No difference between Obama and Republicans? Would President McCain have seen to it. . .

[wndycty]

that DADT was repealed.

Congrats first and foremost to our GLBT service members and veterans, secondly to the larger GLBT community, to the US military and its citizens for making a great institution even better, and to House & Senate Democrats as well as President Obama!

Now lets do what we can to refocus on fair and human immigration reform, repealing the Bush tax cuts in 2012 and improving health care reform!

[Clio the Leo]

1. OVERWHELMING bulk of the work was done by DADT advocates....

... but Obama helped .... and helped in a way that will be next to IMPOSSIBLE to undo. ;)

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/01/nation/la-na-dadt-survey-20101201

[Pab Sungenis]

2. Don't applaud yet.

Obama, Gates, and the CJCS all have to certify that the "transition" period has ended before the policy finally dies.

This was a well crafted bill, giving the President an excuse to never end the policy since something along the lines of "the continued military activity in Iraq/Afghanistan/Yemen/Cozumel/Miami Beach precludes any major changes in military policy until their successful conclusion. Therefore...."

[SidDithers]

4. ...

Sid

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. In My Best Joseph Welch Vote

“Have You No Sense of Decency”

[treestar]

10. OMG

We knew NOTHING would be good enough.

[craigmatic]

3. So I guess it's fair to say that Obama is to gays as Truman was to blacks in the military

[msongs]

9. no not the same nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Why Not And How?

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[stubtoe]

6. Off topic, but I think that by now Palin would have pulled a Lady MacBeth on him.

:evilgrin:

[vaberella]

8. What? Thrown herself out of a window from the Oval office?! n/t

[vaberella]

7. Of course he would have...after his two terms he'd do a Cheney.

I support repeal, when I have no power to change shit.

[Kdillard]

12. Lol exactly.

[MiniMe]

13. Even had it passed, McCain wouldn't have signed it

Obama will.