Posted on 05/18/2014 2:45:50 PM PDT by smoothsailing
May 18, 2014
by Rick Moran
Of all the self-serving tripe…
Guess what. The president of the United States is “madder than hell” about the Veterans Administration scandal. That’s the word from White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.
Funny…VA Secretary Eric Shineski said almost the exact same thing last week when testifying before Congress when he said, “Any allegation, any adverse incident like this makes me mad as hell.”
I suppose they could have channeled Howard Beale completely and added, “And I’m not going to take it anymore.”
Perfect — the administration taking its defense cues from a fictional nutcase TV anchor. Except this administration has an abundance of patience and forbearance when it comes to the incompetence and stupidity of its members — president included. So you have to wonder where their breaking point truly is.
President Barack Obama is “madder than hell” about the Veterans Affairs scandal, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough says.
“The president is madder than hell, and I’ve got the scars to prove it, given the briefings I’ve given the president,” he said in an interview with CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett that aired Sunday on “Face the Nation.”
“Nobody is more outraged about this problem, right now, Major, than the president of the United States,” McDonough added.
McDonough’s comments echoed VA Secretary Eric Shinseki’s statement at last week’s Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, when the secretary said he was “mad as hell” about the reports.
Shinseki and the Obama administration have come under fire for reports that at least 40 veterans died while waiting for care in the Phoenix VA system. Several lawmakers, as well as The American Legion, a top veterans’ advocacy group, have called on Shinseki to resign.
Asked about the secretary’s performance at the Senate hearing last week, McDonough said: “We don’t score testimony on Capitol Hill or otherwise. What we score is results that results to the services and benefits that our vets have earned.”
Undersecretary of Health Robert Petzel, who testified with Shinseki at the hearing, stepped down on Friday.
McDonough, as he has in earlier interviews, touted the administration’s commitment to veterans and its “historic increase” in benefits for veterans.
“The president’s demanding that we get to the bottom of the exact allegations that you’re talking about as it relates to whether veterans are getting the timely access to care that they have earned,” McDonough said, adding that as soon as the reports came out, he reached out to Shinseki to ensure the department had accountability measures in place to handle the problem.
“Nobody is more outraged about the problem…” than Obama? Oh really? The president is more outraged than the families of the 100 vets who died waiting for treatment because the VA was trying to cover up its mismanagement?
I’m sure the loved ones of the dead appreciate the president’s anger. Too bad Obama couldn’t get worked up about the unacceptable care at VA hospitals prior to it becoming a scandal.
More than Benghazi or even the IRS scandals, this has the potential to seriously damage the president and his administration. The VA’s actions have angered both Democrats and Republicans, so the administration can’t claim it’s a partisan witch hunt. There are also documents that prove the coverup, willing witnesses who are eager to tell their story, and the politically explosive charge that the Commander in Chief doesn’t care about those who served.
No way the press can bury this scandal or turn it into a partisan circus. For the first time in his presidency, Obama faces a scandal without his party to back him up or the press to run interference for him.
It’s going to be a long summer for Obama.
Does anyone believe that?
The idea is to do something about it.
I believe he is quite mad about the allegations. The problem with the VA hospitals is another matter.
If the Fuhrer knew he wouldn't have let it happen.
He will tweet something soon!
Only because it adds to the growing recognition that odumbo couldn’t manage a hot dog stand. It’s always all about him.
Only because of its implications on the upcoming election in November 2014.
Normally non-participating and non-partisan veterans that have not been paying much attention to the antics of the Current Regime will be awakened, and show up at the polls in unprecedented numbers.
The T.E.A. party has a new resource at its disposal - the ire of these now forgotten veterans. The GOP has a huge opportunity to harness that new-found resource - if they dare.
at least it’s not
#im madder than a wet hen
or, maybe he is.
The Limbaugh Principle lives. Ubama is an outsider. He has nothing to do with what goes on in Washington. He is as outraged as we are.
“Obama is ‘Madder than Hell’ about VA Scandal”
Spare us the drama McDonough, your words don’t even approach believability.
zer0 could care less about Our Veterans.
Just like Active Duty.
P.O.S. kenyan commie pig
He’s mad the rest of America doesn’t have VA care.
Pray America wakes up
#madashell
There, all VA problems are now solved.
No, he’s not mad yet, but anything that interferes with his dismantling of America will make him mad at some point. This could do that.
Reminds me of an old Carson joke. “Carter campaigned on the meme that he knew nothing about Washimgton and he was right.”
OTOH, Barry could be mad because the VA revealed death panels before Ocare got fully implemented.
The first thing is to figure out exactly what it is that he’s mad about(that somebody got caught?)& then if he’s mad enough to actually do some thing effective about it.
Yeah, we’re being told he’s hoppin’ mad, but, where’s he showing us publicly? My guess is his golf game is off so they surmise the VA scandal is to blame.
He’s mad as hell, in that it was found before 2017.
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