Rep. Darrell Issa

[Mr.Fitnah]

"Countrywide orchestrated a deliberate and calculated effort to use relationships with people in high places in order to manipulate public policy and further their bottom line to the detriment of the American taxpayers even at the expense of its own lending standards," said Issa.

"This subpoena will allow us to obtain the information needed to answer the outstanding public interest questions regarding the full size and scope of the VIP program," he said. "The American people have a right to know the totality of who participated in the Countrywide's VIP program and what they did in return for access to it."

New subpoena seeks records on sweetheart loans

Government employees and influential private citizens received better deals than most of the company's borrowers. Those perceived as having the most influence were designated "Friends of Angelo" - those favored by Countrywide chief executive Angelo Mozilo.

The Securities and Exchange Commission last October settled a lawsuit against Mozilo. He agreed to pay a $22.5 million penalty to settle charges that he and two other former Countrywide executives misled investors as the subprime mortgage crisis emerged.

Among those who received discounted Countrywide mortgages were former Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. Both senators have said they didn't know they were getting unique deals.

 

[editec]

Que surprise.

A corrupt corporation bribes corrupt officials to look the other way.

When it all blows up in fical disaster the taxpayers pay the frieght.

This is how our society now works.

We call it business as usual.

Thanks for pointing it out to us, though, Mr. F.

MAYBE THIS WILL HELP SOME OF US UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROBLEM ISN'T GOVERNMENT OR CAPITALISM, IT'S REALLY JUST THAT WE'VE BECOME AN UNDECLARED FASCIST STATE.

 

[Mad Scientist]

How good is Darrell Issa? The Liberals have already started their smear campaign against him:
Liberals launch anti-Issa crusade - POLITICO.com Print View

Democrats are understandably obsessed with Darrell Issa — he’s built himself up as a one-man investigative machine aimed straight at the Obama presidency.

But a handful of liberal political operatives in California — including a former Hillary Clinton hand — are taking their anti-Issa passion to a whole new level, launching a nonprofit group, a website and even paid media advertisements aimed at undermining and investigating the rabble-rousing chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

They say they’re leaving no stone unturned in digging into Issa’s personal and business history. This week, the group will reveal more than 100 pages about an investigation into a fire that burned down a building that housed his business in the early 1980s.

Has rdean started an anti-Issa thread yet?

 

[William Joyce]

He's a Republican.

Jews hate him -- they even tried to kill him.

I gotta check this guy out!

 

[MaggieMae]

"Countrywide orchestrated a deliberate and calculated effort to use relationships with people in high places in order to manipulate public policy and further their bottom line to the detriment of the American taxpayers even at the expense of its own lending standards," said Issa.

"This subpoena will allow us to obtain the information needed to answer the outstanding public interest questions regarding the full size and scope of the VIP program," he said. "The American people have a right to know the totality of who participated in the Countrywide's VIP program and what they did in return for access to it."

New subpoena seeks records on sweetheart loans

Government employees and influential private citizens received better deals than most of the company's borrowers. Those perceived as having the most influence were designated "Friends of Angelo" - those favored by Countrywide chief executive Angelo Mozilo.

The Securities and Exchange Commission last October settled a lawsuit against Mozilo. He agreed to pay a $22.5 million penalty to settle charges that he and two other former Countrywide executives misled investors as the subprime mortgage crisis emerged.

Among those who received discounted Countrywide mortgages were former Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. Both senators have said they didn't know they were getting unique deals.

What does Dodd and Conrad getting "sweetheart deals" on their private mortgages have to do with Mozilo's fraud and insider trading? Were they part of the wheeling and dealing? Uh, no. Issa's on his first witch hunt.

 

[MaggieMae]

Que surprise.

A corrupt corporation bribes corrupt officials to look the other way.


When it all blows up in fical disaster the taxpayers pay the frieght.

This is how our society now works.

We call it business as usual.

Thanks for pointing it out to us, though, Mr. F.

MAYBE THIS WILL HELP SOME OF US UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROBLEM ISN'T GOVERNMENT OR CAPITALISM, IT'S REALLY JUST THAT WE'VE BECOME AN UNDECLARED FASCIST STATE.

I hope he plans to subpoena Christopher Cox, who was the SEC chief at the time and who looked the other way even when SEC auditors were pounding on his desk to take a look at this mess, not just Countrywide's creation, but all of them.

 

[The Infidel]

How good is Darrell Issa? The Liberals have already started their smear campaign against him:
Liberals launch anti-Issa crusade - POLITICO.com Print View

Democrats are understandably obsessed with Darrell Issa — he’s built himself up as a one-man investigative machine aimed straight at the Obama presidency.

But a handful of liberal political operatives in California — including a former Hillary Clinton hand — are taking their anti-Issa passion to a whole new level, launching a nonprofit group, a website and even paid media advertisements aimed at undermining and investigating the rabble-rousing chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

They say they’re leaving no stone unturned in digging into Issa’s personal and business history. This week, the group will reveal more than 100 pages about an investigation into a fire that burned down a building that housed his business in the early 1980s.

