All Purpose News and Politics Thread Part IV: The Center Cannot Hold

[Tendrin]

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/sta...15636088365058

Tulsi Gabbard is not anti-war. She is not a peace candidate.

[Tendrin]

You love to see it.

This year, Republicans may be heading for a rough election in an unlikely state: Kentucky.
New internal Democratic polls reveal that the GOP is struggling in three critical Kentucky races taking place in November. In the gubernatorial race, incumbent GOP Gov. Matt Bevin is trailing Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear 48 to 39.
Further down the ballot, the GOP is also vulnerable. In the attorney general race to replace Beshear, former Democratic state House Speaker Greg Stumbo is ahead 46 to 39 against Republican Daniel Cameron, the former legal counsel to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. And in the secretary of state race, where incumbent Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes is retiring, Democratic former Second Lady of Kentucky and Miss America 2000 pageant winner Heather French Henry leads GOP former Justice Department lawyer Michael Adams 52 to 37.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/new...e-of-kentucky/

I know its internal polling but Bevin definitely seems to have the opposite of coattails.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Personally I think Tulsi is only there to serve an agenda. That seems to be to take down certain Democrats. That said it is kinda shitty to try and label by my count one of the only two people in the Presidential race to have actually served in the military as a Russian asset. Plenty of better things to criticize her on

[InformationGeek]

Yeah, like constantly going on Tucker Carlson to whine and moan.

Tulsi Gabbard appears on Tucker Carlson to attack Hillary Clinton https://t.co/1OB3d0AFuZ

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Yeah, like constantly going on Tucker Carlson to whine and moan.

Exactly she endears herself to a rightwing crowd way too much.

[Tami]

Personally I think Tulsi is only there to serve an agenda. That seems to be to take down certain Democrats. That said it is kinda shitty to try and label by my count one of the only two people in the Presidential race to have actually served in the military as a Russian asset. Plenty of better things to criticize her on

Even Military Veterans are not immune to influence, just ask Michael Flynn. Or how about this one: Navy: Sailor contacted Russians, pleads guilty to espionage. Or this one: U.S. Air Force Intel Vet Monica Witt Is Accused of Being Iran’s Dumbest Spy

Not saying that any of these is the case with Tulsi Gabbard, only that if she isn't careful her name might end up on this list as well. Hopefully she isn't that dumb.

[Tendrin]

Personally I think Tulsi is only there to serve an agenda. That seems to be to take down certain Democrats. That said it is kinda shitty to try and label by my count one of the only two people in the Presidential race to have actually served in the military as a Russian asset. Plenty of better things to criticize her on

Yes, let's criticize her cheering on of Putin and Assad's murder of civilians but, wait, I forgot. sHe's aNtI-WaR

[numberthirty]

Personally I think Tulsi is only there to serve an agenda. That seems to be to take down certain Democrats. That said it is kinda shitty to try and label by my count one of the only two people in the Presidential race to have actually served in the military as a Russian asset. Plenty of better things to criticize her on

Let's just set the whole "Russian Asset" jive aside for a minute.

Let's say that you can jump to conclusions, and decide that Gabbard is anything from "Less Than Ideal Nominee..." all the way to "The Boogey Woman..."

Are you giving her more or less airtime and name recognition with this garbage?

[Tendrin]

Let's just set the whole "Russian Asset" jive aside for a minute.

Let's say that you can jump to conclusions, and decide that Gabbard is anything from "Less Than Ideal Nominee..." all the way to "The Boogey Woman..."

Are you giving her more or less airtime and name recognition with this garbage?

Ignoring her just lets some folks not realize just how problematic she actually is. She's a presidential nominee and was at one point receiving all kinds of accolades and attention as a telegenic 'democratic future'. Let's stop pretending that the lady who's Fox News' favorite Democrat doesn't deserve to have a light shone on the bigotry of her world view and whose interests she appears to be serving when she's apologizing for Putin and Assad.

[numberthirty]

Ignoring her just lets some folks not realize just how problematic she actually is. She's a presidential nominee and was at one point receiving all kinds of accolades and attention as a telegenic 'democratic future'. Let's stop pretending that the lady who's Fox News' favorite Democrat doesn't deserve to have a light shone on the bigotry of her world view and whose interests she appears to be serving when she's apologizing for Putin and Assad.

Who has said "Ignore Her?"

The best route to not having to potentially deal with her any longer than you have to is for her to get a perfectly fair chance to run in a completely "Above Board" primary.

It's not "Make Accusation That You Seemingly Have Right Around 'Zero' Proof To Go Along With..."

All that is going to do is keep her in the equation for longer than she should be.

[Tendrin]

Who has said "Ignore Her?"

The best route to not having to potentially deal with her any longer than you have to is for her to get a perfectly fair chance to run in a completely "Above Board" primary.

It's not "Make Accusation That You Seemingly Have Right Around 'Zero' Proof To Go Along With..."

All that is going to do is keep her in the equation for longer than she should be.

She wasn't going anywhere and she's pretty much made a fool of herself today.

[numberthirty]

She wasn't going anywhere and she's pretty much made a fool of herself today.

Along with a former nominee of the Democratic Party saying she was a "Russian Asset..." with right around "Zero" proof.

Your talking like the party didn't look like fools right along with Gabbard.

As for "She Wasn't Going Anywhere...", she shouldn't be. Not until she is out of a perfectly fair nomination process.

Anything except that is playing right into Gabbards' hands, and takes you in the opposite direction of anywhere you would want to wind up.

[Tendrin]

Along with a former nominee of the Democratic Party saying she was a "Russian Asset..." with right around "Zero" proof.

Your talking like the party didn't look like fools right along with Gabbard.

As for "She Wasn't Going Anywhere...", she shouldn't be. Not until she is out of a perfectly fair nomination process.

Anything except that is playing right into Gabbards' hands, and takes you in the opposite direction of anywhere you would want to wind up.

She said she was being groomed by the Russians for a third party run. That's not saying she's a Russian agent. If you thought Ms. 'Boycott the debates' and 'The DNC is sick and rotting' wouldn't consider that, well... you're being silly and true to your usual form.

It's unquestionably true by the way that Russian state tv fawns over her and their actual assets are being deployed.

[worstblogever]

It's really an amazing coincidence that someone who would be on this forum defending Stein and Johnson while others were suggesting Russia might be helping promote the two in 2016 are now defending Tulsi Gabbard.

It's almost as if they didn't learn a goddamned thing.

[numberthirty]

She said she was being groomed by the Russians for a third party run. That's not saying she's a Russian agent. If you thought Ms. 'Boycott the debates' and 'The DNC is sick and rotting' wouldn't consider that, well... you're being silly and true to your usual form.

It's unquestionably true by the way that Russian state tv fawns over her and their actual assets are being deployed.

Since I know a lot of folks might not have really read over what she actually said, let's go on ahead and roll tape...

From this Newsweek article...

- https://www.newsweek.com/clinton-rus...didate-1466316

Clinton went on to state that her fellow 2016 candidate Jill Stein was also in the election due to Russian involvement. "That's assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not, because she's also a Russian asset. She's a Russian asset, totally. They know they can't win without a third party candidate, and I don't know who it's going to be, but I will guarantee that they will have a vigorous third party candidate in the key states that they most need it." Stein denied receiving support from the Russian government in 2017.

If you are saying Stein is "Also..." a Russian asset, you are saying there is more than one asset. Which is calling Gabbard an asset.

Maybe she meant to say something else, but what she actually said there pretty clearly calls Gabbard an asset.