Showing posts with label Richard Socarides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Socarides. Show all posts

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Who is Richard Socarides ?

Neoliberal openly-gay attorney helped to enable "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy under Clinton administration

Richard Socarides is an LGBT political operative, who worked for the Clinton administration, authoring talking points to help defend President Clinton's discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. He is also a trustee of the State University of New York (SUNY), being one of the trustees that have enabled Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Wall Street banker Stephen Berger to close Long Island College Hospital.

Richard Socarides, DADT, SUNY, Trustee Closing LICH, Medicaid Redesign Team, Neoliberalism photo Richard_Socarides_ABC_TOPLINE_ONE_101229_wg_zpsbe36446d.jpg

Socarides Same Sex Marriage Talking Points by Paul Schindler

Friday, January 11, 2013

NYT's Free Pass to Richard Socarides on DOMA and DADT

From Michael Petrelis :

''What we're never going to see from the Times is an in-depth examination of the public and private records of exactly what Richard Socarides did in his duties to Clinton when DOMA, HIV travel and immigration bans, and DADT were enacted and codified into federal law harming thousands of LGBT persons and people with AIDS.''

Read More : http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2013/01/nyts-free-pass-to-socarides-on-doma.html