Posted on 09/24/2012 9:07:08 PM PDT by BurningOak
MIAMI -- One year after the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that barred openly gay and lesbian service members from serving in the military, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said in an interview with WPTV NewsChannel 5 that the controversial policy should not be reinstated.
"Now that it's done, we should not reverse it," Ryan told WPTV NewsChannel 5 during a visit to Miami. "I think that would be a step in the wrong direction because people have already disclosed themselves."
Ryan was one of 160 Republicans and 15 Democrats in the House of Representatives to vote against the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" in 2010.
"I talked to a lot of good friends of mine who are combat leaders in the theater and they just didn't think the timing of this was right to do this when our troops were in the middle of harm's way in combat," Ryan said. "I think this issue is past us. It's done. And, I think we need to move on."
The comment came after progressive groups criticized Ryan, the candidate for vice president, for an appearance at the 2012 Values Voters Summit and accused him of being "out of step" with the views of young Americans.
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America is dead and gone. The final nail in the coffin was the 2008 election of an African communist as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Hey, America had a great run... remember it fondly for what it was. Theres no point hanging onto the past. The upcoming election is meaningless.
The United States of America is now little more than a land mass populated by cretins, ingrates, and parasites who have absolutely no respect for the military and who vote for big government to confiscate money from their neighbors so that it may be redistributed to them in exchange for their votes. It is not an America worth defending anymore. That America no longer exists.
The parasites outnumber the hosts now, and theres no going back. America is dead.
The Democrats have won.
Nothing lasts forever (shrug) and theres no point crying or whining about it. My recommendation to every decent human left out there is to throw some cold water in your face and proceed to Plan B. Figure out how to grab every government dime you possibly can before the parasites who comprise the Democrat party base gobble it all up. Look for angles. Look for refuge. Hide what you have. Get under the radar and game the system. Every man for himself.
Good luck, everybody.
Especially since the very influential Ralph Reed was on TV tonight announcing the start of a program for a get-out-the-vote crusade beamed to the Evangelical Right.
Talk about the Evangelicals being blind-sided by Ryan on the same day.
Leni
Of course this is anecdotal and the press does not mention these inefficient problems so all is well in same sex disorder land. Whatever, better to pretend no one knows and keep a lid on the perversion but I guess we are just too enlightened by our own good. Same goes for females with long tours on ships and subs, they won't get pregnant, no way, impossible, lol.
Like in the favorite: “mis-spoke”
Jumping the shark x 2.
Ah gee, thanks a lot for that. Had no clue that Ryan was a fag lover.
How about an “everyone shut the hell up about your sexual escapades or you’re discharged” policy?
Shouldn’t be discussing that stuff at work anyway.
And this thinking and logic is why repub’s haven’t reversed Roe for 40 years.
“Paul Ryan says reversal of DADT repeal is step in wrong direction “
Triple Negative. Animal Farm ... here we come.
Yes, I’m on your side. But this language is a reflection of the collective hypnosis, sucks that this is part of the conversation. Sucks for Paul that he has to talk this way.
Meta-comment :-)
I can sort of almost a little bit respect the libs who sincerely support the gay agenda (military and all the rest of it).
But Ryan DID oppose it. He knows it’s wrong. Now he’s saying, “We made one try, that’s enough, getting the policy reversed now would be hard work, so the hell with it.”
This is “leadership” in today’s Washington, D.C.
Paul Ryan dodges the latest attempt by the lamestream to distract from the BIG ISSUES.
GOOD ON PAUL RYAN.
EYE ON BALL and PRIZE.
Paul Ryan dodges the latest attempt by the lamestream to distract from the BIG ISSUES.
GOOD ON PAUL RYAN.
EYE ON BALL and PRIZE.
Stop with the distractions, already, and concentrate on dragging the sorry azz of obozo out of OUR White House. We have bigger fish to fry...don't play into marxist’s hands with negative comments about Ryan and Romney. Later for this subject...right now, concentrate, focus, make sure people are registered and have transportation to the polls, and volunteer at the polls, protect OUR vote...first things first.
Let this issue, like many others rest for another day. Homosexuals are not an immediate threat to my life. OBOZO IS A THREAT TO OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW AND WE MUST CONCENTRATE ON REMOVING HIM IN NOVEMBER.
Stop with the hand wringing and the whoa is me crap. Sure, I agree, do what is best to benefit you, and in the meantime get involved in making this a win in Nombember by kicking the azz of the obozo out of OUR White House.
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Are you responding to the right poster?
I hate to tell all of you this, but the military has been one of the most PC orgs in the government, precisely because they are the government.
It was true when my husband was in the Navy, from 1969 - 1974, and it is even more so now.
It’s why he resigned his commission.
Obamacare is so the rest of us can pick up the tab for the AIDS drugs and God-only-knows-what-else for the GiBLeTs.
It was never about granny's pre-existing conditions.
We're already paying for Medicaid, it's only the people who will fund it or be fined who are stuck in the middle ground of not being rich enough to afford it and not being poor enough to have it given to them, and there are a lot of self-employed folks caught in that group.
"One issue I want to clarify concerns President Clintons dont ask, dont tell, dont pursue military policy. I believe that the Clinton compromise was a step in the right direction. I am also convinced that it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nations military. That goal will only be reached when preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians is a mainstream concern, which is a goal we share."
Mitt Romney
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