660,000 dead.

And this racist piece of trash was confirmed 86-9?

Today he would be run out of political relevance. Twenty-three years ago, I believe this was common thought with possibly a majority of “white heritage” in the South.

They are heirs to family that fought to continue slavery....not something to be proud of at all, but these same families sought honor in fighting for the Confederacy. It’s pretty much the only honor they can cling to.

Addressing a group of pro-Confederacy audience, I think it is quite common to expect another ancestor of Confederates to pay homage to their leaders. Today, totally unacceptable. Twenty plus years ago....very common.

are traitors themselves. Me thinks someone needs to be reconstructed in the old time, Thaddeus Stevens sense of the word.

since he has no healthcare or hospital management experience

What a douche. Several hardworking career VA executives have left the agency over disagreements with Trump's political appointees.

I'm suspecting they're trying to deliberately destroy the agency so they can privatize it.

Damned repukes all have a brother-in-law, a cousin, a nephew, a sibling, etc. who runs a company that would love to come in and take over government functions. They'd cost the taxpayer more money, pay employees less with far fewer benefits, and provide worse service. I've seen it before at our local school board, and our current strain of ratfuckers will do the exact same thing but on a far grander scale.

little can be done to persuade them either as the hate and bigotry is a part of their makeup.

He and I both graduated Wake Forest University in the spring of 1985 and are products of WFU ROTC. The difference is I was commissioned two years earlier, 1983, since I had six years of Enlisted Service. The other fact I is I served 38 years in the Army and none working in government.....21 years of Active Duty and 17 in the Army Reserve and NC National Guard. Now I teach high school and despise this administration with all my being. Plus it's really hard to keep my political beliefs and desires for a better country out of the classroom as my students work their way through World and American History. I've never told students my political party or who I vote for, but they are pretty astute and can figure it out. I don't remember the Secretary at all while I was at WFU, but the WFU Vet Chat group mentions him sometimes. Mostly Vietnam Vets talking, but there are some of us from other conflicts that wade into the conversations......I just want Trump and his entire cabal gone, an ugly blight on the America I serve and love.