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confused? disoriented? i think not. i’ve seen gerald walpin, the fired americorps inspector general, on a number of shows and he is completely lucent, articulate, and very compelling.
apparently, The One is practicing hardball politics, chicago-style, with the firing of the inspector general, gerald walpin for his aggressive investigation of the misuse of federal americorps funds by sacramento, california mayor, former nba star, and big time obama supporter, kevin johnson as well as the research foundation of the city university of new york. you can read inspector walpin’s very lucid reports here.
the wh says they fired walpin for:
“Mr. Walpin was removed after a review was unanimously requested by the bi-partisan Board of the Corporation,” Obama ethics counsel Norm Eisen wrote in a letter to senators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Me.), with a copy directed to McCaskill. “The Board’s action was precipitated by a May 20, 2009 Board meeting at which Mr. Walpin was confused, disoriented, unable to answer questions and exhibited other behavior that led the Board to question his capacity to serve.”
“We further learned that Mr. Walpin had been absent from the Corporation’s headquarters, insisting upon working from his home in New York over the objections of the Corporation’s Board; that he had exhibited a lack of candor in providing material information to decision makers; and that he had engaged in other troubling and inappropriate conduct,” Eisen wrote. …
the white house is simply demonstrating obamaland thugery by using shameful allegations of mental illness to discredit someone who didn’t fall under the spell of The One’s hopechangery but rather took his job seriously, daring to call out anyone – even friends of obama – who are fraudulently using taxpayer dollars.
now here’s what gerald walpin has to say after learning of the wh reasons for his firing:
“Anybody who’s heard me speaking more than I’m used to speaking on radio and TV in recent days, obviously under great pressure from what happened would clearly know that I know what I’m saying and what I’m doing and I’m not incoherent,” Walpin told POLITICO. “There’s nothing confusing about malfeasance and there’s nothing confusing about what appears to be the fact that they terminated me because I was doing my job because the White House wanted to protect people who proclaim they are friends of the White House.”
amen.
with walpin’s firing, the top management positions at obama’s ‘new and improved’ americorps parent organization are now all open. obama has in effect, cleared the way to install his lackeys who will protect the government volunteerism industry and its democrat cronies. and a cold chill has undoubtedly taken hold in every other inspector general’s office in washington.
any principled liberals or democrats left in congress? in the country? why is this chronic bullying and thugocracy toward political ‘enemies’ of the wh being tolerated? and answer me this: how’s all this hope and change working for you?
PenniePan says: I doubt that President Obama did this lightly. He is sure to have concrete reasons to back it up after all, he co-sponsored the law.
He asked for the guys resignation. The guy didn’t give it. So the guy was put on leave while the White House spends 30 days talking to Congress about it. Sounds like the White House is following the law to me and this is more grasping at straws by the chronically outraged right.
Micky says: If the guy is supposedly so retarded shouldnt Obama be letting him keep his job just for that reason alone ?
Doug R says: Even Senator Claire McCaskill, an early Obama supporter, says Obama broke the law by not supplying a valid reason for firing Walpin. Obama is a thug
Rope says: I love one of Gerald Walpin’s responses.
It appears to suggest that I was removed because I was disabled — based on one occasion out of hundreds,” he said.
“I would never say President Obama doesn’t have the capacity to continue to serve because of his (statement) that there are 56 states,” Walpin said, adding that the same holds for Vice President Biden and his “many express confusions that have been highlighted by the media.” Obama mistakenly said once on the campaign trail that he had traveled to 57 states.
He wouldn’t say it but I would. 🙂
Paul says: This is invented outrage. His pursuit of Johnson was overly zealous, ignored protocols during election season and over-stepped the bounds – presenting conclusion as evidence. He needed to go. No story here.
Jared says: LOL. Just another conservative “victim”. YAWN.
Micky says: Hmm… typical.
Liberals are always going after peoples speech or grammar as an excuse to discount their intelligence.
“oh, gee, you make too much sense and you dont talk like the messiah with his telyprompter, you gotta go”
I’m watching Walpin on Glenn Beck right now.
Obama is full of sh*t. Plain and simple.
I love it when liberals say conservatives cry about being victims. Coming from a bunch of babies who still after 8 years cry about Bush being at fault for everything, faux rage about racism, sexism, etc… too funny.
