This article from The Advocate spells out in some detail the views of the eight announced Democratic presidential candidates regarding the existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, but the bottom line is that they are came out against it during Sunday's debate.
In Tuesday night's Republican debate, all ten candidates supported "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Pretty easy to draw a line there, isn't it?
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It would an easier line to draw if any of the four sitting Democratic senators running for president would actually introduce a bill repealing DADT.
ReplyDeleteThis would hardly be difficult given that there is already a bill in the House -- Meehan's Military Readiness Empowerment Act. All a senator would have to do is photocopy it.
Clinton, incidentally, sits on the Armed Services Committee, so she is uniquely qualified to champion such a bill.
So, given how drenched in hypocrisy all the candidates are on both sides, perhaps it's not such an easy line to draw after all.
Pledging "support" is a lot different from actually pledging to act to effect the removal of the law.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, a Barry Goldwater (former Sen. R-AZ) quotes comes (bidden by this post) to mind:
"You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."
Alas, there aren't any Goldwater-esques in the field, though we do still exist in good number, particularly in the younger generation of the party.