the fundamental problems surrounding the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Vote
Ok so wether you agree or disagree with the issue of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” you cannot deny that the topic is divisive. I’m not gonna take a side as there are people way more qualified than me that actually know what they’re talking about, and the purpose of this post is not the intellectual argument of the vote. In my opinion there is a fundamental problem with the way “Washington” approached this vote. The party in power decided that instead of simply voting on this singular issue that they would try to cram in literally dozens of other issues in, in an attempt to have a “blanket” vote.
What the Democrats who pushed this bill forward fail to understand is that if they had simply stuck with this issue as a singular vote, they could have passed it. Instead they decided in their infinite wisdom that they had enough political savvy to sneak in something like amnesty for illegal immigration into the vote. The one Republican that tipped the balance is actually in favor of passing the bill, it was the democrats vote to lose. They had in the bag. Now again let me reiterate I’m not pointing this out because I prefer one side or the other (at least not for this post) I’m simply trying to point to one of the core reasons why Democrats have failed (and believe me they have failed). They fail to see that the American voter hates B.S. and they hate feeling like their being swindled. And not to say that Republicans haven’t been guilty of similar mistakes but right now the Democrats in power have presented a massive failure to understand the average American and his/her concerns.
Whether it be Obamacare, the trillion $ “stimulus”, cap and trade, illegal immigration or even the ground zero mosque, they fail to see what voters want. I actually believe that the people we have elected into office are so blind to what the people want that they genuinely think that they are right no matter what we say and that eventually everyones gonna come around and kneel down before them and beg for forgiveness. Again, you can debate the intellectual merits of all these issues (and I often do) what I’m trying to point out is that politically they have done some very odd things. And come November they will know what the American people have to say about it.
