All I have to say is

[EarlG]

w00t!!!

[11 Bravo]

1. Yeah, baby!!!

[calimary]

2. No kidding!

Shit! Something we actually wanted - came through! Well how 'bout that?

:fistbump: :patriot: :applause: :thumbsup:

[jaxx]

3. You got it!!

This is huge.

[ProSense]

4. May I add a snub to John McCain here:

Akaka and Inouye, both WWII Vets, vote yes on repealing DADT.

Great day in America.

[JoePhilly]

28. McCain had hoped that his legacy would be like that of JFK, or even GHW Bush ...

JFK has a PT boat shot out from under him, survives, goes into the government, becomes President.

GHW Bush gets shot down, survives, goes into government, becomes President.

McCain gets shot down AND becomes a POW, survives, goes into government and tries to become President in 2000 and 2008. After all, THAT was his destiny. But it does not happen.

The bitter McCain, who thought he'd follow in the line of JFK, and GHW Bush ... set his legacy today.

McCain = Strom Thurmond. Bitter. Old. Bigot. On the wrong side of history.

[tomm2thumbs]

33. ...

with a wife and daughter in the media to remind him just HOW WRONG he truly is

his punishment for being stupid is to face his stupidity every day through them. good for karma

[savalez]

73. well said.

[abbeyco]

37. +1,000,000

You are totally on point with this remark and the make-up of the McLame persona.

[JoePhilly]

55. I also think he is PISSED at America for not giving him what is rightfully his.

He should be President ... her EARNED IT!!!!

But we gave it to a BLACK GUY????

After that ... his already tenuous grasp on sanity went bu-bye.

[Sonoman]

44. "shot down" is a bit off the mark.

He crashed every one of those planes, I don't care what you read. He was, quite simply, a terrible pilot.

The truth is that the majority of our downed pilots in SE Asia were ditches or malfunctions. At the time, the Chinese were supplying the Bad Guys with WWII-era ordnance. They were a lot better at simply blowing us up than shooting us down.

Sound familiar?

Sonoman

[JoePhilly]

54. Might be true, but does not change my point in any way.

[davidwparker]

45. McCain's legacy: "Get off my lawn"

[defendandprotect]

66. McCain legacy: "Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" .... mentality of right wing destroyer ...

[blondeatlast]

46. Spot0on. He's got fame, fortune, and a nice family--and he's a creepy,

nasty, bitter, and deluded old bigot without an ounce of charm.

I, for one, happily toast his personal defeat. :toast:

[blueamy66]

47. Love your post.

I HATE living in AZ...where this POS was elected!

[snappyturtle]

53. +1 You got that exactly right. IMHO. nt

[kag]

61. TOTALLY

NAILED IT!

"Bitter. Old. Bigot. On the wrong side of history."

Unfortunately, he kind of reminds me of my dad in all of these ways. And I, too, will toast the failure of both of them today!

:toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce:

(So nice to be able to use these smilies on occasion.)

[alp227]

62. I read about HW's WWII folly in Russ Baker's book Family of Secrets

Bush has been inconsistent: at first he said that he ordered his crewmates to parachute out, another time he said that he saw them die. (pp. 18-21, look it up in Google Books)

[defendandprotect]

67. Looks like another large Bush lie ... those who saw it say didn't happen the way Bush

tells it -- either way --

what's new?

[The Wielding Truth]

72. I don't think he has the principles of character to be a bigot. He believes in nothing.

What ever will get him a little more buddy-buddy with the rich or a powerful friend. Whatever position furthers that goal, that is his position. It's not even a matter of survival his will was broken long ago. I don't despise him. I just don't trust his actions.

[SemperEadem]

68. I really think mclame has got dementia

he is stuck in a pathetic way-back machine.

[originalpckelly]

5. Woot! indeed!

:P

[blogslut]

6. ...

[spanone]

7. i'm guessing president mccain wouldn't have supported this???

k&r

[kag]

69. Now you need to sterilize your keyboard!

"President Mc***"???!!!! Eeeeeeewwwwwww.

[JackBeck]

8. I'm drinking a Manhattan in celebration of our civil rights victory. n/t

[swimboy]

19. Cheers!

:toast: :loveya:

[JackBeck]

26. Buddy!!!

:hug: :pals:

Glad we could share this victory together!

[me b zola]

9. There are two things that I have to say

The first is w00t!! The second is that I hope that LT Choi and others that have been hurt by that awful policy will find healing, and hopefully be able to rebuild their careers and lives.

Congratulations to all! :toast:

(okay, I guess there were three things that I needed to say)

[dmr]

15. w00t!!! I second your hopes!

