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HI hi hi.. personal communication. Like to whom? Mickey mouse and donald duck? Obama brought alll this scrutiny and attention upon himself. So all his merry men in the white house must follow protocol.

@ Pat Lee

Did your precious Rethug party take Democratic ideas into account when they were in power? Obama has reached out and all its gotten him was more scorn from the Rethugs.

Don't leture people about PoliSci 101 when it's obvious you couldn't pass a high school civics class.

Slow news day CNN?

Why don't you cover the resounding "no confidence" vote that the market continues to give this egotistical socialist idiot and his merry band of tax evaders every day? I think that's far more important than this non story!

where were they when dick channey was building his fortune under the table

Don't these republicans have anything else but to nit pick. We were republicans before the past village idiot and did not vote for him not the republican village idiot that wanted to replace him. We will never vote republican again and that includes about 22 of our immediate family members. Get down to business and help this country get back on course after 8 years of a village idiot running this country. At lease Obama has done miracles and is well respected in this country and the world. The past village idiot is back in Texas doing his cocaine and alcohol. That is where he belongs along with all of the other republicans. In two years the republicans will be thrown out and hopefully their homes will be forclosed on and I don't like to wish anything on anybody but this time the republicans deserve it. Jim Hall Kansas City Missouri.

You guys know who Darrell Issa is, right? He bankrolled the crooked recall of Gray Davis (Governor of California) so that they could put a Republican in there. He cried on local news when he withdrew his own nomination for governor when he realized that all of the support was already in place for Arnold.

Take anything Issa says with a grain of salt.

Honestly, I am tired of these Republicans screwing with Obama's team and their efforts. I have seen enough of Bush and his policies....Now, these Republicans want to put a stop everything possible in Obama's mission. They just want to play dirty politics. Thanks to President Obama, everything is slowly becoming transparent.

The point is, to all of you security-ignorant libs, is Bush is gone...so what? NOW, we're dealing with a guy who has proven that he's not careful with his decision making process; i.e., the 4 tax cheats he appointed....plus Emanuall of course.....so, why should we trust this totally unproven, unethical individual with national secrets? You democrats are failing to see one thing; Bush kept this country safe from attack....Obama will not. In fact, he'll continue to apologize to the terrorists...probably even after they attack us again!

Issa insinuates the disgusting fact that the previous administration did NOT adhere to his suggestions of saving e-mails in the White House. How disingenuous of Issa to ask what Bush refused to do, or did Mr. Issa just conveniently forget the supposed LOST e-mails in the Kentucky system! Obama is far more trustworthy than Bush will have ever been and one can throw out Mr. Issa's complaint offhand simply because of the Bush administration's failure in this regard. Republicans know no level of disgusting actions as Americans would like to have known what transpired in the Bush White House with these conveniently LOST e-mails. Just another example of Republican ugly on ape syndrome, heh, Mr. Issa? Let's have those LOST e-mails of the Bush administration before one castigates this president!

Pat Lee I do not recall ANY republicans practicing your interpretation of democracy

It is great to hear that Republicans are fiscally responsible again, that you want over-sight on spending and open government again. How about balanced bugets like President Clinton left for yor guy?

Since you all behave so much more responsibly when you are in the minority isn't it in the best interest of your party, and the country, to make sure you stay in the minority for long damn time?

Seems a large number of the CNN posters during the day seem to be Obamists. It makes sense. Your are either cheating your employer out of a full day of work or you are sitting on your butt bleeding the taxpayers.

Please please would one of you Obamists pay my rent. Or buy my groceries. Or gas my car. Or buy me some cocaine (regular street stuff that Barry Obama used would be sufficient).

It may be the right thing to do but after what the Republicans did in the past few weeks, I can't help but think that they are upto something. These old white guys can't wait to stick it to Obama the black guy.

It is great to hear that Republicans are fiscally responsoble again, that you want over-sight on spending and open government again. How about balanced bugets like President Clinton left for yor guy?

Since you all behave so much more responsibly when you are in the minority isn't it in the best interest of your party, and the country, to make sure you stay in the minority for long damn time?

Obama has said repeatedly that he personally doesn't want to pursue the prior administration (I can't even bear to repeat their names) for crimes they have committed, but I think after this, he should go after them guns-a-blazing!!!

Obama should have no problem with this request because his administration is so "Transparent". What a Joke!!!

BUSH is not the president.

Stop staying "BUSH" everytime Obama lies, cheats, steals or does something stupid.

Oh bye the way, Obama has reversed himself on :

This sounds like a good idea. The cheif hypocrites on this blog are the ones who object to it simply because of who suggested it.

It may be the right thing to do but after what the Republicans did in the past few weeks, I can't help but think that they are upto something. These old white guys can't wait to stick it to Obama the black guy.

I see, so now after 8 years of Bush when we finally have a Democratic President in power is when they want to create this? Do you smell hypocrasy anyone?

Disgusting.

Dude where is my comment?? It was a good one too.

