don't ask, don't tell

[Danzig]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...rss=rss_nation


pentagon now supports ending don't ask....as for those who like to play dems vs reps, in this case it's a dem from Mo who is blocking a vote.

'A House bill that would overturn "don't ask, don't tell" has 187 co-sponsors, but Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), a powerful committee chairman, opposes it and has not let it come up for a vote.'

'The Senate, which invited Gates and Mullen to testify Tuesday, is moving cautiously. Worried that they lack the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster, Senate leaders said they might try to add a temporary moratorium on discharges of gay service members to a defense spending bill, whose passage would require only majority approval.

President Obama said in his State of the Union address last week that he wants to work with Congress to repeal the law, but he has resisted pleas by gay rights groups to sign an executive order that would instantly mandate a change. On Tuesday, Vice President Biden promised to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy by the end of the year.'

i think in this case, since the military supports repealing it, that obama shouldn't bother *****-footing around and should just sign an order. don't let politics hold it up.


edit-you can't say pu$$y-footing! lol