You have to remember, wingnuts really view Democratic control of government as illegitimate, and akin to civil war:
Democrats and Republicans have been arguing about the issue for days leading up to the committee’s first meeting. Their tension was on full display Tuesday as Republicans rejected a proposal by Rep. Elijiah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, that would have forced Issa to consult with him and the full committee and reach an agreement on any subpoenas the panel issues.
“It’s been the approach of all chairmen going back to the McCarthy era [to reach an agreement with the minority before sending outsubpoenas],” Cummings said.
The only time the practice was suspended was during the chairmanship of Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) from 1997 to 2002, Cummings said. Burton sent out more than 1,000 unilateral subpoenas and was known for multiple investigations of the Clinton administration, including the suicide of top White House aide Vince Foster.
“As widely reported, this practice led to serious abuses,” Cummings said.
Burton, who still sits on the panel, interjected that he had actually sent out 1,200 subpoenas, not 1,000.
Issa came to Burton’s defense, arguing that different times call for different measures and reminding the committee that President Lincoln had suspended the write of habeas corpus during the civil war.
Different times calls for different measures is the longer version of IOKIYAR.
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