Key Obama Ally Says President Obama Did Not Follow the Law in IG Firing

Obama protects those that give him money.
Teacher retirement plans were robbed to give the money to the UAW. Teachers in Indiana saw their retirement fund turn to complete dust, while the UAW made out like bandits, literally, with the Obama run takeover of GM and Chrysler.
The teachers retirement plan is only one example of who he will throw under the bus to pay off his supporters in any corrupt manner he chooses…. and the media refuses to report on this.
So given the media silence on such abject corruption why would Obama worry about firing an inspector general who found a supporter of Obama stealing millions of tax dollars. Obama probably showed him how to work the system to steal the dollars anyway.
Don’t forget Obama worked for and trained people at ACORN. There are 250 small non-profit, government funded (with millions upon millions of tax dollars), all sharing one small ACORN office in Katrina land., Obama understands how to funnel money legal and illegal.

Ouch!!
Some of the Democrats have not drunk the koolaid, or at least the effects are wearing off.

Obama IS the law.

Jake, you’ve reported several times in your blog. But, why won’t you report it on World News?
I think when the President intentionally disregards federal law, that story should find it’s way into your nightly newscast and perhaps your Sunday morning, This Week.

What Obama the lawyer didn’t know how to follow the law. LOL

So let’s see…one of the President’s biggest supporters says he broke the law in firing a watchdog Inspector General without cause.
And this is not front page news everywhere why?

Onbho
BHO did not want his buddy the Mayor of sacrememto to be convicted of being a Crook, which he is.

To stop housing scams, we must continue investigating U.S. Attorneys firing scandal.

Unless the 30 days aren’t up and the temination hasn’t happened yet. Then it would be more arguable if the intent of the law has been broken yet.

Would you honestly expect him to follow federal law? He comes from the most politically corrupt state in the nation. Don’t you know–BHO is above the law.

But if the 30 days are up, then the blame falls on congress also, for not acting on a motion for a lawless termination. Ultimately, it falls back on the voter to enforce those kinds of judgments, since a court can’t really tell congress how to interpret its own laws.

To J.H. Green … yes it is good to “give credit” to Sen McCaskill for speaking out. But “courage”? I’d stop a bit short of that. Senators are elected, pretty much for life the way it usually works out if they are competent and/or savvy, to BE the representatives of the people, no matter what nonsense is going on in the Executive Branch from office-holders who are themselves ego-driven and focused on reelection and their “so-called” personal legacy.
I think what you are implying is that the POTUS is the big gorilla in town, with the power to call all the shots — one you had better fall in line with. That’s sad. Very sad.
Personally, I’d like to see the entire legislative branch voted out and get some people with balls and brains (a rare combination, I grant) in there. I think many of our problems would go away if we elected people with common sense who were “above the fray” of highly partisan politics. But then I AM a dreamer. Guilty of that, for sure.
I read today that Barack now has some 16 “czars” over various things. Now THAT’S scary. Are we in some kind of monarchy? So it seems.

Thank you, Claire McCaskill, and thank you, Charles Grassley! Transparency, indeed. Keep pressing the president to actually explain himself.

Terry Ott- you want more b(***)S and brains? Make an army field manual on simplified classical Aristotilean grammar, multitudes and magnitudes(See Nichomacus on number), and Nichomachean ethics.

laws, shmaws…did you see that big fly I killed?

Obama, this guys a crook and he’s stealing us blind.

Yeah…

Let’s look at healthcare as a bail-out, and keep it that way.
Let’s look at Chicago as a network of Americans.
Let’s look at the media as a surfer on a passing wave.
Let’s see what you think about that.

