The Enduring Mystery of Tulsi Gabbard

[nolongertolerant]

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...didate/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."

[Jack]

Can you say; Hare Krishna?

[nolongertolerant]

Can you say; Hare Krishna?

Just trying to appeal to the progressives.

[Jack]

Just trying to appeal to the progressives.

I'm not sure America is going to Vote for a Hare Krishna or some Gay guy. (just an opinion)

[nolongertolerant]

I'm not sure America is going to Vote for a Hare Krishna or some Gay guy. (just an opinion)

Religion should not be a deciding factor in electing someone. Unless maybe a Satan Worshiper or something like that. She has a very impressive record and demeanor.

[Bigdog]

Just trying to appeal to the progressives.

"Gabbard was raised in a multicultural and multireligious household. Her father is of Samoan and European ancestry and an active lector at his Catholic church. Her mother, who was born in Decatur, Indiana, is of German descent and a practicing Hindu. Gabbard chose Hinduism as her religion while she was a teenager."

[Jack]

Religion should not be a deciding factor in electing someone. Unless maybe a Satan Worshiper or something like that. She has a very impressive record and demeanor.

Well, yes, of course. Will YOU be Voting for her?

[Cinnabar]

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...didate/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."

Most people who serve during a war will be against further wars so that stance is nothing out of the ordinary, but I have a problem with this....

In the middle of this brutal dictator’s revenge, Gabbard broke with House Democrats to take a secret trip to Syria in January 2017. Her trip was organized by members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, who are Assad sympathizers. Claiming this was a “fact-finding” trip, Gabbard went not to protest the torture of political prisoners in Assad’s dungeons or to demand accountability for the destruction the regime had wrought on cities across the country—but to meet with the dictator himself.

After her trip, Gabbard parroted the regime’s lies about the war. “I return to Washington, D.C., with even greater resolve to end our illegal war to overthrow the Syrian government,” she said. She used her platform to help Assad spread his propaganda, claiming there was no evidence he used chemical weapons against his people, and then dropping the issue once the evidence was presented that he, in fact, did—without ever admitting she was wrong or following through with her promise to hold him accountable once there was proof. In short, Gabbard has gaslit the already-traumatized Syrian people.

Gabbard’s support for fascist strongmen does not stop at Syria. She has met with others including Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt and Narendra Modi of India, and she has even been honored by right-wing pro-Israel forces at the World Values Network’s gala, which was co-hosted by influential Republican donor Sheldon Adelson.

And she was the first and only Democrat to meet with Trump after he was elected, when she was reportedly under consideration for a position in his administration. She is so loved by right-wing figures that she has received support from Richard Spencer, Steve Bannon, and Fox News’ Tucker Carlson.

https://rewire.news/article/2019/01/...oreign-policy/

[nolongertolerant]

Well, yes, of course. Will YOU be Voting for her?

To early for me to decide who I will be voting for yet. If it were to be a Democrat though, at this point, she would be the only one I would consider.

[StoneByStone]

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...didate/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."

Gabbard would be a very good president, but she won't beat Trump. People vote based on how entertaining the candidates are. Gabbard doesn't have the larger than life personality that gets votes.

[Jack]

To early for me to decide who I will be voting for yet. If it were to be a Democrat though, at this point, she would be the only one I would consider.

OK. Let's say you have three choices: a Fag, a Hare Krishna, or Bernie Sanders.
See! Bernie is looking pretty good about now.

[Gonzomin]

Well, Trump, is an atheist and rightys voted for him.

[nolongertolerant]

Gabbard would be a very good president, but she won't beat Trump. People vote based on how entertaining the candidates are. Gabbard doesn't have the larger than life personality that gets votes.

Which is what the article talks about. And what is just another thing appealing about her to many.

[nolongertolerant]

OK. Let's say you have three choices: a Fag, a Hare Krishna, or Bernie Sanders.
See! Bernie is looking pretty good about now.

I would vote for a Hare Krishna or Homosexual long before I would vote for a Socialist.

[Jack]

I would vote for a Hare Krishna or Homosexual long before I would vote for a Socialist.