Posted on 06/16/2009 9:25:45 PM PDT by pissant
WASHINGTON -- Responding to criticism from a Senate Democratic ally, President Obama explained why he fired the Inspector General of the AmeriCorps without the 30-day notification required by law, calling Gerald Walpin so "confused" and "disoriented" that there was reason to question "his capacity to serve."
In a letter to the bipartisan leaders of the Senate Committee that oversees AmeriCorps, Obama listed these alleged defects in Walpin's leadership as an Inspector General.
* Removed after unanimous request from the AmeriCorps board of directors
* At May, 20, 2009, board meeting Walpin "was confused, disoriented and unable to answer questions and exhibited behavior that led the board to question his capacity to serve."
* The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California complained about Walpin's conduct to the IG oversight board and alleged he withheld exculpatory evidence.
* Walpin had "been absent from the Corporation's headquarters, insisting upon working from his home in New York over the objection" of the board.
* He "exhibited a lack of candor in providing material information to decision makers."
* He "engaged in other troubling and inappropriate conduct."
* He "had become unduly disruptive to agency operations, impairing his effectiveness."
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Then fire Joe Biden.
Confused...well I wonder if he’ll call for this woman to be fired:
http://dailybail.com/home/there-are-no-words-to-describe-the-following-part-ii.html
LOL!!!
I listened to Laura Ingram”s interview of the IG last night...he sounded like a sharp-as-a-tack, battle-tested 78 year old lawyer...one that seemed particular comfortable taking the empty suit head on at this stage in his career...this guy could be Barry’s nightmare before all is said and done.
Robert Gibbs would be fired because he always looks confused, disoriented and he’s unable to answer questions too. That WHOLE administration is incompetent.
Like obozo without his teleprompter.
And Nanny Pelosi.
Getting even more scary. Anyone over 50 needs to be really pissed off about this career destroying tactic.
This is really huge...I hope we keep this tied around his neck...of course, need I say it...if Bush had done this????
Those voters who voted for these corrupt and incompetent bastards are to blame.
Sounds like the old Soviet tactic — declare the opponent insane and shuffle them away, never to be heard from again.
Removed after unanimous request from the AmeriCorps board of directorsThis one can be verified (or not). Someone should check this out first to see if it was a unanimous request. If so, then the firing is correct. If no, the whole think is suspect. Simple.
Everytime obama's teleprompter quits he becomes exactly what he has accused this man of being. Confused and disoriented.
(DoubleWOW!!!)Isn't there an unwritten practice of good management not to discuss personnel dismissals in public?
The sharpest knife in the drawer got tossed.
My GOD! This sounds HITLERESQUE! This is No Different than the RANTS That Hugo CHAVEZ Levels Daily Against All of His detractors!
OBOZO is referring to the U.S. ATTORNEY! He should point out that is NOT the U.S. ATTORNEY, but a career Justice Lawyer acting as a The U.S. ATTORNEY obviously aspiring to impress the BOSS and get a BIG PROMOTION!
Mr. WALPRIN appears to be in TOTAL CONTROL of his Facilities in all the Interviews He is appearing to defend His Positions! OBOZO is a CONFIRMED LIAR! so why should We believe OBOZO?
I think what Barack the Kenyan means is that Walpin refuses to wear a brown shirt, march the goose step and bow before the king. Like Walpin, I’m “confused and disoriented” also.
Walpin was on Glenn Beck’s show yesterday or Friday.
We are being taken over by an Evil Deviant that Hugo Chavez has accurately stated is “FAR to the LEFT of both HE (CHAVEZ) and CASTRO and that We better watch Out for HIM (OBOZO)!”
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