Darrell Issa: "Say hello to my little black cow."
Wow, the one and only Senior "Darrr-Eel Eesa" (pronouncation of "Darrell Issa" in Spanish) is making headlines again. This time, in Esquire and in reference to Issa using props to make a point about issues like Benghazi.
http://www.esquire.com/...
The following quote in video comes at the 05:00 mark:
“Bob — you know — when you get a black cow at midnight eating a licorice and they tell you you're getting a thousand pages . . . I have countless pages that look like this, and many of them — when we actually get to some of the details, clearly details have been redacted that we should have.”
How very interesting. Here's a background from guest writer in Esquire, Chris Faraone, on what Darrell Issa is talking about:
http://www.esquire.com/...
We're all accustomed to politicians and their speechwriters twisting words. From tort reform to Obamacare, Republicans are especially prone to spinning catchphrases to brand their outrage. When they click, such hyperbolic devices can go on to live in infamy. When they brick, advisors tend to back off — but not in the case of California Tea Party Congressman Darrell Issa, who insists on continuously referring to “a black cow eating licorice at midnight.”
Though this is indeed the same pol who recently caught flack for calling a 62-year-old African-American colleague “a little boy,” Issa's bovine tag line doesn't appear to be rooted in dimwitted bigotry. Rather, he deploys “black cow” to describe redacted documents that federal agencies furnish, to his great consternation, for his fishing expeditions. Don't over-think this too much; like black cows, (some) licorice, and midnight (depending on where you are and the phase of the moon), the classified pages he's complaining about are — get ready for it — entirely blacked out! As in you can't see the words!
Furthermore:
http://www.esquire.com/...
Despite nobody in history ever having compared anything to “a black cow eating licorice at midnight,” or at any other time of day, Issa seems to believe that it applies to all scenarios. He dropped the line while pummeling the administration over the Benghazi attacks, in hammering the IRS on Fox News this week, and, most brilliantly, back in 2011, in discussing Fast and Furious conspiracies on Face the Nation.
And it appears this black cow or black whatever statement seems to have come out of nowhere and seems to make no sense whatsoever in the political discourage. In fact, I have no idea why Mr. Issa continues to make statements like these:
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Still, the congressman's hallmark metaphor went unscrutinized until last month, when the he spoke at the MIT-Knight Foundation Civic Media Conference in Cambridge:
“If I were a member of congress, and a chairman of a committee, and I was here in that capacity,” he said, sure to avoid any blurring of those boundaries, “I would tell you about what I call the 'black cow eating licorice at midnight.' Under subpoena, this administration — and the one before it — will deliver members of Congress all black pieces of paper saying, 'We just redacted.' It's like, 'What did you redact underneath there!?!'”
Oh Darrell. Oh Darrell Issa. We love you man! NOT!
If you can't stand to hear more of Darrell Issa's antics, keep the San Diego County Democratic Party busy since they're the most local and active Democratic Party nearby Darrell Issa's area of residence (not to mention his local office).
Make sure you mark down this information and pass it on to others for firing up the base in California's 49th Congressional District if you want to target Issa for re-election and get voter registration drives going. If you can find someone in the CA-49 who can run against Issa in 2014, the more the merrier:
San Diego County Democratic Party Website: http://www.sddemocrats.org/
Address: 8340 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Suite 10 San Diego, CA 92111
Phone: (858) 277-3367
Fax: (858) 571-0275
E-mail: info@sddemocrats.org
Contact Form: http://www.sddemocrats.org/...
Oh and don't forget, the DCCC could use some action as well: (202) 863-1500