“Changing ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ would offend the terrorists in such a way that could put soldiers — and America — at risk of further terrorist attacks”
SOUNDBITES — “The Muslim nations of Iraq and Afghanistan, where America is fighting two wars, are opposed to homosexuality. Changing ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ would offend the terrorists in such a way that could put soldiers — and America — at risk of further terrorist attacks.” —Missouri State Sen. Gary Nodler, who is running in the Republican primary for Rep. Roy Blunt’s federal House seat, telling fellow lawmakers why Obama should not repeal DADT, and adding a whole new ridiculous “Don’t offend terrorists” argument to the debate (via)
Don’t be too hard on Gary Nodler – he’s from Missouri, which elected John Ashcroft to the U.S. Senate. Ashcroft turned out to be too much for them and when he ran for reelection, they voted for a dead guy to replace him (his opponent died during the campaign but people decided they’d be better off with the governor appointing someone rather than sticking with Ashcroft). As Attorney General, one of his major claims to fame was spending $8000 on curtains to cover up the statue of the lady holding the scales (she’s topless).
It’s surprising that Nodler isn’t even sillier given that sort of history!
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That Senator Noodlehead is more concerned with offending terrorists than he is with offending some 15-20 million, born-in-America citizens who help pay his fucking salary, says more about him than anyone could possibly conjure up words for.
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@Queertirific: @Queertirific: yeah, I came in here ready to express my shame for being from MI, but we don’t own this butthole, i’m happy to say. lol
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The only people who have not been made painfully aware that these folks are just reaching for straws are the ones who are either asleep or comatose.
These assholes will say anything, and EVERYTHING, to “bolster” their argument against gays openly serving.
It’s pretty pathetic.
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No. 16 · AlanInSLCUtah wrote, “@B: In the tag line linking to this article from the main page, it says MI, not MO in reference to where the asshole is from. Its not listed directly in this article.”
…. it’s not on the main page anymore, and not in title I found doing a search. You also won’t see it if you click on one of the “comment” links.
It seems to be on another site (the reached by clicking on “via”
near the top of this page), but that mentions Missouri as well.
If it was on a description on the QUEERTY main page, they probably got it from http://thinkprogress.org/2010/02/11/missouri-dadt/ and blindly copied it.
With QUEERTY changing the main page so quickly, and with multiple ways of reaching an article, it is worth providing more details as to how and where they screwed up.
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Gee, then I guess that means that we shouldn’t allow women to vote over here or go outside without a male relative. Because that is of course what the U.S. Military is supposed to be doing….forcing the backward 14th century cultural norms of a failed society on us. Gee, thank you Senator.
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Well, now, we don’t wanna offend the terrorists, as their happiness and comfort are of the highest priority to us.