he s already on his way back to kabul. now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. a new era in the american military began at 12:01 this morning when the pentagon stopped enforcing the don t ask, don t tell law, which said gays and lesbians could serve only if they did not reveal their sexual orientation. well, president obama issued a statement this morning that read in part, quote, as of today, patriotic americans in uniform will no longer have to lie about who they are in order to serve the country they love. as of today, our armed forces will no longer lose the extraordinary skills and combat experience of so many gay and lesbian service members. and today, as commander in chief, i want those who were discharged under this law to know that your country deeply values your service. stacy vasquez was an army
wondering in recent days is how repeal day will be noted by people who fought to keep don t ask, don t tell in place. by the people who said we need to keep kicking gay people out of the military, 14,000 is not enough. how, for example, will john mccain spend repeal day? how will lindsey graham spend repeal day? how, for example, will the lady who said that don t ask, don t tell was responsible for the mass deaths of birds in arkansas? how will she spend repeal day? remember her? the blackbirds fell to the ground in beebe, arkansas. the governor of arkansas s name is beebe. and also there was something put out of arkansas called don t ask, don t tell by a former governor. this was proposed, bill clinton. and so could there be a connection between this passage and now that we had the repeal of the don t ask, don t tell, it
of the don t ask, don t tell, it could be because we have said it s okay for people who commit these kinds of acts to be recognized, you know, in our military for the first time in our history. there is a potential that there is something that actually happened in the land where 100,000 drum fish died and also where these birds just fell out of the air. she was one of the endorsers of republican presidential front-runner rick perry s stadium prayer event a few weeks back. cindy jacobs. i ve been thinking about folks like cindy jacobs as repeal day approaches for don t ask, don t tell. i mean, if the rick perry stadium prayer event people think that just signing the repeal of don t ask, don t tell killed thousands of birds in arkansas, what do these folks think is going to happen when full repeal happens tonight at a minute past midnight? if you know any of these folks
sounds like we can work together. that s true. well, thank you, congressman. congratulations again and i will see you at the dinner saturday, but i don t wear cowboy boots. i hope you don t mind. thanks for coming on the show tonight. you ve got a great show. thank you. thank you. ahead, willard mitt romney hates fannie mae and f-mark so much that he decided to make money off of them. unbelievable hypocrisy. and a historic day for justice in this country. the don t ask, don t tell policy is officially dead. i m 31 years old, i m a woman, i m a united states marine and i m a lesbian. this emotional marine corps captain joins us live. [ venus ] what are they doing to stufy?
connection between this passage and now that we had the repeal of the don t ask, don t tell, it could be because we have said it s okay for people who commit these kinds of acts to be recognized, you know, in our military for the first time in our history. there is a potential that there is something that actually happened in the land where 100,000 drum fish died and also where these birds just fell out of the air. she was one of the endorsers of republican presidential front-runner rick perry s stadium prayer event a few weeks back. cindy jacobs. i ve been thinking about folks like cindy jacobs as repeal day approaches for don t ask, don t tell. i mean, if the rick perry stadium prayer event people think that just signing the repeal of don t ask, don t tell killed thousands of birds in arkansas, what do these folks think is going to happen when full repeal happens tonight at a