ahem, *thank* him for that.

Gray Davis was a far better governor than the asshole in the Governor's Mansion right now. Gray Davis never fucked the state of California as much as some of the other governors in the state, like Pete Wilson, Ronald Reagan or George Deukmejian.

The main thing that was blamed on Gray Davis was the energy crisis of the early 2000s, which we ALL know by now were actually perpetrated by Enron and other enery powerbrokers. They also blamed him for trying to be vigilant when there was a chance of terrorists plotting to blow up, among other things, the Golden Gate Bridge.

And now, Schwarzenegger has done to California what Bush did to the rest of the country--fucked it over so bad that it will take years to get out from under. A large part of my family lives in SoCal, and I keep telling them to get the fuck out, but they're not planning on moving anytime soon--more's the pity, knowing that my mom is dependent on the in-home care program, which she would not be able to get outside of the state.

I was employing a little something called, SARCASM.

:rollseyes:

I just have a super sensitivity about some of the politicians in CA. It's there that I got more involved politically, when Clinton was in office, and all the troglodytes ganged up on him. I had David Dreier as my rep, and gawd, I couldn't stand the man! Darrell Issa was, and remains, the man who sold California to the highest bidder, and the run for governor was a freak show.

So please forgive my tone. CA was my home for 15 years, and while I had some horrible experiences there, I did have some good memories as well.

My folks brought their three children(my younger bro and I were still in diapers) out to Cali in the summer of 1962. We grew up 25 miles outside of downtown LA, in a fairly rural area.. My brothers and I received a decent education through, what was then, a good public school system, the local economy was strong, allowing my folks to prosper.. we had a great childhood..Cali was a great place to be back then..

Over the last 30+ years, I have watched, in horror, as neocon politicians and their policies have reduced my once great state in to a hollowed out, barely functioning wreck.. I'm mad as hell, and I'm trying to do what I personally can to bring about change.. I see a lot of apathy around me, and it brings me down all the time.. but I'm not giving up..

the man is a fruitcake and nutcase. So appropriate for the Land of Fruits and Nuts.

for the broad brush re us californians :eyes: you want i should say something about MICHIGAN? i don't think you want to go there!

and the most expensive.

Fruits? That's a derogatory term for gay people, isn't it?
Is that what you mean to imply, Demeter? That California is inhabited by icky gay people and lunatics?

That is a very right wing, IGNORANT thing to post.. are you sure you're at the right forum?

surprise surprise...

that Mr. Issa isn't declaring his candidacy in the California gubernatorial race.

I mean, he WASN'T just a front and a shill for the Repukes to put Arnie in.... was he???

I mean, HE didn't get anything for dropping out of the 2003 race just before Arnie stepped in... did he???

So, so true... whatever they accuse us of, is what they've already done. Sociopathic projection.

We'll investigate that right after we have a Congressional investigation on the Bush administration's lies that got us into Iraq.

good lord he won the election in November 2008 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: By the way anyone seen that little rat fucker Starr any where?

In Texas.


“With its great tradition in the Christian world and its growing international reputation as a research university that continues to care deeply about undergraduate education, Baylor is poised to have an increasingly expanding global impact,” Starr said in a statement the school distributed Monday afternoon. “With the goals of educational excellence and Christian commitment remaining firmly before us, I count it a great blessing and honored responsibility to commit my talents and strengths to stand alongside the Baylor Family in writing the next chapter in this university’s storied history.”

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Molly still rules!

Email:

https://forms.house.gov/issa/webforms/contact.html

Phones / Offices:

Washington DC Office • 2347 Rayburn House Office Building • Washington, DC 20515 • Phone: 202-225-3906 • Fax: 202-225-3303

California District Office • 1800 Thibodo Road, #310 • Vista, CA 92081 • Phone: 760-599-5000 • Fax: 760-599-1178

This CLOWN ticks me off!

I love it when you post contact information!

BTW, if anyone thinks that a GOP takeover of Congress wouldn't result in 24/7 harassment of the Obama administration, think again.

illegalities of Bush/Cheney administration that could be followed even now!!

All the "cutting gas lines", "sniper" voicemails left, what they said to Stupak? Threatening phone calls...Threats, threats, threats, AND HE WANTS TO INVESTIGATE THIS????? Sorry, we need to have some arrests made NOW!..Set an example and put this (and these nutcases in jail) shit to rest before someone gets hurt. Enough is enough. These nuts are WAY off the beam.

work interminably for "bipartisanship"...

By ignoring these WAR CRIMINALS and trying to SHOVE THEIR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY UNDER THE RUG - we are beginning to reap what we sow...

Once the repukes gain a toehold - the Clinton crap will seem like a pleasant diversion...
































(did I mention our current President is BLACK)

Medicare

They are trying to shame Obama's administration to gain political points. Fuck this man.

Never happier than when he's got his name in the papers for making some damned foolish allegation against... someone.

They bitch and moan about the HC bill costing too much, and yet, they'll spend OUR FUCKING MONEY to investigate the WH. These people need to be voted out NOW! Get all independents in there. Fuck the republican party. They're douchebags!

We can dream, can't we...

is oklahoma. My home state's legislature is trying to pass a law to have the state VOTE on not just the "mandate" but the entire BILL.

Spread the word, hardly anyone is covering this.

Anyone know?