Tulsi Gabbard - now it makes sense

POSTED BY: captaincrunch
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 19:40
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CAPTAINCRUNCH

Sunday, October 13, 2019 8:59 PM

I was always curious why Selfish and Kookie said such nice things about Gabbard very early on in the Dem's presidential campaign run. Why would they care about her, and why so much? Nothing of real note about her positions or her personally. And their tone was always like a Trump one in that, "she's being treated so unfairly! Wha!" Oh, the fake outrage!

And now I think I know - at least we have something that makes sense. Essentially, splitting the Dem base vote to help Trump. Try and square the following with the absolute fact that she has NO chance of getting the nomination:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard.html

What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To?
As she injects chaos into the 2020 Democratic primary by accusing her own party of “rigging” the election, an array of alt-right internet stars, white nationalists and Russians have praised her.

WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, is impressed with her political talent. Richard B. Spencer, the white nationalist leader, says he could vote for her. Former Representative Ron Paul praises her “libertarian instincts,” while Franklin Graham, the influential evangelist, finds her “refreshing.”

And far-right conspiracy theorists like Mike Cernovich see a certain MAGA sais quoi.

“She’s got a good energy, a good vibe. You feel like this is just a serious person,” Mr. Cernovich said. “She seems very Trumpian.”

Among her fellow Democrats, Representative Tulsi Gabbard has struggled to make headway as a presidential candidate, barely cracking the 2 percent mark in the polls needed to qualify for Tuesday night’s debate. She is now injecting a bit of chaos into her own party’s primary race, threatening to boycott that debate to protest what she sees as a “rigging” of the 2020 election. That’s left some Democrats wondering what, exactly, she is up to in the race, while others worry about supportive signs from online bot activity and the Russian news media.

Perhaps strangest of all is the unusual array of Americans who cannot seem to get enough of her.

On podcasts and online videos, in interviews and Twitter feeds, alt-right internet stars, white nationalists, libertarian activists and some of the biggest boosters of Mr. Trump heap praise on Ms. Gabbard. They like the Hawaiian congresswoman’s isolationist foreign policy views. They like her support for drug decriminalization. They like what she sees as censorship by big technology platforms.

Then there is 4chan, the notoriously toxic online message board, where some right-wing trolls and anti-Semites fawn over Ms. Gabbard, calling her “Mommy” and praising her willingness to criticize Israel. In April, the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, took credit for Ms. Gabbard’s qualification for the first two Democratic primary debates.

Brian Levin, the head of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University-San Bernardino, said Ms. Gabbard had “the seal of approval” within white nationalist circles. “If people have that isolationist worldview, there is one candidate that could best express them on each side: Gabbard on the Democratic side and Trump on the Republican side,” Mr. Levin said.

Ms. Gabbard has disavowed some of her most hateful supporters, castigating the news media for giving “any oxygen at all” to the endorsement she won from the white nationalist leader David Duke. But her frequent appearances on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show have buoyed her support in right-wing circles.

Both Ms. Gabbard and her campaign refused requests for comment about her support in right-wing circles or threat to boycott the debate. Even some political strategists who have worked with her are at a loss to explain her approach to politics.

“She’s a very talented person but I’m not sure, I just don’t know what to say about the campaign exactly,” said Mark Longabaugh, a Democratic strategist who worked with Ms. Gabbard when she was campaigning for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in 2016.

There is potent

THG

Sunday, October 13, 2019 9:08 PM

You can bet sig and kiki are up to the same. Russia Russia Russia

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, October 13, 2019 9:25 PM

I was going to vote for her in the primary until she came out against the 2nd amendment.

I'll probably vote for Buttigieg.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

SIGNYM

Sunday, October 13, 2019 10:31 PM

What ia Tulsi doing?

Shes running for PRESDIENT and taking a pincipled stand.

