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Republican Attacks NY Senator Gillibrand For “Pandering” To Special Interests In Repeal Of DADT

08/25/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
Apparently, Bruce Blakeman, the failed New York City Mayoral candidate and now Senatorial candidate, has not actually read the bill he is railing against. In attacking US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, he has stated “You need to listen to the military leaders. Give them time. They’ll make the report and then come to judgment. Don’t pander to special interest groups.” Never mind that the bill before Congress calls for the study to be finished before the repeal goes through.

In a recent Republican debate, Blakeman and the other two Republicans all stated that they would defer to the military leaders with regards to repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Never mind that, with the exception of General James T. Conway, the outgoing Commandant of the Marines, the military leaders seem at least resigned to having this repealed, and that Admiral Michael Mullen, General Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are ready to get this law repealed.

Additionally, the vast majority of the American population, some 75% at most, and 59% at least support repeal. Keeping Don’t Ask, Don’t tell is not even a guaranteed winner for the Republican Party this election cycle despite their desire to keep plugging away at the anti-LGBT bigots the same way that they are hoping to capitalize on the racists who support profiling Hispanics as illegal immigrants and Muslims as terrorists.

Kirsten Gillibrand has put out a call for donations, though, in order to counter the attack ads being used against her in Upstate New York.

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