{"id":9301,"date":"2014-05-21T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-02-24T18:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T23:14:22","slug":"the_regime_survives_on_good_intentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/05\/21\/the_regime_survives_on_good_intentions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Regime Survives on Good Intentions"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Just a couple more things on the VA and I want to move on to other things. The one common denominator in all of the things Obama is so mad about is Obama himself. If you stop and think about it, the one common denominator — it seems to me, anyway — in all of the things Obama is so mad about, is Obama himself. I mean, he pretends to be angry now but in a few months, you know, after the midterms, he\u2019ll announce there wasn\u2019t even a smidgen of corruption at the VA. Just like there wasn\u2019t a smidgen of corruption at the IRS.<\/p>\n

This is how these things are dealt with, folks. He\u2019s gonna look into this. He\u2019s got the low-information crowd now believing, accepting, that this is unacceptable. It\u2019s intolerable. He\u2019s mad about this. This is not the way to treat people. This isn\u2019t equality. This isn\u2019t fairness. Even if the left is not that crazy about uniformed military personnel, still. So he\u2019s mad. He\u2019s properly mad. He\u2019s gonna get to the bottom of it. And he will. And just like he is now saying about the IRS that there was not a smidgeon of corruption — didn\u2019t he say that to O\u2019Reilly? Yeah, there was not a smidgen of corruption at the IRS. And after this mythical investigation at the VA, there will not be a smidgen of corruption found there.<\/p>\n

Washington Post story yesterday: “This memo shows that the VA knew of records manipulation in 2010 — Robert Petzel resigned last week as the top health official for the Department of Veterans Affairs, just one day after testifying before a Senate committee that he knew VA health clinics were using inappropriate scheduling practices as early as 2010.” Never mind that Petzel is another of the Obama administration\u2019s patented phony resignations. We previously noted Petzel had announced his retirement last September. Obama announced his replacement in early May of this year, this month.<\/p>\n

So less than three weeks ago Obama announced Petzel\u2019s replacement, and yet Obama last week is running around acting like something had to be done and this guy had to be fired, and we\u2019ve done it, we\u2019ve replaced him, and we\u2019re moving forward. He resigned. He announced his retirement last September. Now, this memo the Washington Post is talking about that shows the VA knew of records manipulation in 2010. It spells out precisely what the VA hospitals were doing in order to cover up how they were not meeting their Obama-mandated goals.<\/p>\n

Now, that\u2019s another point in the phoniness of this administration. They publish and are very public about their new, improved, streamlined operation at, in this case, the VA. And they talk about how they\u2019re gonna really make it better. Previous administrations had let it languish and let it fall by the wayside because they didn\u2019t care or they weren\u2019t sufficiently compassionate, but Obama is on the case and they are going to reenergize the VA and institute brand-new mandated goals. But that\u2019s where it stops, because, you see, the reality is never the news. The intentions are the only thing that ever make the news, either before or after an event has happened.<\/p>\n

So in this case the Regime mandates brand-new streamlined goals. “Yay! Yay!” And Obama gets credit for doing it just by announcing it. And that\u2019s it. Then when it doesn\u2019t happen, when the excrement hits the fan has it has now, then it\u2019s time for Phase 2. “I am so mad about this. I can\u2019t believe it. I\u2019m not gonna tolerate it. We\u2019re gonna get to the bottom of it,” blah, blah, blah, blah. This memo spells out precisely what VA hospitals were doing in order to cover up how they weren\u2019t meeting Obama\u2019s mandated goals, \u2019cause they couldn\u2019t. But the mandated goals were not intended to be met. The mandated goals were just in existence for the purpose of the announcement of the mandated goals.<\/p>\n