WOW and the DEMOCRAPS on here continue to whine and cry in mass, actually DEMOCRAPS give US a break and grow a set of balls, OOPS I forgot you liberial don't have a set. MAYBE that's what your actually mad about, though I doubt CNN has the BALLS to print this either.

when Bush shows his obama will show his

Michael, regarding Bush Administration emails, it wasn't "some may have not been" preserved – millions went missing. And I think Democrats have every right to call it as they see it: Issa is a hypocrit.

The Republicans are brilliant at transference: Accuse everyone else of their own failures, lack of character and hypocrisy – as a was to avoid dealing with the sick truth about themselves.

The republicans think all americans are stupid. The last time i checked Bush and Cheney deleted thousands of mails and the beloved Palin conducted state business on personal email accounts.

Who cares what the republicans say anyways except CNN? I dont get it. Is this somewhat of a fairness doctrine going on at CNN or just decided to help the Republicans navigate their opposition...may God help us.

While it is tempting to wish that someone from the White House would send the Congressman an e-mail saying "bite me" that would lower us to the standards of the Republican's who blindly followed Bush and Cheney giving them license to do what they wanted with no questions asked. So sure we will be sure we follow the law when it comes to e-mails because we know that the one thing that can always be said about the Republican party is that they are always focused on what is really important to the American people and they really care about jobs, housing, health care, national security, economic security, etc. I mean after all they really care about your job, your home, and whether or not you can feed your family or see a doctor. Oh yeah, that's right they don't. All they care about is whether or not they will see taxes cut for their rich friends, campagin contributors and themselves!

Issa! Oh please, he one looniest of the right wingtard brigade. I don't seem to recall that he was oh so concerned about Bush administration emails. You know, the administration that somehow managed to lose hundreds of emails.

Is is any wonder people have tuned out these GOP hypocrites?

Yo yo yo. Mikey Mike aka Wheels of Steele givin mad props to my main man D to the Issa....Issa good n the hood, ya feel me?
We all Rethugs up in here, nobody get funny with the e-mails starting.....NOW.
Never mind what G Dub and my dog Rover were up to the last 8 years because that's what we new Rethugs call "kickin it old school" from back in the day. Y'all don't like it, you can stuff it.
I'm Audi 5000 and bouncing to one of J Mac's cribs.
(put that vanilla ice cassette in)

Obama's passion for emails and his Blackberry make him a security threat to the nation...why? Because it's wireless....so you whiny liberals, being the president he has to (at some point in his life) be accountable for his actions....this crap of doing whatever he wants, will cause (God, please!) his impeachment for incompetence.

Issa is the same scumbag who started the California Recall and put California into its current tailspin. Nice work fella!

Seems to me that the democrats are getting a taste of their own medicine. They were foaming at the mouth about the Bush administration needing to keep track of all emails. So they only question that needs to be answered is why shouldn't they be expected to do exactly the same thing?

talk about a red herring...

The republicans are looking for anything they can to cause strife and distraction.

I think the American people can see through each cheap shot and the GOP doesn't look any better for it. They look smaller and smaller with each attack.

What is the level of security of private email accounts. Is it not dangerous for our elected officials to be using this non-encrypted technology?

San Clemente

Where was this nut loon when Bush and his gangsters were sending out all types of emails getting folk fired and killed?

Where was this call for preservation of emails 6 years ago? This administration should completely ignore the request.

This is another example of CNN competing for the FOX audience. They are turning their network into a joke.

that's right...Obama's a very shady and coniving character; thus the push to keep is Blackberry so that all his under-the-table dealings will be seperate from the White House. He needs to practice what he preaches and be accountable.....

Issa is a little late to the game. So here's the deal we'll offer you: First you turn over every single scrap of communication by the Bush Administration – including all communication by Cheney, Rove, Norquist, et al – and then we'll start to work on implementing the system Issa proposes.

All the Republicans can think to do is pester the Obama Administration. They are devoid of ideas, let alone integrity. One thing they have an abundance of is hypocrisy and self-righteousness.

GOP: God-awful Opportunistic P*tzes

You can tell there is a change in the white house with stories like this. Where was he during the last 8 years?

republician home base should be on the comedy network

What happened to all of the emails that disappeared from the Bush administration?
It's the hypocrisy of our deocracy that I can't stand.
The behaviour of the repuglicans makes me cry out for the prosecution of the Bush administration even louder.
The GOP did nothing while Bush broke the world.
They MUST learn that the American people will no longer tolerate these political games.
They MUST know that WE are paying attention now.
WE MUST HAVE JUSTICE!
The United States was a reflection of all that is good in humanity. Now, We are just as bad as the lowest common denomenator in the world.

Dear Republicans,

It is great to hear that you are fiscally responsoble again, that you want over-sight on spending and open government again. How about balanced bugets like President Clinton left for yor guy?

Since you all behave so much more responsibly when you are in the minority isn't it in the best interest of your party, and the country, to make sure you stay in the minority for long damn time?

