There's a pile of Darrell Issa clogging up the commode

[marmar]

U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) told CNN on Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson was “technically correct” when he said that President Barack Obama was not the first black president because he was “raised white.”

During an interview with Politico, Carson argued that he would be the first truly black president because he said that it was a “stretch” to claim President Obama “identifies with the experience of black of Americans.”

“He’s an ‘African’ American. He was, you know, raised white,” Carson insisted.

On CNN’s New Day, host Chris Cuomo pointed out to Issa that the Republican Party faced challenges in the presidential race because of its tone.

“Is this the kind of tactic that your party should endorse?” Cuomo wondered. “He didn’t say this in the back of a car to a friend, he said it to an open audience.” ...................(more)

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/darrell-issa-backs-carsons-theory-about-obamas-blackness-technically-he-was-raised-white/

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Issa's an Arab American and technically was raised as a car thief.

Fortunately for him no one assumes he's Muslim.

[underpants]

2. Well, not recognizing him as President didn't work

so why not try changing his race? Hell at this point what else do they have?

[Hortensis]

3. Guessing Issa's pandering to social conservatives

bothered by Obama's dignity and accomplishments and/or combating growing respect. "His white half is in charge." Or maybe he's just pleasing himself.

[Gothmog]

4. Issa has not been right yet

[lame54]

5. That's 7+ years of wasted bigotry...

he turned out to be white all along

[KamaAina]

6. Kinky Friedman's characters "take a Nixon".

They could just as easily "take an Issa".

[UTUSN]

7. The thread title itself is worth a R & K n/t