The rotten apple doesn't fall from the tree ...
From small beginnings, come great jack asses ...
Those who can't do -- become Republican standard bearers ...
In all these cases Darrell (Inquisitor) Issa really fills the bill.
Don’t Look Back
by Ryan Lizza, newyorker.com -- 01-24-2011
(page 3)
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On March 15, 1972, three months after Issa allegedly stole Jay Bergey’s car and one month after he left the Army for the first time, Ohio police arrested Issa and his older brother, William, and charged them with stealing a red Maserati from a Cleveland showroom. The judge eventually dismissed the case.
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According to court records, on December 28, 1979, William Issa arrived at Smythe European Motors, in San Jose, and offered to sell Darrell’s car, a red 1976 Mercedes sedan. William was carrying an Ohio driver’s license with his brother’s name on it and the dealer gave William a check for sixteen thousand dollars, which he immediately cashed. Soon afterward, Darrell reported the car stolen from the Monterey airport. He later told the police that he had left the title in the trunk.
The brothers had been together in Cleveland for Christmas, and, after Darrell gave a series of conflicting statements about his brother and whether he himself had recently obtained a second driver’s license, the investigator in the case became suspicious that the two men had conspired to fraudulently sell Darrell’s car and then collect the insurance money.
With that kind of track record, it's no wonder Issa ran for Congress -- as a Republican!
The wonder is, how in the world he won!?
You know that Issa, the guy with ice-water in his veins; that guy with 'scandalitis" on the brain.
Darrel Issa, the guy who never met a false, trumped-up accusation, he wouldn't blindly repeat at least one. And maybe dozens of times.
The good news about Issa, if there is such a thing, is the guy is all bluster, but no cattle compass ...
What Darrell Issa really wants out of Benghazi hearing
by Anthony Clark, salon.com -- May 9, 2013
According to Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, his hearing on Benghazi Wednesday was designed to reveal, among other potentially “explosive” points, that he has evidence of the administration’s “premeditated lying to the American people.” Issa previously said that there’s “no question” that someone from Hillary Clinton’s “circle” was involved in a “cover-up” following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
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Observing him, it quickly became clear that, like all bullies, Issa is not prepared to fight. He counts on his opponents to back down. His M.O. is to make outrageous, unsubstantiated claims, follow them with a lot of bluster, and then quietly fold at the first sign of being challenged. And here’s his “tell”: The more bombastic he is, the more he hungrily seeks out the cameras, the more he promises “explosive revelations,” the less he actually has. Bullies don’t win fights; they win defaults. Push back just the tiniest bit, and it’s all over.
Even before Republicans took over the House after the 2010 elections, Issa made bold, empty assertions. He called President Obama “one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times.” He boasted that he would hold “seven hearings a week, times 40 weeks” (that would be 560 hearings in just one Congress). He claimed he would save taxpayers $200 billion by rooting out waste, fraud and abuse. He said that he planned hundreds of investigations (he even promised to go after George W. Bush -- which, not surprisingly, he has yet to do).
More than two years later, Issa hasn’t met any of his goals. Almost immediately, he was forced to walk back his baseless “corruption” charge. [...]
Like President Obama put it recently, when addressing Issa's
stuck-on-repeat Benghazi charges:
"There's no there, there."
Much like Charmain Issa's integrity. I think he must of pawned it for cash, way back when, when "he was learning the Republican Oversight ropes."