The mandated goals, in other words, served to, as far as people were concerned, actually achieve new goals. Whether they did or not didn\u2019t matter. Obama announced his intentions, and that\u2019s where it stops. Except records were kept, and the memo spells out exactly how the VA hospitals were covering up not meeting the goals. Petzel admitted he knew about that memo, and he says that efforts were made to put a stop to it, but he couldn\u2019t cite any specifics that he did. Nobody was fired, despite Shinseki trying to make it sound like 6,000 people were fired. But nobody\u2019s been fired. Nobody\u2019s heads have rolled. None of that\u2019s happened.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s clear the VA had no problem with this going on because what was really going on was not the point. They were always attempting to cover up half-assed behavior with good intentions to fix it, is how it works in this administration. You go out and announce you got these massive new goals, massive new plans, gonna streamline, gonna improve it, and that\u2019s it. Whether they happen or not is irrelevant. The credit to Obama accrues with the announcement of his intention to make it better. They knew the goals were not being met so they had to cover it up somehow. They had the secret waiting list, any number of things to make it look like Obama\u2019s goals are being met, but they couldn\u2019t be.<\/p>\n

In fact, they\u2019re probably doing what they thought Obama wanted done, just like the IRS people did. And just like anybody involved in Obamacare does. They\u2019re probably out doing what they think Obama would want done, and that is cover up reality so that the image survives. (interruption) Right. It\u2019s not about the veterans, folks. It\u2019s not about the people involved. It\u2019s not about their health care. It\u2019s not about the streamlined goals. It\u2019s about Obama and the perception of the administration.<\/p>\n


\nThat\u2019s all it is, be it the VA, be it Obamacare, be it the IRS. I don\u2019t care what it is, everything is about how Obama is doing. And if news surfaces that he\u2019s not doing well, then that\u2019s when the playbook of, “Oh, my God, this is going on? I had no idea. I just found out about it, and I\u2019m as mad as you are.” is rolled out, which we got today on the VA. But there\u2019s a memo that basically shows the VA knew that these records are being manipulated all the way back as far as 2010, probably prior to that.<\/p>\n

From our 50,000-watt blowtorch affiliate in St. Louis, KMOX: “Dr. Jose Mathews says he?\u2019s paying the price for being a whistle-blower at the VA hospital in St. Louis.<\/p>\n

He didn?\u2019t hold back as he told his story to KMOX. Mathews was head of psychiatry at the VA before he came forward to say that doctors were treating only half the mental health patients they had the capacity to handle. After, he says he was promptly removed from his position and specifically instructed not to contact any of the psychiatrists he was leading.<\/p>\n

This sounds like bullying, to me. And yet Eric Holder still refuses to have the DOJ investigate. Here you have the VA whistleblower in St. Louis, says he\u2019s been demoted, says he\u2019s been bullied because he came forward to say that doctors were treating only half the mental health patients they had the capacity to handle. He went off script. He risked blowing this entire image that Obama has all these wonderful intentions and cares so much about all of this.<\/p>\n

“Even though he was re-located to a basement office, Mathews continues going to work at the VA as scheduled.”<\/p>\n

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RUSH: David, St. Petersburg, Florida. Great to have you. Glad you waited. Welcome to the program, sir. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, thank you very much. Great points today. I am a brain and spine surgeon in Florida. I\u2019ve worked in VA systems around the country for many years — I\u2019ve been practicing almost 20 years — and I can tell you for sure that the vets are suffering. They\u2019re undergoing neurological deficits and they are dying because of the wait they have to endure at the VA. There\u2019s no question about it. The doctors and nurses there are great. There\u2019s a lot of good employees there. But in the end it\u2019s a bureaucracy, the bloated-government administration, and that is really hurting our vets.<\/p>\n

RUSH: David, let me share with you something. I was given a heads-up by the staff. This always happens when I\u2019m out on a particular day if it\u2019s just one day. I ask, “Okay, what happened yesterday? What all do I need to know that might have happened on the program?” What I was told was there were a lot of people that called defending the VA yesterday, that the health care being doled out there is fine, that the treatment there is fine, that it\u2019s simply a problem of getting to the treatment, is that the lines are so long. That\u2019s the problem. Is that right?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, that is correct. Now, I\u2019m a private doctor. I worked in the VA in the past as a resident and as a professor, but right now they don\u2019t have neurosurgeons, for instance. And even if they did, they\u2019d still take forever. When I was in VA clinics as a neurosurgeon, it\u2019d take months and months to come in for the most simple things that are easy to treat. So now they\u2019ll send me vets \u2019cause our VA doesn\u2019t have a neurosurgeon in the area. And they\u2019ll have leg pain going on for a year or two that\u2019s so easy to treat with a simple operation, or their foot will be partially paralyzed \u2019cause they didn\u2019t get a simple operation, or the worst case I had recently was a person with an obvious brain tumor that was just messed around with was so long, and they died.<\/p>\n


