Also, fuck Sam Nunn, who was instrumental in cutting Clinton's legs out from under him on this.
How the hell did it take him 15 years to see that his objection to President Clinton's efforts to lift the ban has led to this madness? Well, I guess it's good he's no longer the homophobic jerk he used to be.
Oh yes, and did I already say that I love you? ;-)
I don't like Nunn either.
no, no, no. Nunn got his lumps in this diary as does Colin Powell. Clinton got a lot of pressure. But he caved--and a lot of people thought he didn't have to. He just chose not spend his political capital on this issue :(
The buck stops somewhere... not to mention that Sam Nunn didn't try to win gay support in an election by promising to get rid of the no-gays policy.