[calcowgirl]

Taking On ‘Don’t Ask’ / More and more, in and out of service, speak out against policy; [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]
Arnold Abrams. STAFF WRITER. Newsday. (Combined editions). Long Island, N.Y.: Feb 17, 2004. pg. A.08

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[Brig. Gen. Keith] Kerr, who retired in 1995 after a 40-year Army career, revealed that he led a Special Forces team, one of the military’s toughest units, during the late 1960s. “Maybe I had to prove to myself that I could do it,” said the former officer, now 71 and living in Santa Rosa, Calif. “But I was proud to wear the green beret, and I don’t think anybody suspected me of being gay.”

To enhance his macho image as a soldier, Kerr made a point of telling homophobic jokes. “If anything,” he said, “I acted like a male chauvinist pig.”

[Enchante]

"I want to know why you think that American men and women in uniform are not professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians."

Oh how I wish one of the candidates had come right back at this poseur Clintonista plant and said "Why don't you ask your masters, Bill and Shrillery Clinton, since THEY instituted the don't-ask-don't-tell policy???"

That would have been a debate moment for the ages.