kathleen-sebelius

The only thing making this headline even better is if they announced her arrest as well. After all the lies and corruption, we’ve got to make sure this woman doesn’t just sail off into the sunset. What a menace this woman has been.

But I’m not getting too excited. You know Obama will appoint someone as bad, if not even more awful. The coverage notes he’s considering Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the director of the Office of Management and Budget. We’ll see.

Let’s hope the door hits her on the way out.

Via New York Times.

Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary, is resigning, ending a stormy five-year tenure marred by the disastrous rollout of President Obama’s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act.

Mr. Obama accepted Ms. Sebelius’s resignation this week, and on Friday morning he will nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, to replace her, officials said.

The departure comes as the Obama administration tries to move beyond its early stumbles in carrying out the law, persuade a still-skeptical public of its lasting benefits, and help Democratic incumbents, who face blistering attack ads after supporting the legislation, survive the midterm elections this fall.

Officials said Ms. Sebelius, 65, made the decision to resign and was not forced out. But the frustration at the White House over her performance had become increasingly clear, as administration aides worried that the crippling problems at HealthCare.gov, the website set up to enroll Americans in insurance exchanges, would result in lasting damage to the president’s legacy…

Last month, Ms. Sebelius approached Mr. Obama and began a series of conversations about her future, Mr. McDonough said. The secretary told the president that the March 31 deadline for sign-ups under the health care law — and rising enrollment numbers — provided an opportunity for change, and that he would be best served by someone who was not the target of so much political ire, Mr. McDonough said.

“What was clear is that she thought that it was time to transition the leadership to somebody else,” he said. “She’s made clear in other comments publicly that she recognizes that she takes a lot of the incoming. She does hope — all of us hope — that we can get beyond the partisan sniping.”

The resignation is a low point in what had been a remarkable career for Ms. Sebelius, who as governor of Kansas was named by Time magazine as one of the five best governors in the country and was even mentioned as a possible running mate for Mr. Obama in 2008. The two had bonded when Ms. Sebelius endorsed his presidential bid early in 2008, becoming one of the highest-profile Democratic women to back him over Hillary Rodham Clinton, and helping him deliver a big win in the Kansas caucus.

Heh…

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  1. Maynard says:

    This is interesting, but does it matter? Presumably the replacement is just another like-minded fascist. And the party line will be that now the problems with Obamacare are fixed due to this person’s extraordinary skills.

    • Vintageport says:

      Maynard, probably won’t matter with regard to their entropy, but it does reveal that there is an emotional price to pay for being deceitful and arrogant. You’re correct that we can expect more of the same from her replacement, but even they will find they have a limit to their ungodly behavior.

  2. Claremont 67 says:

    The resignation is good news but the replacement won’t be such good news. The sheer consistent unfailing incompetence and absurd comments by Kathleen Sebelius are no laughing matter. Her only qualifications seem to have been boldly colorful fashion accessories and a pompous demeanor. The Democrats, Obama, and Sebelius have destroyed the pricing system of both health insurance and medical treatment. The likely result will be staggering and astronomically rising costs along with severe shrinkages in available medical treatment and insurance. Is this what twenty-first century Wilsonian Progressives mean when they refer to enlightened government by experts?

  3. Chuck says:

    People won’t resign until all damage is done.

    Any indication that she will run for President too?

  4. strider says:

    She could write an interesting book. Probably on a short short leash.

  5. Hekavajob Kathy! I wonder what kind of cushy 6 figure tax payer funded position she will land for being a good foot soldier. No doubt we will be paying her salary and benefits for decades to come. Our federal government is truly a cancer.

  6. Squirrel says:

    Another glaring example of the Peter Principle, just like every other member of this administration.

    • Squirrel says:

      I need to retract the above comment. The Peter Principle says that the individual was competent at some point in their career. These people never met that standard.

  7. Teri says:

    He’ll probably replace her with another Paaaat who will be twice as incompetent.

  8. Kitten says:

    She checked out months ago. I told you she was thinking about the nice, phat, cushiony “next big thing” waiting for her when she went silent during an interview just last week. Well, she’s done lying to us while she’s pooing on us… next! Talk about a “war on women”. Why do these stupid liberal women line up to do this man’s bidding? They seem to gladly walk through fire for him. I hear another one is on deck.

  9. Shifra says:

    So, since she has resigned, she won’t be prosecuted and convicted for any crime? Too bad; she would have made a great cellmate for Lois…

  10. Alain41 says:

    What is her health plan, cost, doctors, and hospitals?

  11. Dave says:

    Dang, I thought SHE WAS HOT!!!

  12. Alain41 says:

    And here’s national health news from China.

    http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/china-recruits-guardian-angels-protect-embattled-doctors-20140409

    “China’s capital Beijing is taking a novel approach to protecting doctors from growing levels of violence from angry patients: volunteer “guardian angels”….”

  13. PopArt says:

    Get ready for the White House to put out the meme of “After presiding over the ‘Triumph’ of ACA and witnessing a kajillion sign ups, HHS Sec. will take a well earned retirement, blah blah…”

    Here’s a chance to put a much better qualified candidate into the position. How about Eva Longoria, Jay-Z or my personal favorite Anthony Weiner for the job?

  14. dennisl59 says:

    This just in: THE FINAL ‘GLITCH’

    Missing the final page of her speech~! ROTFLMAO~!

    http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/final-glitch-way-out-door-sebelius_786788.html

    posted 4/11 1050am Texas[How Appropriate] Time

  15. Charles_PA says:

    What is Sibelius going to do next? Where do you go when you have destroyed the greatest healthcare system on the planet? Presidenting is out because Obama has burned the USA to the ground.

  16. dennisl59 says:

    And so it goes for this woman…

    My question is: Who is her ‘Top Aide’ that didn’t check the speech for missing pages and then misspelled the name?

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/04/12/Sebelius-Misspells-Successor-s-Name-in-Farewell-Email

    posted 4/14 @ 852am Texas[Spellcheck]Time

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