Gabbard Admits Assad Meeting UPDATE: she's now in trouble re: ethics rules

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Why does she get so much hate on this forum? It seems like this website is dedicated to ensuring she loses every single election in the future and keeping her out of politics for as long as possible. THis is the same frothing-at-the-mouth hatred everyone had a go at Trump supporters for.

So what if she met Assad? He's a damn sight better that ISIS. No she is not a homophobe or Islamophobe. However, if we use that logic, we can call Hillary a white supremacist for being close with Robert Byrd or working for Barry Goldwater. Or we could call Obama a traitor because Jeremiah Wright.

Seriously, just lay off. You're all so obsessed with wanting to see her fail that soon enough, that will become your sole objective.

Sorry I have a serious problem with a U.S congresswoman meeting with a dictator currently in the middle of committing heinous war crimes.  Totally the same as Hillary meeting