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Zam-Zam

Zam-Zam

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I guess he felt telling everyone he was "mad as hell" was all he needed to do:


President Barack Obama wants to talk about flexing his administrative and executive power to do more. Instead, he got stuck talking about a clear administrative and executive failure that, at least so far, he hasn’t done much about.

And this one’s no contained, bureaucratic flub. The problems at the Veterans Affairs Department have engulfed an entire Cabinet department and may have left hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting for care, and as many as 40 of them dead.

The latest stumbles have been a fresh reminder of the story line the White House has been trying to recover from since the fall, when the Obamacare website flopped, the key poll numbers about the president’s competence collapsed so deeply that they’re still far from recovering, and Democrats went into an apocalyptic panic about the midterms.


http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/barack-obama-veterans-affairs-scandal-inaction-107029.html
 
Zam-Zam said:
I guess he felt telling everyone he was "mad as hell" was all he needed to do:


President Barack Obama wants to talk about flexing his administrative and executive power to do more. Instead, he got stuck talking about a clear administrative and executive failure that, at least so far, he hasn’t done much about.

And this one’s no contained, bureaucratic flub. The problems at the Veterans Affairs Department have engulfed an entire Cabinet department and may have left hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting for care, and as many as 40 of them dead.

The latest stumbles have been a fresh reminder of the story line the White House has been trying to recover from since the fall, when the Obamacare website flopped, the key poll numbers about the president’s competence collapsed so deeply that they’re still far from recovering, and Democrats went into an apocalyptic panic about the midterms.


http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/barack-obama-veterans-affairs-scandal-inaction-107029.html
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If I were a veteran dependent on the VA and I didn't like Obama and the Democrats, I'd probably get SOME satisfaction from the current partisan/political kerfuffle.

But at some point, I think I'd start getting a little pissed that NO ONE has yet profferred any real solutions to the underlying problem. I'd maybe start thinking that "my side" was playing me for a sap.

As for blaming Obama (Krugman and Arkady would probably agree with me!) and I do, I'd blame him for going so overboard to politic and "prove" his low taxes, reduced deficits, and smaller guvmint bona fides. By the end of his term, the empirical data will prove that Obama was the MOST "fiscally conservative" president in modern history. This VA problem is evidence of the cost of his making that case.
 
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elsewhere on the internet, pundits are pointing out that in 2009 the VA was being touted by democrats as "the successful model for obamacare"
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That would be odd, since the VA is vastly different from Obamacare. Obamacare, as you know, involves people buying insurance at market prices from private insurers. The VA, by comparison, runs a system of government-controlled hospitals.
 
fairsheet said:
If I were a veteran dependent on the VA and I didn't like Obama and the Democrats, I'd probably get SOME satisfaction from the current partisan/political kerfuffle.

But at some point, I think I'd start getting a little pissed that NO ONE has yet profferred any real solutions to the underlying problem. I'd maybe start thinking that "my side" was playing me for a sap.

As for blaming Obama (Krugman and Arkady would probably agree with me!) and I do, I'd blame him for going so overboard to politic and "prove" his low taxes, reduced deficits, and smaller guvmint bona fides. By the end of his term, the empirical data will prove that Obama was the MOST "fiscally conservative" president in modern history. This VA problem is evidence of the cost of his making that case.
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I don''t blame the President exclusively; there is a long list of people who deserve their share of discredit. He is the man in charge now however, and has been for the better part of six years. When I hear him react with faux outrage as if this were all news to him, I know he's just another weasle who will pay our nation's warriors lip service and nothing else unless compelled to by newspaper headlines.
 
Zam-Zam said:
I guess he felt telling everyone he was "mad as hell" was all he needed to do:


President Barack Obama wants to talk about flexing his administrative and executive power to do more. Instead, he got stuck talking about a clear administrative and executive failure that, at least so far, he hasn’t done much about.

And this one’s no contained, bureaucratic flub. The problems at the Veterans Affairs Department have engulfed an entire Cabinet department and may have left hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting for care, and as many as 40 of them dead.

The latest stumbles have been a fresh reminder of the story line the White House has been trying to recover from since the fall, when the Obamacare website flopped, the key poll numbers about the president’s competence collapsed so deeply that they’re still far from recovering, and Democrats went into an apocalyptic panic about the midterms.


http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/barack-obama-veterans-affairs-scandal-inaction-107029.html
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'O' only cares about Fundraisers and GOLF::

 
Zam-Zam said:
I guess he felt telling everyone he was "mad as hell" was all he needed to do:


President Barack Obama wants to talk about flexing his administrative and executive power to do more. Instead, he got stuck talking about a clear administrative and executive failure that, at least so far, he hasn’t done much about.

And this one’s no contained, bureaucratic flub. The problems at the Veterans Affairs Department have engulfed an entire Cabinet department and may have left hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting for care, and as many as 40 of them dead.

The latest stumbles have been a fresh reminder of the story line the White House has been trying to recover from since the fall, when the Obamacare website flopped, the key poll numbers about the president’s competence collapsed so deeply that they’re still far from recovering, and Democrats went into an apocalyptic panic about the midterms.


http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/barack-obama-veterans-affairs-scandal-inaction-107029.html
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Obama is, and always has been, full of nonsense. He's always dancing around, trying to sound important and like he knows what he's talking about, when in reality he's a bloviating cross between a puppet and dandelion fluff.

His idiocy, lies, over-reach and outright BS are destroying the USA.

I can't stand the turdfondler.
 
LeilaniMP said:
Obama is, and always has been, full of nonsense. He's always dancing around, trying to sound important and like he knows what he's talking about, when in reality he's a bloviating cross between a puppet and dandelion fluff.

His idiocy, lies, over-reach and outright BS are destroying the USA.

I can't stand the turdfondler.
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what's this make 65431 times he's been "madder than hell"
where's his next RED LINE
 
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Dawg said:
what's this make 65431 he's been "madder than hell"
where's his next RED LINE
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Zam-Zam said:
I don''t blame the President exclusively; there is a long list of people who deserve their share of discredit. He is the man in charge now however, and has been for the better part of six years. When I hear him react with faux outrage as if this were all news to him, I know he's just another weasle who will pay our nation's warriors lip service and nothing else unless compelled to by newspaper headlines.
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I'm pretty confident that just about everyone - Obama, Shinseki, and Congressional Democrats and Republicans already knew all about this. And to the extent Obama's taking the most heat? Bummer for him. That's life in the politics lane.

But, if (and probably when) the weaseling starts, it won't just be Obama doing the weaseling.
 
fairsheet said:
I'm pretty confident that just about everyone - Obama, Shinseki, and Congressional Democrats and Republicans already knew all about this. And to the extent Obama's taking the most heat? Bummer for him. That's life in the politics lane.

But, if (and probably when) the weaseling starts, it won't just be Obama doing the weaseling.
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I concur. He'll just be the lead-weasle.
 
middleview said:
Did you know that the practice of canceling appointments to hid waiting lists goes back to at least 2008? I fergit....who was president then?
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and six years later 'O' is "madder than hell".......................even though as a Senator 'O' was on the Veterans Committee..............and informed of this problem in 08 as well....your man lust of 'O' says much about you.
 
Dawg said:
and six years later 'O' is "madder than hell".......................even though as a Senator 'O' was on the Veterans Committee..............and informed of this problem in 08 as well....your man lust of 'O' says much about you.
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And the fact that you avoid Bush like the plague says a lot about you....
 
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