. . . and don’t expect the Republicans to do anything if they regain control of Congress in the upcoming election. Republicans are upset about the elimination of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy if it will result in the allowing of gays in the military. But when the Republicans controlled the presidency under Bush and held an absolute majority in Congress for over four of the Bush years, why didn’t they get rid of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and go back to an absolute ban on homosexuals in the military as existed up until the Clinton presidency? I am not arguing for or against either position, but am just trying to point out, for the thousandth time, what a joke the Republican Party is. When they were in total control of the government and had a golden opportunity to do something good—anything—they only made things worse. No wonder the late Sam Francis called Republicans the Stupid Party.

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