Another Obama appointee on leave of absence

Hot Air ^ | MARCH 27, 2009 | ED MORRISSEY

[RobinMasters]

Another high-ranking official in the Obama administration has had to leave his position, and in this case, one has to wonder how he got the job in the first place. Scott Polakoff, the top bank regulator for the Treasury, has taken a leave of absence after internal audits uncovered his allowance of backdated capital infusions, which could amount to cooking the books for IndyMac and other institutions. But the OTS chief had also been responsible for regulating AIG as well (via The Boss):

[Nachum]

The List, ping

[2harddrive]

Say it loud, say it PROUD:

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[Conscience of a Conservative]

I would be careful trying to pin this one on Obama, as it could easily backfire. It looks like the stuff this guy is being fired for occurred while he was 2nd in command at OTS, under President Bush. It'd be pretty easy for the Obamabots to say, "once we figured out Polakoff's involvement in this backdating while he worked under President Bush, we fired him - see, we're ethical!" - and you know that's EXACTLY how the MSM would report it.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Another crook in the Obama cabal (Administration). How surprising.

[henkster]

OMG, we are being ruled by a regime of idiots.

I doubt you could find a worse government anywhere on earth. Chad? Zimbabwe? Nigeria? I’d put these incompetent crooks against them any day.

[ApplegateRanch]

The worst parts of President Useless Grant, combined with Jimmah Carter.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

To be fair, this guy isn’t an “Obama guy,” he’s a career regulator - 22 years at FDIC, the past 4 as deputy COO of OTS. This is more a question of “another crook in DC” than it is a partisan matter.

[EGPWS]

Scott Polakoff, the top bank regulator for the Treasury, has taken a leave of absence after internal audits uncovered his allowance of backdated capital infusions, which could amount to cooking the books for IndyMac and other institutions.

PFFFTT, hearsay!

No doubt just maternity leave so he can give birth. ~ snort

[EGPWS]

The worst parts of President Useless Grant, combined with Jimmah Carter.

Good God, why lift the directives of this present loser by comparing him to a semi-respectable president like Grant?

Grant, who was worthless until the modern day democrat party redefined "worthless president"!

[SunkenCiv]

Director of Office of Thrift Supervision Placed On Leave
Yahoo AP
Posted on 03/26/2009 9:26:59 PM PDT by IDRATHERNOT
Edited on 03/27/2009 4:38:01 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215884/posts

[Chode]

and 0bama takes another one in the.................................HA ha!!!

[unixfox]

Cooking the books huh?

Sounds like our entire friggin government. They should all be run out of town on rail with tar and feathers!

[TASMANIANRED]

I think the reason the prisons are dumping is to find new people to fill appointments.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I did a long column on the unethical clowns and crooks in the Obama administration. Thought I was through with the subject but now I’ll have to do a book just to keep up on them. www.augustafreepress.com, “Forgot Money for Jails”

That damned bus is so crowded underneath they’re gonna need a whole fleet of them to hold all those Obie has thrown under them.

[goresalooza]

He’s not looking for “good people”. He’s looking for those who will serve to help bring the country to its knees. He only has a small gang of thugs with which to choose his appointees and a lot of it is because they can’t pass a basic security clearance or have felonies on record.

Obsmmie is more and more like Mugabe every day.

[muawiyah]

We should be so lucky. Mugabe is far smarter.

[Jukeman]

Most corrupt, most incompetent, most arrogant, most marxist administration in history of our country. Historical - you bet and not in a good way.

[Jukeman]

Hook ‘em horns!

[antceecee]

Let’s pray that none of them are “competent”. We would be in serious straights if that were the case.

[NonLinear]

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