Posted on 06/14/2009 7:43:56 AM PDT by cycle of discernment
Obama fires watchdog who barked at his crony
June 13, 2009
By Drew Zahn © 2009 WorldNetDaily
Gerald Walpin
Former Inspector General Gerald Walpin filed two reports exposing gross misappropriation of federal AmeriCorps funds by a prominent Barack Obama supporter and was shortly thereafter fired by the White House, circumstances he told WND are likely linked and others have called an outright illegal action by the administration.
"I think you have to look at the facts and the circumstances and reach your conclusions," Walpin said in a WND interview. "I will tell you that [my firing] came only after we had issued those two reports to Congress, and I don't think that's a coincidence."
Further, Walpin said, "I am convinced that I and my office are not guilty of any impropriety. In essence, I was fired for doing my job."
Independent, federal inspectors general are supposed to be granted special protection from political interference – thanks in part to a law co-sponsored by the then-Senator Barack Obama – to ensure that they are free to investigate waste and fraud uninfluenced by political cronyism.
But after Walpin dared to push for action against the St. HOPE Academy program – run by Obama supporter and former NBA star Kevin Johnson – which had misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal AmeriCorps funds, he nonetheless found himself fired by the White House under circumstances that have led some to wonder if Obama has violated his own co-sponsored law in retaliation.
"There are two big questions about the president's actions," writes Byron York, chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner. "One, why did he decide to fire Walpin? And two, did he abide by the law that he himself co-sponsored?"
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“Independent, federal inspectors general are supposed to be granted special protection from political interference – thanks in part to a law co-sponsored by the THEN-SENATOR BARACK OBAMA – to ensure that they are free to investigate waste and fraud uninfluenced by political cronyism.”
“Good for the other guy, not so good for me” syndrome?
Lord O is above the law. He is a king not a president subject to accountability (in his mind).
I fully expect some of our fine ‘representatives’ in Congress will make a big stink out of this very soon. Maybe even appear on Sean Hannity’s show, and maybe a Fox News segment or two. Oh, and of course they’ll just let it die like they do every other issue involving Democrat corruption. But they’ll sound real mad on Hannity.
So what? nothing will come of it, because there is not a single Republican who will make anything of it, and even if they did, the MSM will not give it the time of day.
I HOPE we CHANGE back into a country with free enterprise and the rule of law. Soon.
I fully expect a congressional investigation into this firing...wake up Vince.
Sorry, move on.
Who is suprised by anything a two bit lawyer from the cesspool of Chicago politics does.
This reminds me of the Clinton arrogance. I wonder if the NY Times will hop on this and get to the roots of it.
parsy, who is becoming concerned.
Coming attractions.
Did he abide by the law that he himself co-sponsored?An Obama FLIP-FLOP and repeat often.
At least Bill Clinton was good for a few chuckles every now and then. There is nothing funny about O.
Here’s the article’s link in digg, if you digg articles:
http://digg.com/politics/Obama_fires_watchdog_who_barked_at_his_crony?OTC-fft-4
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