Having lunch with Kirsten Gillibrand tomorrow...

[brooklynite]

Not a chance that I'll support her, but my policy is that I'll meet with anyone who invites me.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. How did you manage that?

I'm sure you'll have a good visit.

Have a great conversation!

[customerserviceguy]

2. It will be interesting

to see what happens when she and Joe Biden meet on a debate stage. I wouldn't be surprised if the Hyde Amendment came up.

[JI7]

3. didn't they already meet during that first debate ?

[customerserviceguy]

5. My bad

Yes, they did. Gillibrand missed her shot that time, but she now sees how it helped Harris to go on the attack against Biden.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

8. Wonder if there will be preprinted t-shirts ready for sale.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[customerserviceguy]

13. That was widely panned as a mistake

but something else tawdry will surely emerge.

[Skya Rhen]

40. +1,000,000

[metroins]

4. I actually liked a lot of what she said

I was surprised I did.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. She was my congresswoman here in NY-20

She did a good job for the district and we were sorry to lose her. She was appointed senator by the governor when then-Senator Clinton became Obama's Secretary of State. The Democratic candidate who won the special election to replace her was terrific, but he lost the next election to a Republican.

[Dennis Donovan]

22. Wasn't her 2006 opponent snagged for a DWI on the way to their debate?

[Rhiannon12866]

23. John Sweeney.

He was snagged for numerous DWIs - and apparently spent some time in jail. He was the one who the local paper once said he "could have the job for life if he wanted it!"

[Dennis Donovan]

24. In jail?

You don't say!

[Rhiannon12866]

25. Last I heard he was "in recovery" and making speeches

[Dennis Donovan]

26. ...in between slapping the wife around?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Sweeney#Disputed_domestic_violence_report

[Rhiannon12866]

28. And getting stopped on the Northway with some other woman on his lap!

[Dennis Donovan]

30. Sweeney was ahead of his time...

...had he lasted in public office long enough, he would be Secretary of State now!

[TexasTowelie]

27. lLocal politics is always interesting.

That's why I made a point of scouring local media and posting it on DU.

[Rhiannon12866]

29. And you do a terrific and tireless job with that!

I always rec anything from what was my local paper - the Albany Times Union, known at my house as just "the TU!" My parents subscribed to that for years!

[TexasTowelie]

32. I've had to slow down for the last few days.

Too many other things going on and I'm trying to keep a roof over my head. More fights with my brother and on Saturday night I completely collapsed in the kitchen and was on the floor for about 45 minutes. I got a bruise on my left hip bone and I'm exhausted both emotionally and physically.

[Rhiannon12866]

33. I am so sorry!

You absolutely need to make taking care of yourself your first priority! Please let us know how things are going...

[femmedem]

43. Oh no! I just saw this.

I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through such a rough patch. I hope it eases soon.
You're one of my favorite DUers.

[TexasTowelie]

44. Thank you.

I'm trying to find some solutions and thinking out of the box.

[democratisphere]

6. Tell her Al sends his best.

When a Presidential campaign is at zero, there might be a hidden message there.

[brooklynite]

9. You know that every Senator in the race took the same position, right?

[democratisphere]

10. You know who ignited the Senate MOB mentality, right?

[brooklynite]

11. As I recall, the women Senators developed a unified position...

But it’s much easier to blame one evil villain.

[Trumpocalypse]

16. Of course it is

Doesn't require critical thinking.

[democratisphere]

36. Let me assure you.

I am critical and I am thinking.

[Trumpocalypse]

41. Good for you

[Trumpocalypse]

15. So Harris, Sanders, Booker and Warren

were just blind followers. Doesn't speak well for them.

[SouthernProgressive]

18. Actually, most of the candidates were out and clear about Franken before the letter.

You simplify it to the point of absurdity. Some find life much easier when they can identify individual boogeymen.

[democratisphere]

37. Whereas a MOB of boogeymen can all point fingers at one another

and no "one" gets blamed.

[Shrek]

20. Klobuchar didn't

https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/politics/amy-klobuchar-senate-al-franken-minnesota/index.html

In a coordinated effort, female Democratic senators called for Franken's resignation in rapid fire Wednesday. Klobuchar did not join in that effort and said in a statement at the time that she spoke with him privately. By Wednesday evening, more than two dozen senators -- including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer -- had called for Franken's resignation.

[brooklynite]

21. Yes, she did...

The only difference was she was kind enough not to say it publicly.

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who serves in the Senate representing Minnesota with Al Franken, explained Friday that she didn't publicly ask Franken to resign this week because of their relationship.

"I had condemned his conduct early on when the first allegation was made," she told CNN's Dana Bash on "Inside Politics." "I felt I was in a different role as his colleague, that I'm someone that has worked with him for a long time, there's a lot of trust there, and I felt it was best to handle it in that way."

In a coordinated effort, female Democratic senators called for Franken's resignation in rapid fire Wednesday. Klobuchar did not join in that effort and said in a statement at the time that she spoke with him privately. By Wednesday evening, more than two dozen senators -- including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer -- had called for Franken's resignation.

"I talked to him about the fact that you had reached the situation with the mounting allegations and the fact that there was an ethics investigation going on," Klobuchar told CNN Friday.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/politics/amy-klobuchar-senate-al-franken-minnesota/index.html

[Dennis Donovan]

31. ...an inconvenient truth.

[SMC22307]

38. Well, when you have lunch with any other candidates...

who took the same position, you can tell them too. Problem solved.

[Blue_true]

39. Isn't that an old Mafia saying? nt

[BootinUp]

12. Ask her if she read the New Yorker

Story on Franken.

[BannonsLiver]

17. Will there be a lot of Brie?

[brooklynite]

19. For lunch?

Since you care: sandwiches, chickpea salad and brownies.

[Trenzalore]

34. Not a fan of hers

They are all opportunist but she hides it less than some of the others.

Now if Senator Warren, Mayor Pete, or Senator Harris wanted to have lunch I wouldn't be able to hide my glee.

[doc03]

35. Can't say what I think or my post will be hidden. Tell her we need Al nt

[DesertRat]

42. How did it go?