Is Issa Deranged?

[Harry Hope]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2011_01/027348.php

January 3, 2011

IS 'DERANGED' STILL AN OPTION?....

By Steve Benen

Just a few month ago, shortly before the midterm elections, Rep. Darrel Issa (R-Calif.) told Rush Limbaugh he considers President Obama "one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times." Soon after, the Washington Post's Ruth Marcus noted, "If Issa believes this, he is deranged. If he doesn't and is saying it anyway, he is dangerous." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/26/AR2010102605215.html

A month later, pressed by ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Issa walked it back. http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2010/11/rep-darrell-issa-obama-not-personally-corrupt.html#tp Yesterday, Issa returned to his original, deranged point, but broadened the scope. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/02/goper-calls-obama-administration-corrupt/


The incoming House Oversight and Government Reform chairman on Sunday tried to clarify his recent remarks to Rush Limbaugh where he called President Obama "one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times."


Rep. Darrell Issa said he meant to say the Obama administration instead of the president. Well, in that case, Issa seems entirely reasonable, right? How silly of me to think the right-wing Californian, perhaps best known as an alleged car thief http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/harrisburg_politics/Dems_to_Issa_Look_Whos_Talkin.html who lied about his military background, http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/from-the-archives----issa-snared-in-his-own-military-exaggeration.php might be less than sensible about his partisan hatred of the president.

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Better keep a straitjacket handy for this li'l feller.

Harry

[Zoeisright]

1. Yes, he's a foaming-at-the-mouth, ignorant, deranged fool.

Plus he's mean.

[emulatorloo]

3. with subpoena and a big ole bundle of your tax dollars to waste.

[emulatorloo]

2. Yes he is deranged.

Steve Benen is great to read.

ISSA is going to cause a big mess. I hope the 2010 voters are happy with their new Tax-Dollar-Waster.

[Mass]

4. No, This would leave him off the hook. He may be evil, but he is responsible for his actions.

Anyway, we have to stop comparing Republicans to people with disabilities. It is insulting to people with disabilities.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. My brother Darrel

and my other brother Darrel

he is one scary car thief.

[Champion Jack]

6. Is Issa Deranged?

Does the pope shit in the woods?

[ladjf]

7. Nah, just another disingenuous politician grandstanding to his

base. nt

[bemildred]

8. Pretty much, yeah, and not the sharpest knife in the drawer either. nt

[Codeine]

9. Car thief standing in judgement of a ConLaw professor.

Weird old world. . .

[gordianot]

10. He needs to take a number, the same can be said for............all Republicons.

[LynneSin]

11. This might answer your question - do bears shit in the woods

nuff said!

[Nancy Waterman]

12. We can attack him for recklessly wasting taxpayer money

on bogus partisan witch hunts. The best form of defense is an offense, and this will be a huge waste over nothing.

[ellenfl]

13. is boehner orange? eom