For Obama to fire someone investigating his supporters like this is reminiscent of Watergate. It’s odd how the press just prints Obama’s spin.

The fired inspector general seems to be a moderate Republican. But the news stories make a big deal out of the fact that he was appointed by Bush — even though many current IGs were appointed by preceding administrations (what would you expect? Obama’s only been in office a few months), and they never pointed out when an IG who investigated Bush appointees was appointed by Clinton.

Yet the news stories leave out material that rebuts the idea that this IG was reflexively hostile to the Obama Administration’s appointees, like his support for an Obama nominee, and the fact that the Administration itself was proud to tout his support for that nominee. See www2.nationalreview.com/
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descriptionjudicialrestraint.pdf

That leaves uncontested the White House spin claiming that Walpin was a right-wing rogue investigator.

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For Obama to firing someone investigating his supporters is reminiscent of Watergate. It’s odd how the press just prints Obama’s spin.

The fired inspector general seems to be a moderate Republican. But the news stories make a big deal out of the fact that he was appointed by Bush — even though many current IGs were appointed by preceding administrations (what would you expect? Obama’s only been in office a few months), and they never pointed out when an IG who investigated Bush appointees was appointed by Clinton.

Yet the news stories leave out material that rebuts the idea that this IG was reflexively hostile to the Obama Administration’s appointees, like his support for an Obama nominee, and the fact that the Administration itself was proud to tout his support for that nominee. See www2.nationalreview.com/
dest/2009/06/02/
descriptionjudicialrestraint.pdf

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