The Democrats Worst Nightmare if the GOP Takes Over the House? Investi

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July 12, 2010

The Democrats Worst Nightmare if the GOP Takes Over the House? Investigations

Ed Lasky

If the Democrats lose the House, they may very well lose not just that sword but also the shield that has prevented inquiring Congressmen from investigating the shenanigans of the Obama administration and its minions in Congress.

From the Washington Post:

If there's one congressional aide White House officials might wind up fearing most, it's Larry Brady.

He's all but unknown, but Brady is the secret weapon for Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). As minority staff director of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Brady stands ready to wield almighty subpoena power if Republicans seize control of the chamber in November and make Issa chairman of the panel.

Handing subpoena power to Issa and his staff would be the White House's "worst nightmare," says Don Goldberg, a crisis-management expert at Qorvis Communications.

As head of the GOP staff on the oversight panel, Brady has been at the forefront of exposing controversies that, if nothing else, have caused political headaches for the Obama administration. They include allegations that the White House tried to bribe Democratic challengers in this year's Pennsylvania and Colorado Senate races to drop out. Issa also released a report that he said documented ACORN's aggressive political support for Democratic candidates. The report helped make the community organizing group a hot-button political issue and a target for conservative activists. Later, Congress cut off federal funding to the organization.

Further areas to explore would include at least two Cabinet officials and their conduct, according to Brady. One of these would be Attorney General Eric Holder (Brady is coy regarding the other name on his list but alludes to Treasury Secretary Geithner as being a potential "target") who has been stonewalling efforts to get to the bottom of a range of scandals: the New Black Panther Party voter rights case, ACORN, job offers to Democrats to drop election contests (Andrew Romanoff in Colorado and Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania).

Since the media has either chosen to ignore these issues or has whitewashed them, and since Holder and fellow Democrats have either been complicit in the controversies or played a role in smothering any sort of investigations, it is high time for Republicans to finally try to ferret out the truth - and that may very well be a fringe benefit should the GOP take back the House.

Who would ultimately pay the price - finally - for acts that have offended so many Americans.

Barack Obama-so we can expect a range of actions (fair and foul) designed to swing the election to Democrats

November (and then January when a new Congress is in place) cannot happen fast enough.

[karl]

To the victor go the spoils, and there are some significant spoils in DC.

[Woody]

I'm lookin' forward to this election. :)

[phkrause]

Unfortunately I'm not Woody. All we will be doing is replace corrupt politicians with other corrupt politicians. But I do think that its always a good thing when one party doesn't have a monopoly, even though the monopoly really hasn't helped anyone.

[Woody]

Quote:

Unfortunately I'm not Woody.

Yes pk. I realize that you are pk and not Woody. It IS unfortunate. Many DO wish they were me. It's quite natural ... don't feel too bad.

[phkrause]

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Unfortunately I'm not Woody.

Yes pk. I realize that you are pk and not Woody. It IS unfortunate. Many DO wish they were me. It's quite natural ... don't feel too bad.

I don't :)

[Guest]

What's goin on here?

[Guest]

But I do think that its always a good thing when one party doesn't have a monopoly, even though the monopoly really hasn't helped anyone.

That would be an impossibility. Anytime you put the word "helped" in the same sentence with "democrat monopoly" it's an oxymoron. A misnomer. The wrong word. Etc.

[phkrause]

What's goin on here?

I wish I knew. :)

[phkrause]

That would be an impossibility. Anytime you put the word "helped" in the same sentence with "democrat monopoly" it's an oxymoron. A misnomer. The wrong word. Etc.

Not sure what your getting at?

But I'll put it another way. It doesn't matter if the WH is democrat and so is the House and the Senate, or if the WH is republican and so is the House and Senate. There really is no difference they are all the same.

[Woody]

I do have hope that when the Republicans are re-elected ... that our country will start heading in the right direction.

[phkrause]

I do have hope that when the Republicans are re-elected ... that our country will start heading in the right direction.

And that would be good Woody, but its not going to happen. :(

[bonnie]

Originally Posted By: Richard Holbrook

That would be an impossibility. Anytime you put the word "helped" in the same sentence with "democrat monopoly" it's an oxymoron. A misnomer. The wrong word. Etc.

Not sure what your getting at?

But I'll put it another way. It doesn't matter if the WH is democrat and so is the House and the Senate, or if the WH is republican and so is the House and Senate. There really is no difference they are all the same.

There has not been much new under the sun. While the republicans have disappointed many of us the past few years. Obama has a whole new game plan to the white house.

While it is impossible to say if there have been communist appointees to positions of power in any administration this is the first it has been blatant and in your face. I think a man that regrets not setting off more bombs is not in some teaching position. A supposed safe school czar had close ties to NAMBLA, a totally disgusting group that presents a very real danger to young boys.That is only the tip of the appointees.Obama taking over businesses,Obama seems dedicated to demonizing businesses.He is in a head long rush to keep taking this economy into the tank. He shows the very same racism he accuses others of.

Spend a little time in going thru the remarks about the guy now to head medicare and medicaid. Doesn't give you the warm fuzzies if you happen to be on medicare.

Regardless of any mistakes,outright selfish intent or any other reason things that were wrong was done,it is not to productive to say,"well so and so did it"

We will face much worse than Obama has brought us so far.But to dismiss what is becoming more and more obvious to most and not only condone but idolize the man doing so as some do doesn't sound like what we should be doing