It’s Stupid Thing of the Week time (Editor's Note: On Monday instead of last Friday). You knew that repealing "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) was going to drive a few people over the edge, and sure enough, it didn't take long for Rep. Duncan Hunter to flip. On Tuesday, Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for the repeal of DADT. Some Republican senators, who usually can be counted on to bow to whatever the Pentagon says, looked as if they’d been pole-axed by their best friend. Two days later, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, an ultra-conservative Republican, was so over the top in his criticism of Mullen, he won our Stupid Thing of the Week award.
Hunter, whose 2008 campaign for President was supported by Ann Coulter and almost no one else, told NPR that the “special bond” among soldiers would be broken “if you open up the military to transgenders, to hermaphrodites, to gays and lesbians.” The host asked Hunter, “Transgenders and hermaphrodites?” to which Hunter answered, “Yea, that's going to be part of this thing. It's not just gays and lesbians, it's this whole thing.”
OK, Dunky, if you say so. Now please remain calm as I back away slowly . . .Seriously, it looks like Michele Bachman, Sue Myrick, Sarah Palin and Virginia Foxx have some new competition for the GOP Tin Foil Crown award.
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