My Dad was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. Not a damn thing was done until Obama was elected! True story!
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RED STATE BLUES (@sherrilee7) May 30, 2025Huge standing ovation and applause for VASec Shinseki at the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans here at the Hyatt. These guys love him
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(@philewing) May 30, 2025****
A groan emerged from a bevy of troops, vets, employeess at the Pentagon as Obama announced he accepted Shinseki's resignation.
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Nancy Youssef, نانسى (@nancyayoussef) May 30, 2025Makes me sick to my stomach that folks who haven't risked a hangnail for the US dare to look down at Gen./Sec. Shinseki, a PROVEN patriot.
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(@Only4RM) May 30, 2025****
"Shocking," said no one. | Documents show the VA debacle began under George W. Bush motherjones.com/politics/2014/… via @motherjones #twibdocket
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) May 30, 2025All that the pathetic press interested in is to fix the blame, not fix the problem. #Shinseki
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(@amk4obama) May 30, 2025****
Take the list of 41 Senators who voted to kill veterans. Break them down by cohort. Target those up for reelection in 2014.
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Allan Brauer (@allanbrauer) May 30, 2025The @GOP have been inarguably MIA on the support and care of our nation's veterans for YEARS. They are hypocrites of the worst order.
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meta (@metaquest) May 30, 2025****
@ThePlumLineGS Correction:
1. GOP claims govt can't work
2. GOP sabotages govt
3. Something goes wrong
4. GOP yells "See told ya!"
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Dudette (@Dudette9t9) May 30, 2025Oh, that's rich - WH reporters who screamed for Shinseki's firing, now asking President if he's been 'scapegoated'.
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) May 30, 2025****
So now that top leader left #VA because of staff denying #veterans' healthcare, whither GOP govs denying healthcare? http://t.co/GsV6menaWU
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(@sfpelosi) May 30, 2025It's unbelievable the IG issued similar reports in 05/07 on scheduling concerns and NOT ONE major news outlet reported it. @nytimes @ap
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BJW2 (@Freefree0Bobbie) May 30, 2025****
Heartbreaking that Secretary Shinseki has resigned, a good man who has done wonderful work, paying the price for predecessors' neglect of VA
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) May 30, 2025Shorter Obama: OK, Now STFU, Sign a bill to help the Vets who helped you, and go back to yammering about Benghazi.
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(@VWAimlessly) May 30, 2025****
Congress could act within hours to revive the bill GOP filibustered and expand #VA health care, tuition aid, and job training ASAP. #whynot?
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(@sfpelosi) May 30, 2025REAL #VAScandal: GOP Openly Admitted Wanting To Cut Veterans Benefits armytimes.com/article/201309… http://t.co/B9ae82bYaj youtu.be/HC52Azdu-L0
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The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) May 30, 2025****
So basically Shinseki just took the ceremonial fall for an incompetent and self-centered Congress that loves to fund wars but not Veterans.
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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) May 30, 2025#EricShinseki gave up a foot on the battlefield for his country. A shame we keep kicking him with it. A fallible but good man & patriot.
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(@Only4RM) May 30, 2025****
Leadership bar forever rising MT @ron_fournier Obama fired Shineski. Did he apologize for breaking vow to reform VA? Announce reforms?
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Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 30, 2025I'm not going to second guess POTUS' decision to accept Eric's resignation. I was not in that room and I don't know what was said.
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Amarlie (@marabout40) May 30, 2025****
As the daughter of a disabled Vietnam vet, I thank you, #EricShinseki, for your service.
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Andie the Obamanista (@andie_walsh) May 30, 2025I'm not going to get mad at President Obama for not picking up YOUR slack when it comes to fighting the GOP.
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Mr. NFTG (@Kennymack1971) May 30, 2025****
@Kennymack1971 Wake me when Congressional Dems go after Boehner and McConnell they way they did Shinseki. #Shinseki #VA
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Adriane Farray (@AFarray) May 30, 2025So it begins. Alison Grimes boasts of being "first among Dem Senate candidates or Senators in the nation" to call for Shinseki resignation.
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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) May 30, 2025****
When Dems in Congress who called for Shinseki's resignation complain that PBO doesn't reach out to them enuf, today is a pretty good why.
