Memo to President Obama: Help the Arc of History Bend Toward Justice

By Zamboni

We hate to break it to the right wing, but as far as gay rights are concerned, the train has left the station.

The wingnuts may have been able to stop the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" today. But it's only temporary. Because that's what happens when you base an argument on a tissue of lies.

The bill that was blocked this afternoon will eventually have to pass somehow. It funds the Defense Department. And even if DADT is stripped from it, you right wingers have not buried the issue. It will come back to haunt you, again and again and again. Because progress cannot be stopped.

In the meantime, we cats formally join our friends on the left and ask President Obama to suspend, with an Executive Order, the discharge of gay members of the U.S. military.

The time has come, Mr. President. After GOP Senators — with the help of Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln — block something that 80 percent of Americans support, the time has come.

(And oh, by the way, can we strip John McCain of his military benefits?)

UPDATE: We know we've asked this question before, but now that DADT has crashed and burned until after the midterms, where is Kenny Boy Mehlman?