There is one thing that is abundantly clear about President Obama. He does not like to be challenged on anything he is doing. If he sets a policy, he expects to have the final word. Thus, you can imagine how he feels about Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) and his chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee. From the time Issa took over the position when the Republicans won the House of Representatives in 2010, he has been focused on asking some very pointed questions of the Obama administration. He has been aided by none other than the Obama administration itself. Given the fact that they have provided Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the IRS, the seizure of the AP phone records, and now the disaster known as ObamaCare and its failed website, there has been plenty of fodder for Issa's oversight cannons.Remember how Paul Ryan challenged President Obama on the health care law that would become ObamaCare? The President was doing what he does best, holding summits and pontificating on how great and wondrous the law as going to be. Paul Ryan showed him how his statements were false, pointedly using Obama's own numbers against him. The President responded by going into his own diatribe and ignoring everything Ryan said. Standard operating procedure for Obama. We now see the President doing much the same thing against Darrell Issa.
There is one other thing the Obama administration is known for. If it suits their purpose, they are overly fond of leaking sensitive information. Because it looked so good for their fearless leader, they released the information about the raid that killed Bin Laden. As a result, some members of Seal Team Six were killed for their part in the attack. Obama and company really didn't care about that, as long as it served their political purposes. And this isn't the first or last time they have leaked information that should have been redacted from the public. Regarding those leaks, they are now accusing Darrell Issa of the very thing they are guilty of themselves. Hmmm, that sounds like a familiar liberal tactic. Accuse your opponent of the things you are guilty of yourself.
The Hill - The long-simmering feud between the Obama administration and Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Ca.) boiled over Monday amid charges and counter-charges that each side was failing to safeguard sensitive ObamaCare information.Issa conducted a field hearing in Dallas to promote a new report criticizing the ObamaCare “navigators,” saying they had failed to adequately protect Social Security numbers and other private consumer data.If you recall, one of the most serious complaints about the ObamaCare website has been its lack of security. It has been pointed out, on more than one occasion, that the website is anything but secure. It is missing the most basic elements of Internet security and some of the information entered on the website has been released to people who had no business being privy to said information. It would almost be funny, were it not so seriously flawed.
The White House and Democrats responded with an aggressive counter-attack accusing Issa of recklessly handling sensitive material.
The White House general counsel went around Issa in a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), asking he intervene to prevent further leaks.
In addition, seven House Democrats, all of them committee heads, contributed to the administration’s effort by sending a similar letter to Boehner. All of these letters were sent to the press in one convenient package.
And these weren’t the only examples of the administration pushing back against Issa on Monday. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote an op-ed in the Dallas Morning News that ran ahead of his field hearing in Dallas over security flaws in the navigator program.
In the op-ed, Sebelius lashed out at Issa for “demonizing,” “demoralizing,” and attempting to deter the navigators.
If this were to happen to a private business, such as Amazon, eBay, or any other online market, customers would abandon the website in droves. But this is Healthcare.gov. The President believes we should trust what he says and the misinformation his administration is putting out. After the track record they have established for the last five years, I think not. Looking at the facts available to me, I believe I'll side with Darrell Issa and hope he raises enough of a stink to get to the bottom of exactly what the Obama administration is doing with the power they wield. That's why it's called Oversight.
