Socarides, re: DOMA: "She could call Chris Geidner at BuzzFeed. I know that's hard." Podesta: "She's down tomorrow & needs [t]o stay down."pic.twitter.com/ZDGaFBEvMu
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In all of these instances, I think being open and having discussions, rather than "stay[ing] down," would've been helpful for all involved.
A distinction would be the response to the Nancy Reagan/AIDS comments. There, they were quick, communication, and had discussions.
As a journalist (& lawyer & person who has worked in gov't), I don't expect leaders to be perfect. I do, however, expect openness & answers.
Given restrictions laid out about Clinton being unwilling to disavow her DOMA comment, her team's draft response comment is ... rough:pic.twitter.com/n5ChnnZVSG
That from today's Wikileaks published Podesta email hack:https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/8366 …
The Clinton camp eventually went w the "whatever the context" language when they did respond to Huff Po: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-doma_us_562e7dcae4b0c66bae58eb2e …pic.twitter.com/4iZgnqlDdo
get it in part from all the attacks/abuse but Clintons a bit too insular, it burns them at times
LGBT rights have evolved from Bill's days. They put up no barriers against people.
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