\nRUSH: Doctor, why are there doctor shortages at the VA? I mean, the government spends money it doesn\u2019t have on other things, why not stock the VA fully with doctors?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, because they spend the money on bureaucracy, all right? They spend the money on management, cost control, computers, more administrators and bigger buildings. It\u2019s all part of the government, you know? The real simple solution, you know, is let\u2019s put the patients and the vets first and the government last. Give the vets a voucher. Let \u2019em find the care elsewhere, and it will be fine. But that\u2019s not what the liberals want. They want big government, which is why they say put the “funds” into it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, I understand it, but my question is. The nature is a little bit different. We don\u2019t have money that we\u2019re spending now. The national debt is $17 trillion. The annual deficit\u2019s about a trillion dollar. We\u2019re spending money we don\u2019t have, and every cabinet department has a budget. They all go over it; baseline budgeting guarantees that. You\u2019re talking about allocation. Why stop at building new buildings and getting new computers? Why not also spend on care? If we\u2019re gonna bust the budget, why not bust the budget getting doctors?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Because they can\u2019t afford the true market rate for doctors, what they should be paid and they also don\u2019ts run a system that\u2019s designed to deliver a high volume of care.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But the government can afford anything it wants because it can print the money to pay for it, is my point.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, I suppose. But in the end, all government systems run out of money. They always have to ration it. They always have to serve the bureaucracy first and the patients suffer and the doctors who serve them.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, see, but that\u2019s always selective because the idea that we\u2019re busting budgets is old news. We\u2019re spending money we don\u2019t have anyway, so it\u2019s a conscious reason why here.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: All right. Let me answer my own question. I\u2019m best at that anyway. Because, A, it\u2019s a good question, B, the answer\u2019s even better, and C, this is the kind of thing that the network\u2019s gonna play for their guests to react to on future shows. My question to the good doctor we just had on the phone. If every government agency is over budget — and it is, by default. I mean, we\u2019re spending a trillion dollars a year that we don\u2019t have. We\u2019re nowhere near balanced, so it doesn\u2019t matter. Every agency is over budget.<\/p>\n


\nSo my question to him was, it really doesn\u2019t matter, does it, what the budget is? They\u2019re gonna spend it. So when they spend it, why don\u2019t they spend it on staffing the VA with doctors? And if the answer comes back, “Well, there\u2019s a limit, you know, there\u2019s a budget and we can only spend –” No. That doesn\u2019t wash, folks. The budget doesn\u2019t matter. This government is spending on whatever it wants to spend. Look at Obama\u2019s budgets that are submitted. I don\u2019t care if they\u2019re DOA. I don\u2019t care if they never get voted on. Look at the desire. There is no spending limit. There is no real limitation on spending. That\u2019s why the Tea Party exists. You know it and I know it.<\/p>\n

Left to their own devices, these people would spend money without any regard for the consequences, in a fiscal sense. So why do they not actually spend it on doctors? And here comes the controversial answer: That\u2019s not the purpose of government. The purpose of government from the left\u2019s standpoint is not results. If it were, LBJ\u2019s Great Society wouldn\u2019t be a dismal failure.<\/p>\n

Remember, we\u2019re not supposed to look at the results of liberal programs, are we? There aren\u2019t any that are successful. Every social program to come down the pike that the Dems, liberals have authored, has busted up minority families, destroyed the border system in this country. I mean, it\u2019s a disaster. The social fabric, the cultural rot taking place in this country is again the result of policy put in place by Democrats. But with what? Good intentions, yes, we are only supposed to judge the good intentions. Social Security, Medicare, War on Poverty, you name it, all of \u2019em are disasters, and because of that, we\u2019re only supposed to look at the intentions.<\/p>\n

