Catchy Titles

I love writing catchy titles, which for me entails an enticing statement that is bold in its sentiment and unwavering in its intent. Unfortunately, my academia training is ruining the fun, in that I feel this constant overwhelming need to cushion my statements with caveats saying basically there is no way to prove 100% that what I say is true. And so it goes.

It is this same line of thinking that - naggingly - forces me to appease any sort of controversy my writing may create: if there is controversy, it’s only because I didn’t express myself clearly enough, and/or didn’t provide enough caveats or statements of uncertainty.

So I removed my last post that was basically a call for a more honest campaign, admittedly biased towards Obama.

For the record I was (and am) pro-Obama not for his political leanings, but because he seems to be making the precise statements and setting up the exact administration that seems to reflect the consensus of academics discussing what the U.S. should do to accommodate its necessary transition to a much more global mindset. Don’t believe me? Read pretty much any book describing future global trends – I highly recommend Zakaria’s Future of Freedom – and get back to me.

Why does this matter, now that the campaign is over? Two reasons:

a). These ideas for the most part do not conflict with the core of true, Jeffersonian Republican beliefs, and Obama’s victory may indicate a more pragmatic and less cynical future for the Republican party;

b). There are a number of you who got pissed at my anti-McCain rant about a month ago, which may have given the impression that I’ve abandoned the idea that both sides of the aisle are needed for repeal. I haven’t. Though I still maintain McCain’s campaign was run incredibly poorly, I do not believe any Republican running would have made the same mistakes, and there are a number of Republicans I would have found quite electable.

Relevant to DADT repeal, a Democratic majority in both Houses combined with an admittedly pro-repeal President work very well in the movement’s favor, much more than a McCain administration would have – no caveats necessary here. I’ll actually be bold and say that we may very well see repeal of DADT within the next four years, barring any obstacles.

That said, there are things a-brewin’ that may ruin our chances of repeal for quite awhile, which is the topic of my next post. Stay tuned.