Comments on: Bill Clinton at Netroots Nation. Watch it. http://lawdork.net/2009/08/14/bill-clinton-at-netroots-nation-watch-it/ Same dork, new year! Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:26:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: kate w. http://lawdork.net/2009/08/14/bill-clinton-at-netroots-nation-watch-it/#comment-1818 kate w. Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:23:26 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3127#comment-1818 Michelle - I would love to see that! Please post it. Michelle – I would love to see that! Please post it.

]]> By: Judy Kay Craft http://lawdork.net/2009/08/14/bill-clinton-at-netroots-nation-watch-it/#comment-1813 Judy Kay Craft Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:34:43 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3127#comment-1813 blockquote cite="People want to go to one extreme or another, but they don’t realize to get anything done we need a LITTLE ACT-UP AND a LITTLE HRC. Neither can do it without the other! We need a little Lane Hudson to get Clinton heated enough to make that statement, a little Chris Geidner to chide him, and we need a little Joe Solmonese to write a sappy letter thanking Clinton for his statements (and encouraging other politicians to come out in favor of overturning the policy as emphatically)."> Bravo, Phil Reese, I don't normally do "me, too!" posts, but this time, but this is a compulsion.... I agree! blockquote cite=”People want to go to one extreme or another, but they don’t realize to get anything done we need a LITTLE ACT-UP AND a LITTLE HRC. Neither can do it without the other! We need a little Lane Hudson to get Clinton heated enough to make that statement, a little Chris Geidner to chide him, and we need a little Joe Solmonese to write a sappy letter thanking Clinton for his statements (and encouraging other politicians to come out in favor of overturning the policy as emphatically).”> Bravo, Phil Reese, I don’t normally do “me, too!” posts, but this time, but this is a compulsion…. I agree!

]]> By: Michelle http://lawdork.net/2009/08/14/bill-clinton-at-netroots-nation-watch-it/#comment-1811 Michelle Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:29:18 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3127#comment-1811 I have a clip of Pres. Clinton talking to my partner on the subject of DADT during Hillary's campaign where he tells it excactly how it was. If you want to see it let me know. I have a clip of Pres. Clinton talking to my partner on the subject of DADT during Hillary’s campaign where he tells it excactly how it was.
If you want to see it let me know.

]]> By: Phil Reese http://lawdork.net/2009/08/14/bill-clinton-at-netroots-nation-watch-it/#comment-1810 Phil Reese Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:36:57 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3127#comment-1810 I love Lane, and he's a good guy and a friend, but I feel he was caught up in this moment and let his anger boil over inapporpriately. THAT SAID, I'm glad he did, because this answer was absolutely PERFECT! Its going to get forwarded around all over the web, and I think make a deep impact. I love his reminder that Presidents aren't dictators. Chris, that's what your blog seems to try to remind people every day. Its good to hear it from a primary source! We've all forgotten at times exactly WHAT system we live in--a Democracy. We put all of this energy and faith behind one person to elect, and then get angry when they don't fix the things we thought they were going to fix. Putting pressure on them is good, but don't forget whose job it is to WRITE the laws they sign--CONGRESS! Many activists want to work against Congress rather than with them. Clinton reminds us that this is a bad idea. Working with Congress is slow and GRUELING, and frustrating, but that's how we will get FEDERAL LAW changed. We also need to be really upfront with our Reps and Senators, though: Public support of LGBT rights is the highest its ever been. Noone is going to be able to make it a re-election issue anytime soon if you're a Democrat. If you're a Moderate Republican, maybe it will be a tiny primary issue, but probably not enough to make waves. It won't be an election issue. We'll work with you, but just know we're expecting you to KEEP your promises THIS term. People want to go to one extreme or another, but they don't realize to get anything done we need a LITTLE ACT-UP AND a LITTLE HRC. Neither can do it without the other! We need a little Lane Hudson to get Clinton heated enough to make that statement, a little Chris Geidner to chide him, and we need a little Joe Solmonese to write a sappy letter thanking Clinton for his statements (and encouraging other politicians to come out in favor of overturning the policy as emphatically). I love Lane, and he’s a good guy and a friend, but I feel he was caught up in this moment and let his anger boil over inapporpriately. THAT SAID, I’m glad he did, because this answer was absolutely PERFECT! Its going to get forwarded around all over the web, and I think make a deep impact.

I love his reminder that Presidents aren’t dictators. Chris, that’s what your blog seems to try to remind people every day. Its good to hear it from a primary source! We’ve all forgotten at times exactly WHAT system we live in–a Democracy. We put all of this energy and faith behind one person to elect, and then get angry when they don’t fix the things we thought they were going to fix.

Putting pressure on them is good, but don’t forget whose job it is to WRITE the laws they sign–CONGRESS!

Many activists want to work against Congress rather than with them. Clinton reminds us that this is a bad idea. Working with Congress is slow and GRUELING, and frustrating, but that’s how we will get FEDERAL LAW changed.

We also need to be really upfront with our Reps and Senators, though: Public support of LGBT rights is the highest its ever been. Noone is going to be able to make it a re-election issue anytime soon if you’re a Democrat. If you’re a Moderate Republican, maybe it will be a tiny primary issue, but probably not enough to make waves. It won’t be an election issue. We’ll work with you, but just know we’re expecting you to KEEP your promises THIS term.

People want to go to one extreme or another, but they don’t realize to get anything done we need a LITTLE ACT-UP AND a LITTLE HRC. Neither can do it without the other! We need a little Lane Hudson to get Clinton heated enough to make that statement, a little Chris Geidner to chide him, and we need a little Joe Solmonese to write a sappy letter thanking Clinton for his statements (and encouraging other politicians to come out in favor of overturning the policy as emphatically).

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