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Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) May 30, 2025Yeah bragging that you were one of the first Dems to demand that Shinseki resign...*slow clap* for Alison Grimes. A profile in courage.
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Mr. NFTG (@Kennymack1971) May 30, 2025****
The same media that has been calling for #Shinseki's head just labeled him a scapegoat. The #media has been assisting the #GOP since 2009.
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Bruce P. Knight (@brucepknight) May 30, 2025Democrats like Grimes and David Scott are disgusting. Quick to run to the mic to attack POTUS and his team but timid about going at the GOP
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Mr. NFTG (@Kennymack1971) May 30, 2025****
I'm tired of congressional Dems running like scared lil punks every time the GOP throws a temper tantrum behind some BS.
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Mr. NFTG (@Kennymack1971) May 30, 2025They did it during GlitchGate, IRSGate, and the early days of BENGHAZI! They always leave the WH hanging. It's bullshit.
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Mr. NFTG (@Kennymack1971) May 30, 2025****
President Obama seems annoyed and a bit pissed to me....he's so tired of dealing with stupid people.
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Sabrina (@Charmed86) May 30, 2025Man Doing Thankless Job Accepts Resignation of Man Doing More Thankless Job
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Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) May 30, 2025****
When President Obama ask for money to update the schedule system with the VA, the gop and media will be crying about money/cost
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Sabrina (@Charmed86) May 30, 2025Be advised @whpresscorps @ChuckTodd @MSNBC @ABC @CBSNews U have no standing to judge patriot #GenShinseki U are despised by Amer People
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Bill R (@cmpnwtr) May 30, 2025
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Hey japa. Just noticed you didn’t get much love for your first, dear. I’m here for you. Congrats! :-)
Late to the party - congrats on first place, Japa!
A brilliant collection of tweets Nerdy, thank you for doing this, you’re the best.
Thanks, Chips.
You’ve got me all choked up with this picture you selected. Sec. Shinseki is a good and courageous man. He has sacrificed so much in defense and love for his country and it is a shame that the media played a heavy role in backing the GOP and railroading him out. He and President Obama fought the good fight and made so many improvements to the VA.
I wish him the best and I thank him so much for everything he has done for veterans and the country.
I want the truth to be Told………from True by Spandau Ballet.
Great Tweets.
Thanks NW.
Wow, Alison Grimes has absolutely no class. I mean, NONE.
she is a cowardly piece of shit is what she is.
Wonderful collection. I sometimes complain that 140 characters is not enough for nuance, and it isn’t. But sometimes the truth doesn’t need the nuance. Sometimes it is pretty balck and white.
I am seeing three kinds of people today. Those that, like the vast majority of us, view this as a sad day. Then there are those celebrating the resignation. And then there are those, like pmcarpenter, who I generally like, who say this wasn’t a resignation, but a firing.
There are two issues I have with the last group. Number 1 is that they assume that President Obama did the firing despite all evidence to the contrary. But even more important, they are saying that Shinseki isn’t honorable enough to resign and let others tackle the problem, knowing he is just a distraction and that as long as he is there, solutions won’t be looked at.
Awsomeeeeeee Awesome collection of Tweets….KaBoooooooooom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTH??
It’s true, isn’t it? If she wants to run as mini-mitch, she is gonna lose and lose heavily.
Sorry, I meant to respond to meta’s comment about Grimes.
To be the first to run to the microphone to claim to be the first to call for Sec. Shinseki’s resignation is absolutely deplorable. I don’t care how red your state is, this is a man of valor.
Pretty damn tacky
you are right about that. Better the snake you know than the one you don’t.
She sucks.
WTH does that mean? I’m losing confidence in her ability to run a take-no-prisoner campaign against on of the most sleaziest, disgusting humans like Mitch.
she ain’t up to it.
Took her a week to get her shit together on McConnell’s latest ACA blunder. She got off a few good lines to her credit. But she has been disgraceful on the VA (of which she knows nothing) and on Shinseki. Running to the mic, doing her damnedest to be a good RWNJ.
And she’s slow to figure out what she should say, and half the time she says the wrong thing.
Gee, here’s an idea: how about informing your constituents about how Democratic policies and this administration will improve your life and protect you and your interests?
As you said, who needs a tepid RWNJ when they have the real thing.
I’ve been tweeting her like crazy, I’m so pissed. I’ll see if I can corral the tweets.
