Congressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the Government Oversight and Reform Committee likes to have his way. Who doesn't? But most of us learn while we're still li'l kiddos, that we can't always get what we want. It's a maxim that applies to nearly all of us who happen not to be named Darrell Issa.
From time to time, the Good Chairman likes to resurrect the IRS non-scandal; an agency administrator named Lois Lerner was accused of flagging Tea Party groups for special scrutiny. But such charges were proven baseless when it became evident that organizations spanning the political spectrum were probed with the same degree of intensity.
Once it became apparent that Ms. Lerner wasn't going to co-operate with the ongoing charade, Mr. Issa ground the proceedings to a screeching halt. When Congressman Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the committee, questioned this unprecedented action, the chairman ordered that his mike be shut off. Darrell Issa's glorious tantrum has been captured on video for all the world to see: preserved in visual amber! Here it is: Chairman Issa, Parliamentarian Extrordinaire!
Get a load of Mr. Issa's body language. Check out that scowl! The contempt he has for his congressional colleague is evident. He later apologized to Mr. Cummings who, being the gentleman that he is, graciously accepted. What else could he do?
But the chairman's Joe-McCarthy-like antics are starting to grow a tad overripe. House Speaker John Boehner (a.k.a., His Orangeness) has rejected requests to have him censured. Still, even some of his Republican buddies think it's time for him to cool his jets.
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