Biden Calls Military Ban ‘Bizarre’
Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden (pictured) weighed in on a number of LGBT issues over the weekend, including the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual troops.
Senator Biden (D-DE) called the ban "bizarre," according to the Des Moines Register. "He recalled a conversation with a serviceman in Iraq," the paper reported. "Asked his opinion of the policy, the soldier's response to it, Biden said, was, 'What difference does it make? The question is, 'Can he shoot straight?'"
Indeed, that now infamous proclamation from former Senator Barry Goldwater is becoming a popular talking point on the Democratic campaign trail. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has also used Goldwater's quote on the campaign, and even New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd brought it up in her recent column on the topic.
And while there are many other words that come to mind when thinking about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," bizarre seems to work, too. After all, it certainly doesn't make sense to fire two good people every day, only to replace them with two people who wouldn't be qualified for service under the enlistment standards of yesterday.
- Steve RallsLabels: 2008, biden, in the news
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