Comments on: Shalikashvili says the time is now

By: Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:24:07 +0000

“It is time to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” and allow our military leaders to create policy that holds our service members to a single standard of conduct and discipline.”

The general absolutely gets it. Good for him.

Now will our elected invertebrates get it?

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:17:48 +0000

The Obama strategy on DADT has been to push it into endless debate (Congress) to delay having to act on it until it becomes moot (aka: Republicans gain a majority). Then he can say, “well I tried, keep sending money so I can keep trying”.

By: pantherq

pantherq — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:09:40 +0000

I will believe it when they make Choi a general.

By: johnathan

johnathan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:44:08 +0000

Someone just needs to tell @$$h*le Ike Skelton (D-Missouri) to get over his homophobia (as he chairs the relavant House committee) so DADTDP can be put out of its misery.

By: Burr

Burr — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:24:45 +0000

More than three-quarters of the public favors the change. Polls show that even a majority of Republicans support allowing openly gay people to serve.

These numbers need to be emphasized constantly in the push for change. We can’t let the bigots pretend that there is a false consensus against it.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:08:49 +0000

Apparently Obama’s going to say the same thing tonight in SOTU and call for Congress to repeal DADT.

But he’d better have a VERY clear vision of what he expects DADT repeal to look like and how it will be implemented and communicate that vision to Congress. If he just says “It’s in your hands”, it’ll wind up just like healthcare reform: Dead on arrival.