Comments on: President Obama rebutted by his own Justice Department on DADT

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:16:21 +0000

Kudos to Log Cabin. They done good.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:13:58 +0000

I can’t help wondering what the internal dynamics are at DOJ.

Have burrowed-in Bush political appointees held onto the reins, at odds with superiors who are reluctant to appear overly political?

By: paul j stein

paul j stein — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:13:04 +0000

Well, President Obama is a POLITITIAN. Did we all forget that?

By: Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:05:40 +0000

OFAMA– our fierce advocate, my ass.

By: Lindoro Almaviva

Lindoro Almaviva — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:08:19 +0000

somewhere in the White Hose there is a president sitting on some ice to ease the pain of being kicked in the balls with a pair of steel-toed boots.

By: Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:39:05 +0000

Of course they can go both ways at the same time. Those kenyans are wily. Like the red queen, they can bleieve six impossible things before breakfast.

By: TampaZeke

TampaZeke — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:29:16 +0000

Am I going to burn in gay hell for all eternity for loving the Log Cabin Republicans right now?

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:17:16 +0000

This is even worse that it seems. There is a third option a party has in responding to Requests for Admission. You can say that you lack information sufficient to admit or deny. Basically, you are saying you can’t form a conclusion b/c all of the facts aren’t in.

Since in this case, there is a difference of opinion among military leaders and b/t the Legislative and Executive branches, the DOJ could have responded in this manner w/o jeopardizing their case. (DOJ doesn’t have to prove that the policy is good, only that Congress could reasonably believe that it was good.)

But they didn’t. They gave a straight-up denial even though they didn’t have to. So it is a very deliberate slap in the face.