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She's never been that outspoken about the abuses at Walter Reed. She's also a huge Blago crony. WaPo has always had the real scoop on her. No one's paid any attention -- unless there's a deal to be made.

ALISON, MPA
Philosophe Forum

Major Duckworth is not a crony of Blagojevich. She is a decorated hero who ran a clean and forthright congressional campaign against a Republican who smeared her in horrible negative ads, while she refused to get in the gutter. Senator Richard Durbin discovered this amazing woman when he chose to have an Iraq veteran accompany him to the State of the Union several years ago. She is an impressive and smart woman with a delightful sense of humor and and earthy realness. Blagojevich never campaigned for her or appeared at her events. He appointed her to a position as head of Illinois Veteran Affairs because she had distinguished herself. Illinois has its reformers, and Ms. Duckworth is one of them. She is a moderate Democrat who is in the middle on most issues and is firmly committed to the well-being of veterans. And, by the way, she was extremely candid about the excellent care she got at Walter Reed. However, when she learned about the sordid quarters some Vets were living in, she was highly critical. This slowdown on her confirmation is political. Period. The Republicans in the Senate are blocking as many appointments as they can. This is just the next one on the list.

I don't know the Major but living in North Carolina, I am unfortunately familiar w Burr. He has like his crony Libby Dole, stood for nothing but Republican nihilism. And, like Dole he will be replaced if he runs for a second term in NC. Good riddance!

The only reason IL & the rest of the country know that Duckworth exists is because Rambo had an intense hatred of Christine Cegelis when she wouldn't behave & follow his orders like a good little girl. That's what he wanted. That's what Durbin supplied. Duckworth is a face & fundraiser for the Party as she talks about her experiences. She is a wonderful illusion.

She has never been outspoken about the abuses at Walter Reed. If she had used her Congressional run to point out how inadequate the hospital was during her stay there, if not specifically for her, but for others, she would be in Congress today. Not fighting for vets makes her a very wrong person for this job.

The Daily Herald reported that Duckworth had nothing to say when allegations came out in impeachment proceedings that the Blago Administration was illegally passing over veterans to install cronies in state jobs. Not fighting for vets makes her a crony & proves she hasn't reformed anything.

Also, Blago just got indicted. I don't believe in coincidences. If we're lucky, the illusion's finally coming to an end.

ALISON, MPA
Philosophe Forum

How do the Democrats, the party in power, allow this nonsense to go on? Senator Akaka [D-AK] is on the Committee and I emailed him to do something to get Duckworth confirmed pronto. If the Democrats saw a spoine, they wouldn't know what it was.