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    MSDNC shows their true colors in weird attack-interview of Tulsi Gabbard

    You can watch it here, and I think she did a great job handling these vicious people. You could see Kasie Hunt's vicious bulging eyes trying to please her masters with her "gotcha questions", trying to pigeonhole Gabbard as some sort of friend of Assad.

    https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/wa...-1438093891865

    Related: NBC News, to Claim Russia Supports Tulsi Gabbard, Relies on Firm Just Caught Fabricating Russia Data for the Democratic Party

    At the moment, it seems she is the only candidate making any coherent arguments against the endless war machine. It'll be interesting to see how the DNC and their propaganda outlets try to smear and black her out like they did with Ron Paul.
    Last edited by Anti-Neocon; 02-08-2019 at 03:55 PM.
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    KHunt had so much potential when she was just a noob reporter hanging out here looking to interview rpfers. She has fallen so far.

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    I'd suggest we support her, if only to troll allegedly compassionate liberals, to rebuild bridges with antiwar allies, and just because it'd be fun to raise the MSM's collective blood pressure again.

    But I know better than to suggest such a thing on this site these days. It'd just trigger Swordshyll and the rest of the Partisan Troll Brigade.
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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    I'd suggest we support her, if only to troll allegedly compassionate liberals, to rebuild bridges with antiwar allies, and just because it'd be fun to raise the MSM's collective blood pressure again.

    But I know better than to suggest such a thing on this site these days. It'd just trigger Swordshyll and the rest of the Partisan Troll Brigade.
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    At least for the primary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    I'd suggest we support her, if only to troll allegedly compassionate liberals, to rebuild bridges with antiwar allies, and just because it'd be fun to raise the MSM's collective blood pressure again.

    But I know better than to suggest such a thing on this site these days. It'd just trigger Swordshyll and the rest of the Partisan Troll Brigade.
    It's not just the partisan aspect, the fact that her voting record on foreign policy is so horrendous.

    That said, people follow her and like her (or hate her) more because of what she says than how she votes.

    I still think she is going to be by far the best Dem in the race.
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    Clearly the Democrat establishment decided that Tulsi Gabbard must be stopped. I noticed recently that they are pushing some propaganda that her supporters are Russian bots.

    Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...abbard-n964261

    NBC News, to Claim Russia Supports Tulsi Gabbard, Relies on Firm Just Caught Fabricating Russia Data for the Democratic Party
    https://theintercept.com/2019/02/03/...ocratic-party/

    I don't know what she did to piss off the Democrat establishment but clearly she will blocked.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleaner44 View Post
    ...but clearly she will blocked.
    That's our specialty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleaner44 View Post
    Clearly the Democrat establishment decided that Tulsi Gabbard must be stopped. I noticed recently that they are pushing some propaganda that her supporters are Russian bots.

    Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...abbard-n964261

    NBC News, to Claim Russia Supports Tulsi Gabbard, Relies on Firm Just Caught Fabricating Russia Data for the Democratic Party
    https://theintercept.com/2019/02/03/...ocratic-party/

    I don't know what she did to piss off the Democrat establishment but clearly she will blocked.
    Pretty simple. Anyone who disagrees in the slightest with war will be mercilessly smeared by the MIC-neoconservative MSM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    It's not just the partisan aspect, the fact that her voting record on foreign policy is so horrendous.
    What's her voting record like? I believe her rhetoric has been pretty consistent over the years, and while I would prefer people to take the Ron Paul/Amash approach of voting against bad crap that has 420 votes already, perhaps not being that lone dissent yielded other (non-self promotional) benefits.

    She's putting her own political career on the line by doing what she's doing now anyway, and that makes me think that she'd do the same as President. She also seems very open to cutting down the warfare state which already makes her more fiscally responsible than Trump and most Republicans. Even if she's not ideal, she could be the best of options we've got by a long shot.
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    Well shes never going to be president anyway. Probably won't even win the primary in her own state.
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    They like to skewer her on Democratic Underground.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    Well shes never going to be president anyway. Probably won't even win the primary in her own state.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NorthCarolinaLiberty View Post
    They like to skewer her on Democratic Underground.
    Wonder how many of those same people come here to promote her?

    I mean, I have no problem saying good things about good things she says, hell, maybe I'll vote for her in the primary too.. but I'm not going to come here and trash talk Rand or some $#@! then say how great Tulsi is, lol..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti-Neocon View Post
    What's her voting record like? I believe her rhetoric has been pretty consistent over the years, and while I would prefer people to take the Ron Paul/Amash approach of voting against bad crap that has 420 votes already, perhaps not being that lone dissent yielded other (non-self promotional) benefits.

    She's putting her own political career on the line by doing what she's doing now anyway, and that makes me think that she'd do the same as President. She also seems very open to cutting down the warfare state which already makes her more fiscally responsible than Trump and most Republicans. Even if she's not ideal, she could be the best of options we've got by a long shot.

    https://www.thenewamerican.com/freedom-index

    Dist.2: Tulsi Gabbard - 31%



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    Vote Date: June 27, 2017 Vote: AYE Bad Vote.
    This legislation (H. Res. 397) “solemnly reaffirms the commitment of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s principle of collective defense as enumerated in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.” Under Article 5, the member nations of the NATO military alliance “agree that an armed attack against one or more of them ... shall be considered an attack against them all.”

