I'm trying to wrap my head around the implications of Gabbard running and winning.
A progressive president would destroy this country. This wouldn't be the biggest nightmare of our lives if Ron is right and people will turn to libertarians to pick up the pieces and restore glory via freedom. But I am not as hopeful as Dr. Paul.
The thing is, Tulsi is not your normal progressive. While she believes in the government to guarantee everything for us and take care of all our needs, her career to date has shown us that she is the most anti-war politician on the left (perhaps the only one). She called out Obama years ago for funding/creating Al-Qaeda and ISIS. She defends Assad against the deep state regime-changers. Both of these actions have caused her party to denounce her as a right wing extremist and fake progressive.
I would take her over anyone on the left. Anti-war is anti-war. But it is merely a label until you are sworn in. Our history is overcrowded with anti-war candidates who become pro-war almost immediately after they become president.
This post is about two questions.
1. If Gabbard runs and wins, and stays true to her foreign policy and ends all the wars and ends interventionism, could the financial savings temporarily convince enough people in the country, for a few years at least, that progressivism actually works and we really can afford all the left is promising?
2. Tulsi scores big on the most important issue - war. She also supports weed. This is great. But is there anything else on her agenda that is not horrific?
A great lineup for 2020 would be Trump vs. Tulsi and a legit third-party independent. It's depressing, but any outcome that avoids a potential presidency of Kamala/Booker/Beto/Oprah/etc., I'll take. I am grateful to Trump, but there is no wall and he has not ended a single war. Republicans/libertarians/centrists/independents are pissed. A strong economy (albeit fake) used to be strong enough to win reelections. I think those days are over.
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