Let me play devil's advocate: He's gay.

I was admittedly less than thrilled at my choice of candidates last November. I ended up going with Bob Barr (and am now disappointed after discovering he introduced the DOMA). But there were some things that Obama was saying that I was excited about. Of course, I naively thought that he might actually follow through on his promises. Oh me of too much faith.

Despite Obama's claim to reverse the ridiculous "don't ask, don't tell" policy instigated by the Clinton administration, he's pushing it off.

From his candidate website:

Barack Obama agrees with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John Shalikashvili and other military experts that we need to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The key test for military service should be patriotism, a sense of duty, and a willingness to serve. Discrimination should be prohibited. The U.S. government has spent millions of dollars replacing troops kicked out of the military because of their sexual orientation. Additionally, more than 300 language experts have been fired under this policy, including more than 50 who are fluent in Arabic. Obama will work with military leaders to repeal the current policy and ensure it helps accomplish our national defense goals.

Add to that "more than 50" Lt. Dan Choi, who has been discharged for being gay. In a time where more and more people are ok with or just don't care that people in the military are gay, even openly gay, why do we still have this policy?

John Oliver has the answer.

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