Where was this Bozo Issa when the Bushies were "losing" their 10s of thousands of email messages? Guess it was not such a big deal when a Republican was in the White House. But now, with a Democrat, the Repubs have suddenly all gained a sense of morality and "Constitutional correctness"!

Give me a break!!!!!

I think Obama is quickly becoming a hypcorite. No lobbyists, but he leaves a loophole so he can appoint anybody because of "national security?" hahaha...very funny. How about pulling us out of Iraq within how long of taking office? Hm, that hasn't happened. $178B for a stimulus? Somehow, that grew to almost 7 fold.

You all somehow forgot that when Decmocrats won the majority of House & Senate during Bush's last 2 years, the voted "NO" on everything. The first 6 years were going just fine until Dems were majority. Seems to me everything fell apart on the Democratic watch.

I didn't like it when Bush/Cheney hid their email.
I don't like it when Obama hides what he is doing.

I am not a republican or democrat supporter – they both lie. I love these posts that say – well, uh Bush did it so uh, Obama can. Exactly my point – they are the same.

Time for a third party to clean up this corruption – start now, locally!

While I feel it's a joke that Issa wants this oversight now that a Democrat is in the White House, I don't think Obama should have any problem going along with this. Unlike Bush, he's got nothing to hide. Besides, with or without the e-mails, I will bet that the Republicans will eventually try to make up nonsense to distract people from the fact that they have no new ideas to offer tthe American people.

Sorry Republicans, President Obama has already said that his blackberry emails will become part of the presidential records and has told everyone that has that email address to remember that when they email him.

I think the good Congressman should tell us what the Bush White-House told him when he made this request of them..........OH, he didn't ask them? I am shocked........WHAT A JOKE this guy is

The GOPS are clearly the Grand Old Phony Party. Phony Issa should ask Bush and Sarah Palin to produce all the missing emails. Shame on YOU, hypocrites!!!
These GOPs are retugs!

@Smarter than That

Democracy operates on something called contingent consent. This means that democracy only works when the party in power agrees to not shut out the opposition. Poly Sci 101. So get a grip. If Obama knows what's good for him, he will start taking Republican ideas into account. Bottom line, unless you would like Obama to be president for life, like dear old Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, he should care what the Republicans want. It's the core of Democracy.

The Republicans are so out to get something on President Obama. This is so hypocricy.

Duh. The Republican who supported Bush-Cheney's executive privilege, oh welled "lost" Bush White House emails and "we want Bipartisanship" but didn't yea vote the Stimulus now whining about emails!!
Rep Issa , give America a break. Last month my company laid off 6,000 people. Oh, I betcha Arnold doesn't think the Stimulus is a "bridge to nowhere."
.I cannot wait for Nov 2010. The people of California's CD-49 deserve better representation

Long live the Grand Obstructionist Party!! Can they be anymore pathetic? They have nothing to offer. No plan. No vision. No way ahead. No way to fix the economic crisis. No way to fix the unemployment crisis. No way to fix the housing crisis. No way to fix anything yet they do seem to have plenty of time to attack. That is the one area they will always be champions of so expect more of it because they have nothing else to offer. Pathetic Repugnants.

Issa is a big red shoe clown. What a jerk.

it seems like just because the republicans did something wrong, that the democrats should be able to do it wrong too.

just like the spending bill. because republicans spent like nuts for the last 8 years, that its ok for the democrats to spend like nuts now.

i thought obama said – change we can believe in – it ain't change if everyone just says that since the republicans did it, we should be able to do it too

Funny how many things were "bad" under Bush that now seem to be just fine for the Dems.

Those of you calling the Republicans hypocrites, what does that make you when you now condone/ignore the use of unrecorded email?

Mr. Issa: I think keeping White House e-mails is a good idea. However ,where was your voice during the last administration when our VP openly stated that his e-mails were not subject to this, when the administration admitted MILLIONS of e-mails went missing and Rove was using RNC account? Where will your voice be when the former administration is investigated for their many criminal acts. The hyprocricy and moral decline of the Republican party is why I, a born and raised California Republican departed ways with the party this year and voted for Obama. I can not believe you could send this letter with a straight face. You are a hypocrite and politically stupid. I hope you don't win re-election. You are an embaresment to my lovely state.

Is this all Issa and the Republicans have to do? You think maybe they could get on board and help Americans in trouble?

Go back to the rock from which you came Mr. Issa...

talk about a double standard. As Bob Dole once said "where is the outrage"??? These republicans kept their stupid mouths shut when Bush was doing any and everything he wanted to do and now they want transparency, so called bipartisanship, etc. If I were a republican and thank God I am not, I would be right down ashamed to be associated with such a group of morons!

They had eight long years to screw us up and they are continuing to do so by lobbing distractions at the White House. HOW MUCH MORE DAMAGE CAN WE TAKE. These guys just do not get it.

Right.................like George Bush and Dick Cheney preserved their emails..................................

