Wed Nov 13, 2013, 09:06 PM
TomCADem (6,729 posts)
Tech pros hit Issa for taking Park away from HealthCare.gov
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN) - A group of technology experts has a message for Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican Oversight Committee chairman who last week disregarded the White House’s insistence that U.S. technology chief Todd Park is too busy to testify about his efforts to repair HealthCare.gov.
“Let Todd Work,†the group proclaims on a website launched after Issa issued a subpoena for Park to appear before his panel on Wednesday.
“Now, instead of continuing to fix HealthCare.gov (a mess he did not make), Mr. Park has to spend his hours preparing for his testimony,†declares the website on its homepage, before listing some of Park’s accomplishments.
“Mr. Park is a fantastic civil servant, who cares about making government more effective and accountable, just like Mr. Issa,†the group writes. “We hope that they can work together on solving the policies that enabled HealthCare.gov to fail in the first place. No matter what side of the aisle you sit on, Todd is one of the good guys. Let him do his job.â€
Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/10/tech-pros-hit-issa-for-taking-park-away-from-healthcare-gov/
Of course, Issa is not interested in trying to figure out what is going on. Rather, he is busy playing gotcha by asking witnesses about documents that they have never seen, then leaking edited transcripts to advance his right wing talking points. Issa is the poster boy for what is wrong with the Republican party and Congress.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014647570Tech pros, right. Technology experts, my ass. Obvious, transparent partisan democrat evasion. Park is accountable to the people of the United States and if he doesn't like it he should resign as Chief Technology Officer and go to work for OFA. Park thinks that he's too busy to testify in front of congress. Tough shit, Toddy.
Let Todd Work…laughably lame.
http://lettoddwork.orgLame as hell but there is something familiar about it.
I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewinsky_scandalThe lame excuse didn't work for Tricky Slick and it's not going to work for Todd Park either.
Response to TomCADem (Original post)Wed Nov 13, 2013, 10:17 PM
Dawson Leery (9,782 posts)
5. Keeping the programmers away from work is certainly going to
delay the November 30th deadline.
Look on the bright side, you have the makings of an excuse there.
Response to TomCADem (Original post)Wed Nov 13, 2013, 11:19 PM
DeSwiss (19,788 posts)
9. I've got TWO WORDS.....
...for your chump-ass, Mr. Issa. Which should be used to thwart this openly asinine and ham-handed attempt to further damage this BS Republican healthcare plan:
Executive Privilege
In the United States government, executive privilege is the power claimed by the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch to resist certain subpoenas and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government. The concept of executive privilege is not mentioned explicitly in the United States Constitution, but the Supreme Court of the United States ruled it to be an element of the separation of powers doctrine, and/or derived from the supremacy of executive branch in its own area of Constitutional activity. link
- Now all we need is someone with the balls (testes or ovaries accepted) to use it.
K&R
Barry can't hardly claim executive privilege since he
promised us that he would have the most transparent administration ever back in 2008.
Response to TomCADem (Original post)Fri Nov 15, 2013, 01:51 AM
SoapBox (6,499 posts)
16. Issa should be arrested and hauled away in chains
as a Traitor and Terrorist.
The democrat party's socialist scheme blueprint for success.
