House GOP (Issa) May Investigate Bush

[jefferson_dem]

House GOP May Investigate Bush

The Republican takeover of the House of Representatives may not just be bad news for President Barack Obama. The attention-grabbing next chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, California Rep. Darrell Issa, said Wednesday that he will investigate George W. Bush. "I'm going to be investigating a president of my own party, because many of the issues we're working on began President Bush or even before, and haven't been solved," Issa said. In particular, the GOP will look at what happened at the former Mineral Management Service under Dubya, after reports of corruption. Investigation of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will also bring the 43rd president back into the spotlight. Bush is in the news once again with a memoir slated for release next week.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/house-gop-may-investigate-bush/friendly-fire/

[babylonsister]

1. I'll believe that when I see it. nt

[rurallib]

7. exactly the first thought I had

Issa would never buck the party.

[flpoljunkie]

2. Despite what Issa is saying now, I would not hold my breath.

He will be stopped by the leadership in his own party, I expect.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. corruption in the "Mineral Management Service"

That's ALL he thinks is worth investigating about Bushco?!

:wtf:

That's almost like Susan Collins' committee spending most of their time when she was in charge investigating Diploma Mills instead of the real corruption that was running rampant during the Iraq occupation/*reconstruction*

:eyes:

[pokercat999]

4. No mention of war crimes of course. Bull crap he will

whitewash the GOP and Bush Admin part of everything and lead directly into the Dem congress and Obama's part. It's all just sweet smelling bullshit.

[Epiphany4z]

5. hmmm

because many of the issues we're working on began President Bush or even before,...........translation...we will find a way to blame it all on Clinton....

[Turbineguy]

6. He'll investigate thoroughly

and somehow, find nothing.

[tanyev]

12. Nothing before Jan. 20, 2009 anyway.

[COLGATE4]

8. Don't hold your breath for this to happen. Issa just wants to make

a little window dressing about being non-partisan first before he begins to tar and feather Obama.

[rasputin1952]

9. Issa is a sleazebag and this is a set up...

nothing will come of it, but it offers him, (in his twisted mind), and opportunity to then move on and push for investigations in the Obama Admin. It's the old, I'm being fair about all of this, I went after bush first" saw.

Issa is one of the sleaziest human beings alive, absolutely everything he does is pre-planned to harm a D in some way, shape or from. Where was all of this talk about investigating bush while the clown was in the WH when it might have done some good? It's a set up, and a transparent one at that. Issa is a pig.

[Atman]

10. It's a BS distraction to make himself sound reasonable.

If he does any "investigation" of Bush, he'll quickly find him innocent of any wrongdoing and then call big, expensive hearings into Obama's birth certificate, religion, fund raising, shlong size -- anything he can think of that will tie up Obama's hands.

[Cosmocat]

11. Congressional investigations by Rs until 2006 - 0

SO ... these jackwagons did ZERO investigations on Bush in the 6 of the 8 Bush years they had the gavel, they also screamed bloody murder with the MSM to make Pelosi promise to not investigate Buscho, and NOW they are going to "investigate" his administration?

AND, with these clowns having run on saying that the dems needed to be booted for not focusing on the jobs and economy NOW, are going to burn time investigating an admin out of office 2 years ...

I am SURE the MSM will ask him to explain these disconnects ...

Just BS to give himself cover to go after every piece of garbage he can in going after BO ...

[truebrit71]

13. Yeah right...just as soon as monkeys fly out of my ass...

...nobody buys that bullshit...he will be gunning for the Obama WH 24/7...(you know like WE should have done when the admitted war criminal was still in office)..

[FrenchieCat]

14. Investigating with the goal of vindicating.

Smart move on Issa's part.

Considering that the entire media apparatus of the United States is supportive
of Republicans, they should be able to spin this to GOP/Bush advantage,
as usual.

[CakeGrrl]

15. Yeah right. Probably using that as cover to go after Obama.

[SunsetDreams]

16. Sure, they will do anything to create another Reagun Dynamic with voters.