If Issa is so concerned with transparency and oversight, maybe he could better spend his time tracking down the millions of emails that 'vanished' from GWs administration.

No problem, just claim executive privilege and tell them to go stuff it.. Being a gun owner I would still vote for President Obama. Repugs disgust me with their hipocritical values.

Ha. NOW the Republicans want transparency in the executive branch?!

I think Obama should do it because its the right thing. But these fair-weather authoritarian Republicans are ridiculous.

I really don't think Rep. Darrell Issa is trying to protect the integrity of the Presidential Records Act.

Who does this Republican Asa think he is, anyway? He didn't make any noise at all when the Republican Bush regime occupied the White House and engaged in all kinds of shady activity, but now that a Democrat is in the White House he wants access to all White House emails? What a double standard! TAKE A HIKE, ASA!

Isn't Obama ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY????

REPUGS NEED TO BE VOTED OUT OF EVERY DAM SIT IN CONGRESS AND THE SENATE. WE THE PEOPLE WILL SHOW YOU TWO FACED REPUGS WHERE TO GO.

I can't believe what I am hearing, but then again, this is the New Republican Party. Obama may as well get use this this Republican nonsense.

A Republican calling for more oversight and bigger government?

Get over it – maybe you should try to support OUR president in what he is trying to accomplish. At least he is trying to get us back on the road no matter how hard.

When will the partisan double standard end? The whole system is so tired. My fear is that the majority of Americans either do not care or that everything political is tuned out.

JayJay, you hit the nail on the head. That's my main issue with republicans. Hypocricy is what's wrong with America.

So now the republicans care? What a load.

All e-mails should be stored. And using Gmail? For that, the Obama administration needs to be educated on the implications of open e-mails and servers where foreign nationals have access.

But this self-righteous outcry from the republicans now? I agree with the other posters – where were these when Bush and Cheney were intentionally circumventing the system and using RNC servers?

Hey Rep. Darrell Issa did you cc DICK Cheney on your correspondence? If not, perhaps you should...whereas while he was in office such laws did not apply to him apparently.

What a crock!!!!

It is quite apparent that it is all a drwam to Issaq. Mamon! Que 'ueno que los repuglicanos 'tan mamando tanto. Come 2010, MAS repugs para afuera! Que vivan los Democratas! Que vivan!

Out of 11 posts, 10 mirrored my thoughts when I read this. Way to jump on this, everyone!

All of a sudden the GOP cares about the national debt, email, etc. What a bunch of idiots!

Excuse me!!! Dick Cheney claimed his e-mails were nobody's business but his own.... and now this guy wants all of the Obama administration's e-mails saved for scrutiny. I don't have any problem with the Obama administration's e-mails being archived, but then explain to me why Dick Cheney got a free pass?????

I have a mute button for my television sound... I wish I could push a mute button for petty, one-sided, partisans like Issa.

If I was in the White House I would tell him to suck eggs.

Amazing how so many people here are so easily duped by conspiracy theories. Lest these yutzes forget, Bush didn't use email, but that doesn't matter.

Libs = idiots

T-minus 4 years until this sham of a president is out.

NO YOU COULDN'T

ok, so since Bush "lost" email Obama gets a pass? Obama should be more than willing to follow the rules even if the previous guy may have not

He needs to ask his buddys about those lost emails first. Pathetic republicans ...

republicans are the biggest hypocrites in the world. to ask the new administration for the email accounts is just low.

hey where were you during the bush administration?????? how shallow can these people get.

Is Rep Issa going to find all those 8 years missing e mails of bush /cheney & co???????????????????????????????????????
Wow......that'd be great, yeh right........................................................
He is such a 2 faced individual.

Wait till the Republiban talking heads start making speeches about the "dozens of e-mails" that went missing in the Obama administration. I can't wait to hear Hannity's wailing.

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Oh PLEASE give me a break! That's is rich advice coming from a Republican. Maybe he should have given Bush and Cheny the same advice because they seemed to "lose" a bit of information when it was convienient.

Why does CNN have to title this "White House UNDER FIRE" when it is just one blowhard republican looking for some media attention for himself?

Don't forget the President's new blackberry as that will the mail system where all the "non tranparent" business will be conducted with his Chief of Staff

What an arrogant puke! Now that there is a Democratic President these Repub clowns want every one to be open and direct. It was okay for Bush/Cheney to be deceptive and secretive in every area possible. The arrogance of the Repubs continues to be insulting.
What Issa deserves is the Cheney treatment – to be thrown a few rabid snarls, some f-bombs, and a middle finger.

Sure, now that the two biggest scofflaws in the USA have had their chance to destroy their evidence...
Retention is a great idea but 8 years too late.

Look people–the republicans couldn't even run a computer how do you expect them to keep records??!!

So the Democrats are mad at Republicans for wanting all of Obama's emails preserved becasuse they say Bush did not preserve all of his.

Democrats wanted all of Bush's preserved and were mad that some may have not been. But these same Democrats appear to care less if Obama preserves his. Then they call Republicans hypocrits.