I see it this way Jared, Its the White House and friends who were afraid of becoming victims of a man who was doing what Obama said he would do.
Applying transparency.
Yeah, things are becoming very clear.
Jami says: Is anyone really surprised by all of this?
This is how Chicago-style politics operates. It’s just being executed on a much bigger stage this time. Obama rose from a community agitator to state Senator to US Senator to President in less than a decade with this style. Why should he stop now?
Gil Kaufman says: I wish NBC new would do their job and do a full investigation of this firing. I’ve heard Gerald Walpin speak, and he certainly doesn’t seem to represent the President’s insulting, unacceptable characterization. God help us all!!!
BikerDan says: Katie c’mon now. OF COURSE he was dazed and disoriented. He was dazed by the blatant corruption and thugery of the Obama administration. He was disoriented by the rapid change of the Obama candidacy to actually governing the “Chicago way”. Wouldn’t anyone be dazed and disoriented by the hypocrisy and thugery of this administration?
Jane says: Maybe Mr Walpin has a drinking problem. That could explain the confused and disoriented behavior the administration was seeing. It hardly matters though. The President has the right to have people in such high places that he trusts.
JEEVES says: Funny that he should take his case directly to Fox News. Anyone? Crickets.
Micky says: Yeah Jane, maybe his pharmacist screwed up, or maybe someone slipped him a gorilla biscuit, or maybe his wife hit him inthe head, or maybe he was just in an accident, or maybe…
“The President has the right to have people in such high places that he trusts.”
ya mean like when you guys pitched a fit over Bush firnig attornies ?
I doubt he has the right to fire someone over false claims.
Jeeves, its really simple.
Obamas media would be hostile to him
Fiddle_de_Dee says: Oh poo. The only story here is a bitter, terminated employee telling his side of the story to anyone who will listen – and there are always two sides to every story.
Marsha says: This Thugacracy better tread carefully here. If they’re going to allege that an old guy (with a resume that is IMPRESSIVE) was “confused” and “disoriented” as grounds for firing him, they’d better be prepared to back that up with transcripts and meeting notes or something. Because that’s what companies have been known for doing when they want to get rid of employees who are “too old” for the job. Seniors will come out swinging. Here in Florida, they’re already yapping about it.
And somebody tell Obambi that you can’t simply fire a guy because you don’t like the fact that he’s investigating people too aggressively–even if he is, and especially if he’s investigating one of your supporters and most especially if the target of the investigation has actually had to plead out on the charges being laid out. Dumb Azz’s.
LeeAnn says: “The President has the right to have people in such high places that he trusts.”
Interesting, the dems didn’t seem to have that position over the fired attorneys during the Bush administration. How……….typcial.
Of course, let’s not forget the REAL reason he was fired:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/06/gerald-walpin-slams-obama-for-most.html
“Last week, Dear Leader fired inspector general Gerald Walpin after he identified millions of dollars in AmeriCorps funds that were wasted or misspent. The man in charge of Americorps is a top Obama supporter and friend. Mayor Kevin Johnson used AmeriCorps grants to pay volunteers to engage in school-board political activities, run personal errands for Johnson and even wash his car.”
Ahhhh, hope and change!!!!!!!!
Jing says: Just another neo-con meeting his due fate.
Elizabeth says: Obama is supposed to give congress 30 days notice and a reason. But this administration is having a hard time following the law. Why is that Jing? The reason The One gave is BS, this guy was about to hurt Obama’s bball buddy.
Micky says: Theres more.
“THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 2009
WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES EAST WING STAFF CHANGES
Jackie Norris to Senior Advisor
From Hot Air;
“First Lady Michelle Obama’s chief of staff, Jackie Norris, is being sent to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) in what is both a White House shake-up and an indication of the first lady’s sway over the corporation that oversees AmeriCorps, Serve and Learn and the Senior Corps.”
Gee. This was not being planned ?
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Brilliant jing.
Pennie said:
…chronically outraged right.
Well, those of you on the left should know what being chronically outraged is like.
The fact that the person being investigated is a friend and support of the Obama’s makes this look very suspicious.
It’s politics – the Chicago way. Something Obama knows only too well.
hey jing
this guy was fired for uncovering corruption in the wrong spot. the facts are there so go read them for yourself and quit waiting to be spoon fed everything.