So again, let\u2019s come to the VA just to pick — and this would be true of any agency. When it comes to the VA, results are really not the purpose of government. What does a liberal want to run government for? Power, exactly right. Growing government. The caller, the doctor, the good doctor had it right. They spend the money on what? Themselves. They hire more of them. They hire more administrative employees.<\/p>\n

They do that with education. What are we spending per student in most states? New Jersey, 20 grand per student? Look at the results. Where\u2019s the money going? Additional administration. Buildings for the administration. Cars and transportation and expense accounts for the administration. New computer systems for the administration. Grant money for the administration to give to climate scientists to come back with a verdict that man is causing global warming.<\/p>\n

Same thing at the VA. What are they doing? They are spending their money to grow the size of the agency. Same thing at the EPA. What are they doing? Now, at the EPA, the FDA, there is a little difference \u2019cause when you say they don\u2019t care about results, there are exceptions to everything, and at the EPA particularly they care about results, mandated, undemocratically mandated official regulations they impose. They care about the results of their demands or limits or regulation on and me and how we must live.<\/p>\n

The VA\u2019s got a lot of good people in it, but it\u2019s always the case, the mind-set of the people that run it, when you have a Democrat like Obama particularly, in office, results are not what matters. It\u2019s a real simple question. If you are gonna go over budget. If money really doesn\u2019t matter, and isn\u2019t that, when you get down to it, the thing? Money doesn\u2019t matter. They\u2019ll always say, “Well, budget, we can\u2019t hire more doctors, budget limitation.” But they never use that excuse to say they can\u2019t grow the size of the agency.<\/p>\n

So if you\u2019re going to spend money you don\u2019t have anyway, why not spend it on getting more brain surgeons, spinal surgeons. If that\u2019s what the VA needs, get \u2019em in there. Why not get a bigger bang for the buck on actual medical care in the VA? Why not do that? I don\u2019t know, but it\u2019s a choice. If they\u2019re going to spend more money than they have anyway, this is my point.<\/p>\n

The analogy I could best give you would be the House bank. If members of Congress could go write personal checks for any amount of money regardless what was in their account, then it really didn\u2019t matter what their salaries are. If a member of Congress earned $150,000 and has $5,000 in the bank, but can go write a personal check for cash for 25 grand, on credit with the assumption it will be paid back, then doesn\u2019t need the money to cover the check. Okay, well, same thing with every cabinet-level department. The money doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n

If we\u2019re over budget anyway and if there\u2019s no concern for being over budget, and there isn\u2019t, when\u2019s the last time anybody submitted a budget with less money than the year before? There really isn\u2019t any concern about this. Hello, that\u2019s why the Tea Party exists. So my only point is, if the money really isn\u2019t an obstacle, it\u2019s just something you pretend is for the consumption of the public — you have to make the public think you care about the budget. You have to make them think you care about federal spending, but when the rubber meets the road, you don\u2019t care. You\u2019re spending on whatever. It\u2019s not yours, and that\u2019s the fun of being in government, unlimited amounts of money and just go spend it.<\/p>\n

Look at the stimulus. Shovel-ready projects, all this, that\u2019s not what the money was spent on, was it? Seventy-five percent of the money went to unions to keep those people employed so they\u2019d pay dues so the money would come back to Democrat campaign coffers. It was a money-laundering scheme. The first stimulus package was a Democrat money-laundering scheme. It wasn\u2019t used to rebuild schools or bridges or roads or any shovel-ready project.<\/p>\n

<\/a>They just wanted the money, and by expanding that spending in one swoop by almost a trillion dollars, what happened to the budget baseline<\/a>? It went up by a trillion dollars. The baseline went up, giving everybody, every department more money to spend whether they need it or not. But if there is never an effort to balance the budget, then what does it matter if you go over budget by a dollar or $10 trillion? Well, the only limiting factor is what you think you can get away with. And there may be a little bit of conscience, but more likely a political calculation.<\/p>\n

