• Posts Tagged ‘DADT’

    “To the left of” Obama

    by  • January 29, 2012 • politics & money • 0 Comments

    For Villagers, Republicans are “moderates” if they’re reasonable dinner party guests. via Eschaton: It’s Just Tone. Yes, and this revisionist policy position syndrome affects more people than you think. See one Bill Maher. I’ve heard him say quite often that former Vice President Dick Cheney is to the left of President Obama on marriage equality.  President Obama has successfully led [...]

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    The speaker and the leader

    by  • December 18, 2010 • politics & money

    Andrew Sullivan gives props to Obama and friends for plotting a path to ending the  DADT policy for the American military: Like 2009′s removal of the HIV ban, which was as painstakingly slow but thereby much more entrenched, this process took time. Without the Pentagon study, it wouldn’t have passed. Without Obama keeping Lieberman inside [...]

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