Since his days on Crossfire, aside from his bowties, I have loathed Tucker Carlson. His “positions” on just about everything reek of his rich-boy, Newport, Rhode Island prep school upbringings and “Little Ivy” education at Trinity College in Connecticut. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
But this morning’s appearance on (of course!) Fox And Friends might very well be his undoing.
Carlson is a journalist. The kind that gives journalism a bad name, but a journalist nonetheless.
And for him to not understand the national security implications “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” poses, for him to not know that a lack of Arabic translators has caused major disruptions in our defense and national security, not to mention the security of our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, hell, the entire Middle East, is unconscionable.
Then there’s the blatant hate against gays he proudly displays in this clip.
Watch.
Then tell FOX that Carlson has no business discussing issues of national security.
Or, really, anything else.
http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/player.swf
MediaMatters, who brings us this clip, writes,
“This morning on Fox & Friends, The Daily Caller’s Tucker Carlson discussed the potential repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell with host Brian Kilmeade and former DNC finance chair Robert Zimmerman. When Zimmerman asked Carlson what his excuse was for “not moving” on a repeal of DADT, Carlson explained that he is not opposed to repeal, but views it as “totally a sideshow issue” and a “stupid issue.” Carlson also mocked the idea that it was “central to American national security.”
“Zimmerman explained that the US has a “shortage of Arabic translators,” and that many have been dismissed under DADT, prompting Carlson to say “spare me.”
“Kilmeade, confused as always, chimed in with the question “if we repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, we’ll have more Arabic translators? Most of them are gay?”
“Most translators are gay,” Carlson joked, “and flamboyantly so.”
“Contrary to the smug dismissiveness of Carlson and Kilmeade, dozens of Arabic linguists have reportedly been dismissed from the military under DADT, in addition to more than 13,500 other service members. So, to answer Kilmeade’s question: Yes, if we repeal DADT, we will have more Arabic translators.”
(H/T to Towleroad.)
The New Civil Rights Movement
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