So if there\u2019s no real concern for the budget, if there\u2019s no real concern for going over budget, if you\u2019re going to spend money that you don\u2019t have anyway at the VA, and if you\u2019re gonna spend that money on something other than doctors and patient care, then what are you doing? Well, you\u2019re obviously not concerned with results, medical results. You\u2019re doing something else with the money. You\u2019re growing the administration. You\u2019re providing more jobs for fellow traveling liberals.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re providing more administrative jobs to get more career liberals in the bureaucracy that are never gonna be fired once they\u2019re hired. They can\u2019t be, not political-appointee jobs. You\u2019re growing it. Put more liberals to work that come out of college with this degree or that degree, or maybe don\u2019t have any degree. Just hire \u2019em. This is how you grow government. This is how you expand your influence of your department. It\u2019s the same thing with the IRS or whatever agency it is. This is why it matters to me who wins elections.<\/p>\n

This is why conservatism versus liberalism matters when it comes to spending and responsible spending and responsible budgeting and so forth. This is just we\u2019re out of control here. But even with all the money that we\u2019re spending — and it\u2019s incomprehensible the amount of money we\u2019re spending — look at the lack of results we\u2019re getting for it. For crying out loud, with all the money we\u2019re spending on “creating jobs,” why aren\u2019t they ready?<\/p>\n

With all the money we\u2019re spending growing the economy, why isn\u2019t growing?<\/p>\n

With all the money we\u2019re spending on you name it, why isn\u2019t it happening?<\/p>\n

Well, there are many reasons. A, government can\u2019t do all those things. But, B, they\u2019re not spending the money on those things. They didn\u2019t spend it on shovel-ready jobs, rebuilding roads and bridges, and the precious schools. Liberals spend the money on growing the actual infrastructure of government. They create new jobs for nameless, faceless, loyal liberal troops to populate the expanding government. True believers. They\u2019re ideologues to the hilt. If they really cared and they\u2019re gonna go over budget anyway, why not pay some doctors?<\/p>\n

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RUSH: This is Joanne in Virginia Beach. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. So, after the speech today, I\u2019m sure everything\u2019s gonna be magically fixed at the VA, because, one, he\u2019s had a meeting; two, he\u2019s gotten really, really mad; three, he\u2019s had a press conference; four, he\u2019s going to investigate. So it\u2019s got to be magically fixed, right?<\/p>\n

RUSH: That probably… No. I don\u2019t think that is what\u2019s gonna. I think what\u2019s gonna happen is that after the midterms, they will announce the results of the investigation and they will say that there was not a smidgeon of corruption found.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re correct, but I just found it infuriating this morning when he got on and started with his nonsense, “I\u2019m thinking, nothing\u2019s gonna be done. Why does he even bother? Why waste our time?”<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s what the CNN reporter said. This is what\u2019s funny. The CNN reporter who\u2019s been following this today couldn\u2019t believe Obama. “What do you mean you, you need investigate? This is real! This is happening! What do you mean?” He couldn\u2019t believe it. He was expecting Obama to come out and really do something about this. Really, for some reason, folks, it\u2019s mysterious. For some reason the Drive-Bys are worried about this one and they\u2019re looking their leader to make this go away. (interruption)<\/p>\n

What, Mr. Snerdley? What\u2019s the… (interruption) Mmm-hmm. (interruption) Mmm-hmm. (interruption) Well… (interruption) All right. The question is, isn\u2019t all of this kind of beside the point? Because isn\u2019t the truth that the VA, as constituted, can\u2019t be fixed because the government cannot run something like health care, either for a finite group like America\u2019s veterans, or the country at large? So therefore isn\u2019t all of this just a smoke screen \u2019cause they can\u2019t fix i?. They don\u2019t know how to fix it.<\/p>\n

The government is a good question. It\u2019s an excellent question. But the truth of the matter is that for a significant number of Americans that doesn\u2019t matter. All that\u2019s going to matter is the appearance of effort, rooted in caring to try to fix it. Could you demonstrate for me? There are answers to this, but they\u2019re very few. I want to know: When was the last time that you can recall a Democrat president being held accountable for failure, other than the Democrats losing a presidential election? (interruption) Lyndon Johnson. (interruption)<\/p>\n


