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Jester Messiah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-10 09:10 AM
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A question regarding the fate of DADT
What would be the consequences of Obama issuing an executive order mandating that DADT is not to be enforced? Can he legally do this?

If he can, is now not the right time to do so? If not, why not? It seems to me that doing so would moot the senate and give some senators the political cover they would need to break the filibuster.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-10 09:12 AM
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1. Perhaps I'm naive, but I don't want Dem senators to have political cover on human rights issues.
They need to do the right thing. Period.
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Jester Messiah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-10 09:18 AM
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2. I was thinking more of the squishier -R senators
Like the ladies from Maine, for example.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-10 09:24 AM
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3. My expectations of those with an R by their names are lower,
but I don't want them to have political cover for doing the wrong thing, either.
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AldebTX Donating Member (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-10 09:29 AM
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4. I Want To Hear Repugs
detail just why they are against rescinding DADT
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Jester Messiah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-10 09:39 AM
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5. Well that's easy
(Many of) their constituents expect them to be bigoted and discriminatory. Not doing so opens them to being primaried by Tea Party buffoons, as has already happened in many cases.
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