Repealing DADT Is A Lot More Important To Me Than Some Greedy Pigs Getting Their Filthy Lucre

[DemocratSinceBirth]

If it is repealed I will consider the 111th Congress an unqualified success...

[emulatorloo]

1. Looking good, hoping somebody will keep McCain from screwing it up.

[Renew Deal]

5. How is it "looking good?"

Did you see something???

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Here

"We have 60+ votes in support of repealing #DADT - it is vitally important to reach agreement on the right process to move forward."


-Joe Lieberman via Twitter

[David Zephyr]

19. Except the "timetable" is the excuse that is being prepared with the public.

"We really wanted to, we really did try, but the time just ran out."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. They Are Voting Today/Tonight

I hope Lieberman doesn't turn out to be a fool...

[David Zephyr]

29. For every rotten thing I've said about Joe (and he deserved it), I trust him on this issue.

I do.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. I figured you would.

Since, that is exactly why they're throwing this pork chop at the Liberals at this time.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. A Pork Chop

This is the greatest advance for civil rights since the landmark civil rights legislation of the mid sixties.

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. I have to agree with you. A pork chop is pretty substantial.

Just don't lose your zeal for the rest of the progressive platform.

[RKP5637]

3. It will be a failure IMO if DADT is not repealed. It will be a commentary to

me on how shallow this gov. is about civil rights and frankly the civility of the country in the future. The Greedy Pigs will have won again.

[Renew Deal]

4. I agree with both of you.

DADT is a defining issue.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. It Is And It Can't Be Taken Away

I will literally cry tears of joy if it's repealed.

[Bluerthanblue]

6. I would agree with you- but the republicans won't budge until

they get their tax cuts for the rich and famous.

And while Pres. Obama understands the necessity of making some tough choices to achieve the best possible outcome, there are an awful lot of people are saying that repealing DADT, extending UE benefits and other vital issues aren't as important as making a political statement.. while declaring that THEY are the 'real' democrats.

:shrug:

[hlthe2b]

7. While I hope that DADT repeal happens, I likewise hope UI is provided

for those people desperate and jobless. While I do not support this Obama "compromise," I surely hope we don't lose focus on the fact that there are those suffering who simply CAN NOT wait.

[frazzled]

9. I am so praying ...

I know the conventional wisdom is that this will not pass, but I am still hoping otherwise.

Both Mr. Frazzled and I have put in appeals to our brand new Illinois senator, Mark Kirk (R--yikes). He was a relatively moderate Republican in social terms who is now going to be tightly controlled by his party. The people of Illinois support the repeal of DADT, and it is incumbent upon him to represent his constituents.

I was 14 years old when the Civil Rights Act passed, a young adult when the Equal Rights Amendment didn't, and would like to be a part of this continued march toward social justice and equality. I truly am actually praying (even though I'm pretty much an agnostic!).

[Bryn]

10. Why don't we The People govern instead of

those who are elites/millionaires/billionaires controlling the Whitehouse? It's a very bad idea because of their self serving vested interests, catering to corporations and military industrial complex. Barf!

Yes, I agree with you. Repealing DADT is VERY important. The top!

K&R

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[MadHound]

14. Wow, talk about low expectations

Especially considering that Obama could have already ended DADT before now.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. How

.

[MadHound]

21. Letting the Log Cabin Republicans ruling stand unchallenged

Or stopping the loss of personal through DADT via stop loss orders.

I truly do hope that DADT is repealed in Congress, but I fear that it isn't, that we're all being played again. And even if it is passed, it certainly won't make this Congress an unqualified success. It will simply mean that this Congress was a little less sucky that I originally thought.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. It's Always Better To Have Legislation Passed By The Legislature Than The Courts

But I would take what I could get.

Having the legislature do it robs the konservatives of the argument that liberals can't persuade majorities of the righteousness of their causes and need the courts to do their bidding...

[MadHound]

26. Ah, so we should have run Brown v. Board through the courts then

Glad that you and Obama weren't in charge of the Civil Rights movement, we'd still be fighting that one now.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. I Said I Would Accept A S C Decision In Lieu Of Legislative Action

But legislative action has more legitimacy.

Konservatives are still kvetching about Roe v Wade nearly forty years later...

[David Zephyr]

16. Well, I'm in your corner, DSB.

It is the elephant in the living room that everyone wants to dance around.

But the LBGT community will not let this one pass. Those days are gone.

Good for you, DSB. K&R.

[slay]

17. Call me a multi-tasker I guess - but they are both important to me

for many reasons I can not and will not abandon my position on either. The future is at stake with both.

[Atman]

22. They're not getting THEIR "filthy lucre," they're getting OURS. And making our kids pay for it.

While demanding that the unemployed be on their own and that Social Security be handed over to Wall Street.

We can keep DADT on the agenda, keep attaching to appropriations bills, keep doing whatever is necessary to repeal it...but once we give the rich mofos their $700,000,000,000 it's GONE, with nothing but economic trouble in our future. DADT MUST be repealed. But not at the expense of our entire economy. They don't have to be part of the same fight.

[readmoreoften]

27. +1

[Kaleva]

32. 130 billion is tax cuts for the wealthy. The remainder benefits the middle class.

[Union Scribe]

23. I thought I just replied to this.

Is this part of some multi-forum experiment to compare reactions?

[Warren Stupidity]

25. Dont Hold Your Breath. nt.

[CBGLuthier]

30. unqualified success?

Wow, that is just staggering. They can screw the whole country into the ground but if you get your one thing it is an "unqualified success."

Sad.

[Renew Deal]

31. That's not what he said.

A lot of good has happened in the last two years too.