Gibbs Pressed Again on DADT

Even Ari Fleischer, who was press secretary for the nearly-mindless George W Bush, handled these sorts of questions better! That Gibbs is reduced to such incoherence really does imply that there's nothing good coming down the pipe from the Administration. That makes it all the more important that we make sure these questions get asked as often as possible. The only way to win progress is to humiliate Obama and deflate his "change" mystique.

Thank you Alex for that comment. I always think about moving to Europe where one is able to live with more equality. This counry is so closed minded. Many of our politicians are living their 1950's upbringing. Obama is just hoping we can work things out without his name being involved.

Matt in San Diego says "Be Patient." I understand that position, but I do not agree. It's time for massive protests, coordinated rallies across the country and civil disobedience with NO property damage. We should settle for nothing less than a Federal GLBT Civil Rights law eliminating all forms of discrimination & providing us with full equality, overtuning DADT & DOMA and granting marriage rights to all of us across the country. A golden opportunity is coming which can get the movement going. If Prop 8 is not overturned, massive demonstrations will occurr in CA almost immediately after the ruling is handed down. I hope this will spark nationwide on-going demonstrations and civil disobedience. This is our moment, we must take action now.

First off i think he is the first President to even recognized our community in his speech. BUT I will say that I am disappointed by the fact we are still being put on the back burner...I think it's great more states are moving towards same sex marriage but think that we as a whole need to start a movement.....like Milk or the Wall....We need to let them know that we are a major force to reckon with...we are a huge populous and hell i say we all move over to Australia or Europe, we are so far behind in times. Well that's my plan get the hell out of this country and go to a place that we are accepted and now pushed aside like we don't exist!!!!!

All of you are idiots if you think that ANY politician won't throw us under the bus when push comes to shove. I'm 55 and have been voting since I was 18 and my experience is that NO president will stand up for us.

This guy is such an idiot. How he made it to the level of White House Press Secretary is beyond me. He repeated the same empty rhetorical phrases over and over just to appease the reporter. I'm sick of the White House's ambivalence with respect to the issue of DADT.

Obama is only going to do what helps his political career. Anyone who thinks Obama actually cares about the gay people and our equality should remember who Obama decided to honor at his innaugeration - an anti-gay bigot by the name of Rick Warren. Obama has betrayed the gay community, just as many said he would. Doesn't anybody remember Donnie McClurkin? Maybe the gay community should pay attention next time. Obama's long history of befriending anti-gay bigots should have told you all you needed to know. You might want to remember this betrayal come election time.

I think President Obama is right to go through the legislative process first, and to stay quiet about the issue. I'm a homosexual. I have friends in the military who are gay and lesbian. All I have to say to gays and lesbians is: Don't get your panties in a bunch! The policy will be changed, but it needs to be changed legislatively for Obama to be respected as a leader. If he signs an executive order, he loses credibility across the board for not taking all opinions into account. Once consensus has been reached in the legislature the policy will be reversed. Come on kids....be patient.

Millions of us live in this country. We are a priority. We deserve equal citizenship status. Obama likes to offer high positions to republicans to garner their support. Maybe we should all become republicans so we can garner his support instead of his silence. He is only trying to win a popularity contest. This is not high school. Become pro-active and boycott businesses. This will effect a change faster than anything else. Trying to convert the religious nuts state by state is not a strategy.

What was the point in voting for him? We just got another Bush.