\nAll right. That\u2019s Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Lyndon Johnson. But he wasn\u2019t thrown out of office. He was losing an election. He was gonna lose the election. He got out of there \u2019cause he wasn\u2019t gonna win reelection. Democrats are not held accountable for these failures. They survive on two things: The perception that they care and they\u2019re trying combined with the image they\u2019ve successfully created that we don\u2019t care, that we don\u2019t have compassion, that the free market cannot possibly care about what happens to people because in capitalism there\u2019s pain and suffering, and nobody cares.<\/p>\n

At least the Democrats care. They may screw everything up, but at least they\u2019re trying. And that\u2019s all Obama has to do with this. So you say, “Isn\u2019t the big question the fact that it can\u2019t be fixed because the people trying to fix it don\u2019t know what they\u2019re doing?” A, you are exactly right. B, doesn\u2019t matter. All it needs to happen is at least as the country is constituted now, all that needs to happen is voters, enough voters need to see that Obama is.<\/p>\n

Why do you think his modus operandi on every one of these scandals is to come out and tell everybody how he just found out about it. He didn\u2019t know about it and how ticked off he is? What do you think the purpose of that is? He\u2019s doing it because it\u2019s working. If Bush were president and was happening, it would be precisely the first story on it would be because Bush doesn\u2019t care. Bush sent these guys off to war to avenge his father and Saddam\u2019s attempted assassination.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the only reason Bush went into Iraq. He didn\u2019t care what happened! Look, our troops were even accused of being rapists and terrorists by Democrats! Yeah, you had all these people saying that Petraeus was a liar before he even testified! Why? “‘Cause he didn\u2019t care. He really didn\u2019t care what happened to those troops! But Obama, he\u2019s livid over this mistreatment.” This is what\u2019s so frustrating. Look, I\u2019m mayor of Realville, and I\u2019m telling you this stuff really…<\/p>\n

You know, I\u2019m thinking, “How easy it would be for me if I can just survive on image.” (sigh) I couldn\u2019t constitutionally do it.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This is Larry, and you\u2019re next. Thanks for calling. It\u2019s great to have you on the program, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. As a veteran myself, it\u2019s an honor to speak to you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you very much. Glad to have you out there.<\/p>\n


\nCALLER: Listen, I have a theory that I\u2019d like to ask you about. It\u2019s about this VA scandal and how the administration will handle it. I\u2019d like to hear your comment. I think instead of obfuscation and sidestepping, that the administration is actually gonna jump in with both feet — and for the long term — for three reasons. First of all, what\u2019s happening right now is not an exclusive Obama problem. At least that\u2019s what they\u2019ll say, that these problems go back to the Bush and Clinton administrations.<\/p>\n

Obama is going to try to continue to link today\u2019s problems that go all the way back, and they can control the message. A second reason is the media is going to absolutely want to cover this as a real issue, because they can portray Obama as the reformer. And the administration, of course, will feed them that message. They want to report on anything that does not have the words “Benghazi,” “IRS,” or “Obamacare” in it. Of course by doing this they de-legitimize all these other scandals that we believe are important to cover. So I\u2019m interested to know what you think about that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I think it\u2019s got some credence to it. If I heard you right, what you think they\u2019re gonna do is dig deep into creating the impression that they\u2019re actually tackling this and are gonna try and fix it, because it\u2019s a problem that predates Obama, so can\u2019t be tied to him. But he\u2019s the guy, you say, who is the reformer. He\u2019s the guy that gets it fixed. The media desperately wants to report this because they love Obama, and they want to see him do well. They love the idea that a Democrat president can be positively linked to the military.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So then they announce this drastic action, these massive reforms to fix it, and the media applauds. “Oh, what a great guy Obama is!” Next, “What you mean about Benghazi?” is the reaction people have at the White House. They maybe tie up some new allegiance of the military to Obama and the Democrat Party. So you think they might actually do something substantively to fix this?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, and make it last for a long time so people forget these other issues.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, here\u2019s the only problem: Can they? Can they fix it?<\/p>\n

