Holy Moley! I just researched Darrell Issa on Wikipedia!!!

[Demoiselle]

Car theft..charges dropped. Car theft...charges dropped...enlists in Army at 17 and gets relieved of his duties a couple years early (another car theft accusation...charges dropped)
Went to college.
Car theft...charges dropped....Insurance fraud (involving alleged car theft) charges dropped.
Makes a gazillion dollars with his own (wait for it) CAR BURGLAR ALARM company.
And is soon to be chair of the House Oversight Committee.
What is this country coming to?
I know WIkipedia isn't a completely trustworthy source...but, still!

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Are your eyes burning and tearing?

The man almost makes Tom DeLay look like an upstanding citizen.

[Demoiselle]

19. No, but I smell smoke...

or is it brimstone?

[musette_sf]

2. Spread the word

I've been trying to spread the word about this slimeball since the Gray Davis recall.

Everything you see on the wiki is true.

[femrap]

3. Great minds think alike....

I did the same thing! I was surprised of all his crimes of the past. He must have had one rich/powerful Daddy who got him out of all these messes.....reminds me of Papa Bush and his annoying little W.

Whisper campaign....Issa is a 'middle easterner.' Will the bible-thumpers like that?

[lunasun]

32. wow! just wow on your campaign idea I guess if you can't beat 'em

join 'em. Seeing more and more of this on DU

[femrap]

35. So sorry that I don't

play 'nicey' with a dude who should be an ex-con. Have you read his stance on policy issues? He really borders on the Insane.

Just to let you know, politics is not for the squeamish. The repugnants have been sticking it to the dems for years. I would like to see the Dems use Rovian tactics against them for a change.

Go ask Eliot Spitzer about this.

Vitter is still in office because we are 'nice.'

[Ian David]

4. Darrell Issa wants to try and steal Air Force One. n/t

[spanone]

5. it's not coming to anything...it's already here

[librechik]

6. He's a typical Republican thug. There is always a crime there, somewhere

when a republican gets rich. That's why they are so defensive about how they made all that money all on their own. Ha Ha. Right.

[Mz Pip]

7. That's the guy!

He put a whole bunch of his own money in the effort to recall Gray Davis. Issa wanted the job for himself.

I never quite understood how he keeps getting re-elected but we do have our share of crackpot politians in CA who make me wince in disbelief.

[musette_sf]

10. No, I think Issa was just the front man

and he knew all along it was to install Arnold.

Remember, Arnold was invited to the Cheney secret energy meetings, pre-9/11, pre-Davis recall.

Issa was a good soldier and did what he was told to do.

As for "his own money"... I'm sure he got all plus much more back. In unmarked bills.

[Mz Pip]

21. I remember when he withdrew

from the race. He was in tears, literally crying. I think he was genuinely upset that the rug got yanked out from under him.

[musette_sf]

23. Maybe he was an ignorant dupe

but you know how some of these weasels (e.g., Boner) can turn on the waterworks at will.

[Cleita]

37. He was not ignorant. He wanted to be governor

and the Repukes told him to stand aside so they could put Arnold in his place.

[Bozita]

33. He was pissed. He paid for that recall. Then that big bully came in and kicked sand in his face.

[Cleita]

38. Of course he was. He was backed by the same

organizations that backed the Swiftboaters, Mellon-Sciafe and the Mayberry Machiavellis whose specific names I forget right now.

[dreamnightwind]

29. Yes

CA is a funny place. With the notable exception of San Diego (conservative), the ocean to 50 or 100 miles inland (for the length of the state) is one of the more progressive parts of the entire country. The rest of CA (with a few minor exceptions) is dead red.

Issa is a piece of work. Probably has nothing to fear in his district.

[SoCalDem]

8. Yup... that's our Darryl.. Insurance fraudster

I would love to hear some brave soul, in a hearing, say something like...


"Cong. Issa, just because YOU and your brother were arrested for INSURANCE FRAUD and CAR THEFT, does not mean that EVERYONE is also a criminal".

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. He also lives in a very red area of the county

and no Wiki is not making any of that up.

He is from up north from here, and he is a weasel.

Don't ask me what's in the water because we tend to produce these ahem corrupt politicos anywhere from the low level (city Council) to US congressmen.

One went to jail what three years ago?

[mediaman007]

12. The 21st Century Republicans: A cast of characters!

[WingDinger]

27. They really will sign with the devil for power. As O Connell said.

Take money from mob, no prob.

[WingDinger]

25. Same neck of the woods, a Dem rally had a racist freak hurl invectives over the ritzy fence, then

call cops. Cops respond, and tazer and spray old women. Even knowing they were official political functions. Helicopters. Snarling dogs. The works. But now I am behind the Orange Curtain.

[Johonny]

39. sort of

his district is made of a heavy Republican housing area and a more liberal renting area. The problem is renters tend not to vote and the people in houses do.

Frankly the people I know that live in his district can't stand the man. He's dirty to the core.

[Bozita]

11. Crazy RWer Debbie Schlussel ranted on Issa last year...

Here's just a single paragraph:

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/6215/jihad-darrells-thuggery-v-rahms-way-pot-kettle-very-black/

Issa has made a career of being a shill, cheerleader, and personal representative in Congress for Hezbollah, Arafat, Syria, and the global Islamic terror machine. He has a track record of anti-Semitic statements–dismissing critics (like myself) because they are “Jews”–and of using his Congressional office to try to intimidate others, mostly conservatives and many political enemies. And then there’s his long criminal record. During his life–he stole at least three cars, stole his multi-million dollar business, stole patents, fired an employee at gunpoint, committed arson and insurance fraud, at a plant (and then the detective investigating it mysteriously “died”), lied about his military record, was caught carrying a concealed weapon and ammunition including tear gas (believed to be for the purpose of committing armed robbery), and even stealing one of his fellow soldier’s cars.

