by Zoe Pollock
Adam Serwer pulverizes Pawlenty's arguments on DADT, voiced at the Family Leader’s Presidential Lecture Series in Iowa:
Pawlenty seems to have mistaken DADT for the Affordable Care Act. Unfortunately for Pawlenty, most Republicans actually supported repeal, so unlike the ACA, DADT isn't a gaping emotional wound that needs to be treated. ...
More disturbing than Pawlenty's unworkable proposal for reinstating DADT or defunding repeal is that even in 2012, a Republican primary candidate might feel it necessary offer disdain for gays and lesbians as a selling point. Ultimately, though, it feels a little desperate, a way for a relatively bland candidate to distinguish himself from his more colorful rivals.
2006-2011 archives for The Daily Dish, featuring Andrew Sullivan