Posted on 04/30/2018 8:27:16 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
Editor's note: Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor, is a former special assistant to President George W. Bush and former campaign adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell.
(CNN) The shameful smearing of Dr. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician who was nominated by President Donald Trump to be Secretary of the Veterans Affairs Administration and has now withdrawn, is example #967 of why people hate Washington D.C. and were in a revolutionary mood at the 2016 ballot box.
Montana Senator Jon Tester in particular ought to be ashamed of publicly airing unproven allegations against a Navy Admiral and doctor who has served his nation and three Commanders-in-Chief with honor. Tester sullied the reputation of a good man and no doubt chilled many people who ever had a fleeting thought of offering themselves up for public service.
Where does Jackson go to get his reputation back? Nowhere. The Internet is forever. I don't know if Dr. Jackson was the right man to lead the VA or not. That's what confirmation hearings are for -- to discuss candidates' qualifications and assess their fitness. Clearly, Jackson should have been vetted, just as any presidential nominee should head to Capitol Hill. But debating Jackson's qualifications in committee and Tester's short-circuiting the process with his McCarthy-like smear campaign are two different things. After all, most of Jackson's White House service came during President Barack Obama's eight years.
Two of the accusations -- that Dr. Jackson drunkenly banged on a female colleague's hotel door in the middle of the night and wrecked a government vehicle -- were busted over the weekend. The Secret Service disputed the allegations of door-banging and the White House, according to the Washington Post, said officials reviewed Jackson's vehicle records and found "three minor incidents" but "no evidence" that Jackson had wrecked a car.
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‘HERE RUINING PEOPLE IS CONSIDERED SPORT’ - Vince Foster
Oh I remember that- that was from Vince Foster’s “suicide note” not in his handwriting and found in a briefcase that had already been searched.
Torn up. As if he started to write it and then decided against sending it.
He probably had left it with his keys- which were ALSO not found on him, despite being searched several times... until Craig Livingstone went to the morgue and “found” them in his pants pocket.
You want to know the truth about Vince Foster? Waterboard craig livingstone.
a few monster-rallies in Montana with twenty-five thousand people cheering on Trump as he bangs away on Tester for an hour & that seat flips GOP.
Which is why Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Hades) wanted him to commit "soee-cide."
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/security-chief-quits-denies-effort-hit-gop-article-1.715706
When Dr. Jackson is ready to leave the Navy, offer him an ambassador post somewhere nice and warm.
Tester must go.
Whatever happened to Craig Livingstone? Did he become a hermit never to be found or seen again?
I can hear Tester now, (just like Harry Reid) ‘He’s not the nominee, is he?’
Dishonest Jon Tester, lyin’. Is overused.
Tester needs to be thrown out of office by the people of MT.
Who is running against him?
I wish this author, who writes on a CNN web page, would list a few of the Dem nominees who have been ruined by lies told about them? The author is probably thinking of Kerry and the Swift Boat Vets for Truth. Exposing a phony liar is not the same as destroying a person for nothing.
Four Republicans are running - I like Downing.
Troy Downing - Businessman
Russell C. Fagg - Former state Rep.
Albert Olszewski - State Sen.
Matt Rosendale - State Auditor
as long as the president doesn’t back his nominee this crap will continue to happen
Russell has an unfortunate name for politics.......
Jackson is paying the price from the left for suggesting that Trump was competent and healthy.
Jackson is paying the price for supporting someone who doesn’t support him
Unfortunately true...
“”You want to know the truth about Vince Foster? Waterboard craig livingstone.””
You’ll have to find him first...
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