David Shuster smacks down Rep. Darrell Issa's lies
By SilentPatriot Tuesday Feb 24, 2009 10:00am
When California Congressman Darrell Issa brings up the right-wing stimulus lie du jour -- the so-called "train to Sin City" -- David Shuster delivers a well-deserved smackdown, practically laughing at Issa for having the balls to spread that lie on his show. Good stuff. Bravo, David. Watch Issa start squirming as Shuster unloads at around 4:30.
ISSA: When we see $8 billion into a train to Sin City as part of a stimulus, we reject it.
SHUSTER: But Congressman, there's no project for a train from California to Las Vegas. You Republicans know better. It's $8 billion that's going to the Department of Transportation, and a Republican, Ray LaHood -- he was a Republican in your Congress -- he's the Transportation Secretary who gets to decide where the money is spent! It it wrong to say there is a project from L.A. to Las Vegas. It's not in the bill, Congressman.
When will people learn that this is how Republicans roll? They cherry-pick and try to exploit (or, in this case, flat-out fabricate) minor parts of a bill and run around repeating it over and over until the entire bill is defined by those few "controversial" programs. Too bad more of the DC establishment isn't like Shuster, who's always ready, willing and able to shoot them down.
Our good buddy Jon Perr chimes in with his "Top 10 Darrell Issa Hall of Shame Moments." Lots of wingnuttery in there.
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You GO David!!!
I watched it live and it was a thing of beauty. Issa is abaout as low as scumbags can get.
I watched Schuster smack down this guy and almost cheered. Like I said yesterday O'Donnell, Schuster and Matthews had smack downs to Republicans yesterday. I thought I was dreaming, Republicans being held accountable for outright lies? Miracles never cease to amaze me.
that fought to remove the whistleblower protections that would help keep abuses in check?
the insufferable susan collins, a member of the congressional oversight committee no less!
to keep companies from being too big to fail. a company should not be so big that it can take america down with it when it fails.
I wish more discussion of this subject will come out of the Administration.
Seems though, that our country has gone through this before.
Evidently, we're a nation of knuckleheads to have let it happen again.
environmentally feasible a high-speed train to Vegas would be, but as someone who has made that nightmare drive before, I could think of worse things to consider.
If Shuster hadn't stopped Issa, he would have just continued lying. If this guy's wife has any sense she shouldn't believe anything this creep says until it is proven to be true.
First of all, in the past few weeks, there have been several instances where Shuster pointed out the GOP fabrications and lies to their faces. We need more reporters like Shuster who will do this.
Secondly, for the most part Issa sounded sane. I have listened to him previously when I thought the next step for him was straight jacket. Is Issa mellowing out, or is he aware that Shuster will call him out on any GOP crazyness? I hoping it's the latter, and that the GOPers are finally getting the message that the MSM will call out their lies to their face on national television.
*APPLAUSE* *APPLAUSE*
Unfortunately, whenever I hear the name Darrell Issa being introduced as the next guest, I reflexively shut my TV off. Darn! Next time, maybe I'll wait a bit before I hit the off button.
I'm so glad you've posted this clip so those of us who missed it can relish every moment. I've been more and more impressed with Shuster of late, since he seems to be one of the rare breed on MSNBC (Olbermann & Maddow being the other exceptions)who really seems to understand what the Republicans are trying to do. (I just wish Matthews would wake up, too.)
Thank you David Shuster for shooting Issa down. It certainly was a thing of beauty!
Where did he get the idea of this high speed train? They have been talking about adding that service for years. And other States want money for high speed trains. As David points out, it is up to the State how they spend that money.
Even the AP smacks down this guy:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/A...
What a fun train ride that would be! I've traveled that road many times, and a train would be so awesome! :)
And Thank You David Shuster for correcting the ill advised and clueless lying Congressman
Since I left SoCal a few years ago, I haven't really followed the discussion, but if ever there were a regular route that sees a high volume of one-way traffic, it's SoCal to Vegas on Friday afternoons.
I coming back on Sunday afternoon when everyone is hung over and freshly broke.
When in your world nothing is ever your fault, then occasionally it becomes necessary to just make shit up.
God, you almost have to respect Republicans. I don't think lying has ever been so polished. It's an art from.
Yeah, it’s ingrained at this point.
Then again, are they the best?
Is Axe Deodorant really going to have beautiful virgins raping me in the subway?
The ease that the GOP lies with...is partly because they may actually BELIEVE their own BS...
As for the Axe deodorant and rape by beautiful virgins in the subway thing...I say...we need more testing...ya never know...law of averages and all that.
I would volunteer...but I don't live anywhere near a subway.
It would be hard to do a double-blind test though. I think I would know if I were in the placebo group.
