Let me try to sum up the hypocritical, small-minded Republican debate, hosted by CNN and YouTube tonight, and its assault on American values:
On a woman’s right to choose: Roe v. Wade should be overturned so every state can (and hopefully will) pass draconian laws to outlaw abortion because absolutely every human life is precious, even the itty bitty not-sure-it’s-viable-yet embryo.
On the death penalty: Some people just need to die because they are so absolutely awful under the laws of our land that, well, their life’s not so precious after all.
On gays and lesbians in the military: Thank you Brigadier General Keith Kerr for your 42 years of service and for hiding the fact that you were gay all that time because otherwise we would have had to kick you out of the Army that you served so nobly and well. After all, as Mitt Romney pointed out, we wouldn’t want those poor conservative recruits who make up most of the military to be uncomfortable and compromise unit cohesion. Gays and lesbians should be uncomfortable instead — really uncomfortable. And, as John McCain says, all the military leaders he’s consulted say that “don’t ask, don’t tell” is working fine. Why try a more equitable solution true to our deepest American values, like say Harry Truman did when he racially integrated the military in 1948?
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