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Related: About this forumJoe Manchin: Vote Against Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Was 'Wrong'
Joe Manchin: Vote Against Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Was 'Wrong'
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) reflected Saturday on his vote on the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, saying he was "wrong" to vote "no."
In December 2010, Manchin broke with Democrats and cast a vote against a procedural motion to advance "don't ask, don't tell" repeal legislation. When the Senate voted to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy later that month, Manchin skipped the vote to attend a "holiday gathering."
"That was the wrong vote," Manchin said at a Saturday breakfast hosted by National Journal and The Atlantic, which also featured MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. "Today I would vote the other way."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/27/joe-manchin-dadt_n_3170733.html
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Joe Manchin: Vote Against Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Was 'Wrong' (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
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treestar
(82,383 posts)1. That's telling
Does he have some poll that WV voters didn't like his vote?
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)2. Article also says that he wasn't against the repeal, only the timinig.
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Explaining his stance in December 2010, Manchin said he voted "no" because of the timing of the repeal.
I do not support its repeal at this time, Manchin said. I would like to make clear that my concern is not with the idea of repealing DADT, but rather an issue of timing.
My concerns, as highlighted in the recent defense survey and through the testimony of the service chiefs, are with the effect implementation of the repeal would have on our front line combat troops at this time, he said.
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Yet he does not say what the timing is so bad at this time.
Progressive dog
(6,899 posts)3. That's my guess, too
CTyankee
(63,893 posts)4. I wonder. If so, that's interesting. WVa voters have evolved...
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)5. all the right wing are now for gay rights
It's rather sickening that Rove has even dems under his thumb.