This article infuriates me, but not for the reasons you might think. I'm okay with the fact that overturning DADT might take time. Ending the war and fixing the economy have to come first, however it's done.

What I have a serious problem with, are all the inaccuracies in this article. Tip to Roberts and Andrews--news reporting requires basic research.

Not even the most basic assumptions of this article are correct. They say, "Former President Bill Clinton tried to overturn [DADT] when he took office in 1993, but he was strenuously opposed by the military leadership."

However, Clinton didn't try to end DADT, he CREATED it. When he took office, gays were banned from the military entirely, but he ran on a platform arguing for non-discrimination in the military, saying that gay service members should be able to serve openly. Once elected, he began to address the policy, but was faced with fierce opposition from both parties. Rather than encourage the policy along, Clinton publicly backed away from his campaign promise to the gay community. Oddly, the military leadership had little to say about it at the time all the debate occurred, and has remained largely silent on the issue until recently. And recently, many very powerful military personnel have spoken out on the need to repeal it.

Obama is behind this. The military is behind this. 81% of America is behind this. It costs the US government CRAZY amounts of money each year. It will happen, and I am okay with it taking a little while, but please don’t insult us by martyring Clinton for trying to “eliminate it” when he was, in fact, responsible for it to begin with.

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