Monday, June 29, 2009
TRUST ME
Here, I think, Obama plays straight with "the gays".
All of the issues mentioned require strenuous working of the system.
The canard that Obama can rescind past laws and regulations with a "stroke of the pen" is difficult to drown.
Here, he says, that Don't Ask Don't Tell will be rescinded but it has to be done in a way that will "take". And I agree with him.
A lot of us are very naive about how the system works.
It is a good thing that it is slow and deliberate. It is good that Obama is determined to do it the right way. Once. None of us want to see any of these issues arise again.
I think that is what he is talking about when he says that "years from now we will wonder what this was all about". It will stick if it is done right.
And I plan to stick with him.
Hush up there in the bleachers, you impatient ones!
Labels: Administration Obama, gay politics, gay rights