Thursday, November 11, 2010

Obama DOJ Continues Offesive Against Gay Servicemembers

Once again proving that with a "fierce advocate" like Barack Obama, now known as the Liar-in-Chief on this blog, one truly needs no other enemies, the Obama DOJ has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the Log Cabin Republican's ("LCR") appeal asking that the Supreme Court over turn the stay of Judge Phillips' injunction against enforcement of DADT. Time and time again, the Liar-in-Chief has been given the opportunity to demonstrate that he's not a total liar in the context of DADT repeal and each time he proves that he hasn't meant a single word of his blather to the LGBT community. I have less than zero respect for the man who I increasingly see as a pathological liar and, frankly, no longer believe anything the man says. It's all spin and bullshit. It's too bad I and many others did not recognize this reality about Obama back in 2008. First some highlights from Metro Weekly on this latest betrayal:
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In a filing at the U.S. Supreme Court this afternoon, the U.S. government, represented by acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, asked the court to leave in place the stay of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips's injunction of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The government's argument would keep DADT in effect while the Log Cabin Republicans v. United States case is on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Via Toweleroad, the LCR's lead attorney, Dan Wood of the mega law firm White & Case, had the following to say about the DOJ filing which merely regurgitates the same old tired excuses for maintaining DADT:
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"We have reviewed the government's opposition to Log Cabin's application to vacate the stay of Judge Phillips's injunction by the Ninth Circuit. In our view, the government's lengthy, detailed, 29-page brief does not address the two key arguments we presented to the Supreme Court. First, we argued that the premise of the government's position--that it needs time to conduct an orderly process of repealing DADT--is entirely speculative because Congress has not and very well may never repeal DADT; the government's filing today does not address that issue. Second, we argued that the Ninth Circuit order did not take into account the harm to servicemembers and potential enlistees resulting from the stay; the government's filing today does not respond to that point either. At this point, all we can do is to look forward to a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court."
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A*dded R. Clarke Cooper, Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans:

"It is unfortunate the Obama Justice Department has forced the Log Cabin Republicans to go to the Supreme Court to halt this failed policy. At the same time, President Obama remains far from the front lines of the fight for legislative repeal while commanding his lawyers to zealously defend 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in court. This week Log Cabin Republicans have conducted meetings with numerous Republican senators potentially in favor of repeal, all of whom are waiting for the President's call. The White House has been missing in action on Capitol Hill, undermining efforts to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in the final session of this Congress, potentially leaving the judiciary as the only solution for our brave men and women in uniform."
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One can only conclude that Obama in truth supports DADT and has done a masterful job of playing the LGBT community for complete suckers. When are we going to wake up to this reality and utterly abandon this president?

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