Posted on 03/03/2010 4:37:12 AM PST by cycle of discernment
Lid blows off Obama's forgotten scandal Congressmen pry loose evidence of president's illegal cronyism
March 02, 2010
By Drew Zahn
Former Inspector General Gerald Walpin An updated investigation report on the scandal known as "Walpingate" adds fuel to the suspicion that President Obama may have fired Gerald Walpin, an independent inspector general, as an illegal act of political cronyism and revenge.
"Throughout our investigation of Mr. Walpin's removal, the White House has repeatedly communicated that the president was not motivated by inappropriate political reasons," said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., one of the authors of the updated report. "The fact is Gerald Walpin led an aggressive investigation of a political ally of President Obama that successfully recovered taxpayer dollars. While firing an investigator who uncovered the abuse of funds by a political ally might be considered an act of 'political courage' in Chicago politics, for most Americans it raises troubling questions."
As WND reported, the White House fired Walpin shortly after the inspector general exposed sexual misconduct and gross misappropriation of federal funds by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a prominent Barack Obama supporter.
Independent federal inspectors general, however, are supposed to be granted special protection from political interference or retaliation – thanks in part to a law co-sponsored by then-Sen. Barack Obama – to ensure they are free to investigate waste and fraud uninfluenced by political cronyism.
The firing led to an investigation by inspectors general advocate Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Darrell Issa.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Bumpity-bump
Uh_bummer... demiGod of Scum and lies..
This will rank right up there with Clinton firing all the federal prosecutors and the results will be the same. Nada.
I would like to think that after the November elections and the retaking of Congress this event and others will be a solid basis for impeachment on a number of grounds (abuse of power, giving aid and comfort to the enemy, etc.).
High crimes and misdemeanors.
Barry will NEVER be impeached in a white guilt ridden society. “G*d Damn America”.
Not impeachment but you will hear the Democrats start sounding the “politics of personal destruction” gong after the election. They know that they spent two years with a free reign and Democrats took advantage of it. They will start running for cover soon. Luckily for them, their media buddies will be happy to carry the water for them.
JAIL TO THE CHIEF & THIEF! ! ! ! ! ! !
Bush fired all the federal prosecutors too.
Use the Nominations Search Tool at the US Library of Congress to compare ...
Obama's firing of Walpin is different, and I agree that it represents protection of a crony.
“”Throughout our investigation of Mr. Walpin’s removal, the White House has repeatedly communicated that the president was not motivated by inappropriate political reasons,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., one of the authors of the updated report. “The fact is...”
Issa Ping!
“G. Gordon Liddy said on his show the other day - said laughingly - something like: at first it was sort of charming but all these “gates” are starting to belittle his own work...”
LOL!
Clintoon supposedly fired all the prosecutors to cover up the firing of one particular prosecutor. The one looking into Whitewater. He replaced that prosecutor with a crony. Pretty much the same scenario going on here. Using the power of the presidency to cover up malfeasance. And the result will be the same. Nada.
The lid will remain on fairly tight as all we have is libs in Congress to investigate.
However, after November, watch the fireworks.....
The bar is now so low on fitness for public office, that I think this kind of thing is here to stay.
I believe that ALL politicians are abject whores and actually worse for pretending otherwise.
I have a friend who used to say: “The only honest people in the world are professional wrestlers and whores. Everyone knows professional wrestling is fixed and a whore knows she’s a whore”.
Well… politicians can’t even qualify by default for THAT level self-deprecation. I am more and more disgusted with them all the time.
Yeah!!! The truth eventually comes out!!!
Just like in the Peter Paul case, where illegal fund-raising got Hillary in so much trouble!!!
Say -- whatever happened to her, anyway?
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Issa's a bulldog!
Mary Jo White. He was surprised (but shouldn't have been) at the amount of heat generated when Reno asked for White's resignation. But firing all the sitting US Attorneys upon taking office has been the rule going back quite a few presidencies; at least Reagan, GHWB.
I agree with your ultimate conclusion that Walpin won't get any justice - justice is long dead in this country. The US is the world's premier banana republic.
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