I look to the monuments as a representation of it. Least liked thing about it is, not the natives, but the people that come there and are too timid to contribute to making D. Although I feel like we have a second chance at democracy, and democracy was pretty well tested November through January. I feel like the written word is permanent and when you have to put thoughts on paper, it makes you think more deeply than you do in real life. And to have somebody read the book and say it helped them to see things in a new way or that people can relate to it is a very rewarding thing.
A recent mortification was taking up about two and a half hours of [Sen. Most surprising thing learned from living in a pandemic: How vulnerable we all are, how ridiculous it is for us to think that we have any control over our lives. Our American way of life is much more tenuous than we think. Something that few know about you: I live in Edgewater, Md.
I have often worked harder than my male colleagues and adapted my own behavior to try and fit into their world. As a result, I have become very astute and resourceful. I have developed high standards for myself and I am not going to lower them now.
Men are just going to have to try and keep up. What I have learned to let go of is the doubt I used to hold in my head that made me question my worth and told me that no matter how hard I worked it was never enough. If I am now so free of these qualms, why did I still fall prey to the compulsion to answer that last email and take that phone call this morning? It was work I wanted to do. I wanted to help her.
These are my choices that I am making about what I put my effort into, and they reflect the simple belief I hold at my core that women — in all we do and say — are as valuable as men.
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. In , Palmieri described Panetta to CNN , saying, "I think he would always say you can't slam dunk anyone in the town.
There's really not a very big ego there. He can have his moments, but it's more that he is so warm and engaging. Palmieri spent five years in the White House. After serving as Panetta's special assistant, Palmieri became Clinton's deputy director of scheduling and advance. In late —after a brief time at the advocacy group Americans for Gun Safety—Palmieri moved over to the Democratic National Committee as national press secretary and spokesperson. Palmieri told The New York Times that the DNC became involved earlier than Republicans: "We think eight weeks out is the right time to put out an ad that helps candidates up and down the ballot.
She told the Los Angeles Times that the DNC strategy differed from the Republican focus on defense, saying, "You have two completely different strategies. Bush R administration's approach to North Korea and Iraq: "I mean, it's clear that North Korea poses as big of a threat and as dangerous, as immediate, as Iraq does, if not more so.
But I think that the administration is right to not employ the type of unilateralist and moral absolutist rhetoric with regard to North Korea, as they did with Iraq. I think they've realized that type of rhetoric ultimately is reckless and short-sighted. In , she joined John Edwards' presidential campaign, serving as Edwards' spokesperson. In February , when Edwards was challenging frontrunner John Kerry for the Democratic nomination, Palmieri told CNN , "John Edwards thinks you win races by talking to voters about them and how you understand their lives and what you want to do for them.
And it's somewhat unorthodox in politics. I don't know, you know, it shouldn't be, but he thinks that voters don't want to hear about -- voters don't want to hear candidates talk about each other. They want to hear what you're going to do for them.
And I don't expect to ever hear that kind of talk coming from Senator Edwards. In , Palmieri again worked on Edwards' campaign as a part-time advisor.
Throughout her work with Edwards, Palmieri became close with the candidate's wife, Elizabeth. In January , just before Elizabeth's death, Palmieri wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post on her relationship with the Edwards family, detailing when she first chose to work with them: "I decided that if Elizabeth Edwards had chosen to be married to this guy for 26 years, he must be okay.
Turns out, she and I were both wrong on that one, as his late admission of paternity of a daughter with a former mistress confirms. But I don't regret joining the campaign. My life will always be richer for becoming friends with Elizabeth. In a Time magazine piece, Palmieri explained that the CAP performed research that Obama could use during the general election, saying, "There was not a policy ad that Obama did that did not quote us.
According to Politico , Palmieri was hired to help communications strategy ahead of the elections. At the time of her hiring the site called her "a true Obama outsider with a reputation as a canny political strategist.
In February , Palmieri announced that she would leave the White House and the Obama administration. This came at a time when other Obama senior staffers were announcing their departure, including Dan Pfeiffer and John Podesta.
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