Just watched Gillibrand on the local nooz, and...

[TreasonousBastard]

if she's as good a Senator as she talked, Paterson made the right choice.

Perfect? Of course not, but who is?

But she's MY Senator and I like her so far, so the rest of you can kiss my rosy red ass.

[wyldwolf]

1. best post on the subject all day!

[Justitia]

2. Cool, can you get YOUR senator to quit fucking around, stealing land in MY state?

For her goddamn border fence project?

[TreasonousBastard]

20. Touche! Let's see if she still...

supports it now that the whole state is listening.

[Justitia]

30. We'll see. But, here in TX, she is a clone of Cornyn on these issues. -eom

[ronnykmarshall]

3. This gets a BIG K&R

:kick:

[ShortnFiery]

4. Yeah, her daddy was a republican power broker.

That's just grand. :puke:

[geek tragedy]

5. And Bill Clinton's brother was a coke fiend.

So what?

[Lady-Damai]

22. Lmao! n/t

[Occam Bandage]

6. While this may be shocking to a Caroline Kennedy supporter,

politicians are not graded on how good their daddies were.

[TTUBatfan2008]

12. BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Or uncles, or BFF who happens to be the current POTUS, and on and on. I'm glad Kennedy didn't get it. She has poor communication skills and apparently a closet full of skeletons. That being said, I am grateful to her for getting Ted's endorsement of Barack and for her help in vetting the VP candidates. :)

[democrattotheend]

16. In spite of those things, I'd have rather had her be appointed

Because she was a lot more liberal than Gillibrand, and some of the blistering attacks on her made me start rooting for her despite my concerns about nepotism.

[TTUBatfan2008]

26. Honestly...

I think she was trying to take advantage of her relationship with the President moreso than her past name. No one would have considered her at all if it wasn't for her name, of course, but I don't think she would have even bothered going after this if she wasn't a good friend of the President. If Hillary had won the nomination, does anyone really think Kennedy would have gone after the seat? She was trying to coattail on Obama's success. I'm not really a fan of that, although I am sure she would have been a good ally for him in the Senate. We'll see how this Gillibrand lady acts in the Senate. If she turns out to be a blue dog, I've got a feeling she will get voted out of office at some point.

[Justitia]

15. I dunno, it got George W. Bush the highest office in the land. -eom

[Occam Bandage]

17. Yeah, that's a great precedent to follow. nt

[Justitia]

21. You brought up "daddies", in reference to our assassinated Democratic president - not me. -eom

[Occam Bandage]

28. SnF did, not that it matters. GWB is a great example of how children of politicians

can attain undeserved levels of support because of their last name, and can end up fucking things up royally.

[ShortnFiery]

19. That's the problem, I was NOT a Kennedy supporter - I was PLAYED by Schumer/Clinton DLC thugs.

I'm really sorry for that. Compared to this "Palin version" of a Democrat, I'd much prefer even "a political elite."

Hell, maybe Kristin "Oakley" and Palin can go aerial hunting of Wolves together? :crazy:

[Occam Bandage]

29. Again, the projection is wonderful here.

"She's a princess! She's just like Sarah Palin!" I'm half expecting you to accidentally call her Caroline Gillibrand.

:rofl:

[ronnykmarshall]

31. Best sig line EVER!!!

[FLAprogressive]

7. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

[nichomachus]

8. Neither do the nuts

[TZ]

9. Hillary Clinton was a Goldwater Girl

as were her parents. Thats a stupid argument.

[ShortnFiery]

13. No, I've not ever been "all fired up" about either Clinton nor their pro-corporate DLC.

They are using this a power grab to have the DLC CONTROL the Senate. It's VILE. :puke:

[Occam Bandage]

11. Yep. Caroline Kennedy supporters, having based their support entirely on her daddy,

are now focusing bizarrely on Gillebrand's daddy.

[SuperTrouper]

14. No, Caroline has done a lot of good to our public school system, especially

inner city schools.

[CreekDog]

38. What are you on today???

Who the hell cares what her father's job was? :eyes:

[SIMPLYB1980]

39. And Obama "Palled around with Terroists".

:eyes:

[SuperTrouper]

10. You think that she talked well? Then you were on a snooze watching the nooz.

She may be our Senator but that does not mean that I need to like her...Bush was our President, and did you like him? So after I'm done kissing your rosey red asss you can kiss my big brown ass, too.

[jmondine]

24. People. please!

With all the ass-kissing, you'd think we were right-wing politicians and mainstream journalists.

[totodeinhere]

18. Why is the "kiss my rosy red ass" part necessary?

Are you saying that I'm not allowed to disagree with you on whether she was a good pick or not?

[TreasonousBastard]

33. Maybe if you've got a good reason, but...

I'm just sick of all the ankle biters around here, 'specially the ones with their own problem politicos, opining on the basis of half-truths or outright ignorance.

Jeez, she hasn't even been sworn in yet but she's pilloried because of what she "might" do. Or not do.

[totodeinhere]

36. I can understand what you're saying. n/t

[MarjorieG]

23. All about Schumer's designs, beholding to him. Regardless of CK's abilities, she was brought down.

[ShortnFiery]

25. And many of us got sucked-into their argument. Now we have a sycophant of Schumer/Clinton DLC.

:(

[Muttocracy]

32. so I don't get why you were convinced by Schumer before and are angry now? nt

[Justitia]

27. Yeah, he can't take sharing the limelight, now he's got his adoring apprentice. -eom

[SuperTrouper]

34. LMAO!!!

[kirby]

35. I too watched and thought the opposite...

She rambled on and on like a giddy schoolkid. Her remarks didn't have a lot of coherence and then she started talking about property taxes as if that had anything to do with the US Senate. She talked about protecting victims from gun crimes but respecting the hunters rights. That rhetoric doesn't seem consistent with a 100% NRA voting record.

I know very little about her other than Schumer was ecstatic with the pick. Hopefully she will be a good Senator.

Apparently she rambled on so long that President Obama who was on the phone to congratulate her had to hang up.

[Dennis Donovan]

37. There were far worse choices...

...and there were far better choices. I'm adopting a wait-and-see attitude on this. I'm very familiar with Gillibrand (having campaigned and voted for her twice) so I'm hoping she'll rise to the task.

[progressoid]

40. Prove it!

How do we know your ass is rosy red!? :shrug:

[PBS Poll-435]

41. I love you

NT

:D