Hillary told another lie -- really, not news, I know. However, this one was so blatant, provably wrong and heaped upon the bodies of dead and suffering vets.
“Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton says the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) scandal is not as “widespread” of a problem as coverage would indicate.
She said the problem is real, but cautioned that “it’s not been as widespread as it has been made out to be” on MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show” on Friday.
The former first lady blamed Republicans for using the issue as part of an “ideological agenda” and said they want the VA to “fail.”
“Now nobody would believe that from the coverage you see, and the constant berating of the VA that comes from the Republicans, in – in part in pursuit of this ideological agenda that they have,” Clinton said.
“They try to create a downward spiral, don’t fund it to the extent that it needs to be funded,
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-...a-widespread-problem
Under her old boss, Obama, reports confirmed the seriousness of the problem.
“In a scathing appraisal, a review ordered by President Barack Obama of the troubled Veterans Affairs health care system concludes that medical care for veterans is beset by "significant and chronic system failures," substantially verifying problems raised by whistleblowers and internal and congressional investigators.
A summary of the review by deputy White House chief of staff Rob Nabors says the Veterans Health Administration must be restructured and that a "corrosive culture" has hurt morale and affected the timeliness of health care. The review also found that a 14-day standard for scheduling veterans' medical appointments is unrealistic and that some employees manipulated the wait times so they would appear to be shorter.”
http://www.dallasnews.com/news...chronic-failures.ece
At to her charge that the Republicans purposefully underfunded VA:
In constant dollars, the VA budget increased from $44.8 billion in 2000 to $125.3 billion in 2012.
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22897.pdf
The saddest story is that despite lie after lie, there are so many that will vote for her, knowing full well she has lied, is lying and will lie.