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Collins Hails Repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (Obama heaps praise on RINO Collins)
Maine Public Broadcasting ^ | 2010-12-23

Posted on 12/26/2010 9:40:22 AM PST by rabscuttle385

The Maine senator collected kudos from President Obama for her role in moving the controversial legislation forward.

Maine Sen. Susan Collins was the only Republican on the stage for yesterday's signing of the bill repealing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays in the military, and one of only two Republicans at the ceremony.

Collins, who played a major role in moving the legislation forward, collected kudos from President Obama. "I want to thank Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins," he said, to cheers from the attendees.

Collins says there was no reason for the U.S. military to continue banning gays. "Great Britain, Australia, the Israelis--some 28 countries allow openly gay and lesbian men and women to serve."

Collins says it will take some time to implement the change, but she says it is needed.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: 111th; dadt; dontaskdonttell; gaystapo; homobama; homosexualagenda; obama; perverts; rino; rinos; rinos4obama; sodomhusseinobama; susancollins
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To: StormEye

Man, not for four (nearly three) more years, huh? Well, it is Maine, so I don’t hold out much hope that a conservative could take her place.


41 posted on 12/26/2010 12:08:01 PM PST by Pinkbell
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To: MinuteGal
Who was the "other Republican" at the ceremony but not on stage?

Illinois' very own Mark Kirk?

42 posted on 12/26/2010 12:11:25 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: rabscuttle385
Never forget these traitors.

Collins must be run out of office on a rail--even if it means replacing her with a Democrat.
43 posted on 12/26/2010 12:12:08 PM PST by Antoninus (Fair warning: If Romney's the GOP nominee in 2012, I'm looking for a new party.)
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To: StormEye
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44 posted on 12/26/2010 12:25:06 PM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: rabscuttle385

Collins talks like she has brain damage, or is that just a “Maine” accent?


45 posted on 12/26/2010 12:47:02 PM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Blado
The gaydar unit indicates she’s a female Lindsay Graham.

I think they have a half a testicle between the two of them.

46 posted on 12/26/2010 12:50:58 PM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Antoninus
Collins must be run out of office on a rail--even if it means replacing her with a Democrat.

If she's replaced by a Democrat, how will you tell the difference?

47 posted on 12/26/2010 12:51:27 PM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
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To: skeeter

Democrats will hardly miss Kennedy with super RINOs like Collins on the scene.


48 posted on 12/26/2010 1:10:50 PM PST by Oldpuppymax
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To: rabscuttle385

Collins is doing what is fine with Maine as she sees it. I think a party switch is not unlikely.


49 posted on 12/26/2010 1:38:09 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: rabscuttle385

In addition to Collins were 7 other empty suit RINOs who aided and abetted the homosexualization of the Armed Forces. None of them has come up with a substantive argument to open the military to sodomy, other than “it’s fair” and “almost every other country does it.”

Last I checked, the idea was to prevail in conflicts, not to emulate the Netherlands.


50 posted on 12/26/2010 1:48:27 PM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: rabscuttle385

I live in Maine and the word on the street here is she is as queer as a three dollar bill. Not married, rumor had her shacking up with some TV personality a few years ago that she made into her spokesperson.


51 posted on 12/26/2010 2:07:24 PM PST by DeusExMachina05 (I will not go into Dhimmitude quietly.)
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To: rabscuttle385
And ignored in the process, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff pres conference just prior to this abomination passing, Sec Def gates speaking, in part says, "The data also shows that within the combat arms specialties and units, there is a higher level of discontent, of discomfort and resistance to changing the current policy. Those findings and the potential implications for America’s fighting forces remain a source of concern to the service chiefs and to me."

"It is the well-being of these brave young Americans, those doing the fighting and the dying since 9/11, that has guided every decision I have made in the Pentagon since taking this post nearly four years ago."

"In my view, the concerns of combat troops as expressed in the survey do not present an insurmountable barrier to successful repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” This can be done and should be done without posing a serious risk to military readiness."

