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In reply to the discussion: Stuff That (Increasingly Desperately Disillusioned) Obama Supporters Say [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)I'm doing no such thing. I'm pointing out that all the Democrats were standing around saying "bad law!" but not doing a damn thing about it until someone else made it impossible to ignore any longer. The fact that that other group has "Republican" in their name does not mean the Republicans get credit.
"And Obama and the Democrats had been pushing the repeal of DADT for years before the LCR made their move."
If only the Democrats had majorities in both houses of congress and the presidency. Why, they could have done something years earlier....oh wait, they did have those majorities and the White House. It's really odd to claim they were "pushing" for something yet couldn't even get a bill on the floor until after someone else got the ball rolling.
"And yet, because LCR filed a lawsuit that wasn't guaranteed way to end DADT, they get more credit"
Yes. Because they were actually DOING SOMETHING. Democrats had majorities in both houses and the White House yet didn't do anything to repeal DADT for roughly two years. There wasn't anything in their way, they just didn't bother to move forward. Thus, they ceded a lot of the credit.