Darrell Issa Must Resign

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/10/20/11032/160

Darrell Issa Must Resign

by BooMan
Sat Oct 20th, 2012 at 11:00:32 AM EST


I call on Mitt Romney to demand the immediate resignation of Rep. Darrell Issa from his chairmanship of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. And I call on Rep. Darrell Issa to immediately resign from Congress in disgrace. To stand for reelection after endangering the lives of Libyans working in cooperation with the United States or seeking our assistance would be an insult to our country. If he doesn't resign, he should be treated exactly as Julian Assange has been treated. Doing indiscriminate document dumps of sensitive government records is a crime, and when a chairman of a government committee does such a thing in a nakedly partisan attempt to influence an election, they should no longer serve in Congress.

[porphyrian]

1. . n/t

[amborin]

2. treasonous criminal with long history of wrongdoing in CA

[99Forever]

3. K&R

[lsewpershad]

4. Talk is cheap

Something concrete needs to be done. Senate, AG, Pentagon, someone needs to investigate and prosecute if necessary.

[Plucketeer]

8. Hell - Issa's one of them.....

There's NO way they're gonna set precedent for backlash that MIGHT be used against them in the future! What we really need against Issa is to catch him tweeting photos of his erection - or find E-mails to minors with lewd language. That's about the only thing that can trip up a mob boss like Issa.

Issa & friends have already intimidated the wussy Eric Holder. There's NO WAY (save for the aforementioned scenario) anyone's gonna throw a stick in his spokes.

[sabrina 1]

40. I don't agree with that. There is always a way, there just has to be a will. That is what

has been lacking. The standards now for elected office are so low, that it's hard to get anyone decent elected.

That is because of the attitude that we just can't prosecute elected officials when they commit crimes. So long as we hold onto that ridiculous notion, we will have people like Issa running this country. It is our fault, the people's who are all too willing to accept these ideas which are fed to us.

[Segami]

5. He should be charged for leaking!

[BlueCaliDem]

6. Why aren't the Democrats demanding he resign as they had demanded Weiner to resign?

They need to put pressure on the Republicans just as the Republicans had been putting pressure on them in order to force Rep. Weiner to resign. And he did NOTHING that could jeopardize national security!

This is what pisses me off the most with congressional Dems. They'll openly defy the leader of their own party (think President Obama's order to close Gitmo and nearly all Democrats voting against him), but they squeak and run and hide when a Republican does something this disastrous to the country.

Democrats must DEMAND that Issa resign.

[sabrina 1]

41. Democrats do not go after Republicans, no matter how serious their crimes may be, War Crimes

Economic crimes, corruption such as Iran Contra etc.

Democrats go after Democrats or democratic organizations like ACORN, like Shirley Sherrod or Van Jones or Anthony Weiner. I don't know why they are so willing to go after their own and so unwilling to go after actual criminals. The only thing I can think of is they are always trying to get a pat on the head form the bullies on the right. And they never do, no matter how hard they try.

We need some fighters in this party.

[abelenkpe]

7. He's a republican

He knows no honor. He won't resign. Only way to get rid of him is to vote him out. Donate to his opponent and work to better inform the who vote for him.

[Plucketeer]

10. We can "wish in one hand"

Issa's not gonna step out OR get booted out. Imagine Lucky Luciano getting a seat as a town council member. There's no way he's gonna relinquish the position nor the perverse way he uses it. And CONsidering the district he's from, there's no way his CONstituents are gonna see the reality of the mobster they've put in power.

[xxqqqzme]

15. Yep, his district

is tea party central.

[Lucky Luciano]

37. You called? nt

[sabrina 1]

42. Lol!

[BlueMTexpat]

11. Bradley Manning is in prison.

And Issa hasn't even been reprimanded.

Just sayin' ...

[DFW]

12. Issa is no Scooter Libby

He won't take the fall, and will not admit guilt, no matter how much evidence there is against him.

[former9thward]

13. The names should have beern blacked out.

But from a legal standpoint there was no crime. The documents were unclassified and anybody could have published them.

