http://www.queerty.com/so-does-under-sec-of-defense-hopeful-clifford-stanley-want-to-repeal-dadt-or-not-20091120/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.queerty.com/so-does-under-sec-of-defense-hopeful-clifford-stanley-want-to-repeal-dadt-or-not-20091120/#comment-239177 Rich Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:43:17 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=75307#comment-239177 Keep drinking the Kook-Aid and thinking the adminstration has any plan for ending DADT anytime soon. The window for DADT repeal in this Congress has passed. No DOD appointment is going to change that fact. Senate hearings have been delayed indefinitely. The House legislation is stuck in committee. There is no legislation in the Senate. Meanwhile, "allies" like Rep. Barney Frank try to appease activists by saying that DADT repeal will be covered in the next defense authorization bill. Nevermind that Rep. Frank isn't a member of the House Armed Services Committee and has no influence whatsoever on that piece of legislation. Nevermind that the defense authorization comes up for its annual vote in September/October of each year -- one month prior to contentious mid-term elections. Does anyone honestly believe Congress is going to make that vote in election season? We've squandered our "super-majorities" in Congress and failed to end discrimination at the hands of the federal government. Next year's elections are more likely to be an anti-incumbent referendum on the economy and result in reducing the number of Democrats in Congress. Thanks for taking action while we had the opportunity! Keep drinking the Kook-Aid and thinking the adminstration has any plan for ending DADT anytime soon. The window for DADT repeal in this Congress has passed. No DOD appointment is going to change that fact. Senate hearings have been delayed indefinitely. The House legislation is stuck in committee. There is no legislation in the Senate. Meanwhile, “allies” like Rep. Barney Frank try to appease activists by saying that DADT repeal will be covered in the next defense authorization bill. Nevermind that Rep. Frank isn’t a member of the House Armed Services Committee and has no influence whatsoever on that piece of legislation. Nevermind that the defense authorization comes up for its annual vote in September/October of each year — one month prior to contentious mid-term elections. Does anyone honestly believe Congress is going to make that vote in election season? We’ve squandered our “super-majorities” in Congress and failed to end discrimination at the hands of the federal government. Next year’s elections are more likely to be an anti-incumbent referendum on the economy and result in reducing the number of Democrats in Congress. Thanks for taking action while we had the opportunity!

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