Lessons on the Unimpressive

There she goes again.

Always ready to wage a battle against common sense and practicality, Elaine Donnelly is in a tizzy again. As our friends over at Good As You point out, Ms. Donnelly is upset about recent comments from Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY) about the Pentagon's ludicrous dismissal of gay linguists.

"I don't think anybody should look on this as an incident that is impressive -- it's just the opposite," Donnelly told OneNewsNow.

I have no doubt that Ms. Donnelly knows a thing or two about unimpressive things, but she's just plain wrong on this one. What is unimpressive is Ms. Donnelly's disregard for the service of lesbian and gay Americans; her tasteless attacks on military leaders; her flippant attitude towards the sacrifice of gay men and women in uniform; and her repetitive, if subtle, suggestion that she is safer with America's gay linguists not reporting for duty.

Here's a question for Ms. Donnelly, which she'll likely never answer: Is it better to be protected by the talents of an openly gay American than not to be protected at all?

I know it gets chilly up in her home state of Michigan, but now Elaine Donnelly has become down-right icy. Her empty rhetoric serves no purpose except to put her own homophobia on public display. And, to sum it all up, that may be the most unimpressive thing of all.

- Steve Ralls