Democrats for Obama will justify any wrong doing by Obama if they believe Bush did the same thing. And they called McCain McSame.

The joke has come full circle.

the GrandPop Party is starting to sound really stupid!!!

Again, republicans are a bunch of low life hypocrites. They weren’t too worried about preserving White House e-mails when G.W. Bush was in office. In fact they did everything they could to make sure that G.W. s documentation was kept as secret as possible. What a bunch of slime bags.

Mr. Issa, please tell Karl Rove to present himself to the congressional committee and answer questions pertaining to emails that mysteriously disappeared, politicizing of the justice dept., valerie plame, and gross negligence that was perpetrating on the American people. Man, these repubs are incredibly double-faced creatures!

The hypocrisy and pettiness of the Republicans just continues....

I searched for when you asked the same thing of W and his cronies.........and found nothing.

GOP = Goofs on Parade

Mr. Issa, how about demanding the same transparency of the Bush White House records? If you don't, then you show that the GOP doesn't have any values whatsoever.

Issa specifically mentioned the new administration’s brief use of Gmail accounts after Obama was sworn in last month, as they waited for the official White House e-mail accounts to become active.

Why were'nt they active on day one. It sounds like they need new IT guys .

Republicans-you gotta luv them–"do as I say, not as I do".

Hilarious. Ironic that you want to follow the law... now! Shameful Republicans. You are just driving your brand into the TANK!

These idiots who now demand that all White House emails be preserved are nobodies but a bunch of hypocrites. Where were they when their masters Cheney and Bush were at the helm of their powers?

So because the last administration has little oversight, we shouldn't put measures in place to have more oversight going forward?

The logic so many of you people show and use on a daily basis is baffling. It's like the kids who get in a fight at the playground who use the excuse "Well he pushed me first so it's ok for me to push/hit him back".

Ditto and....

WASHINGTON – The California congressman who called the Sept. 11 attacks "simply" a plane crash ran for cover Wednesday under a barrage of ridicule from fellow Republicans, first responders and victims' families.

San Diego GOP Rep. Darrell Issa was under siege for suggesting the federal government had already done enough to help New York cope with "a fire" that "simply was an aircraft" hitting the World Trade Center.

It's all about spin, folks. The Republicans have to look like they're doing SOMETHING, and creating even the most remote cloud of suspicion about the Obama administration to them, is doing something.

YOUVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!

Compliance with the PRA should be enough.

Republicans-WHINERS! Get a life. PRESIDENT Obama and his administration will do the RIGHT/HONORABLE thing. Unlike you fools.

I think some of your are being silly.
The point is that everyone was a bit upset at Bush for the email policy, but Email became more widly used during the 8 years of Bush than before (even with Clinton).

So I think with the techy Obama and his administration and BlackBerries it only makes sense to make sure we are still on the same page. Republicans did not raise a big stink about the Dems yelling about Bush and his email policies.

I think its only fair that we all are treated equally.

Petty – our elected officials have a laundry list of things to be worried about before this!

Hypocrites... not a peep when 'official' business was being conducted via RNC servers outside the scope of PRA, at least according to Bush/Cheney and their ilk. Obama should give this guy what he wants but also release Cheney's 'energy task-force' records at the same time just to shove a stick in the eye of the two faced sleeze filling the Republican ranks presently.

Wow...this could be on The Onion.

The GOP seems to be skedadlin' helter skelter just to grab hold of some argueing' point, no matter how trivial. Latest target, Prez's
e-mail. In all likelihood, it is very temptin' to suggest that theirs is a party like a rudderless ship, that has bamboo stick for an anchor.

How can you possibly justify the excuse to not follow the Presidential Records Act by saying that "Bush didn't follow it!"

waah waah!
How old are you, 4?

Holy Jeebus! Really? Is it just me or has the GOP gotten more whiny and bratty? Come on. Your guy of the last 8 years spearheaded the policy of keeping WH e-mails private and unattainable to public eyes, now the GOP is pretending to be the figure heads of openness and transparency?

GOP: please, please stop. Calm down, chill out. You're not re-born just yet. take it one day at a time and soon you'll become a respectable party once again.

yo yo yo mr issa... get your hip hop thing going. didn't you get the official memo.. republicans are going to run an "off the hook" agenda. go home mr issa, leave the governing to the adults. ie democrats.

If the democratic party has any honor they will abide by this. It only makes them look better if they do. Set the standard and raise the bar. It should have been done in the last administration but wasn't. Now is the time to show why the republicans lost.

Its either that, or just tell them to take a hike. Either way is pretty amusing.

First, hand over Bush, Cheney, Rove and the rest of those hacks emails you dipstick! Where were you when Bush didn't have his emails..

Somehow I think he was out that decade. I have had ENOUGH of these so-called Conservatives trying to have it both ways.

SO PUT UP OR SHUT UP!!!!!!!

