OBAMA BEATS SELF IN "DADT" FIGHT

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Monday December 20, 2010 · 7:30 PM PST

2010/12/20 · 19:30

Good. It’s over and we don’t need to hear any more about it. The repeal of the U.S. military's “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is a great victory for the gay community and for civil rights. And it’s nice to know that human decency prevails. Every American should be happy that a nation recently beset by dementia had a lucid moment.

Done celebrating? Good, because now it’s time to reveal the repeal for what it is: a small political victory packaged as a big progressive win by a president who needs to regain the trust of his liberal base for the 2012 campaign. Let’s analyze.

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