What You Learn In Chicago

[billroper]

What you learn in Chicago apparently goes with you to Washington DC. Because it's good to fire an Inspector General who blows the whistle on fraud by one of your supporters. Even when that supporter ends up settling with the U.S. Attorney and giving back half the money.

Honesty. It's a firing offense.

(By the way, although the link within the story I linked above goes to the Fox News site, if you look carefully, you'll see it's actually an Associated Press story. Just for your reference.)

Comments

[docstrange.livejournal.com]

Wait... so a Chicago Machine candidate is acting like a Chicago Machine politician in office? Say it ain't so!

[wick-deer.livejournal.com]

I'd have more of a problem with the firing if not for the following from the AP story:

"Walpin's office made repeated public comments just before the Sacramento mayoral election, prompting the U.S. attorney's office to inform the media that it did not intend to file any criminal charges."

Perhaps the lesson might be that Inspectors General should do their jobs and not try and interject their investigations into elections.

If you fire at someone politically, you can expect them to return fire.