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DADT cloture passes

In the whole scheme of things this will not have any affect on my day to day life. Looking at the bigger picture it is really doubtful to effect the world.

Some were getting diarrhea over this but they were the same ones who filled their bathtubs with water for Y2K.
 
Don't be picking on NP too hard, he really is a great guy.

Oh really? Let's relive the good times.

A win for the good guys......Looks like a repeal of DADT is dead..........

I am just glad its over and morale and troop readiness will not be affected.........

It really does not matter what side of the issue you are on it is obvious that a repeal of DADT is a dead issue for at least the next 2 years and the good fight will continue to keep it that way after that........We must never agree with the blackmail of our military who are fighting and dying for us.........

We shall see my left wing friend.....I doubt if good morals will drop in that short period of time....It took many years for God to destroy Sodom.....

]If it were up to me I would go back to the old rocks and shoals and you would have to sign a statement upon entering military service that you are not gay..........Chew on that one.................

You didn't when they had been to sea for 90 days...............The guys in the gay bars are doing the daisy chain thing everry night.....huge difference........

One more day and DADT is history.......There won't even be a vote and if there was the votes are not there...........The Senate adjourns tomorrow.........

You can't get 60 votes now and you damn sure won't be aable to in January............Having gays serve openly would open up a can of worms like you have never seen before.....Good senior people will leave the military in mass maybe up to one third................There will be a lot of fights especially aboard ship......There will be flaunting of their sexuality by gays.........It will be really bad on the beach off the ship where I believe gays will be assaulted..........It will be a travesty........The military might never recover.........With Gods help DADT will never be repealed in our lifetime............

It will have to wait until the new congress comes in January where the Republicans picks up 6 votes in the Senate.....DADT is doomed........

It ain't getting done..Take it to the bank
 
This is great, "the government done did something right" lol
should have been higher than 65but oh well common sense and logic prevails!:party

on this good job mr. president!

:memorial_


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So let me get this absolutely straight, its over? The president will sign it out of law? Gays can serve openly?

Yep!

People can now openly serve in the military as gays and lesbians without any negative repercussions!
 
Free Republic is going nuts.

they have no right to compel the United States Armed Forces to accept this
:lamo
sick, just sick
As sure as I am that there will be problems, I’m even more certain that we won’t hear about them. No Pentagon stats will be released, or even compiled. Any reported incidents will have any mention of homosexuality washed out.
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I read where someone said ‘you can’t help who you love’. There is no problem with loving but you don’t have to F everyone you love. The point is getting approval to F not to love. Will the military now permit soldiers to F each other in addition to just asking and telling?
I fear my country just died.
Doooooooomed!
DON’T fear, You are smart, know THAT IT HAS JUST DIED.

FEAR GOD NOT MAN

Our leaders fear MAN NOT GOD.

The Consequences are around the corner.

It is called weeping and sowing
o_O
Satan has come to kill/rob/destroy. That is our enemy and the master of lies/deception has his pawns working at the core to bring our God Bless America down.
The reports you’ll see in the media will be about the “terrible bigot” knocking the crap out of a gay guy who hit on him. And then all about the “bigot” getting kicked out.
Yes, because aggravated assault is the reasonable reaction to someone hitting on you! (but only if it's a dude. when I hit on a chick it's totally ok)

:lamo
 
As a side note; WTF McCain!?


That is the biggest load of appeal to emotion I have EVER heard. If it's so important, surely he can find more cause to deride it than "opposing the liberals"
 
As a side note; WTF McCain!?

That is the biggest load of appeal to emotion I have EVER heard. If it's so important, surely he can find more cause to deride it than "opposing the liberals"

I really hope he has enough personal integrity to admit he was wrong when our military doesn't implode.
 
As a side note; WTF McCain!?


That is the biggest load of appeal to emotion I have EVER heard. If it's so important, surely he can find more cause to deride it than "opposing the liberals"


Poor guy sounds like he is choking back tears.
 
Strangely enough, I think I am more surprised that the senate is working on a Saturday more than anything else, than this bill passing.

God I keep forgetting it is Saturday since I had a final today...
 
As a side note; WTF McCain!?

That is the biggest load of appeal to emotion I have EVER heard. If it's so important, surely he can find more cause to deride it than "opposing the liberals"

Listen to what McCain is really saying here...

He's saying that this is NOT over. These men and women actually have to physically serve and be presented with all the BS the leadership is about to throw at them!

Just listen to what he's really saying...

So then just what are these "additional sacrifices" supposed to be?

Beware of open ended questions coming from a very "pissed off" military leadership!

I know what that "additional sacrifices" BS means...
 
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As a side note; WTF McCain!?


That is the biggest load of appeal to emotion I have EVER heard. If it's so important, surely he can find more cause to deride it than "opposing the liberals"

Old man yells at cloud, indeed. McCain:DADT::Thurmond:Civil Rights Act
Kicking and screaming like a child, he's being dragged into the 21st century.

Listen to what McCain is really saying here...

He's saying that this is NOT over. These men and women actually have to physically serve and be presented with all the BS the leadership is about to throw at them!

Just listen to what he's really saying!

We know what he's saying. Thing is, he's wrong.
 
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Listen to what McCain is really saying here...

He's saying that this is NOT over. These men and women actually have to physically serve and be presented with all the BS the leadership is about to throw at them!

Just listen to what he's really saying!

I didn't hear him saying anything about that. He bitched that liberals were going to be celebrating for most of the video. At the very end he mentioned a couple people he talked to thought the costs would be high.

Guess time will tell.
 
I didn't hear him saying anything about that. He bitched that liberals were going to be celebrating for most of the video. At the very end he mentioned a couple people he talked to thought the costs would be high.

Guess time will tell.

History already told us. It's not like we're the first country to do this. :p

BUT BUT BUT WE'RE AMURRICA DAMNIT! What, our soldiers are less able to handle themselves as professionals than the French or British? I'll believe that when I see it.
 
Free Republic is going nuts.


:lamo

:tinfoil:


Doooooooomed!

o_O


Yes, because aggravated assault is the reasonable reaction to someone hitting on you! (but only if it's a dude. when I hit on a chick it's totally ok)

:lamo

Shoulda bought some rope stock last week. :(
 
Endgame: DADT cloture vote passes, 63-33; Update: Obama cheers « Hot Air

The vote on the bill itself will come at 3 p.m., but that’s a formality. The roll: Six Republicans — Brown, Collins, Kirk(!), Murkowski, Snowe, and Voinovich — joined 57 Democrats to push it through.

DADT is soon to be dead. Chalk one up for the good guys!....for America and American values. America has sent a message today to the bigots of this country that they will not be tolerated.

Hooray! Now gay people can go kill Arabs for Haliburton! It's a great day for America... and damn great day.
 
It passed the Senate vote. It will go to the President's desk and he will sign it. Then it has to be signed by the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Then the military has 60 days to make preparations to implement repeal.

In your face John McCain. :bootyshake:scared:
 
Actually, it is. Tolerance means you don't tolerate intolerance. Just like Love means you don't love hatred.

By making this a leftist triumph you make it difficult for conservatives who have supported full civil rights for lgbt people. We feel like uselful idiots who have played into the hands of the left.
 
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