Who is not an asset by that definition?
Chicago Cubs’ utility infielder David Bote.
Apparently Tulsi was given two chances to disavow the Russia stuff, wouldn’t, and settled on “hey man I can’t control them.”
She also seems to mirror Trump’s talking points regarding Russia, taking a hands-off approach and allowing them to invade, annex and commit atrocities and it’s none of our business. So yeah, duh they’d get behind her.
It’s worth noting that Tulsi has always been a little ‘out there.’ I don’t think she was ever going to be the kind of candidate to play ball, and she was always an odd fit in terms of being a rank and file democrat. The good news is, if she runs as an independent, she might pull support from Trump supporters. But if Stein makes another run, and then Gabbard, Steyer, Yang, and/or others decide to bail on the Democrats because their egos just let them drop out of the race, then all bets are off. That’s one reason among several why Trump’s poll numbers could dip into the high 30s around election time, and he could still conceivably win. The American electorate is Balkanized, much like Germany’s in the early 1930s.
Hm. Digging into this a little deeper (Tulsi was totally off my radar other than being against gay rights)…she’s the darling of the Alt Right and white nationalists. It’s not a fluke David Duke supports her–the Daily Storm claims they buoyed her into the debates with their influx of support.
On 4Chan they call her “mommy,” (Trump is “daddy”). Apparently her isolationist worldview and perceived antisemitism really strike a chord with those types of people.
So I agree, if she fractures and runs a rogue 3rd party campaign, she’ll likely pull indies who would otherwise support Trump.
That someone running for president or is president is an actual Russian asset. Now that I see how expanded the definition is, perhaps she is. But it’s so broad as to be meaningless. Anyone of sufficient fame who speaks publicly could be used as a Russian asset.
She sat at a dinner with Putin and Michael Flynn.
She met with Assad without informing anyone from her party. She is, by all ostensible accounts, a fundamentalist Christian conservative parading as a Democrat simply because the GOP is dead in Hawaii.
Her talking points mirror Trumps. She’s the she-trump.
I can find a photo with Jill Stein sitting near Putin but I haven’t found one with Gabbard. Does a dinner beat a reset button or post-election room to maneuver though?
Regardless, I’m shocked Clinton is making this move. It’s potentially very dangerous.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/tulsi-gabbard/
The above doesn’t sound like any Christian conservative I know.
Nitpick: she’s a Hindu, not a Christian.
I was talking about Stein.
She’s a member of a cult that tries to pass itself off as Christian.
LOL…universal healthcare, a call to action on climate change, education reform, spending on infrastructure and jobs, and the decriminalization of marijuana.
smear smear smear.
Her anti-gay ideals were born of her father.
I’m not attesting to know, Tonight’s the first night I’ve dug into her. But she seems to adhere to the fundamentalist Christian ideals she was raised on.
If she professes to be Hindu, I’d point out she professes to be a Democrat, too.
Call it a smear all you want, but racists are claiming to be her main pillar of support. There’s something about her that is causing that…
She’s hot…she dresses in white all the time…It is weird isn’t it?
I don’t know if she is an “asset” or not, but I do know that a smart man likes to hedge his bets, and Putin is a smart man. Oh, and Malcolm Nance seems to think she is. https://twitter.com/malcolmnance/status/1111687755036266496?lang=en
I will gladly cede she’s hot. I will also flagellate myself admitting Ivanka is lovely. Not inside, only outside.
I excuse myself because I’m literally a visual artist. Pretty stuff is pretty, be them dogs, antique furniture, or hateful women.
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The conspiracy theorist thread is in GD.
Folks - knock off the juvenile sexual banter. While I grant that physical appearance can be a factor in voters evaluations of electability, this is not the caliber of discussion we want to have here.
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