This is getting ridiculous. The conservative media and blogosphere continues to run with the story that Gerald Walpin is the world’s biggest victim. Today, Glenn Beck says: “Gerald Walpin is superman.”

Horseshit. Gerald Walpin is Joe the Plumber. Call him Gerald the Lawyer. Sure, he’s smarter than Joe, but he’s just as partisan and as good at making something out of absolutely nothing.

I’ve thoroughly explained that the firing of Walpin is a total non-story. Problem is, the trusty ‘liberal media’ first brushed this story off. Next, they started recognizing the story wasn’t going away, reported that it wasn’t going away, and failed to explore the merits of it. Gerald Walpin has no case. None. Nada.

As I’ve already written:

President Obama fully complied with the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008, which requires the president to give Congress 30 days notice, plus an explanation of cause, in order to remove an IG. Obama suspended Walpin without pay and informed him his termination would be effective after 30 days. Obama gave Congress notice of this decision.

The president’s explanation for firing Walpin was that he had engaged in “troubling and inappropriate conduct,” had become “disruptive to agency operations,” had overstepped his authority as IG, and compromised his impartiality. These claims are supported by U.S. attorney Lawrence Brown. This, to me, is more than enough reason to fire Walpin. But it doesn’t matter if Congress and Chuck Grassley think this is a terrible reason to fire Walpin. All Obama has to do is give them an explanation. Congress doesn’t have to grade the explanation or like it. They just have to read it.

This story is a total distraction. Republicans can launch an investigation, but it will go nowhere. And they know that. They’re just looking, as always, to stall the Democrats’ agenda.