Reply #60: You didn't click on the link, did you? [View All]

[Radical Activist]

First, Bush did role back some of Clinton's progress on federal hiring, as shown in the link I posted. So my point is proven.

It was nice of you to rework and distort my argument into something new. At no point did I state, "that if Obama did this by executive order it would, with 100% certainty, be overturned by the next President." So if you're looking for a lie, refer to your own comment.

I made a point that Obama is putting it through a legitimizing process that will result in it being more difficult to undue as many Executive Orders often are. He has done this with other issues, such as mountaintop removal coal mining. If you want to respond to that without straw-man tactics or distorting the record then go ahead and try. Obama is being smart about how to overturn DADT in a way that will stick. There's no indication that he's giving up on the issue other than speculation in a few news articles.