Paul says: HA! You silly people sound like you are watching for the black helicopters to come and hunt you down!
Ken says: Good point, Kris. Have you noticed that the left hasn’t addressed the facts of this case? They just drone on and on about Bush, neo-cons, and being outraged.
All they have is tired mantra and talking points. So sad.
Ken says: To wit:
“HA! You silly people sound like you are watching for the black helicopters to come and hunt you down!”
Right on cue, Paul, thanks.
Ken says: “Funny that he should take his case directly to Fox News. Anyone? ”
Sure, he knows that Fox News is the only news channel that hasn’t turned into a foaming at the mouth, pectorial admiring, babbling, fawning like a teenage girl at a Jonas Brothers concert, shell of its former self at the mere mention of B.O.
Anything else you’d like to know?
Rope says: “Funny that he should take his case directly to Fox News. Anyone? ”
Maybe because the new anchors at fox dont have a TINGLE going up their legs like some do when the one speaks.
lisab says: i heard this guy yesterday … he did not seem to be bashing obama too much. he seemed to be very relectant to say anything bad about the administration … he said a lot of, “i would not know about that” and “i have no idea why they were acting the way they acted” etc.
he seemed to have been surprised he was fired and otherwise very pro-obama.
richard says: Funny that he should take his case directly to Fox
news?
Actually he first went to MSNBC, and wanted to either
to get on Olbermann, or Maddow to tell his story. But
when he said it involved possible fraud/abuse ect
linked to the ‘Big O”, they turned him down. However
Olbermann said he would have him on his show if he
would admit Bush had him “waterboarded”prior to being
appointed by him.
They just drone on and on about Bush…
It’s all the people on the left have. That and sycophantic devotion to Obama.
Micky says: So, as usual, moonbts wont argue the issue. I guess that means that you all agree he was in fact fired for being a whistle blower, getting a little too close for comfort, and that it just happened to be a friend of Obama that he caught so naturally, Obama had to fire him. Even though the law says he cant. From what I understand its congress’s job but we dont see moonbats touching on relative facts like that at all. Not that congress would of cut him any slack either.
Hey Paul.
When we start accusing “The One” of blowing up levees, being responsible for the weather, masterminding 911, fabricating intelligence from more than a dozen different countries, then you can start yapping about black helicopter and maybe be taken seriously.
Actually, wouldnt they be kind of a commie brown with a red star when that starts happening ?
Micky says: Good one Richard
“Actually he first went to MSNBC, and wanted to either
to get on Olbermann, or Maddow to tell his story. But
when he said it involved possible fraud/abuse ect
linked to the ‘Big O”, they turned him down. However
Olbermann said he would have him on his show if he
would admit Bush had him “waterboarded”prior to being
appointed by him.”
Interesting.
Anything to say Jeeves?? Crickets.
jannyb says: guess we can all understand why MSNBC has such LOW viewing ‘scores’!
The 2 mentioned by Ken @ 8:22 are the worst! BO will soon, I hope, find out
that he is not king (even though he bows to them!) We must be heard…that’s
so important. there are quite a few politicians that need to get some b@lls &
protect our country’s Constitution & make sure peoples’ rights are protected, like Mr Walpin’s! I wish the person in America’s highest office loved this country!!
jannyb says: Wonder what will transpire as ACORN is investgated? That is a VERY crooked
(community-organization) that has received mega taxpayers’ dollars & dearly
in cahoots with BO & his “mentors”.
cHIEFMKW says: This whole mess could have easily been resolved by a REAL manager. When there is concern about performance, you thoroughly and objectively investigate is and then make a decision for action. It is the APPEARANCE of Chicago-style getting rid of someone who made a report you didn’t like. It is always the APPEARNCE of wrongdoing that sinks a manager. Where is O’s “transparency”. This is Chicago street politics at it’s best. BUT – why would we expect a politician raised in the Chicago politicall culture to do differentlyl? He didn’t make it up thru the ranks that fast without embrassing the style, so we shouldn’t be surprised that he is prcticing what he was taught.
The real disappointment is that no “mainstream” media is doing as thorough an investigation as they did on, say, Bush’s National Guard record ? ? ?
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