Posted on 02/23/2015 4:03:32 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
Let’s see here...
Leftist;
Homosexual;
Female;
Senator-For-Life;
She’ll walk.
But she’s gay, so she must be innocent because thats the new sainthood of the left.
Another communist bites the dust?
Maybe Scott Walker will get a chance to appoint a Republican replacement! LOL!
It seems clear that the Senator is a typical Democrat sleazoid, and the sexual harassment suit from the staffer is hysterical. However, I’m a little puzzled about the underlying issue.
The VA is an executive branch agency with its own chain of command. Why do we expect an individual U.S. Senator to deal with local issues of mismanagement of the VA, and what authority does a Senator have to take any kind of action?
Oversight and as Senators are popularly elected, constituent services to get the bureaucracy straightened out using specific grievances.
Yeah Ol buddy and you left out that the nutless GOPe would do nothing to “it” anyway.
Do not want to piss off the whopping 3% of the queer faggots in America and lose the next election.
It could be that since this VA location was right in her own back yard and was likely made aware of wrongdoing there intentionally chose to do nothing, or worse, cover it up. I guess within the realm of legality, she may be culpable in some manner even if only to the point of not reporting the wrongdoing as a government official.
I am sure she’s a useless piece of crud but why would a member of the legislative branch have any legal liability over defects in the operations of the executive branch?
The VA was already investigating it. Without the authority to walk in and fire the doctors, what's she going to do other than grandstand?
Well, might be hard to say, granted. The one thing I’ll tell you is that you don’t “lawyer-up” as a Democrat for nothing. I suspect there is some information missing here about what she actually did.
[Why do we expect an individual U.S. Senator to deal with local issues of mismanagement of the VA, and what authority does a Senator have to take any kind of action?]
I doubt any legal liability can be laid on the senator. The problem may be that she colluded with VA management to conceal wrongdoing.
Increased pressure and public awareness.
That's entirely possible.
The aide who was supposed to take the fall is black. Presumably the sexual harassment complaint would have some legs, if Sen. Baldwin weren’t homosexual.
This is speculation but the suspect physicians may have been over-prescribing narcotics as part of a for-profit, criminal scheme.
Could be.
No doubt. The Republicans surely won’t do anything.
I think this is the woman who took the position while a US Rep (prior to her run for senate) that we shouldn’t try to save our wounded troops.
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