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Bluebear
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:29 PM Original message |
"Obama Says Repeal Of Military Gay Ban Needs Study" |
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Vinca
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't get it. This seems like such a no brainer. nt |
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Tesha
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Wed Feb-04-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. He already got the votes of the gays and won't need them again for at least 3.8 years. (NT) |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. We're all in that position. And most of us are also in "safe" districts |
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Fornax
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Sat Feb-07-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Not safe |
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Maven
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Global warming needs more study also |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. DADT is dangerous as hell and Obama should have signed the order |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:34 PM Original message |
Congress has to do it. (nt) |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Is that right? I still think Obama should sign an order citing safety issues |
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TheWraith
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Thu Feb-05-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. Yes, it's congressional legislation. Won't take years, though, this is just more bullshit. |
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Zywiec
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I think DADT is stupid also, but how is it dangerous? |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It diminishes the access of gay service men and women to law enforcement. |
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Zywiec
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yep, that makes sense to me. Thanks! n/t |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And come to think of it,maybe to medical care,too. |
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BOSSHOG
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. I agree |
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MNDemNY
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Can we ban them from positions of authority everywhere? Please? |
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Horse with no Name
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Wed Feb-04-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Don't forget the felons, racists and gangbangers |
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bdab1973
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Thu Feb-05-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. This is a problem |
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Toasterlad
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Thu Feb-05-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. "what the hell happened to any kind of discipline in our military?" |
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bdab1973
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Thu Feb-05-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. I have a friend who got a DUI |
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14thColony
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Thu Feb-05-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Yep, career death for an officer |
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philosophie_en_rose
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. A study of what? |
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Cid_B
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Thu Feb-05-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. It may seem simple but there is a whole host of issues... |
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David Dunham
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. The policy is a statute. CONGRESS has to vote to repeal it. Obama can't himself do it |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Sorry, I either never knew that or managed to forget it. n/t |
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Starry Messenger
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. And by "study" I hope he means |
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aikoaiko
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. Where, except in the title, is a study mentioned? |
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LostinVA
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. A supermajority of Americans is for the repeal of DADT |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It's so frustrating that Congress is completely dysfunctional. |
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Deleted sub-thread |
bluedawg12
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Wed Feb-04-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Listen up rangersmith82 - here's your source: |
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BlooInBloo
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Wed Feb-04-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. What exactly is a SUPERMAJORITY, and how does it differ from a supermajority... |
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ferrous wheel
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. Clinton did the same thing, promised to get it killed and caved in to the fundies. |
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MNDemNY
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Wed Feb-04-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Get it killed? He enacted it. |
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ferrous wheel
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes, as a "compromise". He campaigned with a promise to eliminate the |
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DURHAM D
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yes - and before he enacted it things were sooooo much better in the military. |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. How do you figure that? |
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DURHAM D
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. It wasn't better but |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Oops. I guess it's still Monday at my house. |
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ferrous wheel
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Check the calibration on your sarcasmometer |
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ferrous wheel
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Somewhat ironically, Barry Goldwater actively worked to have the ban overturned completely. |
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cherish44
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Wed Feb-04-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. He intended to get the gay ban repealed |
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rpannier
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Wed Feb-04-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. If by caved you mean |
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LostinVA
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Thu Feb-05-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
45. I think we can "thank"/blame Sam Nunn for that |
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Marrah_G
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Wed Feb-04-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. If he keeps delaying the repeal of this....... |
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MadHound
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Wed Feb-04-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Kicking that can on down the road eh? |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. In fairness, what first term president doesn't? |
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Lilith Velkor
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Wed Feb-04-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Truman didn't. |
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EFerrari
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Thu Feb-05-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I always thought it was close because the black vote was just moving over |
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elleng
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Wed Feb-04-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. Seemed quick and easy for clinton too, eh? |
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EFerrari
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Wed Feb-04-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I have no faith in uploading projects to Congress. |
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readmoreoften
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Wed Feb-04-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. How bipartisan of him. Well, there's about 2 decades of studies he can read up on pretty damn quick. |
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Bluebear
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Wed Feb-04-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. We don't want to be like Belgium or anything, we're Merkun! |
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varelse
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Wed Feb-04-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. “Although I have consistently said I would repeal 'don't ask, don't tell', |
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Orsino
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Wed Feb-04-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. There's nothing to study... |
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anonymous171
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Thu Feb-05-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. Obama is a genius. DADT is harmful. The "study" will show that. |
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Toasterlad
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Thu Feb-05-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. See Now, You Learn Something Every Day! I Had No Idea That Allowing Discrimination Was Genius! |
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14thColony
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Thu Feb-05-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. I can only speak for me |
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EFerrari
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Thu Feb-05-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. When you break it down to the office furniture, sanity always wins out. |
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