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Debate Audience Does It Again…
It was bad enough that the Republican debate audience did the “let them die” chant at the previous gathering of dolts, last night they booed a gay soldier who asked a reasonable question: would these clowns back up the repeal of “don’t ask don’t tell.:
Take a look if you missed it:
If , as is estimated by some analysts, the gay population is about ten percent of the voting block, these damned fools don’t seem to mind that they’ve cut off another vote source.<img title=”Send Us Mail” src=”https://underthelobsterscope.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/ppals1.jpg” alt=”” width=”72″ height=”72″ />
Is Lisa Murkowski moving away from the Far Right?
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- Votes In Hand for DADT Repeal as Murkowski, Scott Brown Pledge Support of Standalone (news.firedoglake.com)
- A senator scorned (washingtonmonthly.com)
- Lisa Murkowski’s ‘Newfound Independence’ Could Have Impact On Obama-Backed Issues (huffingtonpost.com)
OK… DADT is now history… the Senate has voted it out and the bill is on its way to Obama.
So the score so far today is Democrats 1 (Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is voted out), Republicans 1 (Dream act voted down…
actually, it didn’t get passed the 61 vote filibuster requirement). Tomorrow they will be debating and maybe voting on the START treaty… whoever wins on that one will break the score.
I hope Harry Reid can keep everyone there until the work is done.
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- DADT Breaks Filibuster (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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- Six GOP-ers push DADT over the top (politico.com)
- Fate of DADT and DREAM Act decided today (dailykos.com)
Saturday Morning and the Senate is In Session…
… and I’m watching to see if Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is repealed.
A procedural vote is expected by noon. If at least 60 senators vote to advance the bill as expected, the legislation could pass as early as late afternoon. Republicans could demand extended debate time, but early indications were that they may not draw the process out further. We’ll see.
This, if it passes, will be the completion of another 2008 election promise by Obama and a successful manipulation by Harry Reid. What Senator McCain tries in holding it off could be interesting.
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- Multi-Tasking: Senate to Debate START Treaty & Omnibus Spending Bill In Final Year-end Flurry (blogs.abcnews.com)
- Saturday Vote For Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal (lezgetreal.com)
- Will The Clock Run Out On DADT? (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)
- Clearing the way for Senate repeal of DADT (washingtonmonthly.com)
- “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Poised to Become History (cbsnews.com)
- Will the Senate Stay ‘Til Christmas? – The Atlantic (news.google.com)
Quote for the Day – Thre Majority Leader on Senator McCain’s opposition to ending “Don’t ask, don’t tell”…
“First, Sen. McCain said he would seriously consider repealing it if the military leadership thought we should, and [when] the military leadership said it should be repealed, he pulled away the football. Then Sen. McCain said he would need to see a study from the Pentagon. When the Pentagon produced the study saying repeal would have no negative effect at all, he pulled away the football again.
“And his latest trick, he said yesterday that he opposed repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ a proposal that would be a great stride forward for both equality and military readiness … because of the economy,” Reid added. “I repeat, the senior senator from Arizona said he couldn’t support repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ because of the economy.
“I have no idea what he’s talking about and no one else does either.”
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- ‘Don’t ask’: McCain clashes with military leaders (sfgate.com)
- McCain slams Pentagon’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ study – MiamiHerald.com (news.google.com)
Most Americans want it, the Administration wants it, McCain doesn’t want it. Who’s right?
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- John McCain continues jihad against repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ (dailykos.com)
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- Pentagon study shows gay service would not harm military (capitolhillblue.com)
From Andrew Cohen, Legal Analyst at Politics Daily…
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Al Franken Speaks On “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
And chokes up as he does… This was picked up at TPM:
Al is turning into one of the most moving Senators… I hope to hell he doesn’t get corrupted. He’s so good right now.
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Is McCain working against the rest of the Nation?
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Unconstitutional
Now maybe Obama will really get rid of it.
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Aren’t we lucky to have Senators like Saxby Chambliss? … Uh, no, not really.
Isn’t that nice?
Here’s a clip:
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Last Quote of the Day
“I WILL END DON’T ASK DON’T TELL, THAT IS MY COMMITMENT TO YOU.”
-President Obama speaking to Gays today at the Human Rights Campaign.