"Gay Lt. Col to be in uniform at WH ceremony today"

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(more on the reception)

to come from the generals in the next little bit. The President will escort the generals to the microphone with his hand on their backs.. they will make a statement that it is time for all to serve with dignity... The President will step up to the microphone and tell congress it is time to overturn DADT. Then even the right can sign on the overturn, and finally get a united front from everyone on this.



Its time...long past I know.. but the time is now

Yep .... never undestimate the power of Barack Obama's open palm....



Try this with a friend some time..... stand face to face as if you were talking to them ... put your hand on their shoulder (or have them do it to you.) It's brilliance! It says "I like you enough to touch you, but have no doubt, *I* am in control of this situation...."

He does it all the time...

(and note, the placement of his hand, shoulder vs. bicep, is a direct indicator of his confidence level ... the more in control of the situation he feels, the higher the hand, note the Joes vs. McCain, Chavez and Hillary.)









(this one is especially hot!)

It would be the right thing to do. But that's no guarantee, as past behavior illustrates

.... said on Rachel tonight that his chain of command informed him this morning they considered it a political event and they considered it "inappropriate" for him to be in uniform.

See what the President is dealing with? The man was attending THE WHITE HOUSE ..... the PEOPLE'S HOUSE ... and his CO's treated it like a campaign rally?!!!!

And yet we expect the President to just whip out a pen and make everything alright?

Either way, everyone should check out his segment on Rachel when it's repeated later tonight or on the web .... he said that while he felt personally aggravated because the time frame sounded like it would not happen soon enough to help his case, he was generally pleased with what the President had to say and that he intended to keep his promise.

I'm just elaborating on the segment

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.... if and when he realized that he was there in civilian dress.

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info via Rachael..we can someday look back on all this and see how it unfolded..from Stonewall..ON!

Rachel was off

how he felt..I just know they had a grand time after the cameras left:party::toast::fistbump::patriot:

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I felt very sad when I watched this tonight. I posted about it, but I deleted the post because praise for Obama on this issue seems to be the way things go here.

Fehrenbach has about 5 months, and he said change would not come fast enough for him.

Lt. Dan Choi gets his trial tomorrow.

I did not see this video as a positive, it did not give me warm feelings. I am not gay, but I can not imagine losing my pension if I were in that position.

Obama told him it was a "generational issue." Actually it is a religious right issue, and our party is scared to death of them. I am pretty old, and I disagree about the generational thing. The religious right succeeded in using this group as scapegoats, and there is no one in the administration speaking out strongly.

BTW Fehrenbach is gracious, he says he understands. But he is still losing his job and Choi still goes on trial tomorrow.