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	KOCH AND GILLIBRAND, ON GUNS AND GAYS

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1-27-2009 10:11 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7c7207d2-6d62-43cb-9a9f-ddf1b2b6aab3/05D7EFE2-F8BF-49E5-9F08-F8FC188EC66A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/" href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/" style="font-size: 11px;">cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><H2 class="entry-title">Koch and Gillibrand, on Guns and Gays</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><P>On Tuesday morning, a few hours before she was sworn in as a United States senator, <A href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/kirsten_gillibrand/index.html">Kirsten E.  Gillibrand</A> placed a telephone call to former  Mayor <A href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/edward_i_koch/index.html">Edward I. Koch</A>.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/img/ACEFF5D0-AF57-414B-A57F-BD933FE68D11" alt="Edward I. Koch" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><P>The conversation began, as most of Mr. Koch’s do, with a zinger.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><P>“I was for <A href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/caroline_kennedy_schlossberg/index.html">Caroline Kennedy</A>, but you are fine,” he told her. <SPAN id="more-6283"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><P>Mr. Koch, who recounted his conversation in an interview, said his chat with the new senator  was brief. But he did manage to ask her a few pointed questions about her positions.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><P>Like: “I am intrigued that you are for guns and gays. It’s very unique. How do you do that upstate?” Mr. Koch asked.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><P>Mr. Gillibrand responded that she found no conflict in those stances. “I am for gay marriage,” he recalled her saying.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><P>“I am for gay marriage, too,” Mr. Koch said he responded.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/koch-and-gillibrand-on-guns-and-gays/"><P>As for weapons — Mr. Koch suggested Ms. Gillibrand, who supports rights for gun owners and has a strong approval rating from the National Rifle Association, take a closer look at automatic weapons.  </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/05D7EFE2-F8BF-49E5-9F08-F8FC188EC66A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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