Georgia’s own special senator

blog_icon_saxby.jpgGeorgia’s senior senator Saxby Chambliss has always been a special member of the U.S. Senate — special in the sense of those special education classes offered at most public schools.


That Chambliss specialness was on display this week at a hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee into the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” rule involving gay personnel who want to serve in the military. Chambliss theorized that repealing DADT would result in “alcohol use, adultery, fraternization, and body art” in the military.

Chambliss added that the military, in his informed opinion:

“must maintain policies that exclude persons whose presence in the armed forces would create unacceptable risk to the armed forces’ high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion.”

“In my opinion,” he said, “the presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would very likely create an unacceptable risk to those high standards.”

Chambliss, of course, avoided military service during the Vietnam era of the 1960s because of what he later described as a “bum knee.” Had he actually served in the military, he might have learned that there are, in fact, quite a few heterosexually oriented soldiers who drink, engage in adulterous sexual acts, and get tattoos.

Our “special” senator really should get in a car and drive around a military base like Fort Benning or Fort Stewart. He would see, if he cared to look, that these bases are surrounded by dozens if not hundreds of bars, beer joints, massage parlors and tattoo parlors.


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4 responses to “Georgia’s own special senator”

  1. Melb Avatar
    Melb

    Jerry T, that is great! LOL!

  2. Juliana Avatar
    Juliana

    I made this comment in a couple other places, but seriously his comments at the hearing about body art were beyond hilarious.. Come on Senator-sailors have been tattooing themselves for as long as well, there have been boats! Didn’t he ever see Popeye?

    Speaking of out of touch- Sen McCain sure has fallen into the rabbit hole on this as well… first he say’s he’s going to “listen” to the Chief’s ( 2006) and now he’s like all whhhoooo no can’t have teh gays serving openly, cough* ah hem, kind of like like your senior staff?

    Ninnies..

  3. Rubyduby Avatar
    Rubyduby

    We “must maintain policies that exclude persons whose presence in the armed forces would create unacceptable risk to the armed forces’ high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion.” ???

    Couldn’t we say the same thing about Saxby serving in the Senate?

  4. JerryT Avatar
    JerryT

    I keep seeing this over and over lately with Republicans: If we just pretend something isn’t there then it really isn’t. Like, ‘let’s pretend the financial crisis isn’t happening so the government doesn’t have to do anything about it”.

    Like, OK, there may be gays in the military, but as long as we don’t have to acknowledge it or recognize it, we can pretend they aren’t really there.

    I have an economic stimulus idea: Let’s hire about 10,000 psychiatrists and put them to work helping Republicans work through their many and varied phobias and fears: gays, immigrants, government, liberals, smart women, France, humor, science, accurate spelling, and democracy, to name a few.

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