well, they got their line going. walpin is "confused," meaning they are going for the AGE reason. he's out of touch, unreasonable and riddled with dementia. how absolutely dastardly. i don't know how to make this a link
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/white-house-plays-hardball-says-fired-ig-walpin-was-confused-disoriented-engaged-in-inappropriate-co.html