Issa defends calling Obama 'corrupt'

Issa: Obama Is Corrupt The Way A Disc Drive Gives You Bad Bits (VIDEO)
Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is now attempting to explain away comments he made about the President Barack Obama being corrupt -- by claiming that the media just doesn't understand what he was trying to say. "I think people misunderstand the meaning of the word corrupt, and obviously CNN does. Corrupt or corrupted or failure -- it's no different than a disc drive giving you some bits that are wrong," Issa said. "I've never said it was illegal. I've never said many of the st...

Defining corruption down
DEFINING Corruption DOWN.... In October, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) told Rush Limbaugh he considers President Obama "one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times." He didn't even try to defend such a claim, and looked pretty ridiculous making it. On Sunday, Issa tried again, insisting that the Obama Administration, not the president himself, is "one of the most corrupt" in years. When he tried to back this up with some vaguely-specific evidence, Issa's argument quickly crumbled -- the ...

Katie Halper: Darrell Issa's Ominous Past & Twitter Avatar: Top 10 reasons Issa is the perfect Obama watchdog
Don't let Darrell Issa's verbal ineptitude or crime-ridden past fool you: The last person Obama wants investigating him is the cunning California congressman who is the incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. When Issa called Obama "one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times" he was speaking from experience and with authority. Issa's background in auto theft and the auto alarm business, makes him a dangerous double threat, a cop AND robber, whose crime...

Darrell Issa: CNN Doesn't Understand Meaning of Corrupt
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Cali.) said Wednesday that CNN doesn't understand the meaning of the word "corrupt." John King, HOST: If you want to understand how the Republican takeover of the House will change Washington, one place to watch closely is the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Its new chairman is California Republican Darrell Issa. And even before he got his gavel today, Chairman Issa was promising to use his Subpoena power to investigate Obama Administration ...

Rep. Darrell Issa: CNN Doesnt Understand The Meaning Of The Word Corrupt
Newly-appointed Chairman of the Reform and Oversight Committee Darrell Issa has been causing commotion about using his Subpoena power to investigate Corruption in the White House, calling the Obama Administration “one of the most corrupt administrations in history” and promising a deluge of investigations. Challenged on the use of the word “corruption” by CNN’s John King , the Congressman went after the entire network and, namely, their understanding of the word. Ki...

Energy groups abound on Issa's Obama reg list
The Hill has obtained a full list of the companies and groups Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) reached out to in mid-December in order to identify the most onerous Obama Administration regulations. The list includes a wide range of groups, but many of them have ties to Energy Policy. These include: the Edison Electric Institute, the American Petroleum Institute, Duke Energy, ExxonMobil, the American Chemistry Council, the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Mining Association, the ...

New on YouTube: Oversight and government reform
Got some spare time on your hands? Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) announced Wednesday that every hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee dating back to 2009 would be made available on YouTube — in broadcast-quality, no less.  In a YouTube video of his own, Issa, the incoming chairman of the Oversight Panel, said the move was a logical step to increase government transparency, a vow House Republicans made in their Pledge to America. “My mission is to shape a government

Issa says congress is at fault for TARP misuse
Congress is to blame for misuse of TARP funds the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government reform said Wednesday. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the new chairman of the Oversight Committee, said in an interview with CNN today that the 111th Congress had misused the nearly $1 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program funds implemented under the Bush Administration. "Well, in the last Congress, we saw that this last Congress and the Congress before, handed out huge amounts o...

Darrell Issa destroys John King CNN Doesnt Understand The Meaning Of The Word Corrupt
Darrell Issa destroys John King “CNN Doesn’t Understand The Meaning Of The Word ‘Corrupt’” We’ll see if Darrell Issa turns out to be as big of a pain in the rump to corrupt progressive Liberal Democrats and the Obama regime as he has been talking about being. I’m taking a wait and see attitude. That being said the now Chairman of the Reform and Oversight Committee Darrell Issa isn’t about to take any BS from the progressive liberal hacks in the lame stream m

Issa Redefines "Corrupt"
In an interview on CNN, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) defended comments he had previously made that President Obama is "one of the most corrupt presidents of modern times" by offering an alternate definition of "corrupt." Said Issa: "I think people misunderstand the meaning of the word corrupt, and obviously, CNN does. 'Corrupt', or 'corrupted' or 'failure', it's no different than a disc drive that's given you some bits that are wrong." ...

Rep. Darrell Issa Doesnt Back Off Obama Administration Criticism On Hannity
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is about to be the chairman of the House’s Oversight and Government Reform Committee, a role he promises to assume with gusto. This, of course, excites political allies because his position allows him to take aim at the Obama Administration, which he’s on record as saying is one of the most corrupt the nation has ever had. Issa appeared on Hannity last night to discuss his new role, and he doesn’t lack confidence heading in. Issa began by calling this a...

Jim Worth: A House Derided
Will the coming change in the House of Representatives be productive? In the 110th and 111th Congresses, the Democratic Majority was accused of socialism, out of control spending, manipulation, and derision by a bitter and vitriolic Republican minority. A minority with a memory Deficit. Attacks have been unfairly levied at Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, and other high ranking Democrats in the House for a multitude of positions and actions they took as the majority party. Many of the actio...

Reports: Daley to be chief of staff
Published: Jan. 6, 2011 at 12:16 PM Former Commerce Secretary William Daley will become U.S. President Obama's new Chief of Staff, two White House officials said Thursday. rw/bb/Bruce Brewer. UPI Wm. Daley in line for White House job? WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Former Commerce Secretary William Daley will become U.S. President Obama's new Chief of Staff, two White House officials said Thursday. CNN reported it confirmed the appointment of the former Clinton Cabinet member with two senior a...