Boom. Dis here.
she is a piece of crap
And not even that because even Mitch didn’t call for Shinseki to resign.
Great collection. I liked the thankless job one. So true.
Alison Grimes - last name fits her today.
The more I hear about Grimes, the less I like her. If she wins, she will be another DINO. I guess she would be a cut above a Republican, although I can see her voting often with Republicans.
I wouldn’t be surprised COS but I do question if she would be a cut above Repug. Afterall, Repubs stand up for each other and never gloat about being the fist person to eat their own.
She most certainly would. She’s clearly the type to go against Dems when it makes the least sense. How many votes did her comment about Shineski get her?
She will make noise but imo will vote with Dems at least 70% of the time. I’d like it to be higher but if McConnell gets reelected it stays at zero.
Yes, as grimy as a piece of slime.
Jay’s is going……Leaving the WH
Nena,
I can’t believe it! Oh, I am going to miss him so much. Such a nice guy, so professional and with much integrity!
Josh Ernest Takes over from Jay.
Just called A.Grimes campaign and told them no more contributions from me even tho don’t like Mitch, the man on the other end of phone acted surprised, said he did not know she called for Sec. Shinseki to resign now to find all those other turn coat Dems and do the same.
I tweeted the same thing. If she can’t act like a Dem and support Dems, Democratic administrations and Democratic policies, she can go join the GOP. No $$ from me.
good for you.
I called as well. Told them that it is a terrible day for Democrats and that I was truly disgusted. Would never give her another dime. I called Phone: 502-352-2390
nospin, thanks for posting the number. I just called and express my extreme discuss with ALG.
President Obama just walked into the briefing room.
There is a personnel announcement about Jay ‘Clark Kent’ Carney. No, no, no, no. Not Jay. Don’t go Jay. We love you. We will miss you terribly. Replacing Jay Carney is Josh ‘THE VOICE’ Earnest.
This day sucks! Jay Carney resigned? I knew it was coming. He was - hands down - the best WH Press Secy in history. Only C. J. Craig was as good, and she was fiction.
I agree 57. I just love Jay. He is the best press secretary ever. And his relationship, love and respect for President Obama warms my heart. He is a sweetheart.
I’m really bummed. He was effing brilliant.
President Obama is announcing Jay Carney’s resignation as Press Secretary. Sad to see Jay go.
Wow, today is a double whammy of sadness.
Awww damn!
OMG, JAY IS RESIGNING.
NOOOOOOOO
OH NO!!!
I loved Jay. He really did handle the Republican press quite well but a person can only deal with the likes of these jackals for so long.
This is turning out to be a not so good Friday!!!!!!!!!
Donna, I’m just beside myself.
I have to say I had this premonition a couple of news ago that he might want to leave. I have absolutely no idea where it came from. Weird.
Josh Earnest will fill in until there is a replacement. Which I hope will be Josh Earnest.
I’m going for a long walk. It’s been a rough week!
Good idea donna. This is just too much today.
I read columns of conversations on TOD about a month or so ago about Jay planning to leave. When I heard reporters surprised about it I thought, “Wait a minute! I read about it over a month ago on TOD.”
Now everyone here is surprised. Wait a minute you guys were here when the topic came up before and participated in the conversation.
Jay:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live
This!!!
Yes, we have Al Franken and Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and all the other supposedly great Democratic sentinels that stand guard over this great democracy. But I haven’t heard one single word from those motherfuckers backing General Shinseki or President Obama for that matter. When it comes to President Obama these sentinels go into hiding waiting for the storm to subside. The Democrats love talking pretty and witty, as if appealing to someone’s intellect will somehow cure their ills. I am not surprised General Shinseki is gone, I’m not even less surprised that I haven’t heard a voice other that the Whitehouse standing up for General Shinseki. President Obama has tried for the last five plus years to give the Democratic Party their manhood, but at every opportunity the Democrats have come up short.
“tried for the last five plus years to give the Democratic Party their manhood, but at every opportunity the Democrats have come up short.” Well said, the only, ONLY, man in government is our President.
You’re wrong about Sanders: Sanders has been phenomenal on the VA issue and on Shinseki. He kept pointing the finger at the past administration & at the GOP. Shinseki had his support. For once, Bernie did the job that Democrats should do. People like Franken should know better. I’m sickened by it.
