Posted on 02/02/2010 2:35:51 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Three years ago, Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) was pretty clear about his stand on the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
A former war hero, McCain said he would support ending the ban once the military's top brass told him they were okay with it.
"The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it because those leaders in the military are the ones we give the responsibility to," McCain told an audience of college students during the "Hardball" college tour on MSNBC.
That day arrived Tuesday, with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen testifying to senators following President Obama's announcement that he would seek a congressional repeal of the controversial 15-year-old policy.
Mullen called repealing the policy, which bans openly gay men and lesbians from serving, "the right thing to do" and said he was personally troubled by effectively forcing service members to "lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens."
Gates told the Armed Services Committee, "I fully support the president's decision.
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Sessions said exactly that. And he was very firmly against changing it. As he said, even if they did, they cannot change military codes of conduct, which are going nowhere.
I find it pretty disgusting that McCain was at one time in the pocket of homosexual activist groups. He is a RHINO to the core and this is another reason to support J.D. Hayworth.
I think the key issue with overturning DADT is if they were also overturning the ban on gays in the military.
Before DADT the services were allowed to investigate suspected sodomites and remove them if they were proven to be such.
This is the way it should be . No faggot should be serving in the military under any conditions.
If they want to repeal DADT and allow openly homosexual people to serve then it should be fought tooth and nail. If they want to repeal DADT and cleanse the military of the gay plague then it should be embraced.
The problem is that no one has said what will replace DADT (or if they did I missed it). With the gay kenyan in the whitehouse though, I’d expect he’s going to bat for his butt buddies.
Forgot to add. McCain should be dumped anyway. He is a traitor to the Constitution as amply demonstrated by McCain-Feingold.
Obviously, you did not watch the hearings or you are spending too much time in the outhouse. lol
Sorry, I meant “the REST of you people.”
Guilty of both! outhousepatrol.com
At least half of Obama’s czars, and others are homosexuals. Obama must be one too, or at the very least a pervert.
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