Has rdean started an anti-Issa thread yet?

This lets me know Issa's on the right track.

 

[MaggieMae]

How good is Darrell Issa? The Liberals have already started their smear campaign against him:
Liberals launch anti-Issa crusade - POLITICO.com Print View

Democrats are understandably obsessed with Darrell Issa — he’s built himself up as a one-man investigative machine aimed straight at the Obama presidency.

But a handful of liberal political operatives in California — including a former Hillary Clinton hand — are taking their anti-Issa passion to a whole new level, launching a nonprofit group, a website and even paid media advertisements aimed at undermining and investigating the rabble-rousing chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

They say they’re leaving no stone unturned in digging into Issa’s personal and business history. This week, the group will reveal more than 100 pages about an investigation into a fire that burned down a building that housed his business in the early 1980s.

Has rdean started an anti-Issa thread yet?

Well he's got a pretty face, but not much of a stellar record as a Congressman. He's best known for leading the charge to recall Pete Wilson as governor. How he even got the oversight chairman job is my question.

 

[The Infidel]

How good is Darrell Issa? The Liberals have already started their smear campaign against him:
Liberals launch anti-Issa crusade - POLITICO.com Print View

Democrats are understandably obsessed with Darrell Issa — he’s built himself up as a one-man investigative machine aimed straight at the Obama presidency.

But a handful of liberal political operatives in California — including a former Hillary Clinton hand — are taking their anti-Issa passion to a whole new level, launching a nonprofit group, a website and even paid media advertisements aimed at undermining and investigating the rabble-rousing chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

They say they’re leaving no stone unturned in digging into Issa’s personal and business history. This week, the group will reveal more than 100 pages about an investigation into a fire that burned down a building that housed his business in the early 1980s.

Has rdean started an anti-Issa thread yet?

Well he's got a pretty face, but not much of a stellar record as a Congressman. He's best known for leading the charge to recall Pete Wilson as governor. How he even got the oversight chairman job is my question.

More evidence Issa is right on track

 

[Dot Com]

Que surprise.

A corrupt corporation bribes corrupt officials to look the other way.

When it all blows up in fical disaster the taxpayers pay the frieght.

This is how our society now works.

We call it business as usual.

Thanks for pointing it out to us, though, Mr. F.

MAYBE THIS WILL HELP SOME OF US UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROBLEM ISN'T GOVERNMENT OR CAPITALISM, IT'S REALLY JUST THAT WE'VE BECOME AN UNDECLARED FASCIST STATE.

Too bad the thread-starter didn't see this

 

[Dot Com]

Que surprise.

A corrupt corporation bribes corrupt officials to look the other way.

When it all blows up in fical disaster the taxpayers pay the frieght.

This is how our society now works.

We call it business as usual.

Thanks for pointing it out to us, though, Mr. F.

MAYBE THIS WILL HELP SOME OF US UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROBLEM ISN'T GOVERNMENT OR CAPITALISM, IT'S REALLY JUST THAT WE'VE BECOME AN UNDECLARED FASCIST STATE.

I read this entire article- 8 pages. Good stuff: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/01/24/110124fa_fact_lizza

 

[jillian]

issa's a psycho...


but keep supporting the spending of another 70 million dollars on pointless investigation.

 

[The Infidel]

issa's a psycho...


but keep supporting the spending of another 70 million dollars on pointless investigation.

Now all of a sudden money is important

 

[Dot Com]

issa's a psycho...


but keep supporting the spending of another 70 million dollars on pointless investigation.

I think he may be a whack-job and it looks like he dyes his hair as much as That AK Senate candidate dyed his beard lol

 

[whitehall]

You can count on democrats to obstruct and whine and cry out to their minions in the liberal media help them avoid a real investigation into the Fannie Mae collapse because if the true story ever comes out half the members of the democrat party will find themselves in handcuffs.

 

[MarcusHaired]

Rep. Darrell Issa will formally take charge of the House Oversight Committee in January. Issa has stated his first investigations are the stimulus bill, housing meltdown and the bank bailouts. He has openly called for investigations into Goldman Sachs, B.O.A, and the execs of now bankrupt Countrywide.

 

[Dot Com]

issa's a psycho...


but keep supporting the spending of another 70 million dollars on pointless investigation.

I think he may be a whack-job and it looks like he dyes his hair as much as That AK Senate candidate dyed his beard lol

I remember his name now, Joe Miller right?

 

[MaggieMae]

You can count on democrats to obstruct and whine and cry out to their minions in the liberal media help them avoid a real investigation into the Fannie Mae collapse because if the true story ever comes out half the members of the democrat party will find themselves in handcuffs.

Ironically, it's Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac that Issa SHOULD BE investigating, not Countrywide, which has already been "investigated" ad nauseam. But by doing so, it just shows Issa is on a witch hunt to bring down Chris Dodd who has already retired and Kent Conrad who will also be retiring and not running for reelection in 2012.

 

[William Joyce]

issa's a psycho...

I am now officially going to contribute to his campaign.