It seems I'm the only person on Free Republic who isn't somehow surprised that a Democrat majority congress managed to pass a repeal on DADT. Practically everyone else here is acting shellshocked as though they were blindsided by something they never in a million years saw coming.
An excellent point. It’s appalling, but hardly surprising.
It brings up another question: why do we let a lame-duck Congress do *anything* at all? A company that fires an employee doesn’t let them keep their keys and network access for a couple of months. Why do we let Congress when they’ve been fired?
I suppose, normally, they haven’t typically done very much so it’s never been such a big deal. But now it’s different. I don’t remember any previous Congress that’s been so openly vindictive toward the will of the people.
The point I was trying to make is that “NO” Candidate was running on or belching out “Repeal Don’t ask Don’t Tell” ...
It just wasn’t there until the Lame Duck session where they Rammed it up (er) through again I say against the will of the People
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