Press Conference on Defense Department Study on the Possible Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Add to that, from the 536 page Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military, page 359 “During FY09, there was a strong education campaign, Navy/Marine Corps-wide, to educate Sailors, Marines and civilians about sexual assault reporting options (Restricted and Unrestricted), services available to victims of sexual assault, and crime prevention. Training focused on defining criminal behavior so that more personnel within the Department better understand and recognize a sexual assault. As Sailors and Marines receive this training ad become better educated about the SAPR (Sexual Assault Prevention and Response) program, they have begun to report their sexual assault victimization in larger numbers. By way of example, male victim reports nearly doubled in FY09 and rose from 9% in FY08 to 17% in FY09.”

The HAIL with Collins, Obama and the rest who ignore our Troops to shove this down their throats.

52 posted on 12/26/2010 2:17:50 PM PST by DakotaRed (What happened to the country I fought for?)
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To: rabscuttle385

“Smell my finger”


53 posted on 12/26/2010 2:21:01 PM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Rome2000

“Great idea letting a state with .003% of the US population basically ursurp the will of the vast majorly.”

What is even worse is this was for what is “at most” 1-2% of the population (homosexuals).


54 posted on 12/26/2010 3:31:58 PM PST by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: ScottinVA

“None of them has come up with a substantive argument to open the military to sodomy, other than “it’s fair” and “almost every other country does it.””

There are not proper words to express my disgust with these fools.


55 posted on 12/26/2010 3:35:39 PM PST by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: rabscuttle385

WHOMever obamanation heaps praise upon, is the ENEMY!


56 posted on 12/26/2010 6:56:49 PM PST by bareford101 (For me, there is no difference in a tolerant, open mind and a cess pool. Both are open to filth.)
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To: MinuteGal
Who was the “other Republican” at the ceremony but not on stage?

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Might have been the illustrious TRAITOR, RINO, SHAMELESS, BACKBITING, Richard Burr that I am ashamed to say is from N.C.! He just got reelected running on a promise of limiting federal government. North Carolina has no Senatorial Representation! Burr also cosponsored the S510 food bill.

57 posted on 12/26/2010 7:01:04 PM PST by parthian shot
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To: ScottinVA; All

“None of them has come up with a substantive argument to open the military to sodomy, other than ‘it’s fair’ and ‘almost every other country does it.’”

Because there aren’t any substantive arguments. It’s impossible to expect reason from, or to reason with, a reprobate mind. Imagine going to an insane asylum and hearing one of the inmates ranting, “The moon is made of green cheese!” Are you going to go round and round with the person, declaring, “No, it’s not! The moon is made of igneous rock!!!” Not if you’re rational. Why not? Because you know the person is just spouting nonsense and cannot reason correctly. (However, at least those people have a legitimate excuse—an illness—and didn’t choose to be that way.) It’s the same way trying to explain issues like gay marriage to liberals. Because their minds have become reprobate, they just spout nonsense and cannot reason correctly. It’s just a waste of time to try to talk sense into them.

Maybe we should print up some T-shirts for the members of Congress et al. that say, “I’ve been given over to a reprobate mind, and I’m lovin’ it!!!” :P


58 posted on 12/26/2010 7:11:14 PM PST by rissole
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To: rissole
Bradley Manning in custody for espionage in the recent Wikileaks scandal, confessed that his motive was retaliation for gay harassment

it stands to reason that the obama administration would press for a repeal of DODT since the obama doctrine is the destruction of the USA

59 posted on 12/26/2010 10:45:05 PM PST by KTM rider ( patriot turned rebel)
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To: KTM rider

“Bradley Manning in custody for espionage in the recent Wikileaks scandal, confessed that his motive was retaliation for gay harassment”

When does Manning get his Presidential Medal of Honor??? :)

All I can say is that President Obama must be a huge fan of Bill Shakespeare, because the whole theme of his administration seems to be:

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” ;)


60 posted on 12/26/2010 11:31:48 PM PST by rissole
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