Unbeknownst to CC, because he knows nothing about anything, Tulsi had the same message in 2016 when Sanders was running. Tulsi at that time was one of the vice-chairs of the DNC. She QUIT IN PROTEST over how Sanders was being treated by Debbie Washerwoman Shit (that corrupt cunt) and the rest of the slimy DNC.

This is not a new message, and it's one of the reasons why I'd vote for Tulsi over Sanders .... she stood up for Sanders more than Sanders did, because Sanders just rolled over and endorsed Shillery. If Sanders caved to such slight pressure in the primaries, how does anyone imagine he would get anything done as President if he faced the littlest bit of opposition?

Not liking Tulsi's stand on the 2nd amendment, but I don't weight domestic policy very heavily for Presidential candidates, since that's under Congressional control. Foreign policy is really a President's bailiwick.

TULSI GABBARD

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

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1KIKI

Sunday, October 13, 2019 10:54 PM

I'm going to link this thread to JSF's Who Is Running In 2020? thread.

Apparently, MUSHY hasn't been around for the very long, very detailed examination of the MSM's long campaign of Tulsi-bashing, because - well - she's anti-war.

Who Is Running In 2020?
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=62903&p=1

The insane never-Trumpers will be driven even more insane in the wash/rinse/spin/repeat/ cycle they mistake for reality.

SIGNYM

Sunday, October 13, 2019 11:51 PM

CC doesn't know shit from shinola, which is why he can swallow lies so easily: He has no means of checking them against reality because he doesn't know what reality is.

That's what happens when you live in a echo chamber.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, October 14, 2019 2:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by captaincrunch:
I was always curious why Selfish and Kookie said such nice things about Gabbard very early on in the Dem's presidential campaign run. Why would they care about her, and why so much? Nothing of real note about her positions or her personally. And their tone was always like a Trump one in that, "she's being treated so unfairly! Wha!" Oh, the fake outrage!

And now I think I know - at least we have something that makes sense. Essentially, splitting the Dem base vote to help Trump. Try and square the following with the absolute fact that she has NO chance of getting the nomination:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard.html

What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To?
As she injects chaos into the 2020 Democratic primary by accusing her own party of “rigging” the election, an array of alt-right internet stars, white nationalists and Russians have praised her.

WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, is impressed with her political talent. Richard B. Spencer, the white nationalist leader, says he could vote for her. Former Representative Ron Paul praises her “libertarian instincts,” while Franklin Graham, the influential evangelist, finds her “refreshing.”

And far-right conspiracy theorists like Mike Cernovich see a certain MAGA sais quoi.

“She’s got a good energy, a good vibe. You feel like this is just a serious person,” Mr. Cernovich said. “She seems very Trumpian.”

Among her fellow Democrats, Representative Tulsi Gabbard has struggled to make headway as a presidential candidate, barely cracking the 2 percent mark in the polls needed to qualify for Tuesday night’s debate. She is now injecting a bit of chaos into her own party’s primary race, threatening to boycott that debate to protest what she sees as a “rigging” of the 2020 election. That’s left some Democrats wondering what, exactly, she is up to in the race, while others worry about supportive signs from online bot activity and the Russian news media.

Perhaps strangest of all is the unusual array of Americans who cannot seem to get enough of her.

On podcasts and online videos, in interviews and Twitter feeds, alt-right internet stars, white nationalists, libertarian activists and some of the biggest boosters of Mr. Trump heap praise on Ms. Gabbard. They like the Hawaiian congresswoman’s isolationist foreign policy views. They like her support for drug decriminalization. They like what she sees as censorship by big technology platforms.

Then there is 4chan, the notoriously toxic online message board, where some right-wing trolls and anti-Semites fawn over Ms. Gabbard, calling her “Mommy” and praising her willingness to criticize Israel. In April, the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, took credit for Ms. Gabbard’s qualification for the first two Democratic primary debates.

