Saturday, December 18, 2010
Today’s historic U.S. senate vote to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” revealed just who is a reliable friend to the gay and lesbian community and, who isn’t.
The Senate good guys and the bad guys. By name and state.
Voting to Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”:
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brown (R-MA), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Yea
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (D-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Voting Against the Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”:
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
LeMieux (R-FL), Nay
Lugar (R-IN), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Not Voting:
Bunning (R-KY), Not Voting
Gregg (R-NH), Not Voting
Hatch (R-UT), Not Voting
Manchin (D-WV), Not Voting
From the Left 
So, all the states in the west and east, voted to repeal DADT.
And, with little surprise, all the white trash states in the south like Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee voted against.
You think we can get the Mason Dixon line back and build a fence to keep those southern yahoos away from us?
It figures Miss Lindsey would vote no. I hate her.
Yes, gay men. & women have the same right to die in. America’s useless wars as anyone else does………………..
Interesting that only one of the three well known closeted gay Republicans in the Senate voted to overturn the ban.
Mitch McConnell voted “No.” Well, isn’t this interesting? Obama allowed him to write the measure extending the Bush era tax cut on millionaires and exempting the first $5 million from estate taxes which benefits only 6,600 Americans and McConnell still couldn’t bring himself to vote to repeal DADT. Obama needs to learn to keep his true friends closer and his frenemies at arms length.
Sen. David “diapers” Vitter voted no? ROFL! What a damned douche.
Look at that roster, and tell me there aren’t two Americas.
I want to give them back Dixie, and force them to move. Let them set up that hellhole of a third-world theocracy they are always trying to put together.
To the senate list who voted to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” may I say thank you and job well done.
To the senate list who voted against repeal, may I say screw you, and now America sees how deep your hatred is for gay people. You are all on the wrong side of history and I predict you will one day very soon regret your stupidity and ignorance.
Miss Lindsey Graham voted “NAY.” Very interesting indeed.
Maybe she thinks her vote will make her a he-man in the eyes of her South Carolina constituents? Seriously girl, the thing that will make you look more butch is to stop wearing floral Muumuus when you host a dinner party.
A heartfelt thanks to the 63 senators who voted to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. You’ve made me proud to be an American and proud of my elected lawmakers.
To the 31 southern, Republican douchebags who voted against the repeal, I can only think of two words: FUCK YOU.
When the history of 2010 America is written, I feel sorry for you because you will be forever be memorialized as being on the wrong side of history and motivated by nothing more than homophobia.
So- the four Republicans who didn’t vote didn’t have an opinion on this issue? What chicken shits.
Both of my senators are on the “Yea” list, I’m happy to see.
It’s been a long, painful 17 years for gay Americans and their families. I never forgave Bill Clinton for DADT. I know his apologists say DADT was a compromise and the best he could do at the time. I don’t buy it and I see Clinton doesn’t buy it either. He’s said DADT is one of his biggest regrets.
Thanks for publishing the list.
No surprises from this list.
All the GOP scum is well represented. Even the closet cases voted against repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and I predict, history will not be kind to these scalawags.
True conservatives — Goldwater conservatives, don’t like the government engaging in discrimination against any group. The new conservatives are just bigots.