Pawlenty fellates the Mad-Dog Right

from Political Animal, via AlterNet:



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But Pawlenty, the all-but-announced GOP presidential candidate, is apparently trying to distinguish himself from his rivals through homophobia. In January, the former governor announced he would "support reinstating" the repealed, discriminatory policy. Yesterday, Pawlenty went even further, when pressed by Igor Volsky at an event in Iowa.



So, let me get this straight. The DADT repeal effort was backed by the Pentagon, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, most American servicemen and women, the vast majority of the public, bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate, and the White House. Conservatives nevertheless fought to keep the old policy, but lost.

And despite all of this, Tim Pawlenty is so desperate to impress unhinged, right-wing activists in Iowa, he wants to not only bring back the unpopular, discriminatory, and ineffective policy, he thinks it's "reasonable" to deny the Defense Department funding to implement its own policies. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/465968/pawlenty%27s_homophobia_in_action%3A_wants_to_defund_dadt_repeal/

That so nails it. Pawlenty will say anything to get the wackos to vote for him.