Gillibrand can stay in. ... Franken-loving wing of the party.
So that's only part of my gripe with her.
It sucks that Franken did some sleazy things, and ultimately we had to take 'better than them' stance on this. Bitter pill for me to swallow, but I think I'm on board with this now
but he really was one of the most articulate, passionate and true to the dem principals in congress that I can point to. He took Paul Wellstone's seat and did it as a tribute to one of the most important Dems in our lifetime (that nobody remembers)
Most others can barely put together a sentence on stage, we do need more Dem leaders like him (without the sleaze) who can really go head to head with the likes of Trump and his ilk.
Now this was 2007...but was definitely her position at the time
membership in the Blue Dog Coalition of conservative Democrats
legislation making English America’s official language and a slew of anti-immigrant things
The Human Rights Campaign, gave her the lowest rating of any NY Democrat in Congress for her positions on gay rights issues.
Her rating from the National Rifle Association, was a solid 100 percent. (TBT..she got an F from the NRA in 2009)
Her attacking Biden for stuff that happened in the 70s was bad form too
She is an important democrat and think she should still be a national player...but drop out of the primary
