Issa Responds To Sanford; Argues Rangel Should Resign
EmailGovernor Mark Sanford’s press conference broke during my twitterview with Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of today.
Responding to my questions on what this means for his party, Issa quickly tried to turn the tables on the Democrats.
He called on the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. To give up that Chairmanship as the Ethics Committee investigates his failure to pay taxes on a home in the Dominican Republic.
Here’s the exchange:
@darrellIssa are you watching your former colleague Mark Sanford? What do you think?
17 minutes ago from web
@GStephanopoulos heck – we had the mayor of sd resign over not any official wrong-doing – but not meeting demands/obligations of the office
@darrellIssa Riveting and sad. Are you concerned in wake of Ensign story about fallout for your party?
13 minutes ago from web
@GStephanopoulos – as you can see – the gov is immediately resigning over his misconduct – will rangel, murtha and dodd do the same?
@darrellIssa Think he's just resigning RGA, not governorship. You really think Rangel, Murtha and Dodd should resign?
@GStephanopoulos i certainly think there known failures in ethics and in the case of rangel – failure to adhere to tax law he now creates…
@GStephanopoulos …stepping down from leadership were always the first calls that speaker pelosi made and now ignores
@GStephanopoulos don't you believe that one country, one congress and one standard should be the rule?
@GStephanopoulos speaking only for the House and only to full committee chairman – rangel has been clearly shown to not have observed taxlaw
@darrellIssa So to be clear: you are calling on Rangel and Murtha and Dodd to resign their Chairmanships?
@GStephanopoulos he's been making for decades – so my answer is yes. But he should only step down if there is an ongoing process by spkr
@GStephanopoulos he has the confidence of speaker and it is that confidence that has me not having confidence in the speaker
@GStephanopoulos george i know you share with me the desire at both ends of the swamp be properly drained, hopefully my subpoena request…
@GStephanopoulos …to countrywide will allow us to do that on a bipartisan basis.
@darrellIssa Thanks Congressman Talk soon
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Right on…press on darryl.
Rangel should be removed…and give up his rent controlled apts.
Posted by: J House | June 24, 2009, 11:31 pm 11:31 pm
SAY THERE Steffy, what about everyone’s favorite womanizer, Ted Kennedy, or how about Chris Dodd ? No stories here ???
Posted by: Ron | June 25, 2009, 11:54 am 11:54 am
I wonder how much dirt Issa is hiding. He’s a Repub, and by now, we all know with Repubs anything can happen. I’ll be watching for this turkey’s name to pop up in the future scandals.
Posted by: leftyintexas | June 25, 2009, 4:41 pm 4:41 pm
I don’t trust Issa as far as I can see him, and I’m a Republican.
Posted by: Jim | June 25, 2009, 9:28 pm 9:28 pm
leftyintexas: Do you recall that a Republican gave up Congress for the allegation of a suggestive emailing a page who was over 18? And, do you recall that a Democrat refused to give up Congress AFTER HAVING SEX WITH AN UNDER-AGED PAGE?
Do you recall a Republican Senator giving up his seat for alleged kissing and fondling of middle-aged employees? And, do you recall a Democrat Senator refusing to give up his seat after CAUSING THE DEATH OF A PREGNANT FORMER CAMPAIGN WORKER OF HIS BROTHER, BOBBY?
I swear, if it weren’t for DOUBLE STANDARDS, the Democrats wouldn’t have any standards at all!!!
Posted by: stgeorgeschapel | June 26, 2009, 5:05 am 5:05 am
Jim: You are merely pretending to be a Republican (it is an old trick of Democrats; to pretend to be something they are not). You see, Republicans have standards and obligations. If you were a Republican, you would know that you support ALL Republican office holders UNTIL they prove that they are not worthy (such as Sanford’s double admission for being unfaithful to his wife and for disappearing without “handing over” the state to his deputy)! The Republicans of his district elected Issa, therefore, ALL Republicans support him.
Sometimes, Libertarians call themselves Republican in order to pretend they are part of a large group instead of six grumps who meet at Denny’s for breakfast while pretending to be intelligent and well informed, and “prove it” by trashing the government for fun. Or, you might be Dem, as I said, just trying to muddy the waters. Either way, it is silly to pretend to be a Republican, if you are not; what is the point? Better to claim “independent” if you cannot commit to either side, since this is a pluralist system and only the TOP TWO count!
Posted by: stgeorgeschapel | June 26, 2009, 5:25 am 5:25 am
Yes ,they should resign go after them Issa,lord lows ABC News is not going too. Dodd,Rangel,Pelosi,Frank,Reid,Waters,Murtha and who could forget(even though they,the Democrats really want to )Roland Burris, all need to resign from Congress or face criminal charges for spending tax payers money with out reading the bills they vote on among other things.Sanford should resign even though he was right about refusing the so-called Stimulus.
Posted by: Johnny L | June 26, 2009, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm