‘Like Nixon But Without the Press Coverage’
So says a reader at Instapundit about the latest revelations regarding the firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin. The reader’s comment comes in response to Byron York’s reporting today on the Friday info dump by the White House on the brewing AmeriCorps scandal.
The new documents support the Republican investigators’ conclusion that the White House’s explanation for Walpin’s dismissal — that it came after the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees AmeriCorps, unanimously decided that Walpin must go — was in fact a public story cobbled together after Walpin was fired, not before.
Walpin was axed on the evening of June 10, when he received a call from Norman Eisen, the special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform, who told Walpin he had one hour either to resign or be fired. The next day, congressional Republicans, led by Grassley, objected, charging that Walpin’s dismissal violated a recently-passed law requiring the president to give Congress 30 days’ notice before dismissing an inspector general.
The new documents show the White House scrambling, in the days after the controversy erupted, to put together a public explanation for the firing. On June 11, less than 24 hours after Walpin received the call from Eisen, the board held a conference call. The next day, Ranit Schmelzer, who is part of the corporation’s press office, sent an email to board members giving them talking points to use if contacted by reporters seeking information about the matter.
I thought Obama was going to be the most “transparent” President? Yeah, transparently inept, terrible and corrupt.
I wonder….does “Rahm Emmanuel” mean “H.R. Haldeman” in Yiddish?
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
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Obama went to the IOC to plead the case for the Chicago Olympics which were penciled in to occupy land owned by Valerie Jarrett and her cohorts. This type of political corruption is petty larceny in Chicago politics. Heck, they didn’t “off” Walpin, so what’s the beef? The Obamanauts were fed on the Lewinsky and Whitewater “non-events.” If Rahm Emmanuel burned an orphanage down and all the children perished, the Obamanauts would investigate what the children did to cause their own demise.
Look at Ft. Hood. Well, don’t. There is nothing to see there. Move along. We have Gitmo to close, which is out greatest pressing problem in the whole wide world.
As for “press coverage” I suggest you can absolutely count on them to be consistent. That is why you have stopped reading or caring what they say.
Comment by heliotrope — November 23, 2009 @ 12:00 pm - November 23, 2009
The Nixon comparison is interesting, and complicated by the fact that Nixon did a few good things in favor of America and human freedom.
For example, turning around LBJ’s Vietnam fiasco (it was a only Democratic Congress, determined to lose, that threw Vietnam away in 1974-75). Or, near and dear to my heart as a right-leaning libertarian: Nixon abolished the draft. Obama in 2008 made noises about returning to a draft of some kind; which didn’t surprise me because so many of Obama’s positions reflect a viewpoint of the government owning and ruling over the individual.
So Obama isn’t just “Nixon without the press coverage”, but also “Nixon without the respect for human liberty”.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — November 23, 2009 @ 12:10 pm - November 23, 2009
Obama is not Nixon. Nixon came back from China without being humiliated.
Comment by V the K — November 23, 2009 @ 12:13 pm - November 23, 2009
[...] scandal. Where have they been on this scandal? An Instapundit reader describes it about right (via GayPatriot): “Just like Nixon, except without the press [...]
Pingback by Friday document drop reveals insight into Americorps AG firing « Sister Toldjah — November 23, 2009 @ 12:23 pm - November 23, 2009
V, good point. Nixon didn’t go to China and Japan on his knees to beg them not to cut off our debt financing.
Somebody at SNL gets it: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/295005.php
It’s almost like the writers consulted Peter Schiff. I’m pleasantly shocked.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — November 23, 2009 @ 12:38 pm - November 23, 2009
Nixon was feted in China. He was granted an audience with Mao Tse Tung after he arrived there. He was treated with respect by Mao. The opposite is true about Obama.
The comparison is based upon the scandals. Again, I do not think that they are like Nixon up to a point, because Nixon did not start with a corrupt team. Those men were really trying to do what was best for the country. On the other hand Obama is surrounded by Marxists and Maoists – in other words he is a Communist.
Comment by straightAussie — November 23, 2009 @ 2:30 pm - November 23, 2009
BTW the SNL skit was extremely funny. I think you can interpret the “bowing” and the other comments as “I think you are trying to screw me”
Comment by straightAussie — November 23, 2009 @ 2:31 pm - November 23, 2009
Helio – can you provide the link to information regarding the Jerret land thing. Thanks.
Comment by Duffy - Native Intelligence — November 23, 2009 @ 2:39 pm - November 23, 2009
Duffy,
Here is a starting place:
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/18/olympic-sized-boondoggle-what-valerie-jarrett-and-michelle-obama-are-up-to/
Comment by heliotrope — November 23, 2009 @ 4:06 pm - November 23, 2009
I see today that Obama’s ratings are now in the 40s in 5 or 6 pollsters polls. Imagine that.
Comment by Steven E. Kalbach — November 23, 2009 @ 6:36 pm - November 23, 2009
great work gay patriot – as usual!
Comment by Bridget — November 29, 2009 @ 11:35 pm - November 29, 2009