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Lady Gaga takes on John McCain over ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
#1  September 18, 2010, 06:54:55 pm
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Can Lady Gaga succeed where gay rights activists in Washington so far have failed?

Everybody's favorite hangar-steak-wearing pop queen is pushing her more than 6.3 million Twitter followers to lobby the Senate ahead of a planned vote this Tuesday on repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy,  which bans gay members of the military from serving openly.

On Tuesday, Gaga, via Twitter, encouraged her "lil monsters" — as she refers to her legion of fans — to call Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to schedule the vote. Reid promptly did and subsequently announced this in a Twitter message to Gaga herself. "Anyone qualified to serve this country should be allowed to do so," Reid wrote.
[Photo flashback: Lady Gaga goes pants-free at a Yankees game]

But Republicans, led by Sen. John McCain, have threatened to filibuster DADT, which is included in a larger Defense Department budget bill. So on Thursday, Gaga, who is the most widely followed person on Twitter, directed her ire at McCain. "SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN is attempting to stop the DON'T ASK DON'T TELL repeal vote this Tuesday, with a filibuster," Gaga tweeted.

After explaining what a filibuster is, the pop star then urged her followers to lobby the Senate in order to keep McCain from blocking the vote. "All hands on deck Lil Monsters," she wrote. "We need 60 senators. Call your senator now."

Early Friday morning, Gaga posted a message on YouTube urging the repeal of DADT. In it, she calls out McCain, as well as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma who opposes the repeal. You can watch her appeal here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG5VK2lquEc

So far, there has been no response from McCain, who has never been shy about exchanging messages with celebrities via Twitter. Earlier this year, McCain exchanged tweets with Snooki from MTV's "Jersey Shore." McCain, a skin-cancer survivor, assured the orange-hued reality-TV star that had he prevailed in the 2008 presidential ballot, he would have never imposed a tax on tanning beds.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100917/pl_yblog_upshot/lady-gaga-takes-on-john-mccain-over-dont-ask-dont-tell

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#2  September 18, 2010, 09:57:20 pm
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This may the be the first good thing to come from any pop star ever.  I am legitimately impressed.

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#3  September 18, 2010, 10:08:47 pm
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Guess she really does have the "balls" to take them on. I hate myself for making that joke.

fucking bad poster asshole that home32 bitch

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#4  September 18, 2010, 10:10:53 pm
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Finally, one of these pop stars tries to do something useful. While she's at it, she can donate her meat dress to the poor.

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#5  September 20, 2010, 08:05:21 am
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As it was made of material rather than meat, not much point to that unless they sell it on.

This is genuinely admirable. Far better than thinking you're great for adopting someone from a third world country.


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Re: Lady Gaga takes on John McCain over ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
#6  September 20, 2010, 08:12:17 am
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While she's at it, she can stop making music.
That would benefit society in ways I can only begin to imagine.
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#7  September 20, 2010, 08:59:42 am
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Titi1n said, September 20, 2010, 08:12:17 am
While she's at it, she can stop making music.
That would benefit society in ways I can only begin to imagine.

this.

while she's at it, why doesn't she become the next president?
oh wait, she's obviously overqualified. nm.

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#8  September 20, 2010, 11:07:42 am
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I'm sad it took a celebrity to do this.

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#9  September 20, 2010, 01:24:17 pm
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You would think that someone who was in the Navy... Like Mccain, would love to come out of the closet.





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#10  September 20, 2010, 05:40:54 pm
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put on spoiler on that last one.

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#11  September 20, 2010, 07:16:33 pm
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Yeah Shamrock, nobody wants to see your personal collection.

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#12  September 20, 2010, 08:39:42 pm
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#13  September 20, 2010, 08:56:18 pm
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to the surprise of nobody its the first result to GIS mccain gay

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#14  September 20, 2010, 10:42:15 pm
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I don't why, but this all feels rather gimmicky coming out of Gaga, of all people. She was just an over marketed attention whore who just happened to have good vocals for a singer. Seeing her the way she is in the video makes this situation feel close to how actors use cheap tricks to fool the "critics"(like doing a biopic, acting the retard, playing a socially-exiled gay person). It feels very wrong.

And I don't mean to offend anyone, as I respect different orientations myself; but if republicans are hateful against homosexuals, wouldn't putting them on the front line be in favor of their preferences rather than denying them the right to sacrifice themselves for the country?

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#15  September 20, 2010, 10:50:59 pm
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#16  September 20, 2010, 11:30:45 pm
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Well, nowadays she is auto-tuned. But looking back at that audition(?) video where she was "pre-Gaga", you could tell she was at the least decent.
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