http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/17/12235 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/17/12235/comment-page-1#comment-42852 Duncan Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:12:52 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=12235#comment-42852 It doesn't seem to me that he is being pragmatic, considering the poll numbers. There are Republicans who would vote to end DADT, so it would give weight to his claim to bipartisanship. And from the army's point of view, the status quo is a triumph of ideology over pragmatism. I think it is partly laziness, mostly a phobia coming from memories of Clinton's first term. One might indeed call it a superstition. It doesn’t seem to me that he is being pragmatic, considering the poll numbers. There are Republicans who would vote to end DADT, so it would give weight to his claim to bipartisanship. And from the army’s point of view, the status quo is a triumph of ideology over pragmatism.
I think it is partly laziness, mostly a phobia coming from memories of Clinton’s first term. One might indeed call it a superstition.

]]> http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/17/12235/comment-page-1#comment-42829 gar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:35:55 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=12235#comment-42829 A swing and a miss. Or probably a foul ball. A swing and a miss. Or probably a foul ball.

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