dagblog - Comments for "Repealing DADT - Obama bets on the home stretch"

Ya had me doubtin' me sanity

we are stardust — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:29:06 +0000

Ya had me doubtin' me sanity therrre fer a minute, me boy. I 'uz pretty shure I'd been seein' two different votes, laddie.

Okay, scratch that - the

Decader — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:58:25 +0000

In reply to Well, it's not quite "DADT

Okay, scratch that - the repeal passed, hadn't realized.

Right, the post's more about

Decader — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:44:54 +0000

In reply to Well, I don't live in Senator

Right, the post's more about Obama once again threading the middle, trying to take credit for working both sides of the fence.

Well, it's not quite "DADT

Decader — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:43:07 +0000

In reply to Amen to that. Well, not the

Well, it's not quite "DADT passed", but the repeal can go for majority vote tomorrow.

Then it needs to be signed off on by Obama, Robert Gates, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Still room to be optimistic, but still wondering if Lucy's going to pull that football away.

Well, I don't live in Senator

Elusive Trope — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:13:08 +0000

In reply to I was wondering if I'd have

Well, I don't live in Senator Droppy's state, and if I did this wouldn't make me vote for him (nor would I have voted for him in his last election - thank you so much Connecticut).

But hey if thinking what he is thinking gets him to do the right thing for once, cool. At least he is doing one right thing. He's still an asshat.

Re: OFA and "so what"? It's

Decader — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:49:30 +0000

In reply to I have to laugh when people

Re: OFA and "so what"? It's just opportunistic crap.

If your car's in the ditch, and I sit watching people push it out, and then I shove myself to the front of the line as it's getting righted on the road?

Here's a basic assessment of OFA from Time:

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2016973,00.html

Took $30 million for campaign 2010 and did what?

It's all about Obama 2012.

Amen to that. Well, not the

LisB — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:46:59 +0000

In reply to DADT just passed the Senate

Amen to that. Well, not the C-Span part....

Brew sides with Obama by

Decader — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:40:15 +0000

In reply to But do you disagree with her

Brew sides with Obama by default and habit - no shade of subtlety will do.

Thanks for publishing Hamsher's notes.

One thing it does highlight, is that at the end of the day the public won't remember anything but the final vote.

Which means if you can play both sides and show up at the photo-op, you always win. Except in that faraway land where they expect people to have spines and walk erect.

Was more fun as "you show me

Decader — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:36:45 +0000

In reply to I see a compromise here. You

Was more fun as "you show me yours, I'll show you mine".

Which I guess led us into this DADT predicament in the first place.

DADT just passed the Senate

we are stardust — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:31:36 +0000

In reply to The Senate cloture motion on

DADT just passed the Senate 65-31. C-span won't boot.