    The House passed H. Res. 397 on June 27, 2017 by a lopsided vote of 423 to 4 (Roll Call 328). We have assigned pluses to the nays not only because the United States should stay clear of entangling alliances such as NATO, but also because the NATO provision that obligates the United States to go to war if any member of NATO is attacked undermines the provision in the U.S. Constitution that assigns to Congress the power to declare war. Moreover, the number of nations that the United States has pledged to defend under NATO has grown from 11 to 28 over the years, as the alliance itself has grown from 12 member nations (including the United States) when NATO was created in 1949 to 29 today. Although NATO was ostensibly formed to counter the threat from the Soviet bloc of nations, some of the nations the United States is now pledged to defend under NATO were once part of that bloc, including Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic (as part of Czechoslovakia), Hungary, Poland, and Romania.





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    The House rejected Lee’s amendment on June 16, 2016 by a vote of 146 to 274 (Roll Call 330). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because presidents have been able to claim broad authority to go to war whenever or wherever they choose under the AUMF, despite the fact that the Founding Fathers never intended for one man to make this decision, and under the Constitution only Congress may “declare war.”






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    [ The Senate version of this legislation - offered in the form of a substitute amendment to the House version, H.R. 4152 - would provide $150 million for direct aid to Ukraine. It would also provide for loan guarantees (meaning that the U.S. taxpayers would be stuck holding the bag if the loans are not paid). And it would impose sanctions on Russian and ex-Ukrainian officials deemed responsible for the crisis in the Ukraine. ]

    The House voted for this legislation on April 1, 2014 by a vote of 378 to 34 (Roll Call 149). We have assigned pluses to the nays because foreign aid is unconstitutional. The rationale for providing U.S. aid to Ukraine is that the country needs our assistance to resist Russian hegemony and build "democracy." Yet the oligarchs wielding power in Ukraine are hardly "democrats," and (because money is fungible) U.S. assistance could effectively be funneled to Russia in the form of Ukrainian energy and debt payments.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleaner44 View Post
    Clearly the Democrat establishment decided that Tulsi Gabbard must be stopped. I noticed recently that they are pushing some propaganda that her supporters are Russian bots.

    I don't know what she did to piss off the Democrat establishment but clearly she will blocked.
    For one, she had the audacity to complain about Wasserman-Shultz "dis-inviting" her from a Democratic debate in 2015

    Top Democratic Party officials publicly feud ahead of presidential debate

    ...Mrs. Wasserman Shultz called it “ridiculous” that Mrs. Gabbard, Hawaii Democrat, claimed she was disinvited to Tuesday’s debate in Las Vegas because she criticized the decision to strictly limit the number of Democratic presidential debates to six...https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...z-feud-ahead-/

    Instead of retreating, Tulsi doubled down



    Then she said "I don't fear the Clintons"



    After that, she was the only politician in the District of Criminals to tell the American People that the US is DIRECTLY FUNDING ISIS and Al-Queda, which most 'Mericans can't even begin to wrap their deceived heads around.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Gumba of Liberty View Post
    Well aren’t you a ray of sunshine.
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    This isn't saying much, but she is my favorite of the Dems who most likely will run in 2020.
    ...

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    Alright, libertarians are going to have to get it together and find some babes. First, it was Tulsi Gabbard. Now, it's Alexandria taco whatever her name is. They could be the next hot ticket.

    This is where it's at, man.








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    Party: Union for a Popular Movement
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    Party: United Russia
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    Cristina Fernadez de Kirchner

    Office: President of Argentina
    Party: Justicialist
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    Elizabeth Halseth

    Office: Nevada State Senator
    Party: Republican
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    Yuri Fujikawa

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    Vanja Hadzovic

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    Mara Rosaria Carfagna

    Office: Italian Minister for Equal Opportunity
    Party: The People of Freedom
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    Quote Originally Posted by NorthCarolinaLiberty View Post
    Alright, libertarians are going to have to get it together and find some babes. First, it was Tulsi Gabbard. Now, it's Alexandria taco whatever her name is. They could be the next hot ticket.
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    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

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    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Clinton did not lose because she was a centrist - she lost because everyone knows she's a criminal tyrant, who suffers from reckless ambition. The b!tch sabotaged her own party for fk sakes - for HER personal gain. Hillary is a true cannibal - she need not be on an island, or facing any kind of desperation, for her to eat her own. This is all public knowledge, and THAT is why she lost. Incidentally, I believe THAT is also why Trump won.

