tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post3496614133530894669..comments2024-01-18T05:45:59.595-05:00Comments on The Daily Bellwether: OH-02's Rep. Jean Schmidt: Walter Reed Flap 'Overblown' By Pols And PressAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-83104514265389457892007-03-21T09:02:00.000-04:002007-03-21T09:02:00.000-04:00Anon --I think she was there, WR Hosp, quite rece...Anon --<BR/><BR/>I think she was there, WR Hosp, quite recently. I also think she let her rhetoric get away from her -- again. Your questions are on point and valuable. We probably won't be getting answers anytime soon, if ever.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-25148850519934329262007-03-21T02:35:00.000-04:002007-03-21T02:35:00.000-04:00Since Representative Schmidt believes the Walter R...Since Representative Schmidt believes the Walter Reed story has been overblown by politicians and the media, we are entitled to ask the following questions:<BR/>1. How long after the initial press reports on Walter Reed did she visit the Center? How much emergency repair and clean-up work had been carried out before her visit? Was she free to explore on her own, or was she led on a conducted tour by administrators of the Center?<BR/>2. Did she speak with any of the injured soldiers and ask them about their care and their living conditions? What did they say?<BR/>3. Had she previously visited Walter Reed? If not, why not?<BR/>4. Does she doubt that the red tape and indifference of the outsourced bureaucracy at Walter Reed have made obtaining appointments, getting to appointments, obtaining benefits, and obtaining counselling difficult for injured soldiers?<BR/>5. Does she disbelieve the injured soldiers, as reported by the Washington Post, who described their trauma? Are they just whiners? <BR/>6. Who are the “politicians” who have overblown this story? Does she have names and direct quotations? If so, will she share that information? <BR/><BR/>We await additional explanation from Representative SchmidtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com