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Tulsi Gabbard, Rising Democratic Star From Hawaii, Makes Mark on Party by Defying It
The New York Times ^ | Saturday, November 28, 2015 | Emmarie Huetteman

Posted on 11/29/2015 5:16:33 PM PST by Jyotishi

WASHINGTON -- Between the chilly temperatures and the pace of the push-ups, there was plenty to complain about after eight lawmakers straggled into the park behind the Longworth House Office Building for their regular 6:30 a.m. workout.

While the others in the group griped and groaned on a recent Tuesday, Representative Tulsi Gabbard, 34, her Hindu prayer beads wrapped around a wrist for her daily yoga meditation, said little.

"Tulsi, you hearing a lot of whining?" asked Representative Markwayne Mullin, a burly Oklahoma Republican and former professional mixed martial arts fighter who leads the workouts, mocking the complaints of her companions.

"I'm feeling like whining," she replied between push-ups.

First Draft: Top Party Official Accuses Democratic National Chairwoman of Lying and Questions Her LeadershipOCT. 15, 2015

First Draft: D.N.C. Officer Says She Was Disinvited From Debate After Calling for More of ThemOCT. 12, 2015

Ms. Gabbard, Democrat of Hawaii, has a reputation among her colleagues for being a composed, contemplative presence in a chamber more prone to reaction than reflection. But lately she has started to shed that persona. Since the deadly attacks in Paris, she has become a high-profile critic of President Obama's policies in Syria by amplifying her argument that President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power to avoid elevating the Islamic State and by introducing legislation to defund American efforts to overthrow him.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Syria; US: Hawaii; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; democrat; gabbard; hawaii; islam; muslim; obama; refugee
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1 posted on 11/29/2015 5:16:33 PM PST by Jyotishi
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To: Jyotishi

Notice how the ONLY ‘rising stars’ the media profiles are DEMOCRATS, with the possible exception of Rubio (i.e., making my point too).


2 posted on 11/29/2015 5:19:02 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: Jyotishi
A Democrat that doesn't march in lockstep with the DNC.

Now, there's a rarity.

I'm sure she'll soon be politely informed where the bear s**ts in the buckwheat.

3 posted on 11/29/2015 5:21:10 PM PST by daler
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To: BobL

There’s is a very small universe.


4 posted on 11/29/2015 5:21:42 PM PST by o_1_2_3__
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To: BobL
There's Theirs

I can't believe I typed that.

5 posted on 11/29/2015 5:22:38 PM PST by o_1_2_3__
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To: Jyotishi

Assad is a butcher who helped create ISIS. He needs to go along with ISIS.


6 posted on 11/29/2015 5:23:03 PM PST by ZULU (Mt. McKinley is the tallest mountain in N. America. Denali is Aleut for "scam artist.")
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To: BobL

Cruz, Trump, Carson and Palin would never be called such by the leftwing media


7 posted on 11/29/2015 5:26:53 PM PST by RginTN
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To: Jyotishi

Tulsi Gabbard has shown more spine in opposition to Obama than anyone in GOP House or Senate leadership. Next to her, the RINOs are pussies.


8 posted on 11/29/2015 5:27:40 PM PST by Always A Marine
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To: Jyotishi

Impressive person or an incredible liar. Hawaii has given us more of the later. I’ll wait and see.


9 posted on 11/29/2015 5:28:10 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Jyotishi

Ive heard her many times on Fox News she sticks to her beliefs and she supports our military. She is alright in my book I dont know her opinions on other issues but she is definitely NOT in agreement with Obama on ISIS and foreign policy, its why the DNC has basically distanced themselves from her


10 posted on 11/29/2015 5:31:08 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Jyotishi

Lest we forget, Obama was also a “rising” star.


11 posted on 11/29/2015 5:34:17 PM PST by anoldafvet (they're not immigrants, they're criminal aliens)
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To: Jyotishi

Pics, FReepers pics!


12 posted on 11/29/2015 5:43:23 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: ZULU

U.S., NATO, Saudis & Turkey are the ones behind ISIS.
Assad’s no saint but his sin is that won’t work with the Western powers and banks, so he’s on the list. U.S. did the same thing to Gaddiffi and Mubarak for some of the same reasons. Do you think that Al Queda in Libya and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt were good outcomes?

The U.S. is on the side of making things worse. You can see the same disordered thinking when it comes to the U.S. importing Syrian (ISIS) refugees. Don’t let blind patriotism fool you.


13 posted on 11/29/2015 5:48:56 PM PST by grumpygresh (We don't have Democrats and Republicans, we have the Faustian uni-party)
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To: BobL


Not Guilty!

14 posted on 11/29/2015 5:49:45 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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So much POTENTIAL to waste...


15 posted on 11/29/2015 5:52:21 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: sparklite2

I’d hit that,

Spank it,

Film it,

Spend the weekend with reruns...


16 posted on 11/29/2015 5:54:00 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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17 posted on 11/29/2015 5:57:56 PM PST by digger48
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To: Jyotishi

Another Hawaiian democrat? I’ll pass. Maybe she is on the choom gang, too.


18 posted on 11/29/2015 6:07:54 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Jyotishi

I bet she will cross over within about three or four years. (I mean to the Republican side.)


19 posted on 11/29/2015 6:38:08 PM PST by matthew fuller (GWB Legacy: BHO. BHO Legacy: ISIS.)
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To: digger48

I’ve researched about her before. Believe she is former military, so she’s cool there. However, bit time abortion backer if memory serves.


20 posted on 11/29/2015 6:49:28 PM PST by visionary
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