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Gates: Veto possible of military gay ban bill

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by Dan82, Jun 20, 2010.

  1. Dan82

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    http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hLqnpRlOC6GXrc4Ff7_6fVDn05NQD9GF37NG1

     
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    This is one of the reasons why I hate legislative piggy-backing.
     
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    A Republican (or rogue Democrat) probably placed some of those purportedly wasteful military projects in the bill either in hoping that Obama would veto the DADT portion of the bill or that he would sign the military spending portion just to pass the DADT repeal. It's an ingenious move if that's the case ... annoyingly so.
     
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    now, he needs to put pressure on the democrats to get the wasteful spending cut from the final bill.

    Republicans are all for cutting up goverment spending... except when they can use it to try to sabatoge everyone else.
     
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    The only spending they aren't in favor of cutting is MILITARY!
     
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    THIS IS WHY BILLS SHOULDN'T BE ATTACHED TO OTHER BILLS I FRICKEN HATE OUR GOVERNMENT bfaeinblrqwnKJBHFVKDABNIYkrg

    yeah but seriously i don't think people know government does this all the time it should be fucking illegal.....
     
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    Yeah this is why I gave up on the US government about fifty years ago -_-
     
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    I love how politics nowadays always has to be warfare between parties. and the interest of the people always get ignored
     
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    I don't know, Obama's poll numbers are tanking and I think that though he says he wants DADT to be lifted, this veto of "wasteful spending" gives him an excuse not to further screw himself over with conservatives while still saving face with liberals. If he vetoes, conservatives won't be able to attack him for repealing DADT and he'll still be able to tell liberals that he supports gays in the military but they were screwed over by Repulicans and their military spending.
     
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    Really? Because to me it seems a lot more like he doesn't want wasteful spending. Let's not conspiracy theory here.
     
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    :bang::bang::bang:

    That is all.
     
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    If he vetoes it I swear to god.