White House shows true class

[ProSense]

White House shows true class

by Clarknt67

Detail of tomorrow's DADT bill signing ceremony have been leaking out, and there was a rather welcome surprise:



@SpeechAdvice, to the uninitiated would be Robin McGehee, Executive Director of GetEqual. Robin might popularly be described as queen of the noisy gays, having been the one of the driving forces behind some of the controversial actions behind DADT repeal, ENDA and others.

News that the White House has extended an invitation to her and to Lt Dan Choi is welcome.

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Today at the White House briefing, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that President Barack Obama "likely" will sign the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal bill into law on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 22. No official guidance has been given by the White House to the media about the event at this point.

(UPDATE @ 7:20 PM: The White House has announced, "On Wednesday, December 22, 2010, President Obama will sign the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law in a signing ceremony at the Department of the Interior." Per the news advisory, the ceremony is to take place at 9:15 a.m.)

I'm hearing an audience of 500 is expected. I'm glad a big handful of my friends will be there. John Aravois of Americablog, was extended an invite (he's in Chicago for the holidays and will not atttend), Pam Spaulding, and her fellow Pam's House Blend barista, Keori, who posts here by the same handle. (Pam, too, will be missing it as her recent surgery precludes her from traveling.)

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From what I'm hearing, the White House office of public engagement and Brian Bond has made an excellent good faith gesture to move past some of the unpleasantness over the disagreements some have had with the administration.

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[Tx4obama]

1. I hope Almy, Alva, Witt, and Farenbach are there for the signing of the bill. n/t

[bear425]

2. What idiot would unrec this? n/t

[Tx4obama]

3. A lot of good posts at DU seem to get unrec'd quite often, it's disgusting IMO n/t

[jefferson_dem]

5. Pitiful. I challenge these assholes (yes, I said it) to show themselves...

[11 Bravo]

4. I'm proud of my President!

[bear425]

6. Me too.

I'm on the record.