:applause:

[pinboy3niner]

10. !!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Oceansaway]

11. wooooohoooooo !!...nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Absofuckinglutely right!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Gold Metal Flake]

13. "Thank God It Passed"

I wanna take back that phrase from that tombstoned motherfucker.

It's about time, but good. Civil rights for one is civil rights for all.

[TwilightGardener]

14. It's a good day.

[dana_b]

16. woot!! woot!!!

it's a great start!

[Scurrilous]

17. K & R

:thumbsup:

[myrna minx]

18. .

:woohoo:

[swimboy]

20. Absolutely wonderful!

and somewhat hard to believe!

[jesus_of_suburbia]

21. K&R! It's a great achievement!

[Odin2005]

22. EPIC WIN!

[MoonRiver]

23. It's a good day!

Finally, something positive happens in Washington! :applause:

[handmade34]

24. YES!!!!

this is a wonderful beginning... now marriage (and adoption and...)!!!!

thank you President Obama and Dems

[malaise]

25. This is a HUGE victory

for liberals. :applause:

[shraby]

27. I'm overjoyed that DADT is overturned! I can just hear

a loud sigh of relief coming from our armed forces, and also from those who want to serve but are afraid they'd be found out. DADT was terrible legislation, but at the time, it moved the ball forward, and today it's obsolete thinking.
:bounce: :bounce: :party: :toast: :hi: :fistbump: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :patriot: :headbang: :kick: :bounce: :bounce:

[stevedeshazer]

29. +1, buddy

:)

[madinmaryland]

30. The first in the long series of steps towards equality. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

31. I woot with you..

And I'll have you know I have never before wooted. First time for everything. Woot!!!

[terrya]

32. It's...words fail me how great this is!

A LOT of people were responsible for this...President Obama. Admiral Mullen. Secretary Gates. The Democratic leadership in both the House and Senate. House Speaker Pelosi for steering repeal TWICE through the House. A tremendous ally, Rep. Patrick Murphy. Kirsten Gillebrand and Mark Udall in the Senate. The SLDN. The LCR, for pushing the lawsuit for DADT repeal through the courts. Lt. Dan Choi, Victor Fehenbach, Mike Almy, Margaret Witt.

And I will happily call both of my Senators, Durbin and Kirk, to thank them for their votes on Monday. :-)

[nevergiveup]

34. I'll see your "wOOt! and raise you 66,000 wOOts

This is a Great Day in America.

[TommyO]

70. 66,000 wOOts indeed! This was a great victory for every single gay service member

who had to serve in fear of being found out, and kicked out for nothing more than being born gay.

[zehnkatzen]

35. Dear Congress:

That odd, light, elated feeling you're experiencing right now?

Don't take medication, you don't need it.

That's the feeling of doing the right thing.

Now, how do you imagine you'd feel if you catered to the people ALL THE TIME, strengthening the country while you're at it?

It could be bliss all the time … all you have to do is reach out and grasp it.

[Richardo]

36. excellent post

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

38. Excellent post.

Exactly.

They can do it by passing the 09/11 responders bill. They can try again...and PASS...the DREAM act (which should IMMEDIATELY brought up for a vote again in the new Congress)

[blondeatlast]

50. This needs it's own thread. Excellent and then some. nt

[zehnkatzen]

71. Your wish is my command.

Flattery will get you everywhere with me (as long as I don't have to spend money!) :yourock:

I expanded on the thought a little (not too much) and placed it in General discussion here:

Dear Congress: (on the occasion of the repeal of DADT)

[EFerrari]

39. Yes!

:party:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

40. wOOt!

[peace frog]

41. Hell YES!

I feel better today about Congress than I've felt in a long, looooong time. :)

[suffragette]

42. Good news, indeed

woot!

[City Lights]

43. Indeed!

w00t!

:woohoo:

[Melissa G]

48. WOOT!!! indeed!

:woohoo:

[rhett o rick]

49. I am crying and having a drink to human rights. nm

[Tx4obama]

51. A big hug for everyone that worked to make this historic day happen

[The Wizard]

52. It's 2010 and we still

have to fight for civil rights. Why doesn't just come out of their closets and say they don't believe in equal/civil rights because equal/civil rights goes against their cultural heritage.

[TexasObserver]

56. It's a good step.

[cate94]

57. :)

[Plucketeer]

58. Tis indeed a beautiful moment in history

:kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick:

[Politicub]

59. What a great day!

:)

:kick:

[proud patriot]

60. It's been a long time since I smiled like I'm smiling right now

:woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:

[democrank]

63. YAY!

[immoderate]

64. Time to bring out the cheering section ! !

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:


--imm

[tavalon]

65. Exactly!

Hopefully this will lead to even more equality.

[Rex]

74. I don't know what I love better, the fact that it passed or the fact that

it will give McCain and Lieberman IBS for the rest of their lives!