White House closes Lafayete Park due to DADT protesters, kicks out media

[Eric15210]

Hope and change we can believe in  Obama's police state

[Skeeter]

I was just reading about this on info wars. I've never been to the white house but I thought that it had a fence around it. It is hard to tell from the video.

[Soul Crusher]

I was just reading about this on info wars. I've never been to the white house but I thought that it had a fence around it. It is hard to tell from the video.

ZERO hates the fact that people are protesting. 

[MCWAY]

ZERO hates the fact that people are protesting. 

The silliest thing is that Obama can't do a darn thing about "Don't Ask; Don't Tell". Congress has to vote to repeal it. And, by the time this year-long "study" concludes, the Dems may no longer be the majority (that's assuming they'd even vote to overturn it; you will recall DADT passed under the same circumstances: Dem President, Dem-controlled Senate, Dem-controlled House).

[Hugo Chavez]

more info:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/white-house-press-corps-shut-out-by-dadt-protest-until-mark-knoller-intercedes/

It should be noted that I called the Secret Service Uniformed Division, and they confirmed that they had nothing to do with this action, that Park Police are responsible for the area in question. This was a transparency issue, to be sure, but not with the White House.

[Soul Crusher]

The LGBT'ers got played for fools big time.
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WH Deputy Chief of Staff Messina shut down DADT repeal in February at secret mtg, days after President promised repeal this year in SOTU
by John Aravosis (DC) on 4/22/2010 10:12:00 AM

Back in February, five days after the President promised in his State of the Union that 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' would be repealed this year, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Jim Messina had a meeting with most, but not all, of the gay groups and told them that DADT was not going to be repealed this year.

I believe this may have been the same meeting that Messina lectured the gay groups on the fact that we were a nation involved in two wars, so they shouldn't expect DADT to be repealed - which was unfortunately a GOP talking point.

What did those in attendance do? It's not clear they did much of anything. After that meeting, the Human Rights Campaign continued to defend the President, claiming that he had a plan to repeal DADT this year, and that the plan was on track - even after the number two man in the White House told them "no."

Kerry Eleveld of the Advocate has the story.
http://www.americablog.com/2010/04/wh-deputy-chief-of-s...
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/04/21/Whit...