Why Close Walter Reed?

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Thursday August 25, 2005 · 10:57 AM PDT

2005/08/25 · 10:57

Atrios poses that question. Other folks in the comments thread have tried to answer it.

But really, folks, when asking questions like that, you can't ever assume that the Bushies make decisions like this for purely practical reasons, either for keeping or closing it. This is BushCo we're talking about -- EVERYTHING has a political calculation behind it.

More after the bump.

So, to return to the question, "Why are they closing Walter Reed?"

Simple. It's so Ellsworth Air Force Base can stay open, and Thune doesn't look like a total ass -- only a partial one. (Remember, he eked out a win over Daschle last year by promising to protect Ellsworth from harm.)

There you go.

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