Brian Levin, the head of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University-San Bernardino, said Ms. Gabbard had “the seal of approval” within white nationalist circles. “If people have that isolationist worldview, there is one candidate that could best express them on each side: Gabbard on the Democratic side and Trump on the Republican side,” Mr. Levin said.

Ms. Gabbard has disavowed some of her most hateful supporters, castigating the news media for giving “any oxygen at all” to the endorsement she won from the white nationalist leader David Duke. But her frequent appearances on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show have buoyed her support in right-wing circles.

Both Ms. Gabbard and her campaign refused requests for comment about her support in right-wing circles or threat to boycott the debate. Even some political strategists who have worked with her are at a loss to explain her approach to politics.

“She’s a very talented person but I’m not sure, I just don’t know what to say about the campaign exactly,” said Mark Longabaugh, a Democratic strategist who worked with Ms. Gabbard when she was campaigning for Senator Bernie

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1KIKI

Monday, October 14, 2019 2:48 AM

The US has appx 1000 bases worldwide. If our army is for 'national defense', what is it doing everywhere else?

In addition, it sucks up hundreds of billions of dollars every year - money that should be spent here, on important federal projects.

And finally, the Constitutional proscription against maintaining a standing army has long ago been de facto obliterated.

Maybe Gabbard has a point.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, October 14, 2019 3:04 AM

You had to be a Democrat back in the 2000's to get that point.

That's not part of their 2019 Legacy Media programming in 2019.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

CAPTAINCRUNCH

Monday, October 14, 2019 6:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
CC doesn't know shit from shinola, which is why he can swallow lies so easily: He has no means of checking them against reality because he doesn't know what reality is.

That's what happens when you live in a echo chamber.

Why so hurtful?

At least you've confirmed that Gabbard is 2020's Jill Stein, propped up by simpletons and Bannon smurfs.

SIGNYM

Monday, October 14, 2019 7:51 PM

Quote:

CC doesn't know shit from shinola, which is why he can swallow lies so easily: He has no means of checking them against reality because he doesn't know what reality is.
That's what happens when you live in a echo chamber.

Why so hurtful?

At least you've confirmed that Gabbard is 2020's Jill Stein, propped up by simpletons and Bannon smurfs.

What is it with you and lying? You just can't stop, can you?

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

SIGNYM

Monday, October 14, 2019 7:55 PM

SPAEKING OF LYING ...

Quote:

ABC News Busted Using Gun Range Footage To Report Turkish 'Slaughter' Of Kurd Civilians
Profile picture for user Tyler Durden
by Tyler Durden
ABC News was just busted using two year old gun range footage while reporting on Turkey 'slaughtering' the kurds in the wake of a US withdrawal from the region.

This video right here appearing to show Turkey's military bombing Kurd civilians in a Syrian border town. The Kurds, who fought alongside the US against ISIS now horrific reports of atrocities committed by Turkish-backed fighters on those very allies" -ABC News

You can compre the videos for yourself here
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/abc-news-busted-using-gun-range
-footage-report-turkish-slaughter-kurdish-civilians

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, October 14, 2019 8:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
SPAEKING OF LYING ...

Quote:

ABC News Busted Using Gun Range Footage To Report Turkish 'Slaughter' Of Kurd Civilians
Profile picture for user Tyler Durden
by Tyler Durden
ABC News was just busted using two year old gun range footage while reporting on Turkey 'slaughtering' the kurds in the wake of a US withdrawal from the region.

This video right here appearing to show Turkey's military bombing Kurd civilians in a Syrian border town. The Kurds, who fought alongside the US against ISIS now horrific reports of atrocities committed by Turkish-backed fighters on those very allies" -ABC News
You can compre the videos for yourself here
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/abc-news-busted-using-gun-range
-footage-report-turkish-slaughter-kurdish-civilians

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

lol No you can't. ABC News made the video private.

Fortunately, you can't put the shit back in the horse. The video comparing the two isn't going to go anywhere, and I'm sure somebody has already put the original video up somewhere else if we dig hard enough.

