ELIJAH CUMMINGS: Mr. Chairman, you have not been fair and balanced at these IRS hearings and I'm ashamed.
DARRELL ISSA: Elijah, I'm sorry for the conduct but you took away my drive. And I need my campaign contributions for my re-election so these hearings are important for my base. Capisce?!
ELIJAH CUMMINGS: Mr. Chairman, you have not been fair and balanced at these IRS hearings and I'm ashamed.
DARRELL ISSA: Elijah, I'm sorry for the conduct but you took away my drive. And I need my campaign contributions for my re-election so these hearings are important for my base. Capisce?!
Here's where both are similar: Both Mitt Romney and Darrell Issa both have this oily, salesman-like ability to seize the moment for anything that can get them attention or additional support (be it supporters and campaign contributions). They never bother to take strong stances unless it benefits them and they never challenge people in the Republican Party as it may be evident doing so will cost them their job (more so Issa since he's now still working in government and Romney isn't). They also never seem to be able to break free from business deal making mentality when they are either running for office or serving in government.
On the other hand, where the two differ is that Mitt Romney actually has done something productive and for the greater good: The Massachusetts Healthcare reform when he was governor of the state (even if you think the law has flaws). This of course served as inspiration for the Affordable Healthcare Act.
Darrell Issa on the other hand, hasn't done a single thing for the greater good in all of his 13 years in Congress (elected November 2000) unless by the nature of greater good you are referring to building support for the Republican Party and for yourself. In this case, Issa's record has a lot of accomplishments:
*Served as a prominent fundraiser for the California Republican Party in the 1990's.
*Issued a $100,000 check for the petition drive for anti-affirmative action Proposition 209 in order to keep the proposition alive.
*Took a strong stance against the U.S. Budget compromise between President Clinton and the GOP-controlled Congress in 1997 even though it produced the biggest surplus in U.S. history and saying, "It's going to take more Darrell Issas there to keep America from turning into another France."
*Providing nearly $2 million to the 2003 California Gubernatorial Recall Election, running for a short time and then wimping out and crying like a baby because Arnold Schwarzenegger took his wind by running in the race.
*Rubber stamping the Iraq War funding via appropriations and other methods without doing much independent judgement, except after the November 2006 elections when the Democratic Party won control of both chambers of Congress.
*Launching investigations on Fast & Furious, Benghazi, IRS, Healthcare.gov, National Parks Service, etc. that have produced not ONE single bit of REAL evidence or any REAL progress.
*Throwing hissy fits because he hasn't gotten his way or that things aren't going well for him, such as when when of course Elijah Cummings is calling him out for his partisan hearings.
Speaking of the recent incident with Elijah Cummings at the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, below the fold is Darrell Issa appearing on Megyn Kelly's show on Fox News giving his real "apology."
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