Comments on: Victory Fund Vows To Support Patricia Todd

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:14:37 +0000

Gary, I hope you’re right. Patricia won the election, and she worked hard for her victory. Surely in 2006 facts will win out over prejudice.

By: Gary Denton

Gary Denton — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:15:59 +0000

The new rules mandate, don’t suggest, state parties adopt and implement inclusion programs for LGBT Americans and also persons with disabilities to achieve the full participation of these groups in the delegate selection process. Such programs, may, as is already the case in a number of states, include setting goals.

“This new rule is really, really good,” said Rick Stafford, chair of the DNC’s 15-member Gay & Lesbian Americans Caucus. “It gets us what we want, and it’s a great opportunity for the LGBT community to work with the state parties in the delegate selection process.”

John Marble, spokesperson for the National Stonewall Democrats, a gay partisan group, and Garry Shay, the gay DNC member from California who introduced the original “gay” affirmative action proposal, said they, too, were pleased with the compromise rule.

Andy Tobias, the gay DNC treasurer and the party’s highest ranking open gay, called the compromise rule one more example of how the Democratic Party has outpaced the Republicans in reaching out to gays.

“Hats off to the DNC and the Democratic Party for being the party of inclusion,” Tobias said.

The other option was to add gays to the affirmative action rules which would have resulted in every group not now included in the affirmative action section to demand to be included.

I believe that Todd will be declared the winner despite dinosaurs still in the party.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:22:41 +0000

No misswildthing, I think you have it figured out pretty well……

By: misswildthing

misswildthing — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 04:08:13 +0000

From my blog..
So let’s see where were we? The DNC has passed new suggestions for how state parties are supposed to include gay and lesbian delegates for the next Presidential convention. So that would be rules without penalties, right? And this is the same DNC that won’t stand up for the lesbian candidate, Patricia Todd, in Alabama who won an election fair and square? And the same DNC who will let a big dog in the Alabama Dem party run roughshod over the election results because he doesn’t like the results?

So how then does this work for the convention? The DNC can’t seem to grasp the basics of an electoral win and support a democratic process do then they will do what for us when the states ignore this suggestion for inclusion? Slap their hands? Give them a good talking to? Oh wait, I know…nothing.

By: Politics In Alabama

Politics In Alabama — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:05:58 +0000

Alabama Bloggers Roundup…

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By: Lisa in Hoover

Lisa in Hoover — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:47:15 +0000

Everyone who voted for Hendricks thinks she deserved the nomination. It was just 59 too few people.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:24:01 +0000

Other than Joe Reed? That’s actually a good question, Dan. I’m clearly making no pretense here of being “fair and balanced”.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:55:34 +0000

It’s good that the heat is being turned up. I am curious, though. For the sake of fairness, is there anyone out there that believes Hendricks deserves this nomination?