[SunSeeker]

16. I agree. But what about outing the CIA safe house in Benghazi?

[former9thward]

18. Libyan "security" people outed that during the attack.

When the people in the consulate retreated to the safe house Libyan security who were supposed to be guarding the consulate pointed out to the attackers where the house was.

[SunSeeker]

21. Link?

[former9thward]

28. Here is one.

That suggested, el-Sharef said, that infiltrators within the security forces may have tipped off the militants to the safe house's location.

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_21535139/libyan-attacks-said-be-2-part-militant-assault

This is an early account but I have heard it repeated since. We will have to see what the final investigations show.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. I demand the media focus on Issa as the threat to national security that he is

I haven't seen even a whisper about this story in the national media. Without coverage of these bad acts, criminals like Issa feel free to commit any atrocity against the people of the United States that suits their whim and lust for power. There is no shortage in the world of criminals like Issa. If we had true and civically concerned journalism in this country, the Issa's of this world would never get the opportunity to do this kind of damage.

[valerief]

17. I say he should bite the cyanide pill. nt

[spanone]

19. to much ego to point the finger at himself

[madrchsod]

20. resign? he he`s to be impeached

[sellitman]

22. + 1000

[Blue State Bandit]

23. Assange at least had the decency to redact the names of those...

working with US authorities at personal risk to their lives.

Issa's actions were worse.

[rtracey]

24. Nope

There is no way Romney will ever do the right thing. He will never call for a republican to step down. He didn't call for any of these Teaparty jerks to resign, Akins, etc. He even didn't say anything when Paul Ryan called rape another form of conception.... He is not a decent human being....

[graywarrior]

25. Make him a Wassa

[GoCubsGo]

26. Darrell Issa Must Be Indicted.

I don't care whether or not he resigns first.

[underthematrix]

29. I agree. he should be brought to

justice.

[lalalu]

27. Agree and i still don't understand

why he has so much power and publicity.

[bvar22]

30. He should resign based soley on his arrogant/sociopathic performance on Bill Maher...

.. last Friday night.
He is a despicable excuse for a man.

[babylonsister]

31. I don't get HBO, so missed that. Just lucky, I guess, but

it would be nice if this man didn't wield so much control; he surely doesn't seem to deserve it.

[bvar22]

33. Our system rewards that kind of cold blooded self centered pathology.

It was on full frontal display on the Maher panel.

I couldn't live inside that skin,
and the arrogance, self-entitlement, self assigned Superiority, bitterness, and spite in his soul was plainly visible on his face and in his body language.
He is exactly like one of the Centurions who would have gladly whipped Jesus at the Cross,
and then felt GOOD about it.

You and I have been together here for many years,
and you know I have a high tolerance for bullshit and politics, and don't easily go over the edge,
but he completely and nauseatingly Creepped-Me-Out on Friday night,
and he is a "man" who has been elevated to a position of Wealth & Power in 21st Century America.

The ONLY good thing I could take away was that he seems to be frightened
that his "position and entitlement" is being threatened,
and that he is an unhappy, tortured man.
While attempting to defend the wealth & power of the 1%, he inadvertently gave us a glimpse of his soul, and it was NOT a happy place.

[babylonsister]

34. Damn. Thanks for the recap; I'm glad he's scared; it would be nice

if we gave him a real reason to be frightened, like treason for releasing state secrets illegally, or something more than a slap on the wrist, if he even gets that.

[Hutzpa]

39. Ain't that the truth

our system it seems reward criminals, whereas those that deserves the position never gets it.

[RoccoR5955]

32. He belongs in jail

He's a car thief, and never served his time. He belongs in the Crowbar Hotel!

[David Zephyr]

35. K&R.

Yes.

[ReallyIAmAnOptimist]

36. I don't know how this guy can even look himself in the mirror...

The actions of some of the GOP border on treason* [I know I'm not technically using this word correctly] in that their Party goals are ahead of the best interests of the country and it's citizens. What is missing from the hearts of such men? Are they simply blinded by hate? by ambition? by power/seeking power? Too many elected officials are unfit for the office they hold. I would LOVE to see Issa out of his job.

*I know this is not the technically correct use of this word!

[Hutzpa]

38. This is why I don't understand the connection with him and Bill Maher

we are quickly finding out what happens when you ask the fox to guard the hen house.