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RBB:  Since the GAO is a creature created by congress and intended to report the spending of the Executive Branch, and since Congress is controlled by you-know-who, we can expect most GAO ‘reports’ to be bad news....

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

The head of GAO, the Comptroller General of the United States, is appointed to a 15-year term by the President from a slate of candidates Congress proposes. Gene L. Dodaro became Acting Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office on March 13, 2008, succeeding David M. Walker, who appointed him upon resigning. Mr. Dodaro will serve in this position until the President nominates and the Senate confirms a successor from a list of candidates proposed by the Congress.

One awkward feature for the Bush White House in trying to portray Mr. Walker’s actions as misguided is that Mr. Walker’s pedigree is generally that of a Republican.

Mr. Walker, who was appointed in 1998 by President Bill Clinton on the recommendation of a bipartisan Congressional panel, proudly retains the note President George Bush wrote him as a volunteer in the elder Bush’s 1980 presidential campaign. He was a Bush delegate to the Republican National Convention that year, and when Ronald Reagan became the nominee and president, Mr. Walker served in the Reagan administration in a variety of posts, including assistant secretary of labor for pensions and health.

In the first Bush administration, he was a trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund.

“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

RBB:  The Comptroller General, by any other name, is still a creature of Congress and wise enough to know who butters his bread.

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

appointed to a 15-year term by the President

“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

RBB: 

from a slate of candidates Congress proposes…

The GAO is chartered by congress as an agency to report to congress on what the Executive Branch is doing.

The butter dish is on the Hill. 

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

So pp, the GAO is a tool of what ever congress is in session?

“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

RBB:  Close, very close.  It is an agency which never forgets which party is in power.

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

2006 - GAO report raises serious questions about Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative

“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

2006 - GAO Criticizes Bush’s AIDS Plan

“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

2003 - GAO Report Cites Concerns About Superfund Cleanup

“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

RBB:  “GAO report raises serious questions about Bush’s faith-based initiatives.”

Peter Stark, D, CA, who along with George Miller, D, CA, requested the report…

This from MEDIA TRANSPARENCY, funded in part by George Soros.

Spare me.

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

Was David Kuo funded by Soros?

Was Michael Scanlon a Soros employee when he wrote: “Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them. The wackos get their information form [sic] the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet, and telephone trees.”

“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

2003 - GAO, DOD Question Military Preparedness for Chemical and Biological Warfare

“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

RBB:  One more time… The GAO was created by congress to serve the interests of congress.

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

So pp, the GAO is a tool of what ever congress is in session?

“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

It is what it is, RBB.  You’re saavy enough to figure that out.

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers