Not that my opinion matters, but my problem was not with DaDT, but with how Clinton presented it—as a "reasonable compromise/MORALE ETC"...
@emilynussbaum I'm as critical a person of the Clinton policies on LGBT (tho mainly LG) rights as you'll find, but I think you're off here.
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@chrisgeidner Really? I do think he *meant* it as a compromise. But felt like a lost opportunity to be clear about the civil rights issue. -
@emilynussbaum On this, I think he honestly tried. I think he wasn't ready for the pushback, and that almost led to a complete ban. -
@emilynussbaum And Sam Nunn, the Dem running Senate Armed Services, tried to screw him on it.
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@emilynussbaum He literally had no choice. This was the way to get something. DADTDP (don't pursue!) was implemented horribly, and *that*... -
@emilynussbaum ... is where things really went off the rails. There are many, many valid complaints of Clinton, but DADT was a tough call... -
@chrisgeidner The truth is, he simply shouldn't have made an election promise to change it the first day he was in office. Awful precedent. -
@emilynussbaum You're probably right there on the problem being Clinton making a promise he couldn't keep. -
@chrisgeidner@emilynussbaum (Say the same stuff about DOMA and I'll agree, Emily. DADT was just naivete/hubris to me.) -
@KateAurthur@emilynussbaum (I might be working on a story on ~that~ front right now, so I'm declining further comment at this time, but.)
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@chrisgeidner's chat about#DADT with@emilynussbaum is worth a look right now. cc@karoli@davidbadash -
@Shoq@chrisgeidner@emilynussbaum@davidbadash Maybe he blocked me? I can’t see any tweets from him suddenly. -
@chrisgeidner@Shoq tweetdeck is misbehaving. :(
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