You’re a brave man to keep the unpleasant side of a power-hungry young Administration in the spotlight, Jake. It’s only noticable because you’re the only one that’s doing it consistently and professionally.
Keep up the good work. It’s good to know there’s at least one real journalist left in the mainstream press who isn’t being strong-armed.
You’d best be watching your six, though. Somebody in the Chicagoland WH is bound to be noticing these inconvenient stories.
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Agreed. I have grown to like Jake’s investigation of both sides of the aisle and apparent integrity.
Just in this current political and media environment I hope it doesn’t come at a high cost. Keep up the good work!
On the notes on the article it will be interesting to see liberals’ defense of Obama on this one. I have been guilty in the past of defending conservative indefensible positions but have learned my lessons like I think many conservatives have. Hopefully liberals learn the same thing.
Bush making bad decisions in no way excuses Obama for making equivalent and apparently even more obviously worse decisions.

jhw539- Also, Ultimately, the strength of a nation is the character of a people, not their ability to circumvent the spirit of the laws.

I am not a fan of Kennedy politics. But don’t forget that corporations taken too far are the same as foreign nations, and lobbying taken too far is the same as a foreign invasion. Social services taken too far are the same as oppression, but the contrary is also oppression. A people without education is oppressed, but education is the easiest way to oppress. There are almost no hard and fast rules to self-government.

jhw, so, by your logic, it’s the letter not the spirit of the law and as long as you have not actually broken a law, you can do what you want? Really? That’s the attitude you took during the Bush administration as well? Since waterboarding was not legally torture, it was okay, right?
You will support anything the president does without question. Amazing.

So unless you are willing to provide a response, I will take it that you retract your opinion of my opinion.

Washington Post, February 14, 2009:
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, railed against a provision that he said would undermine the independence of watchdog agencies within the government. The bill sets up a new panel, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which has the authority to request “that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation.”
“Any new limitation on the independence of inspectors general is dangerous,” Grassley said.
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I wonder if that provision was inserted into the stimulus bill with Kevin Johnson in mind.

Yes the grasshopper was quick with the fly today…and he is making changes in our government just as quickly!
Jake, thank you for reporting this story in such detail in all three blogs written on the IG firing.
Keep up the excellent work!

Well, anyway, since everyone seems to want to know, I didn’t vote for Obama. But I’m happy I didn’t because McCain would have totally screwed up the handling of Iran’s elections. Also, my door is open to visitors if they don’t mind my ill-trained (child-friendly) dogs, and they’re not thieves, in which case they might well be accidentally killed on the spot.

moderate:”jhw, so, by your logic, it’s the letter not the spirit of the law and as long as you have not actually broken a law, you can do what you want? Really?”
He followed the law to the letter. What more is he to do? Personally visit every member of Congress and ask if they’re OK with it?
“That’s the attitude you took during the Bush administration as well? Since waterboarding was not legally torture, it was okay, right?”
The actual legality of that is much in question and, even with Obama’s desire to let it lie and move on the courts are still involved.
“You will support anything the president does without question. Amazing.”
This is nonsense. In just the last few days I’ve supported the lawsuit against the Whitehouse regarding release of visitor logs, and a few days ago encouraged people to give to the EFF and ACLU so they could continue their legal efforts against the abuse of the States Secrets defense doctrine.
Obama gave 30 days notice, and he gave a reason in compliance with the law. If he did not comply with the law, every Republican in Congress would file a suit. But they won’t, because they don’t want it to be summarily dismissed as nonsense, they want to enrage their base who does not care about little things like reality or facts.

MarkLeavenworth: “Sorry, I confused some words in there on account of celebrating Iran’s expected entry into the global community.”
While I sincerely hope I am being overly pessimistic, I wouldn’t get your hopes up. This looks almost exactly like what we were seeing and hearing in 2003, and that was snuffed out within 10 days. The press will be banned, we’ll hear nothing for a couple weeks, and then everything will be back to the status quo. Iran is heartbreaking like that.

It’s good to hear that ABC/Pravda, the network giving BO and the Dems free, no opposition air time, is actually airing something negative about them. There is SO much negative to air about them, it’s criminal not to.

Every blog and news report comment area and every social network I visit, folks are mad and not happy with Obama. What I want to know is who is getting 60% approval ratigs for this man? Looks like to me that a truer number is less than 20% approval! Who does the MSM think they are fooling?

“Shouldn’t he be disbarred for this?
Posted by: Ryan | Jun 16, 2009 10:49:30 PM”
You can’t disbar someone that doesn’t have a license to practice law.

