Brian Mann says the appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Hillary Clinton as New York Senator re-exposes the Urban-Rural divide in New York.
Within the Five Boroughs, the reaction to her red-state tendencies has been fierce. Before she had been officially named, Gillibrand had liberal opponents lining up to dethrone her.
I'll admit it: I was taken aback. I thought the obvious backing of New York's Democratic elite -- Schumer, Paterson, Clinton, Lowey, etc. -- would be enough to establish her progressive credentials.
Not so. The liberal blogs have issued a collective shriek of rage.
The main issue, according to Mann, is gun control.
Unfortunately, he links to no urban/progressive blogs to support his statements. I'm not sure if he's fairly characterizing the position of urban bloggers. It wouldn't surprise if it were true, but I'd like to see some links.
Do you agree with his basic proposition, that urban progressives see Gillibrand as a rural rube, a gun-toting hick? Do you care?
(via The Rural Blog)
I LOVE NYMy big thing here is
[img_assist|nid=4190|title=I LOVE NY|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=0|height=]My big thing here is "lets get an actual person from NYS" put in this position. Not another person that buys a home at the last moment and put that person in control of our future. It would be great to get someone in there that we the people were happy with and could be re-eleted over and over again.I was born here,live here now and probably always will reside here.Good representation for the people of NYS,especially WNY is what I'm looking for.Can she do the job? Will she stick up for the rights of my fellow New Yorkers? Will she want to stick around to be elected again?
You shouldn't worry too much
You shouldn't worry too much about her position on gun control. Senator Schumer stated he would; "Get her mind right about it" (paraphrasing). Being the junior US Senator from NY, with no political clout of her own what so ever, she will do as he says. Hopefully, she's already learned never to get between him and a news outlet microphone.
Senator Schumer spoke at
Senator Schumer spoke at my elder son's graduation from UB. My younger one was impressed, a couple years later, when Senator Schumer accompanied newly-successive Governor Paterson as the governor addressed local commercial farmers at the Genesee County Fairgrounds in order to speak to their concerns about federal agriculture bills.
Andy, in addition to your previous readings about Senator Schumer, try reading one that describes his efforts to help America's real middle-class.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200901/chuck-schumer
Are the "Urban" complaints
Are the "Urban" complaints really about gun control, or is it that she is not a Kennedy or a Cuomo?
John Roach is correct. We, in
John Roach is correct. We, in NY, do not owe the Kennedy's anything.
We live in a democracy not a monarchy.
Personally as a registered Democrat,
I find her views on Gun control, farm issues, etc. are the same as mine.