Monday, May 19, 2014

Classic!: White House says Obama only learned of VA wait-list scandal on TV (just like the IRS, Fast and Furious and reporter snooping scandals)

Via LH

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney wound up with egg on his face Monday as he told reporters that President Barack Obama first learned from a TV news report that his Veterans Administration was denying medical care to vets with secret off-the-books-waiting lists.

But new evidence emerged this morning that his transition team was notified five years ago about how VA medical centers' official wait-list times bore little resemblance to reality and risked denying military heroes critical health care. 

The Washington Times reported Monday that waiting times at veterans' medical facilities were known to be wildly inaccurate at the end of the George W. Bush administration. By the time Obama's transition team got a post-election briefing from the VA at the end of 2008, scheduling failures were already reaching a critical point.

The newspaper received a copy of that briefing through a Freedom Of Information Act request.

Obama has come under fire before for saying he was made aware of scandal-worthy shortcomings in his own administration by watching television, including the IRS tea party-targeting scandal that rocked Washington 12 months ago and the Operation Fast and Furious saga that has tainted his Justice Department for years.

More @ Daily Mail

4 comments:

  1. I suppose next we will be hearing is that he would have known of the scandal sooner, but the dog ate the report. Besides, it was Bush's fault anyway, so at this point, what difference does it make?

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  2. It seems the President knew nothing about the troubles with the VA cooking the books until…wait for it. He heard it on the news like the rest of us. What is this the second, third, fourth maybe fifth huge story he knew nothing about until he watched the news like the rest of us. Now if you have drunk the Obama Kool-Aid you see nothing wrong here. However, I feel maybe just perhaps the PRESIDENT should be a bit more informed than the general public. Here is a thought perchance someone could drive his golf cart and update him between holes. Just an idea! Seriously if he was the captain of a ship he would be arrested for neglecting his duties while some third mate run the ship aground.


    Oh, wait there is light at the end of the tunnel for the big O. It seems George Bush was at fault according to The Washington Times. Yes, the press still is covering Obama's ass. That sounds right I mean really who could expect Obama to get an update in only six years.

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    1. :) That sounds like something that would be in the Post, not the Times.......?

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