He doesn't even have to issue an executive order at this point. The court gave him a gift. All he has to do is NOT APPEAL and DADT is tossed on the scrap heap of history.
If his DoJ doesn't appeal, an "orderly time frame" for the de@th of a law can be arranged with the court.
That's it.
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Federal judges determine policy all the time. Federal judges overturn laws all the time, and very very very few cases ever make it to the US Supreme Court for final dispensation.
What this is is Obama kicking the can down the road, or playing 'Hot Potato' with the other two branches of government. All he's about is the political -- He hasn't a leaderly bone in his body. Seriously, he does not know how to govern.
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Words are cheap.
When Obama's words don't match his actions, stories like this one shouldn't get dismissed out of hand:
In an interview three days ago with Washington Post's Jonathan Capeheart, Valerie Jarrett, senior aide to Obama, said about Minnesota g@y teen Justin Aarberg, who committed su!cide in July after being bull!ed, that he made a "lifestyle choice."
It's at around 4:15 on the video -
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2010/10/whs-jarrett-dead-gay-bully-victim-made.html
"Being gay", according to one of Obama's closest top aides (reportedly his closest aide) is a "lifestyle choice".
Jarrett said today that she "misspoke".
Try saying "homosexuality a lifestyle choice" and explain how you "misspoke".
Accuracy & precision in language about one of your core base constituencies is basic, fundamental in politics. It's 99% of politics, and how politicians finesse others.
It's an outrage for Jarrett to even try to dismiss her comment in that way, as "misspeaking". She's one of the top representatives for Obama; she speaks for him. Every word out of her mouth is the policy of the president; she broadcasts to the world the real policies of the administration she works for.
Can you imagine her not being fired had she said something equally as offensively ig.no.rant about women or J#ws or blacks? How can she be effective in advancement for gays when she holds the same beliefs about gays as do fundamentalist rightwingers?
Jarrett needs to resign or be fired.
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As long as Valerie Jarrett is a senior aide for the president (and probably his top, closest aide), she speaks for him. Every word out of her mouth is the policy of the president.
Now take that along with Obama's actual behaviors, from appealing the DOMA ruling, appealing the DADT ruling, and yes, the policy of this administration is to discriminate against g@ys.
She needs to resign or be fired. "Misspeaking" (what an outrage for her to even put it in that way) doesn't explain it. You try saying "it's a lifestyle choice" and explain how you "misspoke".
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From Rachel Maddow's program last night:
== Aaron Belkin, an expert on the issue at UC Santa Barbara told the New York Times that, “Unless the president declines to appeal the ruling in Log Cabin Republicans versus the United States, the ‘Don‘t Ask, Don‘t Tell‘ policy probably will remain law for years.”
Unless you believe the US Senate is going to do the right thing by g@y people. This year, with JohnMcCain still there & a slate of homoph0b!c Republican Senate candidates poised to enter. Unless you believe that the US Senate after this year‘s elections is going to do the right thing by g@y service members, then the decision by the ObamaAdministration, whether or not to appeal this ruling, is likely a decision between k!lling this policy now & letting it survive probably forever.
Obama's DoJ appealing this ruling was not an inevitability. The administration is not obligated to appeal. If the administration believes the law is unconstitutional, there's precedent that supports the administration not appealing it & letting the law d!e.
An orderly time frame for the de@th of a law can be arranged with the court. That's the way it is. A plan that has no chance of becoming reality is not a real plan no matter how much you say it is. You can either end it or you can stop saying you will.==
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wakRmwaphik
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From Rachel Maddow's program last night:
== Aaron Belkin, an expert on the issue at UC Santa Barbara told the New York Times that, “Unless the president declines to appeal the ruling in Log Cabin Republicans versus the United States, the ‘Don‘t Ask, Don‘t Tell‘ policy probably will remain law for years.”
Unless you believe the US Senate is going to do the right thing by g@y people. This year, with JohnMcCain still there & a slate of homoph0b!c Republican Senate candidates poised to enter. Unless you believe that the US Senate after this year‘s elections is going to do the right thing by g@y service members, then the decision by the ObamaAdministration, whether or not to appeal this ruling, is likely a decision between k!lling this policy now & letting it survive probably forever.
Obama's DoJ appealing this ruling was not an inevitability. The administration is not obligated to appeal. If the administration believes the law is unconstitutional, there's precedent that supports the administration not appealing it & letting the law d!e.
An orderly time frame for the de@th of a law can be arranged with the court. That's the way it is. A plan that has no chance of becoming reality is not a real plan no matter how much you say it is. You can either end it or you can stop saying you will.==
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wakRmwaphik
About Gay Rights
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
From Rachel Maddow's program last night:
== Aaron Belkin, an expert on the issue at UC Santa Barbara told the New York Times that, “Unless the president declines to appeal the ruling in Log Cabin Republicans versus the United States, the ‘Don‘t Ask, Don‘t Tell‘ policy probably will remain law for years.”
Unless you believe the US. Senate is going to do the right thing by gay people. This year, with JohnMcCain still there & a slate of homoph0b!c Republican Senate candidates poised to enter. Unless you believe that the US Senate after this year‘s elections is going to do the right thing by gay service members, then the decision by the ObamaAdministration, whether or not to appeal this ruling, is likely a decision between killing this policy now & letting it survive probably forever.
Obama's DoJ appealing this ruling was not an inevitability. The administration is not obligated to appeal. If the administration believes the law is unconstitutional, there's precedent that supports the administration not appealing it & letting the law die.
An orderly time frame for the death of a law can be arranged with the court. That's the way it is. A plan that has no chance of becoming reality is not a real plan no matter how much you say it is. You can either end it or you can stop saying you will.==
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wakRmwaphik
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