the sun has officially set on the American Empire...
...but not for the reason the Republicans would have you think. They showed their true colors last night: rather than fawning all over a "hero" and thanking him for his service, as they usually do when in the spotlight, since DADT fell, the soldier asking the question can be openly gay -- and no one thanked that man for SHIT, they BOOED him. The would-be candidates were SILENT.