"Dumbass 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'" Policy

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Dec 6 10:59:32 PST 2000


Nathan Newman wrote:


>Clinton defending what happened on the gays in the military policy, says in
>ROLLING STONE this week that it was only after the Senate voted by a
>veto-proof margin to attack the policy that "it was only then that I worked
>out with Colin Powell this dumbass 'don't ask, don't tell' thing." And he
>argues the original policy was the right one.
>
>Clinton also specifically mentions support for a bill in Congress to restore
>the right to vote to all felons when their sentences have been discharged.
>He notes that in Arkansas, he changed the law there to restore the right to
>vote to all ex-felons.
>
>Sorry folks, I read the interview and compare it to the major league asshole
>who is about to take office, and lesser-evilism never looked more justified.
>
>Actually, his own analysis of how he screwed up in 1993-94 is pretty harsh
>and in-depth.

Clinton's well-accomplished at apologizing. Did he apologize to Rickey Ray Rector, several hundred thousand Iraqis, and the folks he kicked off welfare too?

Doug



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