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Cha

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16. From Vox.. Gabbard is suppose to be the "peace candidate"..
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 10:17 PM
Feb 2019


Seems to favor putin over President Obama..


In January 2017, she traveled to Syria and met with Assad personally, blindsiding the Democratic leadership in Congress. After returning to the US, she went on CNN and parroted the regime’s line that there was “no difference” between the mainstream anti-Assad rebels and ISIS.

By this point, Democratic leadership considered her disloyal. “Rep. Gabbard loses me and, I think, many others when she claims to support peaceful values and policies that protect civilians and still engages with and even defends a murderous dictator, Bashar al-Assad,” Loren DeJonge Schulman, a senior NSC official in the Obama administration, told me. “There is no excuse for this. The hypocrisy of these actions is astonishing. One can be antiwar without being pro-murderous dictator, a fact that seems obvious.”

When Assad’s forces used chemical weapons against Syrian civilians in April 2017, Gabbard said she was “skeptical” that Assad was responsible, aligning herself with conspiracy theorists against both US intelligence and the overwhelming majority of independent experts.

Mahalo for this, Oilem.. one of the best comprehensive articles on Gabbard I've seen. If not the best.
Indeed. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #1
I'm done fighting the neo-Puritans. OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #2
Exactly, Oilem.. No Double Standards. Cha Feb 2019 #7
Agreed. nt SunSeeker Feb 2019 #32
gabbard did not just voice personal opinions she actively promoted anti gay msongs Feb 2019 #3
Hmm kwolf68 Feb 2019 #4
Sorry, the bar has been set. OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #8
Not a strong or unique voice in the D Party. stopbush Feb 2019 #12
Those same arguments were rejected regarding Northam. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #13
I know.. and I think Gabbard's past Against Cha Feb 2019 #18
More so DBoon Feb 2019 #30
Good point. nt SunSeeker Feb 2019 #33
Yes, it was! Cha Feb 2019 #39
I think you're right about that.. it was Cha Feb 2019 #36
Time for her to go Rustyeye77 Feb 2019 #5
Maybe the people of Hawaii should decide that kwolf68 Feb 2019 #6
Then that should be the same for Northam, etc. bitterross Feb 2019 #14
In Northam's case, it can't jmowreader Feb 2019 #27
With 100% rating by HRW I don't think so, bahrbearian Feb 2019 #9
The HRC endorsed Ralph Northam, Justin Fairfax and Mark Herring. OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #10
That is nearly 100% of Congress. former9thward Feb 2019 #28
That is just one group. The LGBT Hawaiian caucus didn't endorse her, pnwmom Feb 2019 #38
As a gay man I agree. bitterross Feb 2019 #11
I'm certainly not supportive of her Presidential campaign ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #15
Policy differences, I think, aren't relevant to this discussion. OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #20
From Vox.. Gabbard is suppose to be the "peace candidate".. Cha Feb 2019 #16
Is she your rep, Cha? SunSeeker Feb 2019 #34
Question: when did she change her position? And when did she acknowledge her change? brooklynite Feb 2019 #17
What difference does it make? OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #21
As recently as 2013 she refused to help the LGBT caucus pass Hawaii's marriage equality law pnwmom Feb 2019 #40
Her stuff falls more into repugnant policy positions theboss Feb 2019 #19
I provided quite a few in my OP. OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #22
Post removed Post removed Feb 2019 #23
... not normal, not healthy... OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #24
I don't like homophobes either, but she's pretty fucking open about it theboss Feb 2019 #25
Whao Captain "general beliefs"? Blue_true Feb 2019 #26
I agree with you. I wouldn't vote for her theboss Feb 2019 #44
That would be DUI as in one ChubbyStar Feb 2019 #47
Give me the name of one of our candidates, watoos Feb 2019 #29
I never liked her. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #31
It's time to stop any resigning Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #35
Bingo, exactly. Liberty Belle Feb 2019 #42
We need every Democrat we have in office, the good, the bad & the ugly yaesu Feb 2019 #37
If she doesn't resign, she should at least change her party affiliation - then Hawaiian Democrats... George II Feb 2019 #41
Totally concur. Texin Feb 2019 #43
Trump would love this thread. watoos Feb 2019 #45
Bet you're getting a kick out of it too. OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #46
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