Is Elaine Donnelly for real?

She's the president of a group that opposes gays in the military, and blessed us all with her own bizarre fantasies at a recent House Armed Services Committee hearing about Don't Ask Don't Tell. As Steve Benen at The Carpetbagger Report put it: "The way to win the DADT debate --hand the other side a microphone."

Highlights, as reported by Dana Milbank:

She warned of "transgenders in the military." She warned that lesbians would take pictures of people in the shower. She spoke ominously of gays spreading "HIV positivity" through the ranks.

"We're talking about real consequences for real people," Donnelly proclaimed. Her written statement added warnings about "inappropriate passive/aggressive actions common in the homosexual community," the prospects of "forcible sodomy" and "exotic forms of sexual expression," and the case of "a group of black lesbians who decided to gang-assault" a fellow soldier.

There's a screenplay in here somewhere. But don't worry, Elaine--there's still plenty of old-fashioned, red-blooded heterosexual harassment and assault going on in the military!