Shinseki was supposedly a great VA administrator, and left because he didn’t want to be a distraction. If he’s such a great administrator, why wouldn’t Obama want to keep him around to fix the mess?
Too bad Obama won’t get to milk this like the Trayvon Martin incident or the Newtown shootings....it migh have brought him up 2 points.../s
The VA inspector general's report and a preliminary review by Shinseki himself depicted the problems as widespread. The inspector general’s report offered another troubling observation: The issues went back nearly a decade, before Obama’s presidency.We know Obama knew about it and that it’s on the record that he ran for the presidency on it; blather about an IG report is blather. Point is, he did nothing about it and even made it worse. That’s called a Blame Bush Fail.
That’s hardly a comfort for Obama and his beleaguered White House. Obama served on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee that reviewed those inspector general studies. He ran for president in 2008 with a promise to improve the delivery of benefits for veterans. His wife has made helping veterans and their families a priority. Last week, Obama called the care of veterans “one of the causes of my presidency.” …