Is what David Plouffe tweeted about Darrell Issa yesterday.
It's kind of a cheap shot, but certainly no worse than Issa calling Jay Carney a '
paid liar', and at least some people will know what kind of person is leading GOP 'investigations" into Democratic "scandals". Here is Politico hilariously
coming to Issa's defense:
Issa is a successful businessman whose is the nation’s largest manufacturer of anti-theft devices in vehicles. Though he and his brother were charged with stealing a car in the 1970s, prosecutors later dropped charges, and Issa said he was a victim in the incident, according to a New Yorker profile of Issa from 2011. After a suspicious fire at his business’s factory, the company’s former owner said he suspected Issa set the fire for insurance, but a cause of the fire was never determined and no charges were filed, according to the profile.
A lot more complicated so it won't fit into 140 characters is the story he links to in his tweet: Candy ("
Please Proceed Governor") Crowley's takedown yesterday of Darrell Issa's claim that 'orders were coming from Washington to target teaparty groups, which is now an
official news story,
unchallenged by anyone else. (Forget about the fact that conservative groups
weren't targeted at all, rather comprised only 30% of those investigated. It's now a
truth by repetition that the Tea Party was targeted. The White House is working on distancing themselves from 'ordering' it).
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) claimed on Sunday that political officials in the Obama administration directed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents in Cincinnati to target conservative groups applying for 501 (c)(4) status, but his charge fell apart when probed by CNN host Candy Crowley.
CROWLEY: The investigator said “So is it your perspective that ultimately the responsible parties for the decisions reported by the [Inspector General] that is the decision that target tea party and patriot applications, are not in the Cincinnati office?
The employee says, ‘I don’t know how to answer that question. I mean, from an agent standpoint, we didn’t do anything wrong. We followed directions based on other people telling us what to do.’
Investigator, ‘And you ultimately followed directions from Washington, is that correct?
The employee, ‘if direction had come down from Washington, yes.’
The investigator, ‘But with respect to the particular scrutiny that was given to tea party applications, those directions emanated from Washington, is that right?’
The employee answers, ‘I believe so.’ It’s totally not definitive.
ISSA: This one isn’t. But I will tell you, one of the agents asked for and got a transfer because that person was so uncomfortable that they wanted out of it.
At least someone in the media seems to be still working at their job.