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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:25 AM
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Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell'
The Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration.

The court said Monday that it will not hear an appeal from former Army Capt. James Pietrangelo II, who was dismissed under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

The federal appeals court in Boston earlier threw out a lawsuit filed by Pietrangelo and 11 other veterans. He was the only member of that group who asked the high court to rule that the Clinton-era policy is unconstitutional.

http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2009/06/08/court_rejects_challenge_to_dont_ask,_dont_tell
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:30 AM
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1. Yes, we have a friend in the White House...
If by friend you mean someone who'll sell you down the river.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:44 AM
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2. recommend
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clear eye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:01 AM
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3. WTF?
"granting a request by the Obama administration"?!!
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keepCAblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:15 AM
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4. exactly.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:39 AM
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7. Consider the source -
Townhall is a RW POS, and the article is designed to 1) celebrate a defeat of a LGBT case, and 2) make Obama responsible for it to weaken the Democratic coalition.

There is more to this story, and we are not going to hear it from Townhall.
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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:25 AM
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8. I think this ruling may givesome insight into the likely outcome of the
Ted Olsen and David Boies suit, and it doesn't bode well for the future of gay civil rights.
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Creideiki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 01:13 PM
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13. Without NC, CO, and other swing states
will Obama be re-elected?

I know I'm busy on 2 Nov 10 already. We'll have to see what plans I've got for the first Tuesday in November 2012.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:24 AM
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5. Why did Obama even get involved with this?
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:30 AM
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6. Just wait...
You'll hear the "he's playing chess" meme.

You'll hear the "he's working it to be a lasting thing".

Or any other number of excuses.
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keepCAblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:27 AM
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9. Yep. That's what they're spewing over in LBN. n/t
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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:45 AM
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10. And it sure didn't take long, did it?
It's as if the memes were ready and waiting for the announcement.
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keepCAblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:46 AM
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11. Yep, faster than flies on shit...
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unhappycamper30 Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 12:56 PM
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12. Now serving shots under the bus...
I can feel the change I tell ya. You betcha.
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