• WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 days ago

    In spite of the staggering number of competitors, I think Tulsi Gabbard is quite possibly the least principled politician I’ve ever seen.

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      13 days ago

      All the people that tried to convince me over the last decade that she was somehow an intelligent principled candidate. Where are they now LOL. She was worse than even I implied at the time.

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        13 days ago

        During what time period? I remember when she was trying to enter the presidential primary, I looked into her. She seems great on the surface, but you don’t have to go much beneath the surface to see differently, and the further you looked, the worse it got

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          13 days ago

          I was still referring to the last decade so yes. 2015 till now. That particular patch of time. People were telling her as the most principled and moral candidate rivaling even Bernie Sanders.

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            13 days ago

            Interesting. Both in how people thought she was the most principled and moral, and that your ruler is Sanders. My rulers are Warren and AOC. Something about Sanders just kept me away from him. His supporters maybe?

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              13 days ago

              You’re not wrong that Sanders had some of the most toxic supporters. And still seemingly does. But there’s a lot of reasons for that. Part of it was that many of them just like the concept of him and were not supporters of him for any particular political stances. He was the candidate that the GOP focused on promoting the most, to divide and conquer left-leaning voters turning them against each other. Something Sanders himself didn’t want. But which worked in spades.

              Sanders the person I think is genuine and a great candidate. I would easily vote for him AOC or Warren on any given day.