"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" takes on a new life

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell," you may remember, was a policy implemented for members of the U.S. military in which the soldier's sexual preference was neither announced nor discussed. The rationale for the policy was that soldiers were being trained to conduct military operations, not conduct sexual escapades. Under the Obama Administration, the policy has been changed to "tell, tell" on the premise that the primary interest of soldiers is in fact sex, and that focusing the military on sex will not detract from military readiness. It remains to be seen whether social engineering on this scale will in fact have no bad consequences.

However, the Obama Administration and the Media have not killed DADT; rather, they have embraced and repurposed it so that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" takes on a new life.

It has beenrumored, and denied, that Obama is seeking to raise at least One Billion Dollars for his re-election campaign. At the same time, Obama is working hard to create a "common man" image, identifying with the OWS crowd.

This is where the new DADT comes into play. As part of Obama's fundraising campaign, Obama has been attending very expensive, and exclusive, fundraising dinners, which are closed to the media. The media seems content for the most part to allow these events to pass largely unreported and unremarked; the media neither asks nor tells, they just look the other way. Conversely, Obama attends widely publicized events, where the media appears with great fanfare and in-depth coverage, with the "commoners" to underscore his connection with them. The Obama Campaign has gone to great lengths to convince the public that their funds are primarily raised from grassroots support.

One example is the $45,000 dollar per ticket Democratic fundraiser recently attended by Obama. Media was reportedly not allowed to attend this event, and apparently they weren't interested, anyway. It appears they did not make any effort to identify or report on the presumably One Percenters who could afford this and did attend. Then there was the $100 per ticket New York fundraiser which did make the news; apparently everybody wanted in.

Another example? Well, there's the $38,500 per ticket California fundraiser , or the $38,500 per ticket fundraiser in Chicago with Warren Buffet, or the $38,500 per ticket Washington fundraiser with Spike Lee.  Perhaps $38,500 is just the going price for dinner with an OWS, 99 Percenter like Obama.  Or perhaps, in reality, Obama is a One Percenter himself.   No matter; in the major media, these little shindigs don't make headlines.  Obviously, it's just not considered news of interest to the average voter (probably because average voters can't get in.)  On the other hand, there's Obama having some chili dogs; that's news, and not just national news, but international news.

The new DADT is the Obama campaign's, and seemingly, the media's, secret weapon in the effort to re-elect Obama.