Reed them and weep

[lwcon]

The way the Repubs treat vets is like a poker tell.

There is no upside for them to neglect and mistreat returning troops, since the moral values party and its silver-spoon friends never pay the tab for government services.

Even if they don't -- and they don't -- give a rat's ass about the young people they send to kill and die for no good reason, building shining veterans' hospitals would be good P.R.

What prevents them from doing it is their utter contempt for fairness and their revulsion for those who are vulnerable and not well-connected.

Now that conditions at Walter Reed have become a scandal, they're forced to toss a little money and short-term attention at it.

No doubt, they'll find a few grandstanding opportunities, where Bush can good-naturedly josh around with someone's mutilated son or daughter.

It'll be a great, patriotic photo-op, and it'll be hi-larious, won't it?

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[Atman]

1. 10 points for the subject line, if nothing else!

Good post, too.

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. One thing that is happening

the families of these folks are waking up and realizing how poorly the government is treating their loved ones.

[lwcon]

3. Will they recognize which party...

... is full of chickenhawks that misuse, abuse, and neglect their kids and has twisted "support our troops" to mean throw them willy-nilly into harm's way and silence anyone who objects?

They're fed so much mythology by the Limbaughs and Faux Newses that tells them that the GOP is their friend. And of course those bastards will be ranting "see, see, we told you government bureaucracy is bad, so we need more Republicans and more privatization!"

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