Ryan:”Shouldn’t he be disbarred for this?”
On what basis? He has not actually broken any law.

This has been an interesting story – croneyism, politcal payback, an eager whistleblower who rubs everyone the wrong way, strong arm tactics – I’m riveted – pass the popcorn, I can’t wait for the next chapter!
Well done Jake!
(damn that hurts – what with y’all now being the official Whithouse Network “Sham-Wow” crew –scary that–).

Sen. MacCaskill has been demonstrating a bit of independence from the zombie Dem-bots in the Senate—perhaps because Missouri preferred McCain to The Anointed Won back in November.
Of course, in Illinois or Chicago ward-heeler politics, Inspectors General are laughed at and ignored. It seems that Obama is trying to extend this corrupt style of political strong-arm tactics across the country.

I am impressed with Clair McCaskill’s honesty. There aren’t too many Dems left in Congress with an ounce of integrity so it is refreshing to hear that she is honest about the illegal firing of the IG by this “president.” For Barack Obama to fire this man for doing his job just because he uncovered a friend and supporter with his fingers in the till, is unspeakably corrupt. Please don’t let this story die, as much as Mr. Obama would love to see it go away. We have to know our officials are not morally bankrupt.

Ryan:”Shouldn’t he be disbarred for this?”
jhw539:”On what basis? He has not actually broken any law.”
I think we were all under the impression that the law in question was one he personally co-sponsored with Sen. McCaskill and thus should probably have had some idea what was in it. If he didn’t know what was in the bill he co-sponsored (not a last-second amendment, mind you, but the whole point of the bill) then there’s a whole new range of options.

As Tammy Bruce says, He will be impeached for his crimes against our country.
He is not only a socialist, but a dictator
Change we can believe in LOL

jhw539:
“I doubt he was trying to circumvent the legal process since he clearly was ready and aware of what needed to be done (or more accurately, the appropriate staffer tasked with the job was aware of it).”
Who are you kidding? If he knew “what needed to be done” he would have notified Congress 30 days in advance like they were supposed to. Instead he was threatened he needed to “resign in 1 hour or be fired”. Note: 1 hr is not 30 days and he was supposed to explain himself to congress BEFORE firing the IG. This is dirty cronyism and strong-arm politics. Republicans just replaced holdover political appointees who didn’t share the admin’s priorities and there were hearings over it. Obama illegally fires an IG who uncovers corruption in one of Obama’s political contributors and … not much?

Read the comments of the die-hard Obama voters. There is nothing Obama can say or do that will make them believe that he is the wrong person to run our country.
In this case, President Obama broke the law and abused his power. Unfortunately, this is not the first time and it won’t be the last.
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.”
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton (1834–1902)

Sorry, Government is exempted from following law.

This is a strict warning for existing IG’s. Do you want to follow suit and be added to the 9.4%?

Looks like we are experiencing the Government of Iran, Russia, NK and China.
Instead of politely telling “Loss of confidence” they should have hammered these words “Who the heck are you to question?”

Ok Claire. You say he is not following the law that he even helped write. Now what are you going to do about it?
(which should have been the next question asked by the reporter. Hm. Don’t see it anywhere, wonder why?)

Sen. Claire McCaskill you are Fired!
Reason: “Loss of confidence”

Donald Trump can come in handy “You are Fired”. Reason: “Don’t even bother to ask”

Reporters bringing negative reports. “You are fired” or “You are Quarantined”

Fire Czar to handle firings.

afloatinasea; until you’re willing to admit that America has suffered under an ‘ruling elite’ class for the last 8 years; one that refused to communicate with the lowly masses. A ‘ruling elite’ that felt the ends justified the means. This feeling and attitude of superiority so much controlled the thinking of this group that slaughtering the financial means of the middle and lower classes of this country was and is acceptable. And all of this for the sake of big OIL and the even bigger BUDDY SYSTEM. Oh, wait, it was all ‘done for the protection of America from the the outside threats to our freedoms.’ But now we’re asking; who protected us from THEM! This is not to say that the Obama administration will not make mistakes, regardless of who’s in office; we-the-people have an obligation and here’s a key concept: OPPORTUNITY to speak-up. Until you’re willing to acknowledge our shared past; Your words mean nothing here!