Cantor: Repeal push is still on
A top House Republican said Thursday that the GOP is going full speed ahead to Repeal President Obama’s Health Care reform to “send a signal” to the American People, even though Senate Democrats have the votes to thwart any rollback. Speaking on several morning TV shows, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said he is determined to keep Repeal of the law in the national spotlight and hold a House vote on the measure next week, particularly as new evidence shows health ca...

GOP Disc Failure! Rep. Issa's "Corrupted" Memory
Back in October, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the new chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told Rush Limbaugh that President Obama is "one of the most corrupt presidents of modern times." In the past few months, though, Issa has dialed down his Rhetoric and repeatedly pledged to use his Subpoena power judiciously. On CNN last night, Issa said that "Congress is more to blame" than Obama for the "misuse" of federal money, but defended his past characterization of the White House. Relying on a ...

WaPo columnist compares Darrell Issa to Joe McCarthy
Stumble This! A longtime columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post suggested the new House Oversight chairman might follow in the footsteps of one of US history's most notorious demagogues. David Ignatius on Wednesday warned Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and his Republican colleagues not to get too comfortable with their new Subpoena powers, writing on the Washington Post's "PostPartisan" blog that it would tempt them to pursue "witch-hunts." In the post -- titled "Is Darrell Issa the ne...

Issa maintains CES streak with Vegas trip
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has attended every Consumer Electronics Show since 1982, and this year is no different.  Issa (R-Calif.) joins a fleet of other Washington officials, including the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, in heading to a major technology show in Las Vegas.  For Issa, the incoming House Oversight chairman, the show is a chance to return to his roots in the technology sector.  Before serving in Congress

Is Darrell Issa the new Joe McCarthy?
Michele Bachmann for president. Seriously?! To the victors in the congressional Elections goes the power of Subpoena, as Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has been so eager to remind the Democrats. But as the new Congress is seated, Issa and his GOP colleagues should note the difference between investigation and witch-hunt. Too often in our political history, the former has turned into the latter. It was scary, frankly, to hear Issa describe the Executive Branch under President Obama as "one of the ...

Cummings: We'll Stop Any Issa 'Witchhunts' (VIDEO)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) -- the man Democrats chose to go toe-to-toe with incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) -- is making the rounds on Cable News and showing off the aggressive style that helped him win the spot. Cummings said that he expects to see the tougher version of Issa -- in other words, not the Issa who walked back his harshest statements and said he wanted to work with the administration -- and said his staff is ready for an "avalanche of Subpoenas comin...

NYT editorial: The Corporate House
John Boehner, the new speaker, promised the incoming House members of the 112th Congress on Wednesday to “give the government back to the American People.” But away from the camera, the chamber’s new Republican leadership is busy doing the opposite. Darrell Issa of California, the new chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has sent out letters to 150 businesses and trade groups, asking them for suggestions on loosening what he called “job-killing”

David Ignatius Confuses Joe McCarthy and Dan Burton
David Ignatius got it wrong, IMO, when he asked whether Darrell Issa is going to be the next Joe McCarthy. When you see the righteous gleam in Issa’s eye, recall other zealous congressional investigators who claimed to be doing the public’s business but ended up pursuing vendettas. I think of Robert F. Kennedy’s ruthless pursuit of labor “racketeering” when he was chief counsel of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. And, more chilling, I think of ...

The Morning Fix: Cable tries to fight back. Rep. Darrell Issa is listening. Hollywood learns patience.
After the coffee. Before driving out to Pasadena to hear from Ms. OWN herself! The Skinny: I have nothing against Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar making Baseball's Hall of Fame, but why do the writers continue to snub Detroit Tigers stars Jack Morris and Alan Trammell? Lots of articles tied to the Consumer Electronics Show as everyone struggles to find a theme to this year's convention. Fighting back. For an industry that says it isn't worried about people cutting the cord to the...

Bill Daley: center of attention
If you want to get to know the background of former Commerce Secretary William Daley -- President Obama's incoming Chief of Staff -- read Howard Fineman's profile of him just up on the Huffington Post. But if you want to understand Daley's inner core, read the prescient op-ed he penned for The Post that ran on Dec. 24, 2009. Upon reading it you'll agree with Fineman's assessment that while Daley is an "ancestral Democrat" he is not "an ideologue of the left or right." The question is whether the...

Rep. Darrell Issa: CNN 'Doesnt Understand The Meaning Of The Word Corrupt'
Rep. Darrell Issa: CNN 'Doesn’t Understand The Meaning Of The Word ‘Corrupt’' Newly-appointed Chairman of the Reform and Oversight Committee Darrell Issa has been causing commotion about using his Subpoena power to investigate Corruption in the White House, calling the Obama Administration "one of the most corrupt administrations in history" and promising a deluge of investigations. Challenged on the use of the word "corruption" by CNN's John King, the Congressman went after th...

A multi-tasking Issa lies and redefines 'corrupt' on CNN
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the newly-minted Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was on CNN earlier today, redefining the word "corrupt" while lying about his past statements about the Obama White House: John King: But you have called them corrupt, sir. You just twice used the word "misused." That's a judgement on your part and you will have Subpoena power, you can have hearings, you can call up the witnesses and we will see what the evidence shows in the weeks and ...