Posted on 10/28/2019 7:57:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On the surface, Hillary Clinton’s “Russian asset” attack last week on Rep. Tulsi Gabbard appeared the rambling of a bitter, perhaps unhinged woman. One observer suggested that Clinton was holding a grudge because the Hawaii Democrat supported Bernie Sanders and opposed her rigging of the 2016 primary process against him. Perhaps so. Or maybe, exhibiting typical leftist intolerance of dissent, Gabbard’s anti-war stance really does make her our time’s Leon Trotsky.
But what if Clinton’s attack is actually part of a plan to defeat President Trump in 2020? What if Clinton’s theory that Gabbard may run third-party is, aside from a deep Democrat fear, precisely what more Machiavellian Dems want?
Consider: The NOQ Report’s J.D. Rucker correctly points out that, contrary to conventional wisdom, Gabbard would draw far more votes from Trump than the Dems. As he explains:
If Gabbard ran, she’d do so by positioning herself as the common sense choice against an “extremist” on the right in President Trump and a “radical” on the left in Elizabeth Warren or whoever wins the nomination.
Sad reality: There are more Democrats in this country than Republicans. The electoral college [sic] degrades this advantage a bit, but if there were no Independents, Democrats would win most elections. If we assume Gabbard will pull mostly from Libertarians and Independents, then that’s an advantage for Democrats. There is no way for the President to win if he doesn’t get the votes of a majority of Independents.
Rucker nails it. Gabbard could appeal to many “undecideds” in the confused middle.
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No, it was a rant from a deranged woman.
Don’t kid yourself a 3rd party Gabbard run would hurt Trump. That said, it is not why the witch attacked her She attacked her because HRC is insane.
I was really liking Tulsi till she said she wants Prez Trump impeached.
I don't believe that for a second. Her politics are to the left of Sanders,possibly even those of Karl Marx.
everything that side does is a plot to destroy Pres. Trump
From election night (holding off calling states for Pres. Trump), every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every month of every year has been dedicated to the removal of Pres. Trump from office.
But other than that ?
The only conservatives who would vote for Gabbard are Freepers who have the hots for her.
I think it is a manifestation of TDS where she thinks she’s still relevant. The DNC will see the light and draft her as the nominee in a deadlocked convention. She doesn’t want to run against both Trump and a”moderate” democrat.
The Democrats are trying to keep the Russian collusion narrative alive despite Mueller’s inability to find any evidence in support of it. They know that a lot of low-information voters will believe them.
No Trump supporter is going to defect from him.
“The only conservatives who would vote for Gabbard are Freepers who have the hots for her.”
She is nice looking, but not that nice looking.
The ones drooling over the wrong bikini shot!
Well one of us is wrong. Maybe it would depend on who else could get on the ticket. Has Gabbord shown any inclination to do this? She has declared she won’t seek re-election so maybe she is planning it.
Right. They’re not even drooling over the woman they think they are drooling over!
If a third party run by Gabbard would pull votes from Trump, then Trump has a lot of moon-bat leftists voting for him.
Think of every single Trump voter you know. Now name those in that group who will be lured away by Tulsi Gabbard of the Green Party or Pierre Delecto of the Tasty Peter Party.
Gabbard is every bit as left-wing as the fake Indian.
Like you said, no Trump supporter will dump the president for this Hawaiian harridan.
I have the hots for Tulsi and would vote for her if she was running against Hillary Clinton. But that’s about it as far as voting for her goes.
Hillary is ‘mad’. Not just angry but “Mad”. Certifiable!
I think it’s something like this. Gabbard FOR SURE is in on something with the DNC. Without a ton of money or political connections you don’t GET to be part of the Democrat field without being part of the master plan.
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