Yeah. Seriously caught peddling fake news there. The footage is identical.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1183695628288827392

RIP Legacy Media

EDITED TO ADD: https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1183695413255249920/pu/vid/640x36
0/i156hNC8jrsgITqK.mp4?tag=10

Right click and open the link in a new tab. You can then save page as to save the video.

Not sure how long that link will be good for, but it would probably not be a bad idea to have more copies of this video floating around out there.

Please let me know if you hear any update to this scandal or if ABC attempts to try to explain or apologize for this lie or if they're hoping it just gets swept under the rug. I'll do the same.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, October 14, 2019 9:12 PM

BREAKING NEWS FROM ABC!!!!:

New footage has surfaced of a second Syrian attack, this time right on Trump's front door. Sources knowledgeable about the conflict say "he had it coming".

Fortunately, it was Golf Day and the President's family missed their golden toilet bowl, so they were in one of their various other properties when these devastating events occurred.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

CAPTAINCRUNCH

Monday, October 14, 2019 9:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:

CC doesn't know shit from shinola, which is why he can swallow lies so easily: He has no means of checking them against reality because he doesn't know what reality is.
That's what happens when you live in a echo chamber.

Why so hurtful?

At least you've confirmed that Gabbard is 2020's Jill Stein, propped up by simpletons and Bannon smurfs.
What is it with you and lying? You just can't stop, can you?

Me thinks she doth protest too much...

Couldn't help notice you completely ignored the premise... or just about everything.

>>> How is she not the 2020 version of Jill Stein? If she runs as an Independent won't she take Democrats away from their nominee?

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, October 14, 2019 9:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:

CC doesn't know shit from shinola, which is why he can swallow lies so easily: He has no means of checking them against reality because he doesn't know what reality is.
That's what happens when you live in a echo chamber.

Why so hurtful?

At least you've confirmed that Gabbard is 2020's Jill Stein, propped up by simpletons and Bannon smurfs.
What is it with you and lying? You just can't stop, can you?

Me thinks she doth protest too much...

Couldn't help notice you completely ignored the premise... or just about everything.

>>> How is she not the 2020 version of Jill Stein? If she runs as an Independent won't she take Democrats away from their nominee?

If that were to happen, maybe the DNC in all of their divine wisdom shouldn't have kept her out of the 3rd debate by cherry picking polls and further collaborating with Facebook, Twitter and Google to hide her in search results and trending.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

SIGNYM

Monday, October 14, 2019 10:57 PM

Quote:

CC doesn't know shit from shinola, which is why he can swallow lies so easily: He has no means of checking them against reality because he doesn't know what reality is.
That's what happens when you live in a echo chamber.- SIGNY

Why so hurtful?
At least you've confirmed that Gabbard is 2020's Jill Stein, propped up by simpletons and Bannon smurfs. - CC

What is it with you and lying? You just can't stop, can you?- SIGNY

Couldn't help notice you completely ignored the premise... or just about everything.

>>> How is she not the 2020 version of Jill Stein? If she runs as an Independent won't she take Democrats away from their nominee?

IF ... funny how you based your premise on a conditional ... IF she ran as an independent, THEN she would be like Jill Stein.

But IF she was like Jill Stein ... so what? Can't the DNC stop its corruption long enough to take a little competition from the left?

As for the rest of it ... just more evidence-free mouthbreathing hysteria from the M$M. And you. I would think you would have learned by now not to give that shit any credit.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 2:36 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
CC doesn't know shit from shinola, which is why he can swallow lies so easily: He has no means of checking them against reality because he doesn't know what reality is.

That's what happens when you live in a echo chamber.
Why so hurtful?

At least you've confirmed that Gabbard is 2020's Jill Stein, propped up by simpletons and Bannon smurfs.

Tulsi is the Green Party Candidate for 2020?

Wow. If that is true, I guess I will need to actually vote for her in 2020.

Assuming this is not just another one of your delusions again.

