After President Barack Obama claimed he heard about the wait-list scandal engulfing his Veterans Administration by watching television reports, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin determined that he must be using the Drudge Report as his daily source of intelligence because of the incompetence of his advisers.
“Obama knows nothing, sees nothing, and hears nothing unless his lapdogs bark, then his ears perk up,” Palin wrote on Monday. “Not exactly using a hunting dog to flush out the truth, is he? Kind of reminds me of that famous Will Rogers quote: ‘All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that’s an alibi for my ignorance.'”
Palin was dumbfounded that Obama did not know about the 40 veterans who reportedly died after they were put on secret waiting lists at a VA hospital in Arizona, especially when Obama had actually been briefed about wait-time problems that veterans were facing at the VA.
“The head of government that has the most sophisticated spying apparatus ever created can monitor who we talk to, what we talk about, how many twinkies our kids eat and the calories we consume, where we travel, etc. etc., yet announces our President’s daily Intelligence report is actually prepared by Matt Drudge,” Palin wrote. “Hmmm. Perhaps the NSA should take out ads in the sports section to assure the President reads his morning Intelligence briefing.”
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