Why on God's green earth should any gay person vote for Sen Pryor?

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Both senators were interviewed by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Alex Daniels for a front-page article about Brian Muller, a veteran of the U.S Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Muller, a native of the Franklin County town of Ozark (pop. 3,500), spent parts of two years in Afghanistan as a bomb technician, disabling booby traps and IEDs before a superior officer's implacable hostility to the "open secret" of his homosexuality led to his honorable discharge.

If there's a more critical or dangerous job in today's Army than defusing bombs, it's hard to think what it might be. The fact that he's still alive is all the testimony one needs to Muller's skill and courage. For the nation to lose his services on account of an irrational prejudice is simply a damn shame. There's really not a whole lot more to say about it. A man's willing to risk being blown to pieces in a cave in Afghanistan for his country's sake, and people are worried about his sexual orientation? Seriously?


Enter Sen. Pryor, stage right. Ever the equivocator -- on a good day he can make Blanche Lincoln look decisive -- Pryor thinks the Pentagon shouldn't be rushed into making changes. He expresses worry about the impact a policy of tolerance might have on soldiers' spiritual advisors. "Does it impede a chaplain from doing what he thinks is his duty to God and country?" he asks.

more at link

http://www.salon.com/news/dont_ask_dont_tell/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/12/01/gene_lyons_dadt

In essence Pryor sees a man who is willing to defuse bombs and booby traps and is apparently pretty good at it (alive and unblown up after two years) and his response is we can't let you serve because it would make it harder for Chaplins to call you faggot. And you expect gay people to vote for this? He is Phelps without the signs and unworthy of gay money or gay votes.

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1. kick

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2. KNR

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3. We shouldn't. We should OPPOSE him unequivocally.

And don't let anyone here tell you different.

Helping incumbents like Pryor get reelected means there will never be a Democrat who supports equality elected in his place,

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4. Because you will get another Boozman Buddy in the Senate

And that is going to be so much better...


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6. You go vote for bigots who condemn our "lifestyle"

And leave those of us who are not team player zombies out of it.

Pryor can go fuck himself.

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7. I don't live in Arkansas. But add to the permanent Republican delegation if you wish

Once that seat is lost, it is lost.


See Breaux from LA, any seat from MS, AL, TN, KY, SC, etc.

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5. Pryor clearly understands the issue, and you don't

What if a gay bomb defuser suddenly decides he wants to marry the bomb he's defusing? Didja ever think of that? Huh? Didn't think so! And his chaplain would have no choice but to perform the ceremony, right then and there! Thank God for Sen. Pryor and his vision, which will save us from the horrible spectacle of gay military bomb squad technicians marrying the bombs they're supposed to defuse.

You have to admit: It takes an uncommon mind to think up things like this! Arrest my case.

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8. That fucker Pryor has the blood of every bomb casualty

(that would have otherwise been defused by Brian Muller) on his hands. :mad: