I've been reading some stuff about Tulsi Gabbard. I am conflicted......

[Bilegurken]

I can't quite pin down her positions on some issues. And on others, I feel like she is not authentic.
I heard her family was really anti-gay in Hawaii, but then she fought against it. Then I see her hanging out with Modi and Rohrabacher and makes me go.....hmm.....

[Anon-C]

1. Trust your Spider Sense when it's tingling!

[guillaumeb]

2. Welcome to DU.

We both know that an essential part of the primary process is discussing these types of issues.

[The Wielding Truth]

3. Check this out.

https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/129306/tulsi-gabbard#.XD_KoM1Oncc

Maybe she is just friendly to strangers.

[Hekate]

4. Read the following extensively researched post & join the fight...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211667912

Frankly, I begin to suspect that Tulsi is as much a Democrat as Trump is a Republican.

[pazzyanne]

5. Agree!

[Bilegurken]

9. Holy shiitake!

David Duke and Richard Spencer?

WTF?

[moriah]

22. Unfortunately I find that particular post to be less than compelling.

Going on too much about gurus and such, and not enough about easily ascertained facts.

Such as that she doesn't wholeheartedly support LGBT rights or choice, and her attempts to justify her views fall flat when she accuses people of "religious bigotry" to ask a judicial nominee who said they supported chipping away at Roe "bit by bit" as AG if they can put aside those personal views and be unbiased on the bench. By saying objection to theocracy was what made her "change her tune" about legislation of morality, she not only acknowledges both that she's still anti-LGBT and anti-choice, but that not everyone CAN put aside those views and follow the Constitution. So why object to the question?

As far as Presidential candidates go, I want someone defending rights they actually believe in, vs IMHO are only voting for them to keep political viability in their more liberal state. Some others have hedged on marriage equality in the past likely for political motivations, but they didn't call gay people "homosexual extremists" for wanting equality and anti-bullying programs, either.

[apcalc]

6. She is suspect. Avoid!

[WeekiWater]

7. Doesn't matter for anyone outside of Hawaii.

She is currently voting as she should on the issue and is a non-starter in the democratic primary.

[Bilegurken]

8. What issue?

.....

[WeekiWater]

10. The op referenced her anti-gay past.

It has also been what has mostly been discussed the last couple of days.

[Bilegurken]

11. And I am not really holding that against her.

She's changed on that position a whole lot from what I read.

Its the other stuff I am talking about.

[WeekiWater]

13. I found the other items to be too ambiguous to comment on.

My comment would still be the same. I’m not trying to figure out if I would vote for her in yhe primaries nor am I trying to figure her out. I don’t like her much.

[pnwmom]

21. As recently as 2015 she said she is still against gay marriage in her PERSONAL VIEWS.

It's just not her political view anymore.

[NurseJackie]

12. Glad she's a Democrat (just as I'm glad that Manchin is a Democrat)

... but as a presidential candidate? She doesn't stand a chance. Not a chance!

[ProudLib72]

15. Ok, I'm being serious here.

Manchin is from WV. Can we really compare him to a person from HI? I don't know the demographics of HI that well, so I'm not sure how well she represents her constituents' interests.

[AlexSFCA]

16. I don't remember Munchin defending asad

[ProudLib72]

17. True.

I think NurseJackie is being a little facetious. We know that Manchin is most likely the best we can expect from a Dem from WV. I don't believe Gabbard is the best we can expect from a Dem from HI. I like Hirono a lot, so my expectations are quite high. I just don't know if I'm being entirely realistic.

[NurseJackie]

24. That's pretty much it.

She's definitely not for me, but for some reason that I don't fully understand, her constituents choose her.

[pnwmom]

20. That's true. Manchin is in a much redder state. Also he's more consistent as a moderate.

She's all over the map.

[AlexSFCA]

14. she is dangerous

david duke just endorsed her. She’s been a darling of alt right for years. She is a useful idiot for far right and total dem hack. I hope she’ll get exposed for what she is.

[Trailrider1951]

18. Thank you for this! That's my take on her as well

Smells like DINO to me

[customerserviceguy]

19. Just

find a true progressive to vote for. There will be plenty to choose from.

[Cha]

23. Tulsi Gabbard's 2020 Campaign May Be Over Before It Starts

The congresswoman from Hawaii’s past is filled with anti-LGBTQ activism, calls for bombing Syria and endorsing torture

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tulsi-gabbards-2020-president-778512/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tulsi-gabbards-2020-president-778512/

[octoberlib]

25. I'm not conflicted at all

#TeamKamala

[themaguffin]

26. I am NOT conficted. She is no better than Lieberman etc.

[Perrenial Voter]

27. Unfortunately, most of the "progressive" candidates who are

running have some some things in their background that are inconsistent with a progressive record. They will all have explanations for this and I suppose one will be more convincing than the others. For me, Kamala Harris has so far explained her record the best. IMO, the reason Bernie Sanders was so popular, and why so many people want him to run again, is because he had a consistent record on economic issues. I think with Warren running, he probably won't run, as he was prepared to defer to her in 2016, but she deferred to Clinton. I'm hoping we can find someone younger than Warren or Sanders, who is not a newly-minted progressive. Gillebrand has a conservative past as does Tulsi Gabbard (who will also get hammered on her religious background), though both bring something to the discussion and are likeable. Warren was also more conservative in the past, but at a time when the economy was less slanted towards the rich than it now is. On foreign policy, though, I'm not sure anyone is ready to break with Israel and Saudi Arabia or transition to a policy in which we are not using the military and diplomacy to enforce a neoliberal regime on the world. Sanders was starting to get there during his campaign, but didn't really have the knowledge to lay out a clear approach.

[Bilegurken]

28. Check out what Chapo is saying about her.

[cvoogt]

29. she is STILL against impeachment

source - The Hill