nolongertolerant
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If Democrats had an ounce of brains Gabbard would be their nominee. She is the whole package. Even Independent Conservatives find her a good candidate.
The Enduring Mystery of Tulsi Gabbard
The 38-year-old presidential contender does not fit any “conventional” political profile.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/tulsi-gabbard-2020-candidate/597226/
"“If you think this was all some grand strategy, it wasn't, I promise,” Gabbard said.
Good politicians are smooth. Gabbard is beyond smooth. She’s unflappable to the point of being confounding, even to the many people I spoke with who have worked with her for years in Washington, D.C., and at home in Hawaii. She may be the most elusive candidate running for president, with a campaign that has followed none of the rules of conventional or contemporary politics, and a small but committed group of supporters.
During the first Democratic debate, in June, Gabbard took Representative Tim Ryan’s legs out from under him over his support for the war in Afghanistan; in the days after, she defended former Vice President Joe Biden against Senator Kamala Harris’s attack on his views about busing. At the second debate, in July, Gabbard clotheslined Harris with details about her record as California attorney general. That night, according to Google, Gabbard was the most-searched candidate.
Some of Gabbard’s appeal is straightforward: People are drawn to her when she talks about “the cost of war” and when she says she’d commit America to peaceful noninterventionism. “I don't see anyone who has the depth and conviction and commitment that I bring to stand up to the foreign-policy establishment, the military-industrial complex, and have the courage to bring about an end to these wasteful wars that have plagued both Democratic and Republican administrations,” Gabbard told me."
The Enduring Mystery of Tulsi Gabbard
The 38-year-old presidential contender does not fit any “conventional” political profile.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/tulsi-gabbard-2020-candidate/597226/
"“If you think this was all some grand strategy, it wasn't, I promise,” Gabbard said.
Good politicians are smooth. Gabbard is beyond smooth. She’s unflappable to the point of being confounding, even to the many people I spoke with who have worked with her for years in Washington, D.C., and at home in Hawaii. She may be the most elusive candidate running for president, with a campaign that has followed none of the rules of conventional or contemporary politics, and a small but committed group of supporters.
During the first Democratic debate, in June, Gabbard took Representative Tim Ryan’s legs out from under him over his support for the war in Afghanistan; in the days after, she defended former Vice President Joe Biden against Senator Kamala Harris’s attack on his views about busing. At the second debate, in July, Gabbard clotheslined Harris with details about her record as California attorney general. That night, according to Google, Gabbard was the most-searched candidate.
Some of Gabbard’s appeal is straightforward: People are drawn to her when she talks about “the cost of war” and when she says she’d commit America to peaceful noninterventionism. “I don't see anyone who has the depth and conviction and commitment that I bring to stand up to the foreign-policy establishment, the military-industrial complex, and have the courage to bring about an end to these wasteful wars that have plagued both Democratic and Republican administrations,” Gabbard told me."
