Rep. Gerry Connolly Condemns Issa's "Shameful" Trampling of Minority Rights, "McCarthyism"

[lowkell]

http://bluevirginia.us/diary/11163/rep-gerry-connolly-condemns-issas-shameful-trampling-of-minority-rights-mccarthyism

[gopiscrap]

1. I fully agree with him

Issa is a fucking joke!

[atreides1]

2. I don't think Rep. Connolly understands the Tea Party

"if I were a Tea Party Republican in this country, I would be really concerned about the actions of Darrell Issa and Company" in suppressing 1st Amendment rights while simultaneously undermining the 5th Amendment."

The Tea Party totally believes in suppressing the rights of anyone who isn't part of the Tea Party, or believes in their agenda!

[LonePirate]

3. The Tea Party only believes in the 2nd and 10th Amendments.

Even then, they have misappropriated the intention of the 2nd and they only like portions of the 10th. I think they would like to repeal the other 25 amendments in their entirety if they could.

[calimary]

4. Here's something you can do:

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issa's district is the 49th California district.

My husband and I BOTH called the TOLL FREE CAPITOL HILL SWITCHBOARD NUMBERS (see below, in my sig line) and complained - and guess what? Even identifying as Californians, we were cut off!

I called back and pointed out that I was from one of his cities (Newport Beach) and I STILL got hung up on. Next time, I got shoved over into the message machine. I checked his Facebook page - there are startling posts there from people who are thanking him for telling that Cummings character where to go. OUTRAGEOUS!!!
https://www.facebook.com/darrellissa

Well, the TOLL FREE numbers are below. His district office number is (760) 599 - 5000. You're more apt to get a human person on the end of the line - but if you say anything that isn't complimentary, they'll probably cut you off and send you to message.

From Wikipedia: The district covers the northern coastal areas of San Diego County, including cities such as Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad and Encinitas, as well as a small portion of southern Orange County. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is located within the district.

So there's Newport Beach, Vista, Oceanside, Poway, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Temecula, Bonsall, Fallbrook, Temecula, Perris, Dana Point, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano (where the swallows would return every St. Joseph's Day).
Vista District Office; 1800 Thibodo Road, #310; Vista, CA 92081; Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone].

Sometimes it helps if you call and say you're from one of those cities. Here's a handy guide for finding zip codes in case you're asked (for proof that you're from there - sometimes they ask what zip code you're calling from):
http://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org
Oceanside: 92054
Carlsbad: 92008
Encinitas: 92024
Poway: 92064
San Clemente: 92672
Capistrano: 92675
Temecula: 92590
Vista: 92084
Fallbrook: 92028
Newport Beach: 92663
Bonsall: 92003
Perris: 92570
Dana Point: 92629

Some details about this fuckwad:
http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/mostcorrupt/entry/darrell-issa
http://mediamatters.org/research/2011/01/11/report-media-ignore-rep-issas-alleged-criminal/174997
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/darrell-issa-wealth_n_3786778.html

I'm calling both his Washington and his district offices. You'll likely be hung up on, shoved over to the message machine, placed on extended hold (ignore) or - well, hung up on. But I think we should keep doing it ANYWAY. What he did to Elijah Cummings was HORRID, DISGRACEFUL, REPREHENSIBLE, and DOWNRIGHT UNAMERICAN!!!!
Doesn't matter if you get hung up on. CALL ANYWAY!!!! And then CALL BACK!!!!!!

I found it interesting that with him and his websites, it seems to be a one-way-only communication. They want YOUR information but trying to find theirs is difficult. Whenever you find a "Contact" or "Contact Me" link, it's always a form YOU have to fill out. So I went ahead and did some extra digging. Now you have everything and anything you need. Btw - the district is about 61-and-some percent Anglo. And I think it was something two or three percent African American. Figures. Twenty-some-odd percent Latino, also.