This is an interesting request from a Republican – when the last president, (Bush) refused to hand over thousands of e-mails from his administration. I would think Pres. Obama could use the same excuse to keep his e-mail secret.

TBailey a big high-five to you. What a darned hypocrite.

Hey Issa, tell you what, Sparky, maybe the administration will think think about doing that as soon as you find EACH AND EVERY ONE of the missing Bush/Cheney/Rove whatever e-mails and turn those over. How 'bout that?

Typical Republican – take credit for everything and blame for nothing.

Having access to all Obama White House communication records is very important. With the administration spinning out of control, with a record number of scandals emerging, the records will be needed in the prosecution of Obama and his thugocracy.

TARP= THE ANGRY REPUBLICAN PARTY... they just can't get over themselves of having an intellegent men in the White House as president. Can they?

HYPOCRITES!!!! After Bush and Rove use RNC email accounts for official business, then they lie by claiming they can't turn the emails over for a congressional investigation because they were deleted (they are never really deleted), and now they are making demands on Obama. Another example of blaming Obama for the problems he inherited from Bush whose policies they supported 100%.

The Repubs have nothing better to do than annoy The President about his email. Someone was talking about the clothes he's wearing.... is he spending too much on clothes??? Shouldn't he look well dressed, he's got the top job in the country, also his helicopters and planes ect... Shouldn't he have the best... someone had mentioned that he's spending too much on transportation, this goes with the job.... The next thing you'll hear is... He has too many secret servicemen....

Actually, I'm shocked that the White House would use Gmail for official use considering it is against the law to transmit For Official Use Only (FOUO) information using public email accounts. Seems like the White House should be facing fines at the very least.....

Translation: They're already looking for avenues to try to impeach him if they're able to get enough seats in 2010 and/or 2012. They think 2010 will play out like 1994 in terms of congressional seats, but they don't realize how completely and utterly wrong they are.

The rethuglicans are crazy.... where was he when Bush and Cheney violated our rights? boy or boy can his true intention be more transparent?

What About Bush/Cheney and their Emails Republicans are Grandstanding again!

How come the Republicans didn't say a word when the Bush people were using private email accounts to conduct business and deleting anything that might get them into trouble?

This Rethugs are pieces of work. Basically let a chimp run the country for 8 years- while the rest of the circus cared less what was happening.

Now the circus leaves town and the real men come to town and they want all these rules and regs like they were so high and mighty and all about transparency while the circus chimp was in office.

Give me a freakin' break.

Where are all the emails of corruption from the last 8 years.

Lets start with those incriminating emails- they will take at least 8 years to go through.

After you get sone prosecuting every wrong doing found over the past 8 years- we will get started on this 8 years.

But by then, the sun will have burned out and earth will be a big black whole in space!

Why bother bashing this guy about Bush/Cheney...lets just make sure we have all of our ducks in a row to avoid problems later...

and we'll deal with Bush/Cheney regardless!

It sounds like the Obama administration was already on top of this. Imagine, the president and his administration following the law....it's an amazing thing.

Where in the blazes was Congressman Issa for the past 8 years? Congressman the entire republican party ran a secret non-government email service which included all Congressional Republicans and All Republican White House Administration people.

If the good congressman wants something to do, why dosen't he go searching for the missing emails that were supposed to be accounted for these past eight years.

Congressman Issa you don't have one ounce of sincerity in your proposal.

Thank you Paul Smith. This continuing repetitious pettiness on the part of the party that LOST THE DAMN ELECTION aka GOP is fast becoming tiresome at best.

Don't even start the mantra of holding President Obama to higher "moral, ethical and presidential" standards (which he is doing of his own free will) if you were a repub who voted in and kept the high functioning moran in charge for the last 8 years named GWB. When you Whinicans can start owning up to the bullsh*t your party allowed to bring our country to the hot mess it has become and is now been left for others to clean up then you have room to talk. Until then...STFU and get out of the way of progress for, of and by the people.

Hey Paul, We are demanding oversight because thats what Obama promised on the campaign trail. But he too has reneged on bringing honesty and intergrity to Washington.

what a hypocrite!!! they are just stirring up trouble... the party of NO strikes again!!!!!!

republicans always want something. Well what have they given us for the past years except an economic meltdown. If they want oversight, they need it for themselves.

I find it amazing the new president has only been in office less than a month, clearly making attempts to help this country turn itself around and we have this republician congressman concerned about email sent thru GMail.. No wonder this country is in such a mess... same ole politics...just a differnt day.

Interesting that a Republican feels this strongly about preserving email records over the course of a few days to a few weeks, considering there are millions of missing emails from W's administration. Maybe California's rampant smog affects short term memory...that or partisanship.

When it was Bush, it was for national security. Now the Republicans want record keeping!? LOL... what a farce. Obama will give it to them, because Obama isn't a lying Constitution burning maniac like the Bush Administration.

ROFLMAO – After the secrecy and stonewalling of the previous administration over emails? Are you f'ing kidding me? You should be lucky to get a forwarded kitty pic from this new admin. A plan for email... the nerve of these Republicans.

