John McCain Doesn’t See Dead People . . .
. . . and so he cannot, apparently, tell you if Barry Goldwater still supports gays in the military. But he can tell you that he certainly does not.
The Senator (and 2008 presidential candidate), whose predecessor from Arizona was none other than Goldwater himself, recently spoke at a Google candidate forum in California, where he was asked about his stance on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." After the gathering, CBS 5 reporter Hank Plante followed up on the question, asking specifically about McCain's recent letter to SLDN.
As you can see from their report, McCain stands by his defense of the ban and insists, despite a recent poll showing that 73% of troops are comfortable with gays, that they really aren't.
Oh yes, and Barry Goldwater is apparently dead.
- Steve RallsLabels: 2008, in the news, McCain
05-07-07
1 Comments
Comments for this entry are closed.AGJ on December 31, 1969 at 02.00 pm
There’s something I would dearly love the media or your organization to ask Senator McCain. I posted this on my own blog:<BR><BR>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><BR>Why won’t someone from the media ask McCain, and others who espouse this view, that if openly gay soldiers present such an “intolerable risk” how the hell can we rely upon our Allies then? Most of our NATO Allies, including the UK and Australia, allow gays to openly serve in their militaries. How can we possibly depend upon our Allies given this, let alone conduct joint combat operations with them? Are they not afraid that in such actions our Allies will bring an “intolerable risk” that could jeopardize the mission? This “unit cohesion” argument is pure and utter nonsense.<BR>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><BR><BR>To this I would add, since our military leaders are telling McCain that gays present an “intolerable risk” while military leaders of our Allies say differently, how much more of a problem does this present? After all, the top echelon of our staunchest Allies have the experience of lifting their bans on gays in the military only to find out that it hasn’t presented a big problem. If their military leaders and ours cannot see eye to eye on something that is an “intolerable risk” to “unit cohesion”, what else that could effect joint combat operations are they not agreeing on? It seems to me that if McCain is right, Allies who allow such “intolerable risks” shouldn’t be trusted and joint operations should cease.
——-