Posted on 01/04/2011 8:58:11 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Sarah Palin has remained silent on the issue of repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which Congress passed in the lame-duck session — at least until now. ABC News’ Devin Dwyer has been on the Twitter beat and reports that Palin retweeted a message from radio host Tammy Bruce that supports the end of DADT:
But Monday night the former Alaska governor re-tweeted a post from conservative talk show host and blogger Tammy Bruce, who is lesbian, appearing to indirectly cast support for gays and an end to the ban on openly gay members of the U.S. military.
Bruce had been commenting on the controversy surrounding a U.S. Navy commander and a raunchy video when she turned to the issue of gays in the military.
“But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already–the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed,” Bruce tweeted, suggesting that virulent opposition to gays may reflect the individual has something to hide.
Soon after, Palin re-tweeted the message to her following of more than 350,000 followers.
It should be stressed that retweeting does not necessarily connote agreement. Dwyer’s colleague Jake Tapper has to repeatedly make that point when Tapper retweets and adds his own commentary. It does suggest a de facto endorsement when unaccompanied by a substantive response, however, and it’s fair for those who follow Palin’s Twitter feed to assume agreement in this sense, as Tammy did in her response. Nor does this specific message explicitly address DADT repeal, although that’s certainly the larger context in the issue of gays and the military.
There is some irony in this quiet positioning, if indeed that’s what this is. The opposition to repeal of DADT in the Senate was led by Palin’s former running mate, John McCain. Palin has courted the conservative base in the GOP that opposed the repeal (as did McCain himself in his re-election bid this year), but managed to avoid taking a stand either way on this issue, one of the few from which Palin has shied.
Palin hasn’t yet responded to requests for comment on the retweet, and that will probably require Palin to clarify her position for the record on DADT. If she backs repeal openly, does this open a rift between Palin and the conservative base? Or does it take the edge off of the dissatisfaction over the repeal on the Right?
I’m not pro-homo, I’m also not a bigot.
What people do in private is none of my business or yours. And yes, I’m married and have a child. Watch where you step.
IBTZ
There's not a damn thing about banning sodomites from the military that's unconstitutional. It's no different from banning people with certain medical or psychiatric conditions.
You are so bigoted you can’t see the forest for the trees.
Hey troll, YOU are the bigot. YOU are the one who wants to create new laws for two percent of the population.
This is a conservative site and you clearly don't belong.
and no I am not for gay marriage but again, I don’t think the government should have the right to tell people who they can and cannot marry.
Really, governments have been involved in the marriage business for at least a thousand years.
It is NOT the job of the government to regulate morality.
Hey jackass, governments EXIST to regulate morality. What do you think laws against murder, rape, robbery and arson are? They make crimes out of immoral actions.
You and your leftist ilk just want to keep the immorality that you engage in legal.
Begone troll!!
It is NOT the job of the government to regulate morality.
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How naive can one be?
Governments have been legislating and regulating morality since time immemorial.
Our government has been doing so since 1776.
The repeal of DADT is a clear cut example of our government regulating morality.
You are way off base here, pal.
IBTZ
They aren't keeping it in their bedroom. When they push their dysfunction as normal in the schools and court, it BECOMES MY business.
You are a troll and you are clearly bigotted against Judeo-Christian principles that go back for six thousand years.
I am sure you can find many other websites to post your (bent-over) position.
I was baptized on May 1, 1976. Bite me. ...and I’ve been voting Republican since 1982.
I agree with you 100%. When that happens it’s an affront to everyone and completely unacceptable.
That crap is vile. They can burn in hell for all I care.
So what? It's leftists like you who destroyed the GOP.
You called a FReeper a bigot for defending traditional values, that makes you a leftist troll and I don't give a damn how you vote.
Because the Constitution says that it is Congress, not the military, which is to "make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces." (U.S. Const., Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 14).
That “vile crap” is the future of our military if we allow these vile perverts to take over.
Many people still do not get it. We are not saying we hate gay people and wish them harm.
We are not for their gay agenda being forced upon us which is perverting our children and destroying family institutions.
There are gay people that don’t choose to make their sex life a public thing. They also are not for pushing the gay agenda.
The gay life is not normal and it is not mainstream. Accepting this agenda says you agree with it or you don’t care.
That “vile crap” is the future of our military if we allow these vile perverts to take over. And there is a reason our fighting forces want to keep these vile idiots out of the military.
FRiend —
My dad fought on the front lines in WWII. There are lots of military in my family. I admire and respect our armed forces, and the whole DADT issue has irritated me from the beginning.
As you can tell from my previous posts, I come at this from a morality standpoint. I hate bad behavior, and homosexuality, according to scripture and most of society, is bad behavior.
However, that said, I am increasingly puzzled as to what benefit DADT is to homosexuals.
In the past, they’ve been able to serve by simply keeping their deviancy quiet.
Now they’ll be outed. Bullseye on their back. Before, were I a normal heterosexual soldier, I could undress and shower and be ogled by the queer in the next bunk. Now I know who he is and can take protective measures.
This whole discussion has, as I said in previous posts, just allowed the gay community to gain sympathy with their whines about equal rights.
I’m just tired of hearing about it. Let them serve openly. If they cross the line in behavior, let military standards of behavior lower the boom and fellow soldiers shun them.
Which is, frankly, how we got in this mess in the first place. As I said, our society nowadays will put up with anything, and this whole issue is a reflection of that.
We can squawk all day about DADT, but it’s just a symptom of much bigger problems. We have lost our moral compass, and decadent behavior has infested our most cherished institutions.
Perhaps the good people of the Tea Party can begin to change attitudes.
If you haven’t seen this, here’s Allen West on DADT. A brilliant answer to a gotcha question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVQ14IgCDE8
But clearly Congress has the right to allow the military to make up their own policies and not have to be micromanaged by Congress, correct? Why not just put this in that category?
I’m a leftist? I’m far to the right of Attila the Hun you moron!
You have absolutely NO idea what the hell you’re talking about and who you’re saying it to.
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