But this time - Sanders was in our court, big time.
Sanders voted against closing Gitmo!
“A number of important questions remain unanswered regarding the rather complicated issue of not just how you close down the facility, but what you do with the prisoners,” he added. “Are there some who should be released, are there others who should be returned to their home countries, are we confident that under Bush the correct determinations were made with respect to these prisoners’ status as ‘enemy combatants’? In order to answer these questions, President Obama has appointed a high-level committee of top administration officials who will be issuing a report in the coming months. I think that it is prudent to review that plan they develop before we spend $80 million in taxpayer money.”
I repeat, Bernie Sanders voted against closing gitmo. It is safe to assume that if President Obama wanted to close gitmo then he had a plan in place to do just that.
I thought we were talking about the VA ‘scandal’. Sanders has been very supportive and sensible on that.
Bernie loves to bash PBO. I know that. It was on the VA that he’s been good.
Sanders is on the VA Committee.
Don, I agree with your overall comments, but Bernie Sanders was on Chris Jansing show this morning and defended General Shinseki, even went so far as to say, he hopes President Obama would not asking him to resign.
Al Franken was calling for Shinseki’s resignation this week. The loud-mouths don’t seem to actually do any actual good.
jackal April Ryan wants to know what Jay has learned working as press secretary. Deep, really deep question.
And why does Jim Acosta always want someone to be fired???
He is the worst. Now he wants to know exactly who was in the meeting with President Obama and Secretary Shinseki this morning. It’s nothing but tabloid reporting. Disgusting.
Only when there’s a black President do fucker like this are all concerned about the brothers and sisters out in the field. I goddamn didn’t hear a word from these folks when Clinton and Bush were President!
…….And Jay is leaving the Whitehouse, oh well, hope the Heat win tonight. Goodnight everybody!
Thank you Press Sec. Jay Carney for your service.
Welcome aboard Josh Earnest. He has been with President Obama since the early days of Iowa 2008 and he’s the West Wing Week voice.
Wishing them both the best.
You know there is usually some buzz around a Presidential appointee leaving. This has to have been the best kept secret ever. I wish Jay all the best.
I already see signs of mass hysteria on Twitter, so let me just say that Jay Carney is already one of the longest serving Press Secretaries ever. This is a tough job and most press secs serve 2 years and move on. Meanwhile, it’s par for the course that people come and go in WH administrations. It doesn’t mean anything is “wrong,” it’s just that people are ready to move on - and that they are perfectly entitled to do. Just some perspective.
Why is Jat leaving!? This is a terrible day. Today, I hate WASHINGTON and all the dumb, weak, cowardly Dems.
Eve, please be calm. Obviously Jay Carney’s leaving has been in the works for some time, and Press Secretaries rarely stay for more than 2 years so Carney is already one of the longest serving press secretaries in US country. Today is not a “terrible” day by any means.
Thanks, Hopefruit. I have stopped watching MSNBC. The toxic waste is too much. TOD is where I get most of my news. For us to have to be discussing and reacting to all this really rattles my nerves. Shinsecki and Carney in one day has been a little too much.
Thanks for the order to be calm. I will.
:) :) Cheers - I know it can be difficult and the media goes overboard trying to stir up hysteria.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/16/1091597/-GOP-Voted-Against-7-Bills-to-Help-Veterans
Here’s the Bills in numerical order. In short, the GOP has voted TO NOT SUPPORT THE TROOPS at least 7 times. I think that is sufficient to call the GOP House Hypocrites and Phonies.
Bill’s Blocked By Republican’s Since President Obama Took Office.
David Gregory, John McCain, and the media aren’t covering this story so we have to.
Here’s a concise extraction for easy viewing for those who are INTERESTED IN VETERANS ISSUES and need to know which party supports veterans and which party does not.
The rejected Bills are named:
H.R. 466 – Wounded Veteran Job Security Act became H. R. 2875.
H.R. 1168 — Veterans Retraining Act
H.R. 1171 – Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization
H.R. 1172 — Requiring List on VA Website of Organizations Providing Scholarships for Veterans
H.R. 1293 — Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009
H.R. 1803 — Veterans Business Center Act
H.R. 2352 – Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act
DETAILS OF BILLS REJECTED BY REPUBLICANS:
Details of each bill at the link. Pass It On.
