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.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Clinton’s attack on Gabbard was because she remains obsessed with losing in 2016.
1) Gabbard arguably cost Hillary some Dem votes when she quit the DNC in protest, exposing how it was cheating Sanders.
2) Clinton wants to remind idiots of the Russian interference meme. It’s always a “Great Something Conspiracy” — never her own shortcomings.
3) Clinton believes she lost because the Russians caused Jill Stein to run as their third party puppet, despite zero evidence, and the reality that the Greens run a third party candidate even when the Queen of Delusion is not a candidate.
With everyone from the POTUS to the coffee boys at the FBI in her corner ,she still failed to devise a plan to stop Trump in 2016. She is an idiot basically. This story is giving her waaaaaay too much credit. If shes hurt any one by her antics it is her own party. Hillarys behavior only cements the Democrats as close minded lunatics who really have no platform other than what weve seen for 3 years now.
Agreed. And that same AOC dance video addicted lot would vote for AOC in a heart beat just to see her more on TV. They’d even be in favor of lowering the age to let her run.
Mega Barf alert on premise and writing
Implies that a Democrat when running as an Independent will pull votes from Trump but no the democrat selected to run against him
In other words given Her as an alternative because, as “polls” indicate the ABT syndrome (Anybody But Trump) is out there and given an alternative he will lose
Weak, Silly and a waste of time
That's the only choice she offers. You're trying to say that some waffling Trump voter is not going to vote Trump and instead vote for her? Why not vote Bernie to begin with? that sounds like some dribble you will hear on PMSNBC!
This is a show to push Gabbard to the top of the ticket.
No I’m not saying she’d pull waffling Trump voters l’m she might grab some wafting D’s that can’t go for Warren or Joe. I have yet to find any waffling Trump voters praise the lord.
Are you out of your mind? An anti 2nd admendment, gun grabbing, pro-abortion, pro taxation nut job for Hawaii with no experience, can even draw enough flys to get her attention for the DNC....against Trump? Only morons that would never vote Trump and are pro Bernie would vote for her.....but she ain’t going to get that far.
Sheesh take it easy. Okay she won’t get 3 votes.
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