Eric Holder Supports ... Unindicted Co-Conspirator

Eric Holder's Department of Justice will sponsor a booth at an event run by the Islamic Society of North America, an unindicted co-conspirator on terrorist funding in the Holy Land Foundation criminal prosecution, according to hotair.com.

It was the Department of Justice that named them as an unindicted co-conspirator. Is he out of his mind? Is it now DoJ policy to support suspected criminals?

Obama's Failure of Passion

As I listen to President Obama's tepid response to the cruel murders of protesters in Iran, which brings back memories of Tianamin Square, I realize something subtle, or maybe not so subtle, that bothers me about him. When he speaks about America, he lacks any sense of passion for America, for liberty, for freedom from tyranny. Listen to John F. Kennedy when he said in his inaugural address: "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."



Contrast that with Obama's statement on the Iranian election:



Where is the passion for liberty? Where is the passion for America? You decide if this is the kind of leader you want for America. There will be an election in 3 1/2 years.

More Evidence of Obama's Corruption

More news of getting rid of folkis whose job it is to rrot out federal government corruption:

The firing of Gerald Walpin as Inspector General was not an isolated incident, as the Chicago Tribune reports today. Two more IGs have been dismissed in the past two weeks, and Senator Charles Grassley has started demanding answers. The sudden push to rid the government of independent watchdogs appears to coincide with Barack Obama’s plans to use government spending to get control over more aspects of American life....

Obama is developing a pattern of interfering with the independence of Inspector Generals. Read it all.

Obama Administration Stonewalls Senate on IG Firing

The Obama administration tacitly admits its corruption in the firing of Gerald Walpin, in much the same way a burglar admits the crime by running from the police. The Obama administration refuses to answer Senate questions about the reasons for the firing, as reported in the Washington Examiner.

The New York Times files its brief arguing on behalf of the Obama administration, of course, but dutifully (and probably reluctantly) reports the reason that the firing appears to be corrupt.

Corrupt Hussein Obama

More on the firing of to cover up Obama's corrupt friends. Obama now says Mr. Wilkes was confused in a meeting and other trumped up nonsense.

Let’s unwind the timeline a bit to test this new allegation. Walpin pressed hard to prosecute Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson for defrauding the government over more than $400,000 in community service grants. Johnson, an Obama supporter, got a deal from the White House that allowed him to manage federal funds again and avoid paying back at least half of the grant money he used illegally. The White House cut Walpin out of those negotiations, and Walpin went to Congress about it.

At that point, the White House called Walpin and told him he had an hour to resign or be fired. Now, if the White House thought that Walpin was somehow incapacitated or disoriented, why bother to make that call at all? In fact, wouldn’t an employer with an ounce of empathy send the employee to a physician for diagnosis first? Even without the empathy, the proper course would have been to address the issue with Congress first instead of making an intimidation attempt to someone the White House now paints as all but senile.

This is nothing more than a bare-knuckled smear job, a despicable attempt to use allegations of mental illness to discredit someone who ran afoul of Barack Obama for taking the independence of his job seriously. That may play in Chicago, and it used to play in Moscow, but it shouldn’t play in Washington DC and America.

Senator Claire McCaskill became the first Democrat in Congress to demand a better explanation:

“The White House has failed to follow the proper procedure in notifying Congress as to the removal of the Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service. The legislation which was passed last year requires that the president give a reason for the removal. ‘Loss of confidence’ is not a sufficient reason. I’m hopeful the White House will provide a more substantive rationale, in writing, as quickly as possible,” McCaskill said.

They can’t provide the real reason, which is that Walpin went after a political ally of the President’s. That’s why they’re calling him senile instead. Let’s hope that a few more Democrats with principle stand up to the White House’s bullying and politicization of the Inspectors General.

Read it all.

Update: The IG was objecting to a settlement agreement between Obama buddy Kevin Johnson and the United States Attorney in which Kevin Johnson would repay less than the full amount stolen (uh, misused). Now the Attorney General is investigating allegations that emails were deleted as part of a cover up of the stolen (misused) money. Read it all.

More on this and Mr. Walpin's response in detail from the Washington Examiner.

Obama's March to Marxism Part 2

Now he wants the power to nationalize companies according to the Los Angeles Times.

Does anyone in Congress have the courage and savvy to stop it?

Obama and Health Care

Mark Steyn makes the point: Obama says he wants to reform health care to control costs. The only way to control costs is to have less of it. Read it all.