Walpin-gate… Obama fires man who reports friend of administration misusing federal grants.
Obama is in a little bit of hot water after firing an individual who reported the misuse of federal grant funds by Kevin Johnson, a popular Obama supporter. From Fox News…
[Gerald] Walpin, the former inspector general who was appointed by President George W. Bush, contends he got the boot because he issued a report that found misuse of federal grants by a nonprofit education group led by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is an Obama supporter and former National Basketball Association star.
Obama, for his part, initially said he had fired Walpin because he had lost confidence in the inspector general. When senators pressed for a fuller explanation, the White House didn’t hesitate to play hardball. The counsel’s office issued a letter stating that Walpin, 77, had been “confused, disoriented, unable to answer questions and exhibited other behavior” that led the board of the National Service corporation “to question his capacity to serve.”
Walpin has taken his case to conservative TV talk shows — going so far as to take an on-air senility test to prove his mind is sound. Now two Republican senators are asking for a congressional hearing into whether the firing was appropriate.
So the message seems to be, if you cross Obama, or his supporters, get out of the way. You will be slanderd and fired if you have even legitamate criticism for Barack Obama’s friends.
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