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Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 10:56AM by Registered CommenterJonathan Tasini in | CommentsPost a Comment | References501 References

We've been quite busy responding to the deluge of requests at this site and the Facebook page (which is now at 673 members!) and meeting with allies and other political activists. So, apologies for not keeping this fresh.

But, there has been a lot of news about our caretaker Senator:

Check out this New York Daily News editorial: "The daring young senator: Kirsten Gillibrand proves quiet the acrobatic flip-flopping contortionist"
http://www.nydailynews.com/opini...

It speaks for itself.

And The New York Times was only a bit kinder in an editorial called Listening to Ms. Gillibrand. Some highlights:

"Can she represent a constituency beyond the narrow politics of her district, where she has been a bullet-headed opponent of gun control, proudly basking in the extremist affections of the National Rifle Association?"

"Hmmm. There’s flexibility, and then there is rootlessness. We doubt New Yorkers want to send someone to Washington carrying a bag of random principles determined mostly by constituents’ angry phone calls and her patron’s personal priorities."

"Ms. Gillibrand’s House votes on immigration amounted to a repudiation of New York’s special gift to America. She allied herself solidly with expulsionist Republicans, who reject assimilation in favor of locking down the border, deporting 12 million illegal immigrants and enshrining English as America’s one true tongue."

And did you know the caretaker was a friend of Big Tobacco? Here's the scoop: http://awearnessblog.com/2009/02/senator-gillibrands-big-tobacc.php#more

So, let's see: New York State has been saddled with a person who worked to defend Big Tobacco, was a darling of the National Rifle Association, targeted immigrants and has Al D'Amato has one of her close patrons. Nice.

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