The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Don't ask, don't tell is in the process of being repealed

    By Flavius on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 12:36pm |

    Wonderful. Finally  joining  the world's other normal countries. "Exceptional" no longer in this regard.

    The vote to limit debate was 63 to 33 with six republicans joining 57 democrats: the 4  announced before :Collins, Snowe, Brown(Mass) and Murkowski plus two additional ones Kirk and Voinevitch.

    The formal vote on repeal  is to come later, sounds like this afternoon.

    It's a good day.

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    Comments

    Wonderful, indeed.


    by Elusive Trope on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 12:44pm

    Hooray!   Past time, but as the Hobbits say: "Need brooks no delay; yet better late than never".  Wink


    by we are stardust on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 12:54pm

    Yeah, in about an hour, according to CSPAN.


    by Richard Day on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 2:03pm

    So , it's a done deal.

    Hey guys, we really have something to celebrate. The good guys finally won one.

    And if you're patriotic (good for you,sometimes  I wish I were) you can allow yourself if not pride , at least relief that your country has finally joined the civilized world.

    At least in this respect. 

     


    by Flavius on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 7:36pm

    John McCain, the man who bravely strutted down the pre-surge streets of Baghdad with no security, who endured years of imprisonment asking no special favors, the maverick's maverick, the Senator who showed no panic when our economy faltered, may be so scared he may never again attend a military function or reunion that may have...... gulp...an openly gay person. Pray for the man!


    by NCD on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 10:40pm

    Hee.  Just don't pray for him on his lawn...  Wink


    by LisB on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 10:40pm

    But why would I want to....OH...I thought you said don't PEE on is his lawn. Never mind.


    by cmaukonen on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 10:51pm

    He's showing his age. He ought to know better. Once he would have.

    I don't like term limits but maybe there should be age limits to prevent people like McCain from hanging on when they  have lost  the mental acuity required for the position.

    As I can confirm.. I'm older than him and , guess what, the mind's not like  a "steel trap" anymore (if it ever was)-more lke a rusty hinge.


    by Flavius on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 4:06am