In fact, I think that it is our duty to pass this info on to every veterans organization IN EACH STATE, every local news outlet, IN EACH STATE…and demand that our elected officials make a comment on this. I happen to think that the General’s resignation today may have a backfiring effect. I say that because most veterans know that the VA has had these problems for years.They also know that Gen Shinseki has worked tirelessly on their behalf. They will begin to see more and more pundits, RW talkers, LW talkers and the like..come out and jaw about this, but when they had the chance..none of these people actually took the opportunity to fix the problem, because decades later, it still exists! Add to that the facts that we know about understaffing, bonuses, more people able to access VA care, more returning vets that earned care and further strain the system, and you have a recipe for trouble….I don’t think they will take too kindly to certain people using this situation to score cheap political points….others that have always believed that Repubs had their best interests at heart…should be really, really paying attention now…be honest with yourselves about what you hear…and VOTE FOR DEMS WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF ACTUAL SUPPORT!
I agree, I think this is going to backfire on GOP and Dems who act like GOP, at least I hope so. Just discovered VOTEVET, that is where Alison G and all other contributions going for time being. Also increasing to Obama organization. Wake up America to the slime in DC.
Bill Clinton had 5 press Secretaries .
1993–1994 Dee Dee Myers
1993 George Stephanopoulos
1994–1998 Mike McCurry
1998–2000 Joe Lockhart
2000–2001 Jake Siewert
GW had how many? I would think of Ari Fleischer, Snowe, The Blonde on the Five, etc.
George W. Bush
2001–2003 Ari Fleischer
2003–2006 Scott McClellan
2006–2007 Tony Snow
2007–2009 Dana Perino
Thanks Linda.
Thanks Linda for posting this. Press secretaries RARELY work for more than 2 years.
Both Dee Dee Myers and George Stephanopoulos at every turn had something negative to say about the Obama Administration.
F Dee Dee and GS. :)
A jackal wants to know exactly when Sec Shinseki resigned. They want a blow by blow minute by minute timeline about what happened. They got their pound of flesh isn’t that enough. Now they want every detail so they can write the negative narratives.
Now they are questioning the new EPA announcements next week and why Gina McCarthy is making the announcement and not President Obama. She is the EPA Administrator. Duh.
Now they want the names of who will replace Secretary Shinseki. As if Jay would tell them now if he knew.
Eff those effing effers!
They leave their souls behind when the cross over inside the belt-way, ( If they have a soul at all )
The POTUS gave Jay “Clark Kent” Carney a HUGE Hug……I hope that Picture and twitpic get a deserved retweets.
Yes, there is a LOT of affection there. I was frankly very uplifted when I heard that remark. Jay is a very intelligent and a very funny guy. Just the sort you’d imagine would be in POTUS’ inner circle.
Noooo, not Jay too!! Man this is like the one-two punch today. Feels like I’m losing old friends and I don’t know either of these upstanding public servants personally. If I’m feeling like this today, come Jan 20, 2017, I’m going to be down for the count. Heavy sigh.
I can’t even think about 2017.
Here is the list of Press Secretaries going back to Truman. ( he had 5 )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Press_Secretary
I know we’re heartbroken. I know we’re fed up. But we can’t let a setback like Gen. Shinseki’s resignation knock us off our game. That’s what they want. Politics are bruising, and sometimes we take the beating. The key is to get back up and back into the fight. To not do so means a certain loss.
I totally agree LL. We should focus like a laser on CONGRESS.
Yes! Excellent point LL.
I’m pissed off at the stunningly destructive, disloyalty, but for my money any sitting (or running) DEM is a better choice than their GOP opponent. Yes, that goes for Ms. Grimes. Although I’d like to bop her and a bunch of other Dems on their collective heads with some Nerf bats publicly right now.
:roll:
Oh please, Chuck Todd wringing his hands about systemic problems in the VA and other agencies is just nauseating.
Someone needs to spit on Jonathon Karl.
Pfffatooie!
perfect…..with chunks !
:-D
You are being to nice Linda. Replace P with h. :)
Bwahaha! Dag, you’ll are hardcore! :-D
I wonder it Tammy Duckworth is on the list for Sec VA.
We need her in the House. This seat can flip easily.
