Gillibrand v. Ford
There’s a pretty good article in Politico about the Blue on Blue fight shaping up in the NY Senate race between Kirsten Gillibrand and Harold Ford:
In a statement, Gillibrand took aim at the Wall Street-friendly Democrats who have pledged to back Ford’s candidacy, including the billionaire husband-and-wife team of Steve Rattner and Maureen White.
Anyone is “more than welcome” to run against her this year, she said, adding:
“That includes a former Tennessee congressman … and Merrill executive who has an anti-choice and anti-LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] record and whose candidacy is being floated by a few Wall Street insiders.”
As if to demonstrate their differing styles, the Ford campaign responded to that tough statement with the rhetorical equivalent of a two-by-four.
“If the unelected senator and tobacco industry apologist has a new strategy based on distorting Harold’s support for abortion rights and gay rights, then she’s not only a puppet of the party bosses, she’s a desperate liar,” Ford spokesman Davidson Goldin said.
I’ve always been a bit of a fan of Ford’s because he is capitalism friendly, and he used to appear on FoxNews even before it became the ratings behemoth it is now. And while I don’t always agree with him on everything, he always seemed very honest.
Now, my question is this: Just who the hell would vote for Gillibrand? Admittedly I vote based on how I trust and respect more, so I am skewed from the start, but does anyone know a single position that Gillibrand has taken that is non-negotiable? When she represented upstate she was a moderate to conservative who opposed illegal immigration, was pro-gun etc. As soon as she got a Senate seat, she just shifted every position she had to the left. Now, I totally get representing your constituency, but if she is so easily swayed, why get a politician when any hired lawyer would do? She doesn’t seem to have a single position that she espouses that isn’t based on her political situation. Go ahead and show me i am wrong.
And listen to this mealy mouthed bullshit she espoused to the NYT to explain it:
In a lot of these issues, it’s a case of learning more and expanding my view,” Ms. Gillibrand said in an interview after the meeting.
Is this some sort of OJT or something? Why didn’t you learn more about it BEFORE the people of the Albany area hired you to represent them?
She’s a deplorable person, and I would argue the reason that people hate politicians is because they stand for nothing, and their person exemplar would be this lady.
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What does it say about Ford, and pols like him, that they carpetbag? He couldn’t make it in Tennessee, so, pack up the Bentley dear, we’re off to New York, maybe they’ll like me better? There’s a waiting period to play sports if you switch high school or college, there ought to be a waiting period equal to the length of the term one is seeking, in Ford’s case, 6 years. If he’s seeking the gov’s job or a representative’s, either 4 or 2 years. That would eliminate a lot of the never ending zip code parade for some of those people.
I am amenable to that argument, but residence requirements for a set period are not on the books, so I am cool with it. Mind you, I wouldn’t vote for either of them probably.
I was pulling for Ford in the Senate race. Given a conservative dem v. a conservative GOP, I always root for the Dem.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say I want a politician with non-negotiable positions, but I understand your point about her weak political will. I think a great test for her, and the deciding factor of whether I will vote her out or not, is if she decides to approve or deny Bernanke’s reconfirmation. I’ve already sent her emails voicing my opinion and I plan on calling her today as well.
If she doesn’t have the common sense to see just how destructive Bernanke has been and will continue to be, then there is no way I could cast a vote in her favor. I hope she’s not a coward like Schumer…
TSO, I know the residency requirement wouldn’t ever make it, I’m just philosophizin’ here. It would certainly cut down on the carpetbaggers, though.
A conservative dem? Really? Has one been sighted lately? At best, the ones I’ve seen are closer to Gillibrand, convenient conservatives. Not to let republicans off the hook, I can’t find many in that party that are truly conservative either.