Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion

Democratic candidate for President Mike Gravel has called for an end to the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy instituted by President Bill Clinton, which confirmed that the military has the right to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation, but suggested that people try to look the other way and pretend that nothing was going on. Mike Gravel can see what other politicians refuse to see see – that it is hypocritical to say that our soldiers are fighting for freedom when we won’t even allow them to have basic freedoms themselves.

Support our troops but discriminate against them? That’s the policy the Republicans follow… and some Democrats too. I wonder how Hillary Clinton justifies her support for Don’t Ask Don’t Tell discrimination against gays and lesbians. And how about Al Gore? Let’s not forget that, as Vice President, Al Gore was complicit in the crafting of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.

Thanks to this discrimination, American soldiers are being sent to serve tour after tour after tour, and it’s driving them crazy. All this, in the name of a right wing sexual obsession.

This issue will be one that shows which Democrats are truly fit to lead as President come 2009.