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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 03:46 PM
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The Repugs Are Killing The Repeal Of DADT
Breaking...
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 03:48 PM
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1. It's attached to the defense appropriations bill.
Failure to pass that would delay, for probably at least 3 months, money that the US military was supposed to have beginning in October.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 03:52 PM
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2. We Know Who They Are
Why do folks think we will get a better deal on taxes, ui, etc, et cetera in the next Congress...

The Republicans , if it was up to them, would turn gays, African Americans, the poor, et cetera into compost...
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 03:53 PM
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3. All Repugs voting no, plus Manchin ("D").
:grr:
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 03:56 PM
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5. I Guess The Courts Will Have To Do It
Edited on Thu Dec-09-10 03:56 PM by DemocratSinceBirth
I would have preferred it be repealed legislatively because legislative decisions have more legitimacy in a democracy but the courts will have to do this.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 03:59 PM
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7. So be it.
I have few litmus tests but this is one. Repeal by any means necessary. Now.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 04:01 PM
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8. Of Course
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 03:55 PM
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4. And a Dem...let's keep this in perspective. n/t
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 03:57 PM
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6. All 1.7% Of Democrats
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 04:01 PM
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9. Collins just voted for cloture..
might not be dead yet.

Sid
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 04:04 PM
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10. How Can She Belong To That Party Of Bigots?
I bet they sit around, fart, and pick their nose when they are caucusing...
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