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    I would consider her a bottom candidate along with Bernie etc . The two things all dem candidates will have in common is 1) they are war mongers 2) they are communists . They will all be equally bad , only some are greater than others . These children were not invited to the party and inviting themselves will get them nowhere . This belongs to Biden - Bernie - Clinton - Booker whatever
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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    I would consider her a bottom candidate along with Bernie etc .
    At least shes a top candidate when it comes to looks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    At least shes a top candidate when it comes to looks.
    You should get yourself a good young white woman that can make moccasins .
    Do something Danke



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    @Swordsmyth I've been trying to understand the disparity between her voting record and her public statements (which both seem to be consistent within themselves, but not with each other). What it seems like, to me, is that she supports the idea of continuing to be an influence and taking an incremental approach to getting our military out of harm's way, rather than what most of us here at least used to favor which is immediate withdrawal.

    I personally trust her judgment on these things, given the independent work she's done to try to figure stuff out and I think ultimately we're in the same scenario:
    1. Make the mess (already done, can't change it)
    2. Heal the mess
    3. GTFO, and don't make new messes

    She brings up things that I find sensible such as that if we are to just abandon the Kurds in Syria it'd not only be morally bad but would send a bad message of untrustworthiness. And I think similar is the case for most places - we started messes by intervening, but could even bring bigger messes by immediate withdrawals. So yes, I am fine supporting such a vocal opposition of regime change who wants to incrementally withdraw, and I think the treatment she's getting is pretty good proof that she's driving the neocons/neoliberals insane with her vision.

    And even those who may not share my same general optimism of what she's about, I think you should be able to see how she isn't as bad as the Democrat mainstream Clintonites who are trying to smear her dishonestly for "loving Assad" and stuff like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti-Neocon View Post
    @Swordsmyth I've been trying to understand the disparity between her voting record and her public statements (which both seem to be consistent within themselves, but not with each other). What it seems like, to me, is that she supports the idea of continuing to be an influence and taking an incremental approach to getting our military out of harm's way, rather than what most of us here at least used to favor which is immediate withdrawal.

    I personally trust her judgment on these things, given the independent work she's done to try to figure stuff out and I think ultimately we're in the same scenario:
    1. Make the mess (already done, can't change it)
    2. Heal the mess
    3. GTFO, and don't make new messes

    She brings up things that I find sensible such as that if we are to just abandon the Kurds in Syria it'd not only be morally bad but would send a bad message of untrustworthiness. And I think similar is the case for most places - we started messes by intervening, but could even bring bigger messes by immediate withdrawals. So yes, I am fine supporting such a vocal opposition of regime change who wants to incrementally withdraw, and I think the treatment she's getting is pretty good proof that she's driving the neocons/neoliberals insane with her vision.

    And even those who may not share my same general optimism of what she's about, I think you should be able to see how she isn't as bad as the Democrat mainstream Clintonites who are trying to smear her dishonestly for "loving Assad" and stuff like that.
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    She is a consistent pro war candidate that lies out her ass which actually makes her worse in a way than the open communists who are more honest .
    Do something Danke

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    Well shes never going to be president anyway. Probably won't even win the primary in her own state.
    That is correct . She could not even be elected to a county office where I live .
    Do something Danke

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti-Neocon View Post
    @Swordsmyth I've been trying to understand the disparity between her voting record and her public statements (which both seem to be consistent within themselves, but not with each other). What it seems like, to me, is that she supports the idea of continuing to be an influence and taking an incremental approach to getting our military out of harm's way, rather than what most of us here at least used to favor which is immediate withdrawal.

    I personally trust her judgment on these things, given the independent work she's done to try to figure stuff out and I think ultimately we're in the same scenario:
    1. Make the mess (already done, can't change it)
    2. Heal the mess
    3. GTFO, and don't make new messes

    She brings up things that I find sensible such as that if we are to just abandon the Kurds in Syria it'd not only be morally bad but would send a bad message of untrustworthiness. And I think similar is the case for most places - we started messes by intervening, but could even bring bigger messes by immediate withdrawals. So yes, I am fine supporting such a vocal opposition of regime change who wants to incrementally withdraw, and I think the treatment she's getting is pretty good proof that she's driving the neocons/neoliberals insane with her vision.

    And even those who may not share my same general optimism of what she's about, I think you should be able to see how she isn't as bad as the Democrat mainstream Clintonites who are trying to smear her dishonestly for "loving Assad" and stuff like that.
    What you are buying is the excuses they make to ensure that nothing ever changes and the MIC carries on. It sounds like they want it to end; but then find reasons to make it never end. Its just like people stuck in toxic relationships.

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    Quote Originally Posted by specsaregood View Post
    What you are buying is the excuses they make to ensure that nothing ever changes and the MIC carries on. It sounds like they want it to end; but then find reasons to make it never end. Its just like people stuck in toxic relationships.
    Gabbard calls out the MIC, which is one of the reasons why she's hated so much. With the will, you can end the cycle, but most of these politicians only provide lip service to being anti-war while calling for increased military funding or regime change. Bush's wars were unpopular so Democrats pretended like they'd stop it or that they would've done differently (Gore would've been just as bad as Bush probably). Then as good controlled opposition, the Obama administration continued the same pro-MIC policies. These same Obama/Clinton Dems all are running scared of Gabbard.
    The enemy of my enemy may be worse than my enemy.

    I do not suffer from Trump Rearrangement Syndrome. Sorry if that triggers you.

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