[mediaman007]

13. Character matters!

[Canuckistanian]

28. He fired an employee at gunpoint?

This I gotta know more about....

[proud patriot]

14. shared this

[housewolf]

15. Does it tell you that Issa was the force behind Schwartzenager's becoming Gov of Calif?

He was a major force responsible for callling for the Calif voters to recall Gray Davis and hold the special election that brought Arnold to the governorship of the US's most populus state

And his district just keeps re-electing him

[musette_sf]

24. see post 10

I've been yelling this for YEARS

[catgirl]

16. Here's the Wiki link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Issa

[Demoiselle]

18. Thanks, catgirl. I should have posted the link.

I guess I'm in shock. Knowing Republicans, I shouldn't be...

[rasputin1952]

17. Issa is a zealot when it comes to trashing anything Progressive...

he lives by the reptilian brain he possesses, nasty miserable creature...dumb as a rock too...;)

[Hannah Bell]

20. he's the grandson of a lebanese immigrant. getting off on grand theft so many times indicates

indicates connections.

lebanon is the home to some very rich family dynasties...

here's something....

The Issa royal family: The Issa family is not only one of the biggest families in Lebanon, but it's also spread all around the world.. Issa family has a great reputation because of its glorious history and successful achievements..

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2380342844

i'd bet he's connected to lebanese capital somehow. i ran across one of these families involved in school deform & real estate in some major city, i think it was detroit...

[Subdivisions]

22. Now go look up Florida's new governor Rick Scott. You'll love that one too. n/t

[ChiciB1]

30. Yes Sir... Rick Scott Is As Bad Or Worse! My Daughter Works For A

cardiologist who is ASTOUNDED that he got elected. I'm not sure he DID actually win because I've come to believe that Jebby Bush & his cohorts RUN THIS STATE! With ALL the BUSHIES involved in some way or another.

This doctor alone knows many other doctors who simply can't believe he's the Governor here. As we speak I hear there's even more fraudulent charges against him, SINCE he's become Governor. The doctor knows a LOT about all the Columbia/HCA Medicare crap that went on. He was of the opinion he actually was convicted of 14 charges. I SHOULD do more research, but find it USELESS because it's just THAT DEPRESSING! To know how very CROOKED Scott is only makes it worse that he's now the Governor!

HOW does this stuff happen? I simply can't fathom how we've gotten to this point in this country where ACTUAL CROOKS have infiltrated so many elected offices. NOBODY seems to have an answer, the problem is so overwhelming that I suppose we just don't know where or how to rid ourselves of these bottom feeders.

I tell people about certain facts and many just look at me like I've lost a few marbles! I'm just so worn out by the whole process, and trying to reason with people who simply DON'T want to hear anything negative about a person they helped to elect!!

AND THIS FACT is what is standing in the way of ANY progress being made by "we the people!" We don't exist for them, they only want MONEY & NOTORIETY! Making enough noise about others is a GREAT cover for their misdeeds and corruption. That's the only way I can make any sense of it.

Living in Florida is a political JOKE. I think I just heard that Scott wants to do away with the EPA and what it means! WILL people ever learn?

[butterfly77]

26. Kicked&Recommended...

[WhiteTara]

31. wiki got his bio right. n/t

[Fuzz]

34. Let me guess, he found Jesus?

[Cleita]

36. Yes, this man needs to be investigated himself.

I also have ancedotal evidence that he cheated on the recall of Grey Davis. It will take some good investigative reporting or a court of law though to get hard evidence of this that can be used to indict him or at least send him into the corn field. It needs to be done before he wreaks damage on our President and government in Washington.

[Misskittycat]

40. Yes. Investigate him as soon as he starts his nonsense. n/t

[Cleita]

41. No, do it now. The nonsense has already started with

him stating his intentions. He has already set up his chess pieces.

[Misskittycat]

46. That's what I should have written - start it right now.

[cascadiance]

42. And he told a border patrol officer "Do you know who I am?" when stopped for speeding!

This guy thinks he's above every law, but wants to make sure he can wield law enforcement against anyone else!

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/696/border-patrol-hating-hezbollah-supporting-gop-rep-for-california-statewide-office/

He was also one of the big listed "complainers" about Carol Lam's record on prosecuting immigration violations as a reason she got fired (more likely she got fired for going after Duke Cunningham, Brent Wilkes, Dusty Foggo, and other Republican criminals). Of course here's a case that shows that she did in fact prosecute immigration, but probably the way that Issa and other fascist Republicans didn't want her to...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6626823

[NNN0LHI]

43. He stole my car once but I got it back

Smelled like a dead possum inside after he drove it though.

Don

[blondeatlast]

44. Astonishing, isn't it? why on earth this isn't more widely known is--oh, wait, is because the

m$m profits from his car theft!

[Orsino]

45. He's graduated to house theft. n/t

[MrsCorleone]

47. Don't forget, he's also a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

Given his law skirting background (and lack of a law degree), I find this equally ironic as his chairmanship on the HOC.