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RUSH: I actually think our last caller had a great point, and it would be something this Regime would possibly consider if they think they could pull it off in time for positive election results. Making it all the more plausible to me is, they don\u2019t have anything really to run on in the midterms other than trying to get the black population mad at Republicans again over racism and getting single women\/single mothers mad over the War on Women, the usual cultural depravity that they cite.<\/p>\n

This could be something right down their pipe. I mean, it could be made to order, the problem with the VA. It\u2019s already been established in a couple places that the problem predates Obama. The fact that he hasn\u2019t done anything on it for five years is easily overcome by being the guy who finally addresses it. Remember, with a media as desirous as this one is to report successes where Obama is concerned, it won\u2019t really take much for them to report overwhelming success. Remember, Obama gets credit simply for caring.<\/p>\n

If he does a real good job of caring about this, and a real good job making it look like he\u2019s really gonna get to the bottom of it — and if they arrange for some people who have been on the waiting list for a long time to actually get moved to the front and get treated — the media will be right there on that story. “Look at the dramatic changes Obama has brought about!” That\u2019s all it would take, just a couple of those.<\/p>\n

Get a couple of veterans. First you do the story and how long the poor guy\u2019s been waiting. Incompetence here, incompetence there, fake waiting list there. Obama found out about it and was livid. He ordered immediate changes! He rolled up his sleeves! Next, you go back to the veteran as he\u2019s being wheeled into surgery. “Yes, President Obama heard about my situation and my case, and look me now! He made it happen.”<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all you need, just two of those around September\/October.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Fascinating. Two people have sent me e-mails saying, “Rush, I know it sounded good, but that caller is wrong. They can\u2019t fix the VA. Obama can\u2019t fix it. They can\u2019t even find any positive stories to tell about Obamacare. How can they go out and find a positive story about the VA?” Another guy said, “Rush, they can\u2019t fix single payer. To do that would require vouchers and reopening health care to the private sector. Single payer doesn\u2019t work.”<\/p>\n

Now, now, now, now, now. With great respect to both complainants, you\u2019re missing the point. They don\u2019t have to fix anything. It doesn\u2019t have to work. All they need is one story.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the deal. Obama announces Shinseki investigation — by the way, do you know, the Seattle Seahawks are at the White House today? Well, Obama just found out today they won the Super Bowl. The Seahawks showed up and he said (imitating Obama), “What are they doing here?”<\/p>\n

“Mr. President, the Super Bowl winners always come.”<\/p>\n

“Oh, wow. They won? Okay.” He wasn\u2019t mad about it. He was mad he hadn\u2019t been told. He wasn\u2019t mad the Seahawks won the Super Bowl. (interruption) What? Oh, you mean the Bring Our Girls Home hashtag? I don\u2019t think the girls are back home yet, no. But you see, who cares? It doesn\u2019t matter. The hashtag worked. They care; we don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Look, folks, they don\u2019t have to fix the VA. Here\u2019s all that has to happen. This is the caller\u2019s point. Well, maybe it wasn\u2019t his point. My point is bouncing off what he said. Shinseki is investigating, right? IG is investigating. That comes back, say, next week. Obama: “I\u2019m livid, I\u2019ve found out how bad. I\u2019m announcing today this reform, that reform,” blah, blah, blah. And then in three weeks a soldier who had disappeared on the waiting list is found, gets treated. The cameras are there. He gets his treatment.<\/p>\n

All they need is one example. Remember, the illusion is all that needs to happen in order to give the media the story that Obama has finally reformed the VA or is really making more progress than anybody else has ever made in fixing the problems. And you get the veteran involved to start singing the praises of the administration, how they really found out what was going on. When they found out what had happened with him they put people into motion, they got this thing fixed, and look at me now.<\/p>\n

I agree, they can\u2019t fix the VA because their policies are what broke it. I understand all that. But they can create the illusion that they\u2019re making progress. Now, the caller, his point was, they could really reform it. They could go in there and really make hay and cause political problems, but I don\u2019t think they even have to fix it. They just made it look like they\u2019re really working hard trying to. Got a couple of good, good examples here to show progress, fast response time. Obama finds out about it on a Tuesday, and by the end of the month, look at what happened. Don\u2019t discount it out of hand. It\u2019s entirely possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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