Meanwhile, back at the Dept. of Veterans' Affairs...
As I was saying this earlier this morning: "The trick to keeping up with Obama scandals is to avoid letting today's history-shredding world-in-flames foreign-policy disaster distract you from yesterday's crisis of administrative incompetence and bureaucratic looting at the V.A., or the abuse of power at the IRS before that." Having checked in on the IRS scandal, let's see how things are going at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
According to Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), the news is not good.
Well, Senator Coburn took matters into his own hands and produced a hefty report called "Friendly Fire: Death, Delay, & Dismay at the VA." I'm sure President Obama will read it, instead of relying on TV news for his updates on the story, because not only does it have a catchy title, it begins with the Department of Veterans Affairs motto, which is a quote from Abraham Lincoln: "To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan." We all know how much President Obama loves Abraham Lincoln quotes.
"The cover up of waiting lists for doctor's appointments at the V.A. is just the tip of the iceberg," says Coburn's report, "reflecting a perverse culture within the department where veterans are not always the priority and data and employees are manipulated to maintain an appearance that all is well." So convincing was that illusion that the New York Times recently reported that every single senior executive at the Department of Veterans Affairs has been given a "fully successful" or better rating every year, for the past four years.
But all was not well, not at all. While top officials were collecting hefty performance bonuses, the Department was riddled with outrages: "Female patients received unnecessary pelvic and breast exams from a sex offender, a noose was left on the desk of a minority employee by a co-worker, and a nurse who murdered a veteran harassed the family of the deceased to get them to admit guilt for the death."
But wait, there's more: "Criminal activity at the department is pervasive, including drug dealing, theft, and even murder. A V.A. police chief even conspired to kidnap, rape and murder women and children."Also read:
Whistleblower claims V.A. continued to cover up vets' deaths despite media attention
IRS Admits Guilt in Illegal Release of Conservative Group's Tax Information
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