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Obama used the "I learned it in the news" line 5 different times. But now they are calling him on it. Notice that Obama is awol because he can't stand criticism, a common trait for narcissistic, messianic leaders. No worries, his handlers will push him out.
And now Obama's handlers pushed him out there. Surprise surprise, he said he is angry and "will get to the bottom of this".
lol, we've heard "I'll get to the bottom of this" 5 other times too.
So far this is the only valid criticism I see amongst this. Being president does not make you a all knowing, all seeing god despite the best efforts of the NSA. So lets see who he appointed...
A retired army general.
Hmmmm not exactly a political appointee with no experience in the real world.
I take back what I said. This isnt really all that valid either....unless someone has additional information about the secretary of the VA?
At this point im seeing local failures, not something that failed from above.
Shinseki is a Leftist hero - he was very vocal against Bush. It's going to be difficult for Obama to 'fire' him.
He was definitely a "political appointee" and a popular one on the Left at that. None of it is a matter of being "all seeing" or even of knowing everything that is going on - on the other hand, none of this was a secret. Obama AND Shinseki were both aware of the problems at the VA - the reality is that none of them are willing to step forward (same was true of their predecessors) and tackle the Career people in the VA. The House CongressCritters want to give them the power to do that - Shinseki doesn't want tat power because then he might actually have to do something to stop the problems.
The "local failures" are "local" all over the system - that means they are systemic and not "isolated incidents". They know what they have to do - Fire these people, put them in Jail for their corruption - BUT none of them want to fight that battle with the Federal Unions and the Careerist that actually run the Federal Government.
The VA has had problems for decades. It is sickening the way conservatives are exploiting the deaths of veterans just to score points against Obama. Where were they when the Walter Reed scandals broke under Bush? Probably making excuses for him! They couldn't care about veterans.
The VA has had problems for decades. It is sickening the way conservatives are exploiting the deaths of veterans just to score points against Obama. Where were they when the Walter Reed scandals broke under Bush? Probably making excuses for him! They couldn't care about veterans.
Actually, was there not an immediate, or close to it termination over Walter Reed?
The VA has had problems for decades. It is sickening the way conservatives are exploiting the deaths of veterans just to score points against Obama. Where were they when the Walter Reed scandals broke under Bush? Probably making excuses for him! They couldn't care about veterans.
Exploiting is when someone promised to fix it on the campaign trail in 2007 and 2012 to get elected and then claims to learn about it in the news.
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