MORE GOOD THINGS FROM THE GENERAL

Again, my jury is still out (scroll down a bit), but I have to like what Wesley has to say on same-sex marriage and gays in the military in his interview with The Advocate.

The armed forces are the last institution in America that discriminates against people. It ought to be the first that doesn’t. They ought to have the right to be who they are. They shouldn’t have to conceal their identities. You know, there are different models [that allow for gay people to serve openly]—the British have a model—and there is no impact on combat readiness. It’s a bogus issue.

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But whether you call it marriage or not is up to the church or the synagogue or the mosque. And it’s up to the state legislatures. I think marriage is a term of art. It’s a term of usage. But the legal side of it is not: It’s not negotiable.

Good for him.

By the way, regarding comparable media treatment of Clark and Dean: In the interveiw Clark said this:

Q: How do you think Congress would react to that?
Clark: Well, they’ll love it. This is exactly what they’re looking for. Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay and all those guys are looking for a real hand grenade to throw into the Democratic Party. It’s an absurd issue, and it’s one of the reasons I’m running.

Newt Gingrich hasn't been in Congress for over five years now. Howard Dean got a lot of shit from his appearance on Hardball, where he made a couple of present-tense references to "the Soviet Union". Either the media should give them equal shit, or no shit at all. I'll be waiting.

Nevertheless, good job Wesley.