Revisiting some of the RW sites tonight for outrage on Walter Reed situation

[AnnInLa]

I wrote a post this morning about none of the 13 conservative sites that I visited discussing the shame of the lack of care for wounded soldiers...none had it on their front pages...that is their shame. Well, some of these sites have been forced by the outrage to comment. And here you have their answers....those who lowered themselves to discuss the Walter Reed expose:

1. rightwingnews.com PRIVATIZE THE CARE OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS (no, really)

The sad reality is that Walter Reed is run from top to bottom by the government through Veteran's Affairs and when you put people with the same sort of mentality that you see at the IRS, DMV, and Post Office in charge of medical care, it's not a surprise that it turns into a poorly run bureaucratic nightmare. That's what the entire federal government is like, so why would people think it would be different when it comes to medical care?

Moreover, this is nothing new. VA care stunk under Clinton, it stinks under Bush, and 10 years from now, whether a Republican or Democrat is in charge, no matter what they promise or how much people complain, it will still stink. That is the nature of the beast with anything run by the federal government.

You want to make a real difference for the troops? Long term, get people in there who have to hustle, who aren't government drones. In other words, privatize things as much as possible. Get different companies competing to serve the troops instead of leaving them in the hands of government workers. That's the only way you're ever going to get things really working, instead of just making them "less bad" for a little while because the WAPO is putting the heat on.

John Hawkins

http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/02/a_reality_check_about_hospital.php


2. MichelleMalkin.com Old News, Move Along

Stories of shoddy care in the VA hospital and military health care systems are not new. I reported on the problem after a visit to the Perry Point, Maryland VA Medical Center eight years ago.

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I do hope all the left-wingers who are now newly enraged by problems at the VA sustain their interest beyond the time frame in which these stories maximize embarrassment of their political opponents. Supporting the troops takes much more than exploiting their neglect.

3. Indepundit.com Motives of the Reporters

have to wonder, however, at the motives of these reporters. They say they worked on this story for four months. Why didn't they approach the officials at Walter Reed as soon as they learned of these unsanitary conditions? Was getting this "scoop" really more important than improving the living conditions of these soldiers?

http://www.indepundit.com/archive2/2007/02/building_18.html


All the other sites I visited this morning. Not so much. Nada. Zilch.

I thought at least one of the rw blogs/sites would be enraged, and trying to organize a "Phone your Congress Critter right now, demand that investigations begin immediately!" I was wrong.

[MadMaddie]

1. No they are too busy trying to blame the Democrats for the

problems even though the Congress had been held by Republicans for the last twelve years...

[Cleita]

2. Seems to me that the IRS and Post Office actually are

run efficiently. Why do the freepers always bring up the DMV? DMV's are state agencies and can be run from crappy to excellent depending on the state. Also, the Post Office is actually contracted out. It happened back in the middle seventies.

Back in the forties and fifties I remember that we got two deliveries of mail a day and once on Sunday. Then under the Republics in the fifties they started cutting back on services, but I found the post office to be really efficient up until the contracting company took over. It's still fairly efficient but not as it was before when it was run directly by the government.

As far as the IRS, they have no problem tracking you down. Just because it often takes a few years, doesn't worry them because that increases the fines and interest. But they get almost always get their man. I only knew one guy whom didn't file taxes get away with it. He died before the IRS agents descended on him to collect back taxes.

[walldude]

3. Typical.. blame the messenger

Maybe these folks would like to explain how after 4 years of visits from Bush and others none of them noticed anything was wrong. Malkin is the best, trying to tout her own horn and pound liberals at the same time. "Sorry Michelle, we's just a bunch of dumb liberals, when you told us Republicans were supporting the troops, we believed you.

[MiniMe]

4. I'm sure they are busy complaining that Nancy flew home this weekend

Idiots