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Walpin-gate: Obama fires an IG (who was investigating a crony)
The Washington Times ^ | June 15, 2009 | Editorial

Posted on 06/14/2009 7:18:37 PM PDT by Abakumov

Congress ought to open an investigation, New York Times editorialists should be in a state of apoplexy, and MSNBC hosts ought to be frothing at the mouth. Without appropriate documentation or good reason, President Obama has fired a federal investigator who was on the case against a political ally of the president's. Mr. Obama's move has the stench of scandal.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhofascism; chicagoonthepotomac; corruption; cronyism; fascism; geraldwalpin; investigatorgeneral; obama; walpin
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To: Cicero
Whether congress will object remains to be seen. But his action in removing him without notifying congress and without giving a good reason WAS ILLEGAL.

We need to PRESSURE CONGRESS!!!

21 posted on 06/14/2009 7:53:52 PM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 91:4 ...staying cuddled Under His Wings)
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To: Abakumov

bump


22 posted on 06/14/2009 7:56:30 PM PDT by Cooter
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To: Abakumov

I wonder if this investigator can, in the old words of the popular Algore, figure out that now “up is down”, “down is up”, etc. Bet he can’t figure it out


23 posted on 06/14/2009 8:04:35 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Abakumov

This is just another racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted charge from a bunch of balding white men who are mad that they’ve lost their power.

I fail to see the story here....

-your friends in the unbiased, non partisan media


25 posted on 06/14/2009 8:05:03 PM PDT by Tzimisce (Socialism is the worst kind of Pollution.)
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To: keats5
This is a huge story, if it gets enough exposure.

ROTFLMAO! Do you think for a moment that the Monica Media is going to go after Obama? And even if they did, he's so smooth and handsome that a majority of Americans will not care.

Would America turn on Will Smith? Tiger woods? Well, he's both rolled into one!

26 posted on 06/14/2009 8:05:32 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The University of Notre Dame's motto: "Kill our unborn children? YES WE CAN!")
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To: Abakumov

Gerald Walpin speaks: The inside story of the AmeriCorps firing
Here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271836/posts


27 posted on 06/14/2009 8:06:15 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: Abakumov

I’m sure the watchdogs in the press will take up the cause. Katie is probably booking a flight out there now. /s


28 posted on 06/14/2009 8:16:14 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Abakumov

Naw, the msm will remind the people of the 7 lawyers or so that Bush fired, and it will all be like, well Bush fired so and so first, so its his fault, and the sheeple will eat it.


29 posted on 06/14/2009 8:19:08 PM PDT by RatsDawg
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To: Abakumov
This reminds of another past incident during the presidency:

In the most traumatic government upheaval of the Watergate crisis, President Nixon yesterday discharged Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox and accepted the resignations of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus. The President also abolished the office of the special prosecutor and turned over to the Justice Department the entire responsibility for further investigation and prosecution of suspects and defendants in Watergate and related cases.

Hope Change Transparency Honesty: Just words to Obama.

30 posted on 06/14/2009 8:24:34 PM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal.)
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To: keats5

Yes, if.


31 posted on 06/14/2009 8:41:17 PM PDT by lakey (To ALL Congressperps - YOU'RE FIRED!)
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To: Abakumov
How long before we have Obama's moment like this?


"I did not have sexual relations with that woman,
Miss Lewinsky, I never told anybody to lie, not a
single time."

Please, oh please....


32 posted on 06/14/2009 8:44:15 PM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: Harley

It's not the crime, it's the cover-up, RIGHT?!


33 posted on 06/14/2009 8:58:19 PM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: Abakumov

Paging Woodward and Bernstien.


34 posted on 06/14/2009 9:11:36 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("I don't call 911" -- Chuck Norris.)
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To: VeniVidiVici
Obama cronies playing fast and loose with Americorps money. And then choosing to repay the money to avoid trials of kickbacks, graft and corruption....And it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Something tells me that things aren't going to turn out well for these people.

35 posted on 06/14/2009 9:15:19 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("I don't call 911" -- Chuck Norris.)
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To: VeniVidiVici
More information here: Obama Fires IG Who Exposed Political Corruption

Media outlets are investigating some funny business involving Barack Hussein Obama, AmeriCorps and one of his biggest supporters.

It seems that an AmeriCorps inspector general received a missive from an Obama legal counsel last night ordering him to resign within the hour or be fired. There was only one small hitch: Obama’s legal goon was working outside of the law.

Obama himself co-signed the Inspectors General Reform Act prohibiting inspector generals from being harassed or fired in retaliation for doing their jobs. The measure also included a provision requiring the president to notify Congress “at least 30 days” before firing any IG.

Maybe Obama simply “forgot” about the provision — as he so often does — when he ordered the immediate firing of the IG — after business hours.

As soon as the media began looking into the attempted firing, the White House quickly backed off from their hasty decision to fire the IG.

So what did this AmeriCorps inspector general do to get on Obama’s bad side? His job, of course.

An inspector general’s job duties includes weeding out corruption and fraud within government.

From Fox News.

The firing apparently stems from Walpin’s investigation of a non-profit group, St. HOPE Academy, run by Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star who is now mayor of Sacramento, California (and a big Obama supporter). “[Walpin] found that Johnson, a former all-star point guard for the Phoenix Suns, had used AmeriCorps grants to pay volunteers to engage in school-board political activities, run personal errands for Johnson and even wash his car,” the AP reports. In April, the U.S. attorney declined to file any criminal charges in the matter and criticized Walpin’s investigation. But at the same time Johnson and St. HOPE agreed to repay about half of the $850,000 it had received from AmeriCorps.


36 posted on 06/14/2009 9:29:39 PM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: Abakumov

What no Senate hearings? wears Arlen Specter?


37 posted on 06/14/2009 9:42:22 PM PDT by HonestConservative (http://web.me.com/pac8185/Site_2/Podcast/Podcast.html)
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To: Cicero
Good catch!

PUBLIC LAW 110-409 [H.R. 928]
OCT. 14, 2008
INSPECTOR GENERAL REFORM ACT OF 2008
http://www.ignet.gov/pande/leg/pl110-409.htm

[*3] SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF INSPECTORS GENERAL.

(a) Establishments.—Section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting “If an Inspector General is removed from office or is transferred to another position or location within an establishment, the President shall communicate in writing the reasons for any such removal or transfer to both Houses of Congress, not later than 30 days before the removal or transfer. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a personnel action otherwise authorized by law, other than transfer or removal.”

38 posted on 06/14/2009 9:46:41 PM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

maybe a transgender or drag-queen but no chick would spank herr olbermeister...:)


39 posted on 06/14/2009 10:28:38 PM PDT by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for g!ood men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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To: Abakumov

Impeach Obama!


40 posted on 06/14/2009 11:23:18 PM PDT by americanophile
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