Benjamin Krause is aveteran, right-leaning lawyer, and veterans’ advocate. As pleased as he was about KKKlump’s “win”, he isn’t too pleased with his list of VA Secretary picks. He states:
Dear Mr. Trump, Please Call Me Before You Embarrass Us Veterans
You won almost two-thirds of the veteran vote this month, and our only ask is that you not embarrass us by picking a sucky VA Secretary.
Before you make the selection, with all those special interests chirping in your ear, whether Fox News pundits, Koch Bros or Sheldon Adelson mouthpieces, please reach out to me in Middle America vet land.
You know how to reach me.
He was especially displeased with the idea of Sarah Palin being chosen as VA Secretary:
Sarah Palin is the newest name floated in the growing punchbowl for VA Secretary.
Palin is a lot of things, and VA Secretary should NEVER be one of those things. She is /was a Fox News pundit. She did run Alaska as governor, and a lot of her voters liked her. Palin is considered by some to be quite savvy but election 2008 seemed more focused on her arm-candy appeal than her brains.
For example, she was called a MILF in the 2008 election with McCain (bumper sticker “McCain-MILF ’08).
She could see Russia from her house (that is tongue and cheek from an SNL skit). When Katie Couric questioned Palin about what newspapers or magazines she reads on a regular basis, she was not able to provide a coherent answer.
“I read most of them,” Palin answered. “Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years.”
Let’s not pull her into the gaggle that is the Department of Veterans Affairs. She does not have the chops to stand up against the union or other special interests plaguing the agency.
Please do not pick her. I am frankly embarrassed that you even considered Palin to run the most corrupt and complicated agency in your cabinet.
If you pick Palin, you will hate your life for 4 years because veterans will rebel across the board after your insulting selection.
We deserve someone with experience and chops after getting screwed around for so long by the West Point boys for the past decade. Give us someone who can get it done.
I’m a veteran myself and find this sad, yet kinda hilarious.