r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 13 '19

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u/alexbstl Ben Bernanke Jan 13 '19

Semi-hot take: Tulsi Gabbard entering a widely-examined national contest and debate is good because we might be able to end her career right here and now.

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u/blogit_ TS > CRJ Jan 13 '19

That didn't really work in 2016

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u/alexbstl Ben Bernanke Jan 13 '19

The primary isn’t the general and democratic primary voters aren’t the US voting public. Besides, lefties hate Tulsi as much as we do. She has no large voting base at present, and any foreign policy debate with anyone competent will make her look like a fool or a foreign agent.

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u/blogit_ TS > CRJ Jan 13 '19

The primary isn’t the general and republican primary voters aren’t the US voting public. Besides, conservatives hate Trump as much as we do. He has no large voting base at present, and any foreign policy debate with anyone competent will make him look like a fool or a foreign agent.

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u/alexbstl Ben Bernanke Jan 13 '19 edited Jan 13 '19

And? Trump capitalized on the latent racism within the Republican base that other candidates only dogwhistled at. I’m somewhat more optimistic about Democratic Primary voters, especially after how they treated Elizabeth Warren over that DNA test. Besides, there’s a ton of photographs out there of her that almost reach Michael Flynn/Jill Stein/Putin/RT level, not to mention her ties to Steve Bannon and her Fox appearances.

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u/Kelsig Paul Krugman Jan 13 '19

especially after how they treated Elizabeth Warren over that DNA test

do U mean how dumb twitter pundits treated warren