i wasn't even going to do a posting about

king george visiting walter reed UNTIL i read this:

........."White House spokeswoman Dana Perino called it "an unfortunate characterization" to say Bush was using Walter Reed as merely a picture-taking opportunity. She said it took some time to clear enough room on the president's schedule to spend an afternoon with patients and staff at Walter Reed."...........

what? the men and women he had to clear enough room in his schedule for PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE BECAUSE HE ORDERED THEM TO DO SO FOR NO EFFING REASON OTHER THAN TO LINE SOME RICH WHITE MEN'S POCKETS (and goddess knows what else). they came back from foreign lands no longer whole but broken in same way.

i know i would make it my PRIORITY to clear time on my schedule to see these men and women. to comfort them. to THANK THEM. to make sure they are given the ABSOLUTE BEST CARE POSSIBLE.

yet king george couldn't clean out an afternoon. he has PLENTY of time to go on camera to say (over and over) he will NOT bring the troops home no matter what the house and senate vote.

Bush apologizes for Walter Reed conditions

President Bush apologized for the poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center during a visit to the hospital six weeks after revelations of the facility's dilapidated state, according to an AP report.
"The problems at Walter Reed were caused by bureaucratic and administrative failures," Bush is quoted as telling the hospital's patients and staff. "The system failed you and it failed our troops and we're going to fix it."
Bush continued, "It is not right to have someone volunteer to wear the uniform and not get the best possible care. I apologize for what they went through and we're going to fix the problem."
Some were critical of Bush's visit and handling of the scandal. "I'm convinced he would honor them more if he would refrain from using soldiers as props in political theater," said Ret. Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton. "I would be very happy to see him do the Walter Reed visit more like the commander and secondarily as an inspector general, rather than as a politician."................