Monday, February 22, 2010

Lieberman to Lead Effort to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"


Why they would trust Joe with something this important is beyond me. Hell, his BFF McCain isn't even behind it anymore. Via Taegan-

"Just when you thought Joe Lieberman couldn't frustrate and perplex liberals any further, he is going off to become chief sponsor of the most significant piece of socially progressive legislation that Congress will deal with this year," reports the New York Daily News.

"Next week, the Connecticut senator will announce that he's taking the lead on repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the 1993 law that prohibits gay people from serving openly in the armed forces. Since implementation of the statute nearly 20 years ago, the military has discharged some 14,000 qualified men and women, many of them serving in critical jobs like Arabic and Persian translation."
**Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks this is a bad idea.

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