Kirsten Gillibrand Campaign Video: "Search"

[brooklynite]

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[Demsrule86]

1. I will not vote for her in a primary. I was upset about the Franken thing.

She is a fine Senator, but president? I don't know. She also plans to reach out to Trump voters. I think we state our case and if they follow they follow. I would of course vote for any Democratic candidate in a general.

[athena]

9. Unenthusiastically voting for the nominee

is not enough. We saw how that played out in 2016. So please, refrain from attacking Democratic candidates. Period.

[Adrahil]

12. I don't see that as an attack.

I was not impressed with how she handled the Franken issue. For me, it's enough that I will not vote for her in the primary. I would support her in the General, but I cannot make myself feel any enthusiasm for her. I intend to support the candidates that I do feel enthusiasm for.

I think she will fade very early in any case, so probably not a concern.

[NurseJackie]

14. Nobody is attacking her.

[Demsrule86]

22. I did not attack anyone. I merely said I would vote for someone else in a primary ...of course

whoever is the nominee gets my vote in a general. We were talking primary. As for 16, I vote for the Democratic nominee as I always do so I play no role in the debacle of 16. Have a nice evening.

[think4yourself]

2. Yeah

No thanks.

[stonecutter357]

3. lol !

[WeekiWater]

4. I really do think she is going to be a top contender.

What's going to be tough, and it will be tough for more than just Gillibrand, is that we are hearing names that have an enormous amount of ideological overlap.

Gillibrand: First Senator to issue a Sunlight Report containing official schedule, personal financial disclosures, and earmark request. They can all be found online. She also releases her taxes annually.

[dlk]

5. Gillibrand's Treatment of Franken Will be Remembered

We surely could have used Franken's questioning abilities, yesterday, at the Barr hearing.

[brooklynite]

6. If you saw her appearance on Colbert this week...

...nobody in the audience seemed concerned.

[athena]

8. Clearly too many people are happy to repeat the mistakes of 2016.

Go ahead and attack Democrats for not being pure and perfect enough for you. How bad could another four years of Trump be?

[NurseJackie]

16. It has nothing to do with "purity" and everything to do with the judgement being demonstrated.

It has nothing to do with "purity" and everything to do with the judgement being demonstrated. All I'm saying is that this is a valid and reasonable thing for voters to consider and discuss. It serves no good purpose for anyone to try an silence that type of debate with absurd characterizations and comparisons.

[Trumpocalypse]

21. Very true

But we shouldn't focus on solely one issue or incident and consider a person's whole record instead. Like any other politician there are good things and bad things in her record. Frankly, I doubt her campaign will last through the end of the year. There are much more exciting Dems out there.

[USALiberal]

7. LOL, no thanks. Nt

[athena]

10. Yeah.

Four more years of Trump would be so much better!

[USALiberal]

13. Sorry, missed the sarcasm tag! Nt

[BlueStater]

11. Not voting for this opportunist.

I know it's frowned upon to call a female candidate that, but the shoe simply fits in this instance.

Aside from the tacky way she used Franken's downfall to prop herself up, she also threw the Clintons, two people who helped launch her political career, under the bus and then went back on her word (which she made like two months ago) to serve out her full senate term.

She can "search" for another career choice.

[Trumpocalypse]

17. OK

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/kirsten-gillibrand-al-franken-2020-election.html

[BlueStater]

18. He never received an investigation like he wanted.

Why do you always overlook that part? If an investigation have revealed more serious, credible accusations, it would have been perfectly reasonable for her or anybody to call for his resignation. That obviously didn't happen.

From my perspective of that debacle, she was showboating and exploiting the problems of one of her Senate colleagues to make a name for herself. That immediately turned me off from her. I don't think anything you can say will change my mind on that.

[Trumpocalypse]

20. An ethnics committee investigation

is not a finding of guilt or innocence. It just determines if congressional ethnics rules had been violate. Plus to you really think the republicans on that committee would have been fair to Franken? They would have turned it into a circus to humiliate him.

As far as your accusations, do you have any proof that support them?

And a bit of advice, never keep a closed mind about anything. Things are not as black and white as they seem sometime and as progressives we should always be willing to learn something new, even about issues we thought we knew everything about.

Have a good day?

[Trumpocalypse]

15. Doubt her campaign will last until

Iowa or New Hampshire. Nothing against her, just don't think she can generate the same excitement that a Warren or Harris can. Sort of like John Glen back in the 80s.

[jalan48]

19. Thanks. I'll be searching for another candidate.