An email involving passport applications was notable for the raw nerve the issue of gay rights seemed to touch. Clinton expressed anger that the application form had been changed from its reference to traditional parents, and she demanded to know who was behind it.It's hard to get your back when you won't get your own. Crouch position is not a winning position.
"Who made the decision that State will not use the terms 'mother and father' and instead substitute 'parent one and two'?" she wrote.
"I am not defending that decision which I disagree w and knew nothing about in front of this Congress. … We need to address this today or we will be facing a huge Fox generated media storm led by Palin et al."
The form was changed.
This was in 2011. Even Politico realized Palin was a joke by then.