Mc Cain puts head in sand over DADT

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McCain gets testy with reporters after ‘don’t ask’ vote
By Liz Goodwin
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After leading Republicans in blocking the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" Tuesday, Sen. John McCain became testy with two reporters who pushed him on some of the more controversial features of the military's ban on openly gay service.
Reporter Kerry Eleveld of the Advocate, a gay magazine, asked McCain about troops' private emails being searched by the military to prove they were gay. "We do not go out and seek. Regulations are, we do not go out and seek to find out if someone's sexual orientation. We do not," McCain shot back. When she began to press him further on the issue, McCain raised his voice.

MCCAIN: That is the fact. That is the fact. Now, ma'am, I know the military very well, and I know what's being done. And what is being done is that they are not seeking out people who are gay. And I don't care what you say, I know it's a fact.

ELEVELD: It's not what I say.

MCCAIN: I don't care what you say. And I don't care what others say. I've seen it in action. I've seen it in action. I have sons in the military, I know the military very well. So they're not telling you the truth.

He then began repeating "It's not the policy," again and again, as the reporters brought up the case of Air Force Maj. Mike Almy, who was discharged after his emails were searched. Here's the video of the exchange:

Almy said Tuesday night that he was "stunned" and "shocked" at McCain's claims because he testified in front of McCain and the rest of the Senate Armed Services Committee about his dismissal from the Air Force after investigators searched his emails. (Read his testimony here.)

"The simple truth is the Air Force searched my emails in 2005 ... in Iraq ... solely to determine whether I violated 'don't ask, don't tell,' " Almy told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. "I would love him to look me directly in the eye and tell me that the military does not search private emails, because I know for a fact that's not true."

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McCain has been at the center of the debate over the "don't ask" repeal, soliciting letters from the chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to declare they were not ready to repeal the policy. He chided Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Adm. Mike Mullen for telling Congress in February that they agreed with the repeal. On the floor Tuesday, he said he has no position on the policy, but urged that Congress take no action until the military's review of the policy is finished Dec. 1. He accused Democrats of using the "don't ask" repeal as a "political ploy" to gain votes.

On the one hand, I know why Mc Cain is going apeshit. It ISN'T policy for DADT to spy on E-mails and directly out members, it shouldn't happen but it does. A great deal. In a way it shows McCain KNOWS DADT is bullshit and doesn't work. He sits back and says "this isn't policy" over and over, because he deep down knows it happens regardless of policy. The fact that he has to go on like this simply drives home that this once great man has been reduced to supporting things he knows is wrong, knows is bad for America, for the Military, yet continues to do so just to stay in office.

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Also, as always comments are most amusing.

This is what the filthy liberals get when they attach a contoversial bill to the Military appropriations bill for none other than political purposes. The liberals keep jamming bills down our throats without adequate debate and finally the Senate said "NO", with the help of 10 or so liberals desperate to keep their seat in November

people people. the military checks mail going out, they have always checked it during war time anyway. WE ARE AT WAR. They check it to stop security leeks, not to search for gays. When I served I would not have wanted gays in with me. In that instance you want to be able to trust your life with the guy next to you,not be wondering if he is protecting your back or inspecting your back side. gays can't even understand the human nature let alone anything else.

Hoemoes are sexual deviants.

End of story.
End of story PERIOD!
Not a family.
Not a legitimate class of person.

If they would have just kept what they do in the privacy of their own home no one would care.

They just keep trying tp legitimize their sexual deviation.

I want my right respected to find their activity unacceptable.