OH PLEASE GO AWAY – AT 1:50 PM. ET:  Kirsten Gillibrand is one of our two U.S. senators here in New York.  Kirsten Gillibrand could also go into any venue in New York, and few would know who she is.  She has the presence of a can of sardines. 

There was a time when "senator from New York" was a distinguished title, held by giants of the Senate, like the Democrats Robert Wagner and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and the Republicans Elihu Root and Kenneth Keating.   These days, Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand lowers the standard, but she would like to be president of the United States.  That's the buzz.

Last week, after years of receiving support from the Clintons, she announced, going with the current hysteria involving sexual misconduct, that Bill should have resigned over the Lewinsky affair.  This was not appreciated in Democratic circles.  So now she's making a big show of giving back some money.  Big deal.  From The Hill: 

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is planning to donate the money she has received from Sen. Al Franken's PAC after an accusation of sexual misconduct against the Minnesota Democrat.

Gillibrand is planning to donate the $12,500 she's received from the political action group to Protect our Defenders, a group dedicated to ending the "epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the military."

"In light of today's news about Senator Franken, Senator Gillibrand will be donating all the donations her campaign has received from his PAC ($12,500 over the course of her career) to Protect our Defenders who she stood with at her Military Justice Improvement Act press conference earlier today," Gillibrand's senior adviser, Glen Caplin, said in a statement.

Gillibrand said earlier Thursday she believes the woman who accused Franken Thursday of groping and kissing her without her consent during a USO tour in 2006.

In a tweet, Gillibrand said the allegations against Franken were "deeply concerning" and called for an ethics investigation into his behavior.

COMMENT:  Just part of the show.  Gillibrand regularly makes reckless comments about this issue, and has accomplished little as a senator.  I get the feeling that no one ever asks her much about any serious subject.  Far from being a presidential candidate, she should leave and do something useful.

November 19, 2017