... but, that's nothing new.
Surprise: Kirsten Gillibrand has had a change of heart about Bill Clinton
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/11/17/kirsten-gillibrand-know-now-think-bill-clinton-resigned/
A low, cynical politician even by the low, cynical standards of Washington. You may remember that Gillibrand inherited her Senate seat in New York from Hillary Clinton when Clinton resigned to become Obama's Secretary of State. But there was a problem before Gillibrand was appointed to the vacancy: New York is a very blue state but the upstate region she came from wasn't very blue itself, and neither was she as a member of the House. She was a centrist Democrat, relatively tough on immigration and supportive of gun rights. That would need to change if she was to be appointed to Hillary's seat, though. And so it did, instantly. Gillibrand transformed into a doctrinaire liberal almost literally overnight. If holding on to Clinton's seat required her to swap political identities in a heartbeat, no problem. ...
She's a fraud. And Clintonworld knows it better than anyone ...
Philippe Reines is one of Hillary's longest-serving and most loyal lackeys, trusted enough to have played the role of Donald Trump opposite her in her debate prep last year. A candygram like this from Reines is essentially formal notice to Gillibrand that the Clintons will oppose her in the 2020 primaries, to the extent that that still matters in the Democratic Party. But never mind that. The people who should be angriest about her pathetic flip-flop on Bill Clinton are her allies in the movement to raise awareness about sexual assault. Seth Mandel is right: The more she and other Democrats have these expedient eleventh-hour epiphanies about Bill Clinton's improprieties, conveniently timed for the precise moment that they no longer have a partisan interest in defending him, the more casual observers will interpret political rhetoric about sexual misconduct as just part of a partisan game. I hope Democrats can do better than her for their nominee in 2020 - although even if they can, Gillibrand is unfortunately a very plausible contender for VP. Capitol Hill rewards cynicism and she's a pro's pro.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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