1KIKI

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 3:13 AM

Someone may have already posted this, but Gabbard is in the dem fourth debate tomorrow, fwiw.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 8:48 AM

C'mon...

Nobody got a laugh out of the Independence Day footage?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

6IXSTRINGJACK

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 9:09 AM

Minor update to ABC News' lie Sunday night...

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/news-opinion/abc-news-fake-syri
a-bombing-video-was-actually-footage-from-kentucky-military-show

Have no clue who "insidehook.com" is, but this was actually on RCP while I was checking out the polls tonight.

Quote:
“We’ve taken down video that aired on ‘World News Tonight Sunday’ and ‘Good Morning America’ this morning that appeared to be from the Syrian border immediately after questions were raised about its accuracy,” an ABC News spokesperson told Gizmodo. “ABC News regrets the error.”

It must be nice to be able to lie and/or be so incompetent at your job, yet still have no worry about being fired from your multi-million-per-year pay day, huh?

If anybody sees this being reported on by any "legitimate" news organizations, please let me know.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

CAPTAINCRUNCH

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 5:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Minor update to ABC News' lie Sunday night...

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/news-opinion/abc-news-fake-syri
a-bombing-video-was-actually-footage-from-kentucky-military-show

Have no clue who "insidehook.com" is, but this was actually on RCP while I was checking out the polls tonight.

Quote:
“We’ve taken down video that aired on ‘World News Tonight Sunday’ and ‘Good Morning America’ this morning that appeared to be from the Syrian border immediately after questions were raised about its accuracy,” an ABC News spokesperson told Gizmodo. “ABC News regrets the error.”

It must be nice to be able to lie and/or be so incompetent at your job, yet still have no worry about being fired from your multi-million-per-year pay day, huh?

If anybody sees this being reported on by any "legitimate" news organizations, please let me know.

OMG, ABC made a mistake! ALL MSM is DeepState! Vote Trump!

Meh - You really can't even tell what the vid is. Yes, bad sourcing, under"lying" "con"text is probably accurate though. You don't think Syria or Turkey or the Kurds are shooting at each other? A bigger story is someone was actually watching ABC News.

Meanwhile, lying SoS Trump plays Mafia Don while nothing else gets done.

SIGNYM

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 7:03 PM

Speaking of lying ... CC, you haven;t acknowledged that you lied. Again.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

6IXSTRINGJACK

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 7:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Minor update to ABC News' lie Sunday night...

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/news-opinion/abc-news-fake-syri
a-bombing-video-was-actually-footage-from-kentucky-military-show

Have no clue who "insidehook.com" is, but this was actually on RCP while I was checking out the polls tonight.

Quote:
“We’ve taken down video that aired on ‘World News Tonight Sunday’ and ‘Good Morning America’ this morning that appeared to be from the Syrian border immediately after questions were raised about its accuracy,” an ABC News spokesperson told Gizmodo. “ABC News regrets the error.”

It must be nice to be able to lie and/or be so incompetent at your job, yet still have no worry about being fired from your multi-million-per-year pay day, huh?

If anybody sees this being reported on by any "legitimate" news organizations, please let me know.

OMG, ABC made a mistake! ALL MSM is DeepState! Vote Trump!

Meh - You really can't even tell what the vid is. Yes, bad sourcing, under"lying" "con"text is probably accurate though. You don't think Syria or Turkey or the Kurds are shooting at each other? A bigger story is someone was actually watching ABC News.

Meanwhile, lying SoS Trump plays Mafia Don while nothing else gets done.

lol

Brainwashed.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

1KIKI

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 7:40 PM

MUSHY would rather bail from an entire thread, or bail from a post, and look like a liar AND an idiot, rather than admit he lied.

It's like THUGGR, making it a point of "pride" to not correct a misspelling.

Better to be an idiot than admit any negative at all.

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Speaking of lying ... CC, you haven;t acknowledged that you lied. Again.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY