Posted on 05/24/2016 11:40:21 AM PDT by Nachum
The secretary of veterans affairs, Bob McDonald, refused to apologize for comparing VA wait times to Disneyland wait times earlier today on MSNBC.
"Wait times are important but it is not the only measure of veterans experience. That's what veterans are telling us. We talked to a lot of veterans. It is important and if I were misunderstood or said the wrong thing, I am glad i have to correct it," said McDonald.
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Thanks for your informative post.
Good! Alienates millions of vets and their families. Trump’s got another great target.
Gosh, where do I start...
1) To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever died waiting in line at Disneyland / world.
2) If the wait time to see a doctor was measured in minutes, we’d not be having this discussion.
3) Disneyland wait times are measured with a wristwatch. VA medical appointment waits are measured with a calendar.
Leave it to some damned FEDERAL GOVERNMENT employee to not fathom the difference.
People don’t die waiting in line at Disney. One of my oldest friends died last August waiting on the VA.
This is a feature, not a bug. All of our elected officials, untouchable bureaucrats and other government parasites have had over 60 years to correct any and all VA deficiencies. The VA system has been inconsistent and awful since before my uncles came back from Korea. Channel your outrage to writing your congressman and senator. If that doesn’t work, vote the bums out.
He needs to be force fed his own bowels.
I’m curious how he could come up with the Disneyland comparison on the spur of the moment. It’s obviously a pre prepared sound bite that unlike whoever heard it when he prepped for the interview did not come across as humerous to whom VA care is critical.
Veterans make up some of our most vulnerable citizens. Their contributions to this country should get them the care they need with no problems.
Marginalizing the waiting time issue should have gotten the man fired immediately. He should have been called in and fired while security cleaned out his desk and then been escorted out.
Is there any doubt now on who the individual under the GOOFY costume is?
Please Mr. McDonald for the sake of our veterans please go back to your day job at Disney World!
And require him to user the VA for any and all his medical needs for the rest of his life, to be treated like an average Joe. . .let HIM wait and receive “end of life counseling.”
This ass needs to be fired and lose his fat pension.
Yet another in an endless line of US government idiots.
If he ever gets tired of the VA, they’re hiring over at TSA.
Yeah. I am concerned that this generation, and the coming generation of officers, are all going to have very poor judgment and very high self-esteem.
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