Bloodless Coup

How about that photo-op of the wounded gay Marine with George Bush?

The first wounded soldier of the Iraq war too. Marine comes out against 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell':

And I can almost hear it now -- "Oh, yeah, he's that gay Marine." I'm okay with that. The truth is, something's wrong with this ban. I have to say something. I mean, you're asking men and women to lie about their orientation, to keep their personal lives private, so they can defend the rights and freedoms of others in this country, and be told, "Well, oh, yeah, if you ever decide to really meet someone of the same sex and you want the same rights, sorry, buddy, you don't have the right." That's one factor. The other factor is, we're losing probably thousands of men and women that are skilled at certain types of jobs, from air traffic controllers to linguists, because of this broken policy.

Now, watch the wingnuts start mouthing off about how a real - i.e. not gay - soldier wouldn't have stepped on a land mine.

Also on CNN, where there is the video featuring the photo with Bush.