Yeh, I thought of that. It boggles the mind, remembering that she only won 55-45 against loud-mouthed deadbeat cretin Joe Walsh.
Some in that district might as well live in rural MS. They will re-elect her but any other Dem could easily be defeated. Besides, they will tear her record apart because she was part of the VA during these years. She’s great where she is and she grows with the job every day. She has a great future but right now I want her in Congress.
Duly noted. Thanks 57.
She called for Sec Shinseki to resign just this morning.
wha!!!!!
Iraq War Vet Tammy Duckworth Says Shinseki ‘Has To Go’
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tammy-duckworth-eric-shinseki-resignation
Noooooo. Ugh
wouldn’t that be a kick in the arse. Tammy would not roll over for the msm instead she would give all the jackals explicit directions to the location of the nearest cliff.
I don’t think that she would be since she has served as Asst to Vet Affairs in the 1st term.
Yeh now that I think of it, she’d be a new scapegoat. Confirmation hearing would be a total circus.
Honestly I have my doubts that Congress will confirm anyone that POTUS selects to run the VA.. I believe keeping the VA without a permanent Secretary is exactly what the repubs want.. and that their ultimate goal is and has been to eliminate it altogether or make it private.. thus helping it to fail IS their goal. Maybe I’m just too cynical anymore.
I need some medical marijuana to calm me down…..
Spark me a joint too Linda. :(
pass the doobie to the left hand side 8-)
^5!
I think you’re looking for that “get naked.”
Can’t help you with that, but how about some soothing music and pictures of butterflies and flowers? :-)
Thanks, I will try that.
Thank you, that was beautiful, needed something just like this.
A shame we’re losing Jay Carney. It’s s a very tough exhausting job. I can see where a person might only want it for a limited time. He’s got a young family with kids, so it’s understandable.
The Voice is speaking now……
Haha!
“Statement of Information Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to the official note of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation regarding so-called “Russian humanitarian aid” in Eastern Ukraine, May 29, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has considered the request of the Russian side to give it the opportunity to provide so-called humanitarian assistance in the eastern regions of Ukraine.
We believe this proposal is nothing other than another element of propaganda, which has as its goal to demonstrate, especially to the Russian consumer, the supposed “good intentions” of the Kremlin by taking advantage of the difficult situation that Russia has itself provoked in the eastern regions of Ukraine for its own narrow political interests.
In practice, it is specifically because of the actions taken by the Russian side in the East of our country that so far peace and stability have not been reestablished. Russia has not shown any willingness to de-escalate the conflict and to stabilize the situation. From the territory of the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian-Russian border is being systematically violated by armed terrorist groups who kill, terrorize, and intimidate the citizens of Ukraine. Therefore, we should not discount the likelihood that the gimmick of the so-called humanitarian aid is nothing other than a veiled attempt to help Russian mercenaries and terrorists who now find themselves in a difficult situation due to the success of the antiterrorist operations.
Yesterday the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine sent an official response to the request by the Russian side regarding the humanitarian aid. In the document, we proposed that Moscow should focus instead on meeting the many requests for humanitarian aid from the residents of the Crimean Autonomous Republic, which has been annexed by Russia.
We officially expressed our concern that numerous warnings from the international community regarding the rapid deterioration of conditions on the Ukrainian peninsula as a result of the Russian occupation have not received an adequate response from Russia.
In the note, the Ministry has once again called on the Russian side to ensure the rapid and steady fulfillment of its obligations to Ukraine and the world and prevent further deterioration of the situation on Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, which is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster as a result of Russian armed aggression.
Translation: Anna Mostovych”
http://euromaidanpr.com/2014/05/29/ukraine-rejects-russias-humanitarian-aid/
Love this part.
Yesterday the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine sent an official response to the request by the Russian side regarding the humanitarian aid. In the document, we proposed that Moscow should focus instead on meeting the many requests for humanitarian aid from the residents of the Crimean Autonomous Republic, which has been annexed by Russia.
Perfect response.
I hate when people on Twitter act all hysterical and then when I call them out on it try to pretend as if they were just making a general comment as usual…
Washington Examiner is a right wing rag.
Yep. So are the other two addressed in this tweet. :-)
It didn’t go well for the Russians ….
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/05/30/thank-you-press-secretary-jay-clark-kent-carney/