no - Keiko ‘Mazie’ Hirono describes herself as a secular , non-practicing Buddhist . A Buddhist is only a Buddhist if they practice . So Keiko-san is a BINO ( Buddhist in name only) She also has a really strange backstory about how she got her from Japan and not one person bothers to check into her immigration background . Hirono is nothing more than an Obama sycophant and former longtime member of the House Progressive Caucus . A real birdbrain with a propensity for enjoying her cocktails .
Gabbard is about as Hindu as my shoe . Gabbard is actually a member of a Hindu-like cult ,called the Science of Identity , which is itself an offshoot of the old Krishna Conscious , ISKON, movement that took root back in the late 60’s . She answers to the cult leader and neo-guru , a guy named Chris Butler , who fancies himself as ‘ the Lord of the Universe ‘ It is rumored that it is this guy that planned and propelled little Tulsi into both her political and military life , with an aim to getting his own grips on political power and influence thru his cult members .
She is also supported by Media Matters funded Vote Vets org. a far left wing group of disgruntled former military members , now happy to take money from George Soros .
The guy that opposed Gabbard was a homeless firebrand and local braddah type , whom the Hawaii Republican Party utterly failed to support in any way . Same as they failed to do in the last Hawaii CD-2 election . It’s a doo-doo hole out here . Truly
Mahalo for the bacckground. It’s too bad Wash. Compost wasn’t as thorough. Speaking of the Hawaii Republican Party, didn’t they fund election loser Linda Lingle adequately?
So, IOWs, one is a phoney-Buddhist and the other is a phoney-Hindu. That’s appropriate since Democrats are phoney-Americans.