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Re: ***Official*** CNN/YouTube GOP debate
I always liked this scene from season 1 of 'The West Wing'.
(If you don't know, Fitzwallace was a black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the first 4 seasons of the show. Majors Tate and Thompson were only in this one episode, they were debating the military policy on homosexuals with the white communications office (Sam) and Fitzwallace walks in unexpected). [ QUOTE ] Admiral Fitzwallace enters. MAJOR TATE Oh my God. MAJOR THOMPSON Attention! The officers in the room swiftly stand straight. FITZWALLACE Good afternoon, Sam. SAM Mr. Chairman. FITZWALLACE Congressman. KEN How do you do admiral? FITZWALLACE Good to meet you again, Ken. [to Mike] We haven’t met. MIKE Mike Satchel. FITZWALLACE From Oregon? MIKE Yes, sir. FITZWALLACE Percy Fitzwallace. MIKE It’s an honor to meet you, admiral. FITZWALLACE I imagine it would be. Yes. SAM Uh, Major Tate, Major Thompson, this is Chairman Fitzwallace. FITZWALLACE They’re not gonna speak to me until I speak to them, Sam. They’re pretty well-trained. [to Tate and Thompson] Stand easy, fellas. [sees the snack on the table] Is this Danish for everybody? SAM Oh. Yes sir. FITZWALLACE [to Tate and Thompson] We’re discussing gays in the military, huh? MAJOR THOMPSON Yes sir. FITZWALLACE What do you think? No response. FITZWALLACE I said what do you think? MAJOR THOMPSON Sir, we’re here to help the White House form a possible- FITZWALLACE I know. I’m asking you what you think. MAJOR TATE Sir, we’re not prejudiced toward homosexuals. FITZWALLACE You just don’t want to see them serving in the Armed Forces? MAJOR TATE No sir, I don’t. FITZWALLACE ‘Cause they oppose a threat to unit discipline and cohesion. MAJOR TATE Yes sir. FITZWALLACE That’s what I think too. I also think the military wasn’t designed to be an instrument of social change. MAJOR TATE Yes sir. FITZWALLACE The problem with that is that what they were saying to me 50 years ago. Blacks shouldn’t serve with Whites. It would disrupt the unit. You know what? It did disrupt the unit. The unit got over it. The unit changed. I’m an admiral in the U.S. Navy and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...Beat that with a stick. [to Ken] We’ll see you, Ken. [leaves] [/ QUOTE ] BTW, African-Americans represent b/w 15-20% currently fighting and dying in US unifrom in Iraq, but you know there are racists in the military so I think they shouldn't be there at all. |
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