They Keep Forgetting, So I Keep Reminding
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A civics lesson from Hillary Clinton regarding Don't Ask Don't Tell:
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Meanwhile, Clinton herself today penned a missive explaining why she's just so fabulous for gays and cites all the wonderful things -- all seven of them -- that she's done for us.
One of those seven -- I am not making this up -- is that she marches in gay pride parades. For that she apparently deserves the White House.
Another -- I am not making this up -- is that she met, actually met, with some gays as Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee (whatever that is).
No wonder she hasn't found time to sponsor the MREA in the Senate, what with all those parades to march in, committees to chair and gays to meet.
(Via Good As You.)
During a recent interview with CBS on LOGOs Jason Bellini, Senator Hillary Clinton took the opportunity to discuss her presidential candidacy, her recent post-debate embrace with Barack Obama and her record on issues affecting the gay community — including "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."As I commented at SLDN's website:
Clinton reminded viewers of an important truth, that the ban on gays and lesbians in our armed forces is not a policy or a regulation, but a law; and as such, only Congress, with the support and signature of the President, can repeal it.
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SLDN is urging lawmakers to support the Military Readiness Enhansment [sic] Act (HR 1246), the bill which will repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and allow every patriotic American to serve in the military regardless of sexual orientation.
Still no version in the Senate.Regarding Don't Ask, Don't Tell, it's time for Put Up, or Shut Up.
If only there were a Senator or two who claimed to oppose DADT and who could sponsor a companion version of MREA in that chamber.
Especially one who sits on the Armed Services Committee, where such a bill would be first debated.
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Folks, I applaud your commitment to this issue, but do you realize at all how utterly preposterous it is for you, how humiliating it is to you, to commend HRC for reminding people that DADT is a statute without simultaneously calling her out for her despicable hypocrisy on the policy?
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Meanwhile, Clinton herself today penned a missive explaining why she's just so fabulous for gays and cites all the wonderful things -- all seven of them -- that she's done for us.
One of those seven -- I am not making this up -- is that she marches in gay pride parades. For that she apparently deserves the White House.
Another -- I am not making this up -- is that she met, actually met, with some gays as Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee (whatever that is).
No wonder she hasn't found time to sponsor the MREA in the Senate, what with all those parades to march in, committees to chair and gays to meet.
(Via Good As You.)
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