Comments on: DNC, Hitchcock Lawyers Face-Off After Failed Mediaton http://www.queerty.com/dnc-hitchcock-lawyers-face-off-after-failed-mediaton-20080806/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:56:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rocketboy http://www.queerty.com/dnc-hitchcock-lawyers-face-off-after-failed-mediaton-20080806/#comment-71407 rocketboy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:36:22 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/dnc-hitchcock-lawyers-face-off-after-failed-mediaton-20080806/#comment-71407 This sounds like what Leah Daughtry's Lawyers did to the Washington Blade. Itimidation tactics will always backfire... http://www.queerty.com/leah-daughtrys-lawyers-accused-of-strong-arming-20080313/ Leah Daughtry’s Lawyers Accused Of Strong Arming Some DNC-associated lawyers have been up to no good. Homo-journo Kevin Naff alleges that DNC Chief of Staff Leah Daughtry sent her lawyers to intimidate him. Naff, whose op-ed appears tomorrow’s Washington Blade, the representatives tried to put the squeeze on him and his publisher: Naff writes that he “got a taste of the Democratic wrath last month, after criticizing DNC Chair Howard Dean and his chief of staff, Leah Daughtry, in an editorial.” … According to Naff, Daughtry responded to the editorial by sending two lawyers to confront him and Blade publisher Lynne Brown, lodging what Naff calls “red-faced cursing and threatening of lawsuits.” One of Daughtry’s lawyers, Charlie Kimmet, denies the allegations and described their meeting as “not at all contentious”. We’re really not surprised by Naff’s statements, for we also have received some less than cordial calls from DNC representatives. And when we say “less-than-cordial,” we mean these people were livid and sounded certifiable for all their paranoia. The most unsettling thing about our encounters was the sense of entitlement felt on their part, as if we had to bow down to all their demands. Doesn’t the DNC know that we gays don’t bow down for just anyone? Meanwhile, on a related note, the DNC gay chair Claire Lucas continues to skirt questioning over the DNC’s discrimination discovery. You all recall that former staffer Donald Hitchcock filed a suit after DNC officials fired him soon after Hitchcock’s boyfriend wrote a critical open letter about the organization, which he claims treated him unfairly for being gay. Lucas refused to cooperate with the court and never testified. Hitchcock’s lawyers made one more attempt this week after hearing that Lucas would be in DC for a fund raiser at DNC donator Howard Ockman’s house. In an effort to get Lucas on the stand, Hitchcock’s lawyers sent a letter to Lucas’ team urging her to testify. They have not yet heard back. No wonder this girl has such a bad reputation in DC - and it’s beginning to taint the DNC. This sounds like what Leah Daughtry’s Lawyers did to the Washington Blade. Itimidation tactics will always backfire…

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Leah Daughtry’s Lawyers Accused Of Strong Arming

Some DNC-associated lawyers have been up to no good. Homo-journo Kevin Naff alleges that DNC Chief of Staff Leah Daughtry sent her lawyers to intimidate him.

Naff, whose op-ed appears tomorrow’s Washington Blade, the representatives tried to put the squeeze on him and his publisher:

Naff writes that he “got a taste of the Democratic wrath last month, after criticizing DNC Chair Howard Dean and his chief of staff, Leah Daughtry, in an editorial.”
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According to Naff, Daughtry responded to the editorial by sending two lawyers to confront him and Blade publisher Lynne Brown, lodging what Naff calls “red-faced cursing and threatening of lawsuits.”

One of Daughtry’s lawyers, Charlie Kimmet, denies the allegations and described their meeting as “not at all contentious”.

We’re really not surprised by Naff’s statements, for we also have received some less than cordial calls from DNC representatives. And when we say “less-than-cordial,” we mean these people were livid and sounded certifiable for all their paranoia. The most unsettling thing about our encounters was the sense of entitlement felt on their part, as if we had to bow down to all their demands. Doesn’t the DNC know that we gays don’t bow down for just anyone?

Meanwhile, on a related note, the DNC gay chair Claire Lucas continues to skirt questioning over the DNC’s discrimination discovery. You all recall that former staffer Donald Hitchcock filed a suit after DNC officials fired him soon after Hitchcock’s boyfriend wrote a critical open letter about the organization, which he claims treated him unfairly for being gay.

Lucas refused to cooperate with the court and never testified. Hitchcock’s lawyers made one more attempt this week after hearing that Lucas would be in DC for a fund raiser at DNC donator Howard Ockman’s house. In an effort to get Lucas on the stand, Hitchcock’s lawyers sent a letter to Lucas’ team urging her to testify. They have not yet heard back. No wonder this girl has such a bad reputation in DC – and it’s beginning to taint the DNC.

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