OMG.....

The hypocracy of the Repugs has no bounds.

Are they just all insane?

Yeah Darrell we will get back toi you with that one once the Bush Admin "lost emails" are submitted to authorities....um – kay

wow, i bet this guy doesn't own a mirror, because how could he look himself in the eye after showing that level of hypocrisy.

So where was Rep. Issa when Karl Rove and Dick Cheney erased millions of White House emails.? Shouldn't Rep. Issa be leading the call for an investigation of the destruction of evidence ... er ... I mean email by the Bush Administration?

LOL these people are the poster children for hypocrisy! That is Obama's plan people, transparency. Can the GOP say the same? Nope! They are such a joke.

Where were they when Bush/Cheney ran the White House?

i would just be reinterating what khif, DC_Guy and Larry Basner, as well as Texan said. And wow, just wow.

Really? After the whole GOP supported Bush's use of the non-existant "executive privilege" argument in response to Congressional subpoenae? After Cheney shred everything but the Bush family cats? What a load of hypocr....oh wait, I jsut remembered who we're dealing with here.

Once again Republicans want presidential restraint as long as a Democrat is in the White House. Do they really think the average American is too dim to see through these cynical maneuvers?

Yes – this should be done from the Obama administration and all future administrations. And it should apply to the Bush administration as well.

So Rep. Darrell Issa wants an email retention plan from the Obama White House. Where was he when the Bush administration, and Cheney in particular, were 'losing' email? Being the senior Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, he must have had a voice and infliuence then, too. Imagine the interesting reading we would have now on so many topics. The real character (or lack thereof) of Bush's administration, especially Cheney and Rumsfeld, would come out. I think we would find that despite the 'Washington outsider' label, we would find lots of inappropriate dealings. The hypocisy and blatant partinsanship to the detriment of the country and our American principles would be obvious.

Yes and they should keep any napkins they scribble on as well...

Please...now they care about preserving records...LOL!!!

What a bunch of sore losers. Obama should mace the whole lot of them.

Lets see.. whats the word I'm looking for... oh yeah – HYPOCRITE

drama, drama, drama

I love how the GOP has suddenly found religion on emails in the White House. Wasn't it Bush and the RNC who both simultaneously had thousands and thousands of emails "disappear?" Hypocrites.

Too bad Issa did not have the same concern when the Bushies 'lost' their emails.

This man is so smart he has the Repubs and their lost sheep tripping over themselves.

I wonder, did Issa (Republican) ask for the same level of accounting from the Bush Administration? Where are all the records of phone calls, emails, written memos about the use of torture, the WMDs, the fiasco of the Katrina response, ad nauseum? Does Executive Privilege still hold for Rove, or can he now be forced to testify? Considering the Republican track record such as the missing minutes on Nixon's tapes and the missing information from George W's Administration, perhaps he ought to have made this request a little more diplomatically.

I have no doubt that the Obama Administration will do much better at keeping records, and making them available under the correct procedures that any of the last Republican Administrations did!

I agree with "KHIF"
It's so funny now a Republican wants to have transparency in the White House NOW!!!

Ditto on the comment, why didn't they request this when Bush was in office. Will someone please tell the R's how transparent they are and put me out of my misery already.

I would point out the obvious here, but it would be wasted on the Republitards...

where was this senator wiht bush was in office. didnt hear him questioning the bush people about their emails. all i hear form the repib. is no no no and questions and more questions. no ideas no solutions no anything!

The irony of this statement coming from Republicans is mind-numbing, given the fact that the Bush Administration still can't find their missing emails.

I wish the Republicans had been all for this when they were in charge. The number of emails that mysteriously disappeared under Bush is astonishing.

How funny.... when King George Bush was in office, he was asked to do the same thing.... and he flatly refused. Now the Republicans are whining and asking President Obama to preserve his emails... hmm... why should President Obama and the White House staff have to preserve emails, when George Bush and the Republican goonies didn't?? Well thats why you lost the White House, Republicans. You can't be trusted. You brag about your opposition to fixing our broken economy, and now you are demanding something that your former leader flatly refused to do..... go get a life and try to do something right for a change.

Rep. Darrell Issa has been in Congress since 2000. Did he write a similar letter to President Bush? Or did he spend the last eight years picking his nose like the rest of his party while the Bush Administration used personal email accounts to circumvent the Presidential Records Act, stonewalling anyone who complained about it.

Is the requirement to preserve all such emails retroactive? If not, would this guy still support the bill if the democrats added it in? In actual fact I doubt such a provision would actually change anything because of already existing court decisions about Bush//Cheney emails. But as a simple symbol against Bush it might say something.

Hey, Issa – how'd you make your millions again? Care to share you wealth secrets before getting elected to office?

Transparency, sure.

Isn't it unny how Mr. Issa, or any other Republican Congressman, didn't think of this during the last 8 years???

