rssFired Inspector General Makes Fun of Obama and Biden Gaffes
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 1:34 pm
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Gerald Walpin, the former Americorps Inspector General who alleges he was fired unfairly, might not help his case with this:
“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.
The “57 states” flub — thirteen months ago Obama apparently meant to say he’d been to 47 states, but said “57″ — is famous on the Fox News circuit and the conservative blogosphere, if pretty much forgotten everywhere else.
Now, a skeptic of the administration is not a bad guy to have investigating contracts. But Walpin had been attacked in 2008 as a “right-wing Republican” who said at a 2005 fundraiser for former Gov. Mitt Romney that Massachusetts was run by a “modern-day KKK” of the “Kennedy-Kerry Klan.” He gave one of his first interviews about this story to WorldNetDaily, the fringe site that’s hounding billboard companies that refuse to sell space to run ads about Barack Obama’s citizenship. None of this discredits Walpin, but it’s making him a less sympathetic figure at the very time that some Republicans, such as Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), are wondering if they can make a scandal out of this.
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23 Comments
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 10:49 am
I love how everyone supporting him is ignoring that a US Attorney thinks Walpin was withholding evidence in a case.
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 12:17 pm
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/…
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1949795….
The US Attorney accused him of withholding exculpatory evidence, not doing his job(not auditing a potential financial crime, but still announcing that he was recommending an investigation publicly–which is a major breach of ethics) and asked for the FBI to probe Walpin's behavior. And the US attorney(appointed by Dubya) didn't find any crime in the supposed event that Walpin was hyping with the press(in the middle of an election involving one of the candidates). Seems like there was major cause to fire him.
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
Walpin is right. Biden is confused, incoherent most of the time. Obama isn't all that bright. I think that being an IG or former IG doesn't disqualify being critical of the President.
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 2:42 pm
Stalin, Lenin, Mao would be so very proud of the Great Leader. Welcome to the animal farm. Get to work!
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
….Speaking of the FBI, guess who they are investigating?
http://www.kcra.com/politics/19780629/detail.html
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 2:46 pm
Bring on the scandal. Let's have a full Congressional hearing into the reasons that Walpin was canned! We need Walpin's sworn testimony!
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 2:57 pm
Has anyone here ever made a mistake of any kind, in words or deeds?
If so, then you have the right to speak, laught, holler out loud, and otherwise self-aggrandize.
Everyone else should reserve judgement!
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 5:07 pm
You are calling the firing of a 77-year old man who investigated the misuse of funds by a politician the material of a scandal by the Republican Party? I certainly don't agree with the Republican Party's actions, but this man was obviously the victim of age discrimination. And the firing of him without the 30-day notice is evidence to me that the president wanted to leave no room for investigation of his motives for Walpin's removal.
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 5:49 pm
I love how everyone supporting him is ignoring that a US Attorney thinks Walpin was withholding evidence in a case.
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/…
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1949795….
The US Attorney accused him of withholding exculpatory evidence, not doing his job(not auditing a potential financial crime, but still announcing that he was recommending an investigation publicly–which is a major breach of ethics) and asked for the FBI to probe Walpin's behavior. And the US attorney(appointed by Dubya) didn't find any crime in the supposed event that Walpin was hyping with the press(in the middle of an election involving one of the candidates). Seems like there was major cause to fire him.
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
Walpin is right. Biden is confused, incoherent most of the time. Obama isn't all that bright. I think that being an IG or former IG doesn't disqualify being critical of the President.
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 9:42 pm
Stalin, Lenin, Mao would be so very proud of the Great Leader. Welcome to the animal farm. Get to work!
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
….Speaking of the FBI, guess who they are investigating?
http://www.kcra.com/politics/19780629/detail.html
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 9:46 pm
Bring on the scandal. Let's have a full Congressional hearing into the reasons that Walpin was canned! We need Walpin's sworn testimony!
Comment posted June 17, 2009 @ 9:57 pm
Has anyone here ever made a mistake of any kind, in words or deeds?
If so, then you have the right to speak, laught, holler out loud, and otherwise self-aggrandize.
Everyone else should reserve judgement!
Comment posted June 18, 2009 @ 12:07 am
You are calling the firing of a 77-year old man who investigated the misuse of funds by a politician the material of a scandal by the Republican Party? I certainly don't agree with the Republican Party's actions, but this man was obviously the victim of age discrimination. And the firing of him without the 30-day notice is evidence to me that the president wanted to leave no room for investigation of his motives for Walpin's removal.
Comment posted July 16, 2009 @ 8:26 pm
No, I am calling the firing of a 77 year old legally incompetent lifelong extremist rightwing republican who has lied about his political connections a scandal of the republican Party.
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