You and your sciencey science stuff! };)>
Maybe, it might actually be hard to tell if one is in fact, in the placebo group, if one never has much luck getting raped by beautiful virgins on the subway whilst wearing any sort of body spray..
LOL
I would know (single tear running down my cheek for effect), i would know...
..is not funny.
Let's just say that being in a subway and encircled by a bevy of young ladies who are strongly attracted to you is not a bad thing.
But RAPE is!
What you say IS in fact correct...
But when referring to a group of women "raping" a man, it's not usually pictured as a bad thing..unless there's *gulps* strap-ons involved, lol!
But, might I suggest we stick to the topic on hand...as I'm probably STILL on thin ice with the SM...
Almost sounded like he said "we won't tolerate race" it's the old line of waste, fraud, and abuse, but to me it sounded like he flubbed the waste into "race"
David did a great job - too bad he is the only one doing it. He should have called him out in the beginning when asked about fiscal responsibility and Issa said "we're glad the President is joining the Republican Party" David should have knocked that one out of the park......how long are Republicans going to get away with branding themselves the fiscal conservatives?
..Issa HAD to know that David has sort of a "progressive bias" and had the nerve to think he was going to be able to put the "train to Sin City" over on him; what a dope!
The pick and choose mindset strikes again! I'll bet I know how he voted on 8...
The juevos to appear on KO or RM's shows...Schuster is the only who CAN call them on their BS.
As someone who regularly has to listen to this bozo, I apologize for anything Issa says. Someday the good people of San Diego will rise up and throw this dimwit into the bay. Hopefully Duncan Hunter will go with him.
boxers and let him see if he can find his way home.
The GOP riding into nowhere on the train to nowhere crossing the bridge to nowwhere.
Lying is in their DNA. It's all they know how to do.
Lie. Spin. Repeat.
Good thing we have the intertubes so we can check those facts.
Mr. Issa is also my representative. I also apologize on behalf of San Diego county.
They have the wrong David moderating Meet The Press-it should be this David.
I thought Republicans LIKED Las Vegas. They certainly get elected in Nevada often enough. Why would they object to a train to Vegas?
Maybe 'cause it originates in CA (damn nexus of librulness). Perhaps if it just went round-n-round the strip, that would ok.
Seems like an opportunist to me. Olberman lite, a copycat of the fiery liberal flavor de jeur. I see him turning around and biting back at his first chance to bump up his pay grade.
Prove me wrong, Shuster.
He has called out Dems on their BS before too...I think he's the real deal.
Even though I'm fairly liberal minded, I don't want ANY politician or pundit to get a free pass because I may agree with alot of their positions.
Accountability is what we need...not a liberal version of BOR or Limbaugh.
you have seen Shuster only once?
Probably on this thread.
i just get tired and frustrated having
to listen to these continued fucking lies
that the gop spews daily. there will come
a time when this frustration with the gop
lying will catch up and just maybe it
will be in 2010.
Even if the train to Sin City was in the package,so what?Building tracks that go to ANY resort city has yo be a win-win proposition for everybody!Just think if this big country was connected ,by rail, with super fast, comfortable,clean trains,I would love to get on a train in Battle creek and take it to,I don't know,anywhere and at the same time actually seeing the scenic beauty that this great country of ours has to offer! I'd never get on a plane again!The bottom line is this, Blow boy Issa, fuck you and the train you rode in on!ALL ABOARD!!!P.S. I forgot to mention how many men and women would be employed to build and maintain this type of venture!
I love the train idea…..
The train is much kinder to the environment and takes you effortlessly to the heart of the world's finest cities without having to battle through commuter traffic and polluted air.
With gas prices being what they are, airlines raising prices and having financial troubles, and climate change at its worst, it’s time to look at this energy efficient alternative.
If we use solely alternative power source such as, solar, wind and hydrogen fuel cell technology, this would make it even more appealing. Visionaries required…
I think it is about time the US get a large public transportation system. Let's get off the dependency of oil. Europe is decades ahead of us. We are in the 21st century right?
And why don't we do this in the U.S???
How could we go wrong with trains? What a stress reliever!
I have been on trains in France, Italy, Germany, ... They are normally
clean, comfortable, on time (except perhaps in southern Italy)
The coolest one I was on was in Europe -the European Rail, one of the most interesting journeys in the world. It was on the London to Paris via Eurostar…..ahh good times
I've always wanted to do the Orient Express-
“tickets please”
Watch the worm wiggle.CEO
What a bunch of crap...Las Vegas has been saying that their revenue is falling off hardcore and i have to be honest. Im genuinely surprised that there ISNT a train that goes from LA to LV. Unlike the 'Bridge to Nowhere' the 'Train to Sin City' (GOPs luuuuuv their rhetoric) will actually CARRY lots of people...with money...to Vegas...to spend it.
