Issa not one fugging word you say matters

[malaise]

You and your fellow Rushicans lied for eight years.
Let's see if you can start your FBI probe from the opposition bench.
Time for a Special Prosecutor to deal with your goons.

sp.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

1. ISSA Hates real freedom HE BOUGHT HIS SEAT

Issa's first campaign for elected office came in 1998, when he sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate to run against incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer. He backed the campaign with $12 million of his personal wealth, but lost the primary election to California State Treasurer Matt Fong. Fong's campaign raised $3 million from contributions and complained that Issa's wealth made for an uneven playing field (Issa had only $400,000 in contributions). An Issa spokesman countered that the money was needed to compensate for Fong's statewide name recognition<3>. Fong prevailed in the open primary by a margin of 22 percent to 20 percent for Issa. A San Francisco exit poll suggested that large numbers of Asian-Americans had crossed party lines to vote for Fong<4>.

House of Representatives

Two years after Issa's failed Senate bid, Congressman Ron Packard, a nine-term incumbent, announced his retirement. Issa capitalized on his name recognition from the 1998 Senate race, and won the Republican primary against State Senator Bill Morrow. This win was tantamount to election in the heavily Republican district (only the Orange County-based 48th District is considered more Republican). During his 2002 run for re-election, the Democrats failed to field a candidate, and his closest competition was from Libertarian Karl Dietrich. A write-in candidate from that election, Mike Byron, went on to become the Democratic challenger in 2004.<5>.

Issa currently serves on the U.S. House Committee on International Relations, the House Judiciary Committee, and the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He serves as the ranking member of the Oversight Subcommittee on Domestic Policy and has also played an active legislative role on the issues of immigration, intellectual property protection, and the Middle East.

Most recently, Issa mounted an unsuccessful campaign to join the ranks of the House GOP leadership hierarchy. He finished third of the four candidates vying for the chairmanship of the House Republican Policy Committee, and was ultimately passed over in favor of Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan.

[malaise]

5. Thanks for this

Very informative

[Maat]

2. Issa is a complete tool of the Royalists ..

(I call the corporatist, rightwing ultra-rich in this country "royalists," just as FDR did).

He's my alleged representative, and I watch the weekly report on his voting record. He always, without fail, votes the way they would want him to do.

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[General Zod]

3. And he's a car thief.....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/25/ISSA.TMP

What a douche bag.

[Maat]

4. My friend ran against him in 2006 ...

the newspapers refused to even mention her. Can you believe it?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

6. Exactly the type of slimy, underhanded, illegal maneuvering

I would expect from his corrupt ass.

Worth a K and R