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Obama’s VA Disaster: Will The Press Hold Him Accountable?
Fox News ^ | May 23 ,2014 | Howard Kurtz,

Posted on 05/23/2014 5:37:07 PM PDT by Hojczyk

President Obama is mad as hell. The media are mad as hell. The veterans are mad as hell. We’re all mad as hell.

The journalistic uproar about the VA hospital mess has been loud and forceful, with even such liberal columnists as Dana Milbank and Gene Robinson saying this is a real, genuine, big-deal scandal—and not letting Obama off the hook.

But especially in the wake of the ObamaCare fiasco, this is ultimately about the president: Can he manage this sprawling government or not?

And the question for the press is: Can Obama be held accountable?

What, for example, do his media allies say now? Is there a case to be made that Obama isn’t to blame?

The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn offers a sympathetic assessment:

“Everybody in Washington seems angry. For a change, they should be.

“But angry at whom? It's hard to be sure right now. Conservatives say this story is proof that big government bureaucracies are prone to failure—and that Obama has failed to create the ‘21st Century V.A.’ he promised as a candidate.

Well, maybe. But progress in some areas doesn’t alter the fact that some patients have died during horrendously long wait times. We’re talking real suffering by real people.

Politics is about perception, and the perception right now is that the VA has careened out of control.

Liberal Time columnist Joe Klein is tougher on the White House:

“The question is, How do we change this situation? The simple answer is leadership, which is why some have called (as I did last year) for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign. By all accounts, Shinseki is a fine man who has spent nearly six years lost in the system. An effective leader would have gone to Phoenix as soon as the scandal broke,

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1 posted on 05/23/2014 5:37:07 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk
The Fallen
2 posted on 05/23/2014 5:38:36 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: Hojczyk


3 posted on 05/23/2014 5:39:49 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Hojczyk

Somehow I think that being “as mad as hell,” is what’s intended as the accountability part of it. I mean, for a Democrat, you can’t get any more accountable than that.


4 posted on 05/23/2014 5:43:29 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Hojczyk
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5 posted on 05/23/2014 5:50:38 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Yeah, that’s the sad part.


6 posted on 05/23/2014 5:58:46 PM PDT by Rich21IE
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To: Hojczyk

And the answer is no. Next question.


7 posted on 05/23/2014 6:01:22 PM PDT by shineon
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Will the press hold him accountable? NO! photo: No no.gif
8 posted on 05/23/2014 6:07:43 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Hojczyk

Let’s be candid: There is absolutely nothing Obama could do or say for which the MSM would assail him. NOTHING.


9 posted on 05/23/2014 6:22:20 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Hojczyk

I’ve been a doctor since 1976, and the VA has been a shameful mess for all that time.


10 posted on 05/23/2014 6:24:30 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The MSM turns a blind and people die, they should be held accountable for their lack of oversight.


11 posted on 05/23/2014 6:37:33 PM PDT by ully2
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To: Jim Noble

I hate how the vets have been used as pawns - by both parties.

But let me ask you this; Can you recall a time when so many branch locations falsified records of so-called wait lists or stonewalled and attempted to cover up like Øbozo & co?


12 posted on 05/23/2014 6:50:24 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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Obama could be shooting vets for target practice ...and their kids too - and the New York Times would NOT hold him accountable.


13 posted on 05/23/2014 6:59:34 PM PDT by GOPJ (If dems will "death panel" our vets they'll damn sure death panel the rest of us...)
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Why should the MSM hold Obama accountable when they don’t give a damn about the veterans?

How many veterans are members of the press?


14 posted on 05/23/2014 8:08:08 PM PDT by 353FMG
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15 posted on 05/23/2014 8:10:43 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Hojczyk

The buck stops...where?


16 posted on 05/23/2014 9:35:55 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: Hojczyk

How about some republicans holding him responsible? We elect members of the party to congress because of what they say they will do.
It’s pretty quite on our side. I’m disgusted with them.
I’m not waiting on the press, I’m waiting on republican leadership.


17 posted on 05/23/2014 9:40:55 PM PDT by reefdiver (Be the Best you can be Whatever you Dream to be)
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I’m waiting on republican leadership.

You will most likely be waiting a long, long time.

18 posted on 05/24/2014 3:50:36 AM PDT by dearolddad (/i>)
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To: Hojczyk

no


19 posted on 05/24/2014 5:38:41 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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