Former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn's name has been bandied about as a possible running mate for Democratic nominee Barack Obama. But, as Jonathan Capeheart writes in The Washington Post, Nunn was a driving force 15 years ago behind the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy with regard to gays in the armed forces.
The Nunn-as-VP idea has gained traction with many Democrats because the former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee would balance Obama's thin foreign policy experience.
But Capeheart argues Nunn's inclusion on the ticket would dampen the enthusiasm of gay and lesbian supporters: "Already, the prospect of an Obama-Nunn ticket does not sit well with some prominent gay Democratic fundraisers. 'It would without question irrevocably diminish my enthusiasm for the democratic ticket,' a longtime Clinton supporter told me in an e-mail. 'Sam Nunn not only opposed [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people's] rights to serve in the military, he viciously campaigned against it.' "
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