Brian Jones said:

She is impressive. I have no idea how this Democratic primary is going to go, or how I want it to go. I'm for Bernie because I think he's electable (yeah, I know, that's what I thought about Hillary) until I see Tulsi and then I'm entranced. For me it's like a (female) JFK moment, and I'm old enough, barely, to remember that kind of charisma in the Democratic Party.


Since I only have $27 invested, I guess I'm going to sit back and see how this sorts out between the progressives.

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Bigbadwooof said:

Brian Jones said:

She is impressive. I have no idea how this Democratic primary is going to go, or how I want it to go. I'm for Bernie because I think he's electable (yeah, I know, that's what I thought about Hillary) until I see Tulsi and then I'm entranced. For me it's like a (female) JFK moment, and I'm old enough, barely, to remember that kind of charisma in the Democratic Party.


Since I only have $27 invested, I guess I'm going to sit back and see how this sorts out between the progressives.

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You know, I love Bernie, and I will vote for him, but I think I would prefer Tulsi. She has such a calm collected way about her, and she is very intelligent, and I agree with her on the issues. I think she is very electable, and I would love to see her go up against Trump. I think she would wipe the floor with him. She ticks about 20 different boxes for those who care about identity politics, also.

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Bigbadwooof said:

You know, I love Bernie, and I will vote for him, but I think I would prefer Tulsi. She has such a calm collected way about her, and she is very intelligent, and I agree with her on the issues. I think she is very electable, and I would love to see her go up against Trump. I think she would wipe the floor with him. She ticks about 20 different boxes for those who care about identity politics, also.

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qman said:

Trump will destroy her with very little issue. It's not even a fair fight.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/william-weld-will-run-against-trump-for-gop-presidential-nomination.html

This guy will regret the day he challenges Trump. Trump will put him and his family through the meat grinder, it's not worth it.

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Bigbadwooof said:

Falcon91Wolvrn03 said:

Go Tulsi!  What's not to like?

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Just think, she could be the youngest woman ever elected to congress, the only congressperson to leave office to go serve in a combat zone, first female president, first hindu president, first Indian president, first Hawaiian president... She will be shattering records lol!

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Tipote said:

Yeah i think she is mostly good.

but she did take money from lockheed martin, more than $400

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according to that link, Lockheed Martin is not on the list, unless it's under a different name.

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Last week, the Daily Beast ran this headline: “Tulsi Gabbard’s Campaign Is Being Boosted by Putin Apologists”

The Gabbard campaign has received 75,000 individual donations. This crazy Beast article is based on (maybe) three of them.

The three names are professor Stephen Cohen, activist Sharon Tennison and someone using the name “Goofy Grapes,” who may or may not have once worked for comedian Lee Camp, currently employed by Russia Today.

This vicious little article might have died a quiet death, except ABC’s George Stephanopoulos regurgitated it in an interview with Gabbard days later. The This Week host put up the Beast headline in a question about whether or not Gabbard was “softer” on Putin than other candidates.

Gabbard responded: “It’s unfortunate that you’re citing that article, George, because it’s a whole lot of fake news.”

This in turn spurred another round of denunciations, this time in the form of articles finding fault not with the McCarthyite questioning, but with Gabbard’s answer. As Politico wrote: “’Fake news’ is a favorite phrase of President Donald Trump…”

Gabbard told Rolling Stone “Stephanopoulos shamelessly implied that because I oppose going to war with Russia, I’m not a loyal American, but a Putin puppet”. “It just shows what absurd lengths warmongers in the media will go, to try to destroy the reputation of anyone who dares oppose their warmongering.”

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Stephen Cohen is a professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University.  But because he's willing to state that the establishment is pushing fake news, he's called a Putin puppet.   

Falcon91Wolvrn03 said:

We’ve Hit a New Low in Campaign Hit Pieces
By Matt Taibbi

Quote:

Last week, the Daily Beast ran this headline: “Tulsi Gabbard’s Campaign Is Being Boosted by Putin Apologists”

The Gabbard campaign has received 75,000 individual donations. This crazy Beast article is based on (maybe) three of them.

The three names are professor Stephen Cohen, activist Sharon Tennison and someone using the name “Goofy Grapes,” who may or may not have once worked for comedian Lee Camp, currently employed by Russia Today.

This vicious little article might have died a quiet death, except ABC’s George Stephanopoulos regurgitated it in an interview with Gabbard days later. The This Week host put up the Beast headline in a question about whether or not Gabbard was “softer” on Putin than other candidates.

Gabbard responded: “It’s unfortunate that you’re citing that article, George, because it’s a whole lot of fake news.”

This in turn spurred another round of denunciations, this time in the form of articles finding fault not with the McCarthyite questioning, but with Gabbard’s answer. As Politico wrote: “’Fake news’ is a favorite phrase of President Donald Trump…”

Gabbard told Rolling Stone “Stephanopoulos shamelessly implied that because I oppose going to war with Russia, I’m not a loyal American, but a Putin puppet”. “It just shows what absurd lengths warmongers in the media will go, to try to destroy the reputation of anyone who dares oppose their warmongering.”

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Stephen Cohen is a professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University.  But because he's willing to state that the establishment is pushing fake news, he's called a Putin puppet.   

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Capers said:

I like that Tulsi Gabbard is shining a light on regime-change wars, but she is a Hindu, and I would prefer a Christian candidate.

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Capers said:

Of course I know she's a congresswoman. I keep up on current issues. I'm quite serious. This is a Christian nation, and we need a Christian president. I also don't like the idea of a woman in the office.

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why does religion matter to you?

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