We'll get back to you on that

Harry Reid, in an baffling display of balls and a peculiar interest in Democratic priorities, took it upon himself to ask the Obama Administration when they'd like to get a start on that whole 'no gays in the military' thing that we like to use to make sure we have no Arabic translators. National Security Adviser Jim Jones (BALLIN'!) decided that hemming and hawing was the best way to answer the question.

JONES: The President has an awful lot on his desk. I know this is an issue that he intends to take on at the appropriate time.
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KING: No idea when the right time is?

JONES: Um, I don’t think it’s going to be — it’s not years, but I think it will be teed up appropriately.

Missing from the transcript is the part where Jim Jones (Na Na NaNa Na Na!) nervously tugs at his collar, then throws a bunch of papers into the air and runs out of the studio yelling about how "something important came up." I forget, is it a positive sign when instead of saying something will happen on gay rights issues, someone starts talking about the "right time"? Especially when everyone knows the "right time" to take on any type of gay rights issue in Washington is never? Very courageous, especially since it came on the heels of a Pentagon report saying that repealing DADA would have no effect on the morale of effectiveness of troops. But how would Jones have known that? I mean it's not like the National Security Adviser deals with the Pentagon or that he ever dealt with the Pentagon in his previous job as a 4 star Marine General.

Still though, getting outflanked by Harry Reid...is there no lower place to sink?