AMERICAblog: Movement on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in Senate. Reid supports full repeal.
sonofloud
· 4 months ago
Beware the Obama pattern....
1. Spread a rumor Obama (or the democrats) are going to do something "liberal" 2. Obama (or the democrats) either ignore the idea or come out against 3. Obama (and the democrats) think they are scoring points with the "center" but it is at the expense of the real democrats who have supported the party for decades.
Mike_H
· 4 months ago
Has Sen. Gillibrand given us any hints as to what kind of support she could use? It seems to me that there are plenty of us ready, willing, and able to call our elected reps to support this issue, we just need a little indicator of when and where the action would be most useful...
SD_Dave
· 4 months ago
So my question is, since Reid is in favor of putting a "permanent moratorium" (which could also mean REPEAL) then why won't she introduce the sister bill from the House (H.R 1283)?
This makes zero sense! Our government is inefficient as it is, why add to that inefficiency?
SD_Dave
· 4 months ago
Here is the e-mail I sent to Senator Gillibrand:
Dear Senator Gillibrand,
It has come to my attention that you intend to introduce an amendment to the Defense Budget that will place a temporary moratorium (18 months) on service member discharges under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue policy of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. I want to thank you for this amendment, but I do have a question.
It appears (from the outside looking in) that our government is inefficient as it is, why add to this inefficiency? Please hear me out on this. Senator Majority Leader Reid went out on a limb today saying that he would like this to be permanent, this phrasing could be construed as meaning a "repeal" of the policy. So my question is, instead of offering a moratorium, why not introduce the repeal legislation which already has a sister piece of legislation (H.R. 1283) in the House? All that should be required is changing the wording to reflect that it is legislation in the Senate.
Again, I appreciate everything that you are doing for the rights of LGBT Americans as well as the rest of the American people. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.
Best Regards, (My name) Your neighbor from the "left coast"
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1. Spread a rumor Obama (or the democrats) are going to do something "liberal"
2. Obama (or the democrats) either ignore the idea or come out against
3. Obama (and the democrats) think they are scoring points with the "center" but it is at the expense of the real democrats who have supported the party for decades.
This makes zero sense! Our government is inefficient as it is, why add to that inefficiency?
Dear Senator Gillibrand,
It has come to my attention that you intend to introduce an amendment to the Defense Budget that will place a temporary moratorium (18 months) on service member discharges under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue policy of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. I want to thank you for this amendment, but I do have a question.
It appears (from the outside looking in) that our government is inefficient as it is, why add to this inefficiency? Please hear me out on this. Senator Majority Leader Reid went out on a limb today saying that he would like this to be permanent, this phrasing could be construed as meaning a "repeal" of the policy. So my question is, instead of offering a moratorium, why not introduce the repeal legislation which already has a sister piece of legislation (H.R. 1283) in the House? All that should be required is changing the wording to reflect that it is legislation in the Senate.
Again, I appreciate everything that you are doing for the rights of LGBT Americans as well as the rest of the American people. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.
Best Regards,
(My name)
Your neighbor from the "left coast"