Leave it to a Republican (after Bush/Cheney) to make these demands.

I believe the Democrats are not nearly as deceitful or as conniving as the previous Administration.

Demand, Demand, Demand. Obstruct, Obstruct, Obstruct (the Republican Mantra in 6 short words).

Hmmm...I wonder where this guy was over the last eight years?

This is a good idea. Now lets see all the secret records kept by Bush and Cheney on a multitude of issues.

Are you kidding me, after the Bush administration hiding emails and destroying emails for 8 years the Republicans get religion on saving email. This is just like their newly found religion on fiscal responsibility. Is there no limit to their hypocrisy?

Oh, NOW the republicans are concerned with saving all e-mail. Where was their insistence when Dubya and Cheney were shredding the Constitution?

I'm sure President Obama's administration will comply. He actually cares about the rule of law.

LOL!!! This is awesome. They should call this the "Don't do what we did to cover our unethical behavior" bill!!

Interesting...where the hell was Issa when Cheney's emails where systematically "lost"?

LOL, where was this clown for the last 8 years? Everyone of King Bush's staff used alternative e-mail or "forgot" or "accidentally deleted" a slew of e-mail. E-mail records should be kept, I just think its hilarious/ironic/hypocritical that it is a republican congressman doing it now...go partisan witch hunting!

I really don't think it's wise to save private e-mails for the public record. Will we really need one of the "first kids" smiley faces to their dad in the public record?

Why didn't they want this when bush was in office? With all those "misplaced emails"... pot meet kettle.

However I'm more than certain that Obama will have NO problems giving them as much transparency as they can shake their out-dated GOP stick at.

Funny how all of a sudden Presidential Records Act is important to Republicans! Where was Mr. Issa when last administration started using RNC owned (gwb43.com) email accounts?

Where was this guy when Cheney declared that his email and other communications didn't fall under the Presidential Records Act ? Or when the Bush White House told us they had "Lost" a few million emails.
I will be 50 years old this year I am still blown away by all of the two faced words that come out of the mouth of politicians!

Can our congress please deal with the bigger issues and stop being so petty!

This is ultimately the pot calling the kettle black – where are the e-mails that the Bush administration has lost? The Republicans make me want to throw up – talk about the ultimate hypocrisy!!!!! What more can they say/do to ensure the American people loath them come 2010?????? Pres. Obama campaigned on transparency and that is what he is doing. They can "stuff it" as Michael Steele so says.

To the Republicans where was all this concern with information when President George W. Bush was in office.

Please stop trying to change the subject and work with the President to get this country moving again. Quit voting "NO" on everything

Obama's reply: "Give up all the e-mails sent and received by Bush, Cheney, Rove, etc. and we'll think about it."

Does Rep. Darrell Issa think that Obama is trying to hide something? Wow, and how about that clown Steele! He is getting hip hop and ghetto. Go PUMA Pac.

Wow. Millions of Bush emails went missing intentionally, and Issa didn't say *&%$@ about it. What a turd.

It's humorous now that the Republicans are a minority that they demand oversight. Where was the concern when President Bush was in office? Republicans are sooo funny!!

When is this guy while Bush, Cheney, and Karl Rove were in the White House?? Just another Grand Old Phony at his best.

Who cares what the republicans want.

Hypocricy is a rampant core value in the Republican party

After 8yrs... now you care Issa?

/fail at being human.

When is this guy while GW Bush, Cheney, an dKarl Rove were in the White House? Just another Grand Old Phony at his best.

Republicans ran the country for 8 years with no accountability and spent like drunken sailors. Now, they keep huffing and puffing about how they are fiscal conservatives and they want to go through Obama's records with a fine tooth comb. If hypocrisy were fatal, Congress would be an elephant graveyard...

After presiding over one of the worst financial collapses in American history, an endless, unnecessary war that has cost 4,500 American lives, a dangerous erosion of civil liberties, an era in which the United States instituted torture as a viable weapon of war, and very likely the worst Presidential administration in our history, and this is all the Republicans can come up with? They're griping about emails??? My God, they are indeed a bunch of ignorant idiots.

and where are Bush's emails?

Maybe you can get Cheney to release his. "Issa" no go! PRA really means "Put Republicans Away". Get a life bozo!

Great Idea. Don't get upset because a Republican suggested it, be an American who wants to hold his government accountable.

When you get to right or left on an issue like this you just look stupid.

So where was this stupid GOP SOB when Dubya, Uncle DIck and their minions were not archiving,saving or making any attempt to comply with the laws on the books?

Tell those republicans to go to hell.

Luckily we have such great and free access to Bush's and Cheney's emails....such a transparent and above-board administration, warms my heart.

Will Issa sign on to retrieving, as the courts have ordered, all the e-mails that the previous bunch 'lost'? Will he sign on to prosecuting the previous bunch for violating the Presidential Records Act, which *already* requires preserving all of the e-mails?
If not, he's just whining, again.

These Republicans is something else. Why now? I wonder... SMH