The train to LV is not a boondoggle...it sounds more like a boon.
I think that every train heading west MUST go to Vegas...like a hub or something...
of this whole "debate" is that LA - LV is a route ideally suited for a high-speed rail train. there would be massive demand for it, it wouldn't trample over much in the way of developed areas, it would make $$. Issa is a straight up idiot.
They used to be able to say simple things like "terrorists are bad" and they could jam anything through.... now, these guys sound like boring, incoherent rambling... this is not their comfort zone..
Mickey, Minnie, and Nancy Pelosi Mouse from Disneyland to Vegas?
Kudos to Shuster, who actually knows something about the topics he discusses, and who does fight back. He and Rachel Maddow at MSNBC do seem to know what they're talking about. Chris Mathews seems to have multiple personalities, at least one of whom is crazy, and Keith Olbermann often seems to be grandstanding with knowledge his staff compiled for him. David Gregory, another in the NBC / MSNBC stable, seems to know nothing. The questions he asks are phrased by the GOP, and he credulously accepts whatever the Repubs tell him as if it were carved on a stone and carried down a mountain.
The remark about KO...
He's a former sportscaster...and that usually means he's doing TONS of research on whatever story he would be covering at the time...the last thing a sportsnewsguy wants, is to be caught flatfooted, without stats, and or history of any given player, team or game.
I think that, while KO of course has staff to do stuff for him, I bet he loves sinkin his teeth into research on any given topic that he will address on his show.
KO brings the same professionalism to Countdown as he did to the various news organizations when was reporting on sports.
I don't know much about Issa but when he opened up with that used car salesman smile... man - the Douchebag Radar went off the scale. Tsk tsk.
Starting with gingrich in the 90's, ANY member of the GOP who says "democrat party" outs themselves as someone who has no respect for the other side of the aisle. and further, anything they say after that can be dismissed.
I wish everyone conducting interviews was this well-informed.
And, by the way, a train to Vegas is a much better idea than some of the other trains they're discussing building. Kentucky? Ohio?
There are 2 million people in Vegas. There are 22 million people in Southern California.
Is Issa saying it makes more sense to build trains to places where there are no people and no one vacations?
And the evocation of some sort of evil by using "Sin City" is just the worst kind of propaganda. EVERYBODY goes to Vegas. Why demonize a city that is one of the biggest holiday destinations in the world?
I started liking this guy the day he smacked Joe Scar -'borrow'in the general election and showed some journalistic integrity. You go David!! Keep up the great job!
"There's a time to re-rationalize our work force" Sen. Issa
Does anyone know what that means in English? I've taught the subject for the past 15 years, and I am honestly clueless.
Shuster can feel free to spank Issa or any other lying sack of crap Republican on the air anytime. That was damned entertaining.
I am happy whenever anyone in the media calls any politician out on their BS and lies.
I am very upset that the media doesn't correct these creeps when they use the term "democrat party" instead of democratic party. In the future, when they do that, I would think it fair to call the republican party the fascist party. They make me so damned sick with their insubordinate, demeaning, intentional misuse of language.
I'd also like to congratulate Bitter Bud Hussein on the phrase "Douchebag Radar".
Issa indeed does set that alarm bell a-ringing.
George Carlin would say that Issa is the kind of dude who you take one look at and realize within about 4 seconds is "completely full of sh*t."
Side Note: Today Glenn Beck actually tried to reference Carlin in one of his psychotic anti-environmentalist rants (as if Carlin would EVER be on his side), and I fully expect to see George rise from the grave and beat the living snot out of that rightwing tool with his femur bone any time now.
Beck was talking to another nitwit, Jonah Goldberg, who claimed Obama was somehow going to force America to run their cars on "unicorn poop".
Seriously.
They've really lost it on the right wing. I mean, they were hanging on by a thread anyways, but this last election has pushed these loons completely off the beam.
are aliens. And that's how they roll.
If you give a Republican the truth with the evidence to back it up, they'll put their fingers in their ears and yell "LALALALALALALA!"
The Party of Irrelevance.
Shuster has really been very good. He calls these people out all the time. He even calls out the Democrats. They need to repeat his program at 9:00 PM Pacific. Right now that is the 3rd showing of Hardball and frankly Tweety on 3 times a day is a little much... for me. It would be really good to shoehorn Shuster in there. Shuster is right in there with Olbermann and Maddow.
But I think they need Shuster at 7 or 8, then KO, Maddow, and for crying out loud, they need to bring back Abrams!
So help me gawd!
I may write a sternly worded email to MSNBC!
Oh, didn't Issa look like a dear in the headlights when Shuster was finished with him?
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