Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Maybe he should switch to Fox News... White House says Obama only learned of VA wait-list scandal on TV (just like the IRS, Fast and Furious and reporter snooping scandals)
◼ Krauthammer: Obama Acts Like He Stumbled Upon The Presidency & All This Horrible Stuff Is Happening - IJ Review
◼ White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the president didn't know about explosive Veterans Administration scandal until he saw news reports - Daily Mail
◼ ABC, NBC Ignore Report Showing Obama Administration Knew About Ongoing VA Problems - Newsbusters
◼ Video: Obama routinely shocked, angered by things happening within his own administration - Guy Benson/HotAir
...This White House’s “we found out on the news” formulation has become such predictable boilerplate that Allahpundit didn’t even have to spell it out in his earlier headline, and the “anger” charade is its inevitable counterpart. Nobody is madder — “madder than hell” in this case — than the president, you guys. But as MKH noted last week, the president’s ostentatious fury generally recedes into “we can’t comment on an ongoing investigation” territory, followed by “only wing-nuts are still talking about this phony scandal — which, by the way, happened a long time ago, brah.” ABC News’ Jonathan Karl pressed Jay Carney about the Robert Petzel kabuki “resignation” yesterday, which Carney deflected by hiding behind a statement from the American Legion:...
◼ VA Whistleblower Says He's Been Demoted, Bullied - CBS St. Louis
◼ More Coming Forward - USNews&WorldReport
◼ When will Obama address? - FOX
◼ Empty Anger: Why VA hospital scandal is hurting the administration’s credibility - FOX
◼ FOURNIER: Quiz: How Dumb Does Obama Think We Are? Policy fiasco magnified by insulting public relations - National Journal
◼ FLASHBACK: Obama Assailed Bush VA For 'Deplorable Conditions' - Jim Geraghty/National Review