Thuggery From Within

During the 2008 Presidential campaign, when attempting to evaluate the work Barack Obama had accomplished as a Senator from Illinois, it took quite some doing amongst all the votes present that were recorded.

Among the very few items uncovered, one located was a bill sponsored by Claire McCaskill, D:MO, which Obama piggybacked on and co-sponsored. As reported by The Kansas City Star, McCaskill last year sponsored a bill protecting inspectors general from partisan firings. No longer can presidents simply note they have “lost confidence” in a watchdog. The new law requires the chief executive to note the actual reason for a firing and to allow Congress 30 days to investigate the claims.

Fast forward to the past week, where lo and behold, an Inspectors General was fired by Obama without the chief executive noting the actual reason and not allowing 30 days for the Congress to investigate the claims. Byron York of The Washington Examiner and Glenn Beck of FOX News discuss and interview Gerald Walpin, the fired Inspector General. Take a listen:



Oh my! Now that is a fantastic example of upholding the law and what transparency! Kind of like the 5 days Obama promised the citizens of the United States would have to examine bills when the spendulous package was rammed through so fast even the members of Congress had not time to read it. They even dragged some congressman back from his mothers funeral to vote on it only for Obama to sign it at a photo opt 5 days later. Good grief America!

After a few days when a storm cloud seemed to be brewing regarding the firing, the White House played hardball, claiming Walpin "was confused, disoriented, unable to answer questions and exhibited other behavior that led the Board to question his capacity to serve." Glenn Beck is on the case, and he gave Walpin a competency test. In English!

Amazingly, Obama is fooling quite a few folks because he is practicing thuggery from the oval office. Since when do we Americans appreciate our governance being run in this fashion?

Glenn Beck has more on the subject:

No doubt, Michael Barrone was quite correct in a column during the campaign predicting this whole scenario.

If you do not want to run car companies as you state, don't. Ditto banks and insurance companies. And quit strong arming corporate executives, whether personally as with Mr. Walpin or Rick Wagoner of GM or through your surrogates as evidenced by the despicable behavior by ACORN and your media partners during the AIG bonus debacle.

America, please wake up!