We all knew, deep down, it was too good to be true. A conservative Democrat from Upstate New York with a 100% approval rating from the NRA and was against the TARP and amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Oh, how quickly things changed once she was unchained from her conservative district. And the people of that district are not happy. Can’t say I blame them.
In nearby Greenfield, Chris Franco, 34, a mechanical engineer, said that although he had not voted for Ms. Gillibrand, he liked much of what she had said, including her previous stands on immigration. “It’s time to take a stand,” he said. “I’m a Navy veteran, and I didn’t fight for my country to have illegals coming here.”
He also said he opposed gay marriage. “I’m completely against it,” he said. “What you do in your own home is up to you, but I’m not for taking it into the institution that God created between man and woman.”
Mr. Franco was not pleased with Ms. Gillibrand’s recent statements, but he said he was not surprised. “She’s like all the politicians,” he said. “Either she was lying then, or she’s lying now. Either way, she’s lying.”
Elizabeth Snyder, a pharmaceutical sales representative, was sitting in her car talking about the fiscal stimulus package pending in Congress, which she opposes. “I called Schumer and Gillibrand’s offices just this morning,” Ms. Snyder said. “I said, ‘I hope she sticks with her fiscal conservative roots up here in upstate New York. I hope she doesn’t let Senator Schumer roll over on her.’ ”
Ms. Snyder, who had not voted for Ms. Gillibrand, said she was resigned to her political evolution. “I think we can count on her voting the party line, to prove to the naysayers on the left that she is their gal,” Ms. Snyder said.
This may bode well for the Republican candidate James Tedisco. The voters of the 20th district have been burned once by a ‘blue dog’ democrat. Do you think they’ll fall for it again on March 31? Gillibrand is headed home for the weekend (after voting for the CRAP-porkulus-suckubus-generational theft bill) to stump for the Democrat, Scott Murphy. With any luck she’ll do more harm than good.
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