VA Scandal Rocks Obama Administration

[A Theist]

In the black-and-white world of the reflexive Republican/Libertarian, all problems are this, or they are that. Their inability to see and appreciate the complexity in any issue is the basic problem. As liberals, we're able to see those shades of gray -- long-term, systemic problems, not attributable to just this Administration and/or this Congress, problems with understaffing and in some cases, underfunding... but to guys like AF, it's this, or it's that. So if he can't process his way through all these multiple, complicated causes, it must be OBAMA'S FAULT. Because what else, yeah?

I love how you bemoan the black and white worldview of (people of enemy political persuasion) while stating that (people of my political persuasion) can see shades of grey, and in so doing reveal your own black-and-white thinking of the world and how you believe people of various political persuasions think. It's called irony, and you sir are a fuckwit.

The VA IS mismanaged. Why is that? Well, the only thing I can rationally think of is the financial issues, because the VA wasn't struggling nearly so much until the republicans started nixing legislation for funding allocations to them.

And the idea that a lack of funds is somehow contributing to the problem of mismanagement is beyond ludicrous. If anything the mismanagement is contributing to any lack of funds. After all, if they reported that everything was a-ok, why would they then get more funds to play with?

Either way, the blame lies with those who lied, and those who let them get away with it.

Just watched on the news, I guess we can add another VA facility to the list of those others that have already been caught stealing and lying.