Quote from Cnn article, quoting Senator McCain on repeal of DADT, "'The most fundamental thing we could do to honor the sacrifice of our troops is to take the time to hear their views,' McCain said Tuesday."
I cannot claim to understand soldiers or their minds, I thank them for their service, I know I could not do what they are asked to do, but I have two questions for the Senator:
1. Since when have soldiers views been important. "[Gen. James] Amos made clear that he would oversee a repeal if ordered to do so. 'The Marine Corps is probably one of the most faithful services you have in our country,' Amos said. 'And if the law is changed by Congress and signed by the president of the United States, the Marine Corps will get in step and do it smartly.'" Soldiers take orders from the President and Congress, their views have nothing to do with others' rights.
2. Aren't these complaints the same made when Truman integrated blacks into the Armed Services, weren't the surveys predominantly negative about that? How about when women were allowed to fight?
Given, again, I have no idea what a soldier has to deal with, but most of the rest of the world is ahead of us on recognizing homosexuals rights to fight to protect our rights and way of life.
Url: http://m.cnn.com/primary/_xKrMcZ-iaymbY1mxQY
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Question to Senator McCain
Tea party candidates
I have a simple question. Are the tea party wackos, sorry, candidates Paul, Angle, Miller and O'Donnell, and might as well toss in Bruer, going to be able to get elected without having to face an mildly neutral press? Is that the lowest democracy can get? The press is at a low point, but they are supposed to weed out the wackos before they get this far. And it would not be difficult, let these people talk for more than a few minutes, with a real follow up question, and they should melt like Margaret Mitchell getting off the plane in Seattle. So the press has been stymied by the mama gizzly press pattern, and meaningless most of the rest of the time, but will voters, actual voters, not polls or lamestream media (not used ironically, and it hurts a little) memes, vote for someone they don't know, who won't allow themselves to be vetted by sanity? Will the country survive until the object lesson is learned that you need to pay attention, at least a little bit? I was hoping the election of Barack Obama would bring a respect for intelligence back into American life, but with news rooms run by program execs who go for the shiniest objects, I have been proven wrong.
I forgot, who was I complaining about in this?
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