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In reply to the discussion: Kirstin Gillibrand coming up on 60 Minutes very shortly. [View all]question everything
(47,425 posts)40. That's when we turned off the TV
It is not just the way she went after Franken without whom Sessions would not have recused himself.
It is not that she is resurrecting Bill Clinton, who gave us a period of surplus between three Republican administrations with ballooned deficits.
It is that, when it comes down to it, she is a one dimension politician.
Besides assault on women - what else is on her agenda?
And when talking about assaulting women - is she talking only about wealthy Hollywood celebrities? What about the women working at a minimum wage in the factories, in fast food chains who cannot afford to even complain? The assault on whom is more than just "look at my dick?"
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Being open minded does not mean not forming opinions. It means being open to new information.
wasupaloopa
Feb 2018
#148
Point to any data that the Franken issue will be a driving force in the 2020 Primary.
brooklynite
Feb 2018
#10
With all due respect, when has Minnesota been pivotal in a Presidential nomination?
brooklynite
Feb 2018
#48
How about the overwhelming number of pro-Franken posters here on DU v the Gillebrand...
brush
Feb 2018
#98
I think there are enough Democrats who won't vote for her that she will lose a 2020 primary...should
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#107
I spend time on social media. It is my opinion based on what I see that she will not
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#134
When I lived in Georgia...they talked about our last Democratic governor...Roy Barnes...they
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#139
Feel free to check the FEC listings as to how much I've contributed to Franken...
brooklynite
Feb 2018
#49
When it comes to President Clinton, she didn't learn from the lesson of Al Gore.
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2018
#21
Glad I'm watching the Olympics with women athletes that either are or will be
democratisphere
Feb 2018
#4
helping to railroad a great senator is not PASSION, it is self-serving BULLSHIT
Skittles
Feb 2018
#27
You have your opinion. Other people that saw the same events have their opinion.
Blue_true
Feb 2018
#30
I'd have said the same thing about anyone else accused of attacking the party
Ken Burch
Feb 2018
#101
It will never end, the wholesale attack of the Democratic Party, because very powerful interests
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#126