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Breaking leak:

we are stardust — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:10:55 +0000

In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to let DADT Die?

Breaking leak: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/14/air-force-dadt-enforcemen_n_763192.html

It's just plain ratty, what

we are stardust — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:10:53 +0000

In reply to Aw, yuck.. I like how she had

It's just plain ratty, what she did and said. On just about every level imaginable. :o(

Aw, yuck.. I like how she had

DF — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:04:13 +0000

In reply to Oh, sh*t, oh dear; look what

Aw, yuck.. I like how she had to go out of the way to reassure us that the Aarbergs are "good people." You know, because their son was gay, so we all automatically suspected that they might not be. Reminds me of McCain's rejoinder when his supporter asserted Obama was Arab - "No, ma'am, he's a decent family man" etc.

Oh, sh*t, oh dear; look what

we are stardust — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:36:27 +0000

In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to let DADT Die?

Oh, sh*t, oh dear; look what Valerie Jarret had to say about Justin Aarberg 'having made a lifestyle choice':

http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2010/10/whs-jarrett-dead-gay-bully-victim-made.html

Might be time for Gates to

we are stardust — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:21:52 +0000

In reply to Frankly (haha), I doubt

Might be time for Gates to leave, anyway...

I just remember the Joint Chiefs sitting on their hands at the SOTU when Obama brought up the issue; they looked like they'd been suckin' on crabapples, too. I personally never bought Gates' saying he was waiting for the report of 'how to implement' the repeal.

Frankly (haha), I doubt

NCD — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:36:09 +0000

In reply to Barney Frank thinks the

Frankly (haha), I doubt Frank's optimism would pan out.

I noticed this on BBC:

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has warned a court-ordered halt of a ban on openly gay military personnel could have "enormous consequences"

I wonder if Gates would submit his resignation if DADT died yesterday for good.

Then I would ask him, what is more of a consequence for the military, stopping the witch hunts for gays, or your leaving office abruptly in time of war? Deal with it Gates, its certainly a microscopic, nano-threat to the military compared to what Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld did to our nation and its military, by sadistically torturing people and lying us into a brutal war and occupation.

Gays serve in the forces of 25 nations, including Britain, Israel and Australia. Talk about Blowing Smoke, the DADT scaredy cats have me gasping for air.

Barney Frank thinks the

we are stardust — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:36:24 +0000

In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to let DADT Die?

Barney Frank thinks the repeal can happen in the lame duck Congress if the Log Cabin Republicans can get three Republicans to break a filibuster. Beats me, but it's a nice thought.

I hope the other Senators get

we are stardust — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:34:07 +0000

In reply to Thanks for posting the letter

I hope the other Senators get lots of calls from their constituents, too; I'd imagine they will, and it can casue more to sign the letter.

The 60 day limit runs beyond

NCD — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:23:13 +0000

In reply to I HOPE he has the courage to

The 60 day limit runs beyond the midterms of course, so this needn't affect these elections. Ending DADT would REMOVE an issue from the 2012 election as over the next two years it would be shown that our military 'survived' fine post-DADT. Few voters would even remember it all.

If Obama has learned anything the last 2 years, he should have learned he needs to wield power, not just hold it, this is a prime 'learning moment' for him, Cville and WWS!

Agree 100%. I think the BBC

NCD — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:59:30 +0000

In reply to I think the idea that he'll

Agree 100%. I think the BBC guy was smoking something before he imagined the left attacking Obama if he let DADT die due to this court ruling.