Unbelievable.
What is ironic about your statement is that Gillibrand is the single conservative issue candidate.
What's unbelievable about my comments? You must have missed my statement that RINO Peter King is more conservative than Gillibrand overall but nevertheless Gillibrand is better than King on some key issues. King is a Clinton-loving RINO, it's not hard to be to the right of him on some issues. The only issue I can think of where he is CLEARLY on the side of conservatives and his opponent is not the issue of rights of the unborn. If you want to dispute these simple facts, feel free to post any evidence you have.
>> What is ironic about your statement is that Gillibrand is the single conservative issue candidate. <<
Gillibrand voted 100% right on gun rights, supported extending the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, opposes ANY type of "path to citizneship" for illegals -- supported the fence bill and opposed Governor Spitizer's plan to issue New York State drivers licenses to illegal immigrants (the pro-illegal alien lobbyist group "New York Immigration Coalition" denounced her selection), she opposed the socialist bailout bill BOTH times, she opposes deficit spending, and she voted with the Bush administration and against her own party leadership on funding the war (one of four Democratic freshmen in the country, and the ONLY Democrat in the New York delegation, to vote for the Bush administration's bill to extend funding for the Iraq war), as well as supporting the Bush-backed anti-terrorism FISA bill that permits wiretapping of international calls.
Which of those HALF DOZEN issues where she's been on the right side is the "single" issue in your mind? I would hardly call her position on deficits or illegal aliens "liberal". Nobody is claiming she's Jesse Helms, just that she's to the right of the average Marxist Democrat in NY. She certainly isn't "moderate" by nationwide standards, but she IS "moderate" compared to the typical socialist elected in NY. If she wasn't, then the DailyKos, MoveOn.Org, and DU regulars wouldn't be tearing their hair out and expressing outrage over her appointment. As far as NY Dems go, she's the most conservative they have.
Of course if the GOP had a REAL Republican ready to run for the seat instead of the odious RINO Peter King, then we'd have a candidate who would clearly be better than Gillibrand on some major issues. Instead, a King vs. Gillibrand race would be moderate Democrat vs. moderate Democrat. Since I cannot support any pro-abortion candidates, I wouldn't vote for Gillibrand. However, anyone with half a brain can tell she's at least more likeable than the pro-terrorist, gun-grabbing, Clinton-loving thug Peter King. (whom this forum has rated as an unacceptable RINO for more than a decade) I won't be shedding any tears if King loses.