Discussion for article #230431
Can a private citizen be compelled to testify before congress? Can Gruber ignore the request without being sent to prison by Issa? Maybe Gruber deserves this?
Isnāt Issa out of the picture when the new Congress convenes in January?
Weapons of mass distraction.
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Mr. Gruber, on September 11, 2012, were you in Libya?
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Of course he can be compelled. Congress can issue subpoenas and a court can enforce them. I wouldnāt advise him to resist. Just show up, take his lumps, prepare testimony that makes them look foolish, stand up for himself and refuse to be bullied during the hearing, call out their falsehoods when GOPers/Teatrolls try to use their allotted question time as their own means of ātestifyingā with lengthy diatribes designed to pack the congressional record, and then call it a day with a glass of Knob Creek and a spliff.
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Way to go Prof Gruber!
You are now officially āin-the-systemā.
One off-hand remark and your life will now be a living Ā® hell.
797 mentions of Jonathan Gruber on Fox last week.
Gruberās 15-minutes of notoriety played and replayed like a RWNJ remake of Groundhog Day.
jw1
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No. Heāll still be chairman of that committee in the next Congress.
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I would send back an equally official-looking notice advising Mr. Issa that Gruber will be happy to testify, but would like Issa to speak about the mysterious fire that destroyed his business shortly after he removed the computer from it for safekeeping.
In fact, every person called before Issa from here on out should ignore whatever question is put to him and instead ask about the mysterious fire at Darrellās business.
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Issa is once again setting himself up to take testimony that completely demolishes the right wing conspiracy theory heās promoting. Heās done it again and again and the reason he keeps doing it is he knows that the āon the one hand, on the other hand, whichever side is right this controversy isnāt going away anytime soon, back to you Wolfeā school of journalism will keep the zombie conspiracy lurching along for a good six months to two years after itās been disproven.
The ālack of transparencyā and āstupidityā this git was talking about was his contention that Congress was somehow depending on the fact that most people donāt understand how insurance works to pass the law, which actually doesnāt make goddamn bit of sense.
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Will he subpoena Capt. Renault to testify on gambling at Rickās CafĆ©?
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So what does he expect Gruber to do, double down on ālack of transparencyā, or walk back or rephrase his remarks?
I hope Gruber makes a joke about his car getting stolen in DC.
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Gruber
Auditioning for Fox āliberalā viewpoint ?
Fuck Issa.
Nothing useful has ever come from that POS.
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Indeed. In todayās MSM, the accusation equals the conviction. He keeps on keepinā on because the lack of proof for his accusations is proof of the coverup. Elephants, strawberry patches and all that jazz.
Would be hilarious, but contempt of congress wouldnāt be all that fun haha
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Issaās Oversight committee, where wingnut conspiracy theories go to die.
I thought I saw on Rachel Maddow that Issa was being replaced by Jason Chaffetz.
Huh. I stand corrected. Term limitsāIām assuming itās one of the simple-minded Teanut remedies for illusory ills imposed in 2010.
OHHHH NOOO, more months of seeing Darell Issa and his ugly, prune like face and mosquito size
brain posturing before the public like some Foghorn Leghorn in drag. Iām going to shoot myself!