Dear Dr. Farley, Will the end of DADT bring about the collapse of American society as we know it? Should I being trying to learn Chinese, Arabic, Farsi, Mexican, or Canadian? Depressed in Dover Dear Depressed in Dover, Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Also yes....
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...World's Worst Deliberative Body rejects DREAM ACT by 55-41 majority. ...Joe Lieberman -- Joe Lieberman! -- gives nice, concise pro-DADT repeal speech. World's biggest asshole John McCain -- having railed.
In recent weeks, some commenters have instructed me that DADT repeal was a done deal. I never understood this, since Collins's position all along has been consistent: she'll vote for.
Michael Goldfarb(!) asks a halfway useful question: Assuming time is a scarce resource in the lame duck (and it is), and assuming the votes might be there for START (and they aren't).....would liberals rather have a fight over DADT or START? As you would suspect,...
What Drum says here is correct: Democratic spinelessness on this is worth mocking. But let's get real: the problem isn't with Senate Democrats, 97% of whom voted to repeal DADT.