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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:21 AM Original message |
My take on the DADT repeal |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Choi and Pietrangelo have vowed a hunger strike |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. the bush generals can veto the "repeal" so Obama/congress can escape blame nt |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I have a feeling there will be an excuse |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I wish you had been right |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yeah, me too |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Unlike in 1993..." |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No, it's a comparison, and a true one |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. In 1993, Clinton signed DADT into law. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. and Kerry voted for the law |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Of course |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. He voted for the very same law that Clinton signed |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. "Here is the link backing me up," |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Yes it is |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. DADT was a policy compromise crafted by Clinton |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. wrong |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Dumb |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. so why is it that Obama isn't responsible for the contents of bills |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. What is it about Clinton drafted the DADT compromise that you don't understand? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. So by your standards we can blame Obama for the language in this repeal |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. If you're not going to add anything, don't bother. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. "his actions betray his words" |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. No, the study has a deadline - not the repeal |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Actually that was the statement. "While the President wanted to wait." |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. What the bill does is ALLOW repeal after the "study" is completed |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Is the sodomy law being changed |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. the "sodomy" paragraph in the UCMJ applies to both sexes and orientations |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
18. There's something to what you say, but I don't think it's the full picture. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Byrd really surprised me. If you could have seen him on the |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. He got shouted down everytime he wanted to ask for money |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. GetEQUAL's protests may have been effective, I don't know. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Clearly something worked indeed. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Great, if it works I hope they keep it up. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm glad to see that the left is able to show support for Obama when he follows through |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I'm glad to see people acknowledging that the gay communityi |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Had Truman lost in 48 |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. I have to question the motivation of a man that opposes civil rights for gays. |
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