tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3224527196900517299..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: DNC Hit With Discrimination LawsuitGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-21010819110140135172007-06-04T16:50:00.000-05:002007-06-04T16:50:00.000-05:003 out of 4 comments had to be deleted? Thats good!...3 out of 4 comments had to be deleted? Thats good! <BR/><BR/>I agree with the 741, you should have left this one alone!garyjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141621101828080762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19443611874142480272007-06-02T20:56:00.000-05:002007-06-02T20:56:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3774989566636340912007-06-02T19:41:00.000-05:002007-06-02T19:41:00.000-05:00Gary, you'd probably have done well to dodge this...Gary, you'd probably have done well to dodge this post, but I admire the effort. <BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I (nominally) know Hitchcock, and he's not credible on multiple issues. <BR/><BR/>The pissy DC gay political community has been abuzz about this situation for weeks. And the pecking order in that gaggle is frighteningly perverse and illogical. Turf is protected at the cost of consistency and common sense, on a daily basis. It all started when Gov. Dean hired and deployed staff based on political needs, not on gender politics. <BR/><BR/>The plaintiff may have credibility on this lawsuit--I don't know. But for much of his time at DNC, he was an independent contractor, and as such, had more limited standing. There were some former colleagues who severely questioned his appointment in the first place, based on his conduct in prior jobs. <BR/><BR/>The DNC should not engage in the kind of activity alleged. I doubt they'd be stupid enough to do so. Gov. Dean was a governor and a physician who employed people in his medical practice. He has too much to risk, to engage in discrimnatory employment practices. <BR/><BR/>His idea regarding DNC staff, was to deploy field persons based not on gender politics, but on ability to perform. and his desire to build up state party organizations in all 50 states. GLBT folks had previously been granted stgaff space and persons solely based on their GLBT status. I have no opinion on that viability. Multiple gay staff persons were deployed nationwide in 2006, but not because they were gay. <BR/><BR/>Despite efforts to paint him as nutso, Gov. Dean has built a fairly-well-organized field operations staff, sometimes against the traditional Beltway thinking. The Beltway Boys have criticized him for building a field staff in almost every state, instead of hording staff to key areas. <BR/><BR/>Looks to me like it worked in 2006. Ask multiple new members of the House, and they'll tell you, besides Bush's idiotic war stance, DNC field staff were extremely helpful. Three-quarters of that staff would not have been present had it not been for Dean's initiative.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope--for all concerned, not just as a partisan viewpoint--that these charges are not true. If they are, in any manner, someone needs to lose his/her job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-86552312920300430672007-06-02T19:07:00.000-05:002007-06-02T19:07:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-70817969194605527812007-06-02T19:02:00.000-05:002007-06-02T19:02:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.com