Matt Drudge: Obama Named Islamic State ‘ISIS’ To Be Confused With Issa

Matt Drudge carries a laptop computer as he walks up the stairs at his Hollywood-area apartment in Los Angeles June 18, 1997. The Drudge Report, the daily barrage of breaking news, gossip and politics he e-mails to s... Matt Drudge carries a laptop computer as he walks up the stairs at his Hollywood-area apartment in Los Angeles June 18, 1997. The Drudge Report, the daily barrage of breaking news, gossip and politics he e-mails to some 65,000 subscribers, is hotter than hot. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield) MORE LESS
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Matt Drudge, founder of the Drudge Report, joined radio host Alex Jones for a rare interview on Tuesday during which he spoke about his latest conspiracy theory.

He said that the Obama administration began referring to the Islamic State as “ISIS” so that the group would be confused with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the former chairman of the House Oversight Committee.

“We never heard of ISIS until recently,” Drudge told Jones. “Do you know it was designed to be confused with Darrell Issa?”

According to Drudge, President Obama decided to do that “because Darrell Issa was the enemy at the time of this administration.” He noted that Obama could have been impeached over the IRS scandal, which Issa investigated as chairman.

“They came up with the name ISIS to be confused with Darrell Issa. I’m really being honest with you,” Drudge said.

Drudge did not appear in the video of Jones’ interview with him, and Jones said that Drudge stood in the dark in the studio with a handheld microphone.

Listen to the entire interview via Alex Jones:

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  1. LOL!

    Is that the best he has?

  2. Avatar for 8ball 8ball says:

    I always confused Issa with asshole in conversation.

  3. Seriously, wouldn’t naming it ISSA have been a lot easier?

  4. Whenever I see a photo of this little douchebag with the stupid hat, I hear a circus calliope.

  5. Avatar for jinnj jinnj says:

    and somehow Obama made this happen too …Drudge = Sludge …Fudge… Noodge

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