I friggin love it. “Blame Bush and the past 8 years!” so when my kids and grandkids start footing the bill for this corrupt gov’t, what do I tell them?

It’s not that 0bama wanted to fire him, it’s just what his telepromter told him to do. There is alot more of this story that the state run media is refusing to report in order to stay in the good grace of the one. Even Michelle is involved, smacks of the cronyism not seen since the days of travelgate and the Clintons.

Tell the whole story ABC. It looks like Michell had him fired so she could move her cheif of staff into that position. She is the one behind this.

She added that she was “hopeful the White House will provide a more substantive rationale, in writing, as quickly as possible.”
Was she also hoping that they’d give the IG 30 days notice, as required by the law co-sponsored by Obama? Or was she just hoping he’d follow part of some of the law… and keep his corruption and violation of a law he helped sponsor on the rest of it?
Really impressive, she wants him to follow part of some of the law he helped pass? Wow, that’s just cruel.
Although, to be honest, we all know why he was fired. He caught an Obama sponsor and ally embezzling money from public projects; and tried to have the Obama ally punished for stealing from the U.S. taxpayers… clearly Obama doesn’t want that sort of behavior at the IG.

Ok, so Obama broke the law by firing an inspector who found improprieties with some of his political friends. Now what? The worst part is the Obamabots will line up behind their law breaking savior and defend him to the end.

If it was Bush the impeachment process would have been in 3rd gear by now. I am happy that other news outlets are at least covering it.

Claire is not getting a Christman card this year from the Obama’s.

How interesting that someone who squeels of inappropriate behavior gets fired. I thought Barry was an inclusive President. Seems inclusive is defined as “my way, or I will crush you”. Go Barrack Chavez!!!!!!

WOW – I’m so shocked (sarcasm)! I hope the newly fired IG is able to smack this totalitarian gov. ASAP! He plans to fight I plan to cheer him on! Wonder how many news stations will cover it? Wonder how the WH will “spin” it? Wonder if Claire will stand with the fired IG or with the corrupt WH?
Oh, how I wonder if this will help end Obama’s term or any chance of him “attempting” another run?

How refreshing!! I thought the only place you could find posts from Obama-skeptics was FOX. MSM would have you believe everyone loves him except a few kooks who tune into FOX.

jhw, what about the fact that according to the law Sen. McCaskill wrote, the president is supposed to notify the Congress 30 days PRIOR to firing an IG? Check your talking points and get back to us, okay?

I can not fathom how Obama can simply fire Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service without giving Congress 30 days notice! Obama is simply taking control of our Government on a daily basis and doing so well beyond the limits of the Constitution. Where is the justice? Why are we letting this impostor continue with his illegal agenda? Come on people let’s stand up for our rights and those that are trying to do what is right for us!

I’m hoping the crisis in Iran will open up our socialist President. Mr. Loser President, u keep pushing it, the same crisis will happen here in the US! And we can’t wait until the day you get thrown out and never be heard from again! All the major networks are so dumb to think that we will listen to whatever they report. Look at your profits and you’ll see how effective you are trying to push your propaganda. Thank god for the discovery, tlc, science, natgeo, etc channels.

Jake, this needs to be posted on the Home Page and reported on ABC NEWS on TV. Think that’ll happen?

So Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri what are you going to do about it? Voters in your district elected you to uphold the law, now that you found out a law was broken what are you going to do about it? We are waiting…

The firing of the Inspectors General is scandalous. I’ve seen Mr. Walpin interviewed – he is not confused or demented. It’s just that he was doing his job and Pres. Obama didn’t like where the investigation was going. Come ABC news, where is your outrage? If this was George Bush, you’d be screaming foul!

We don’t need no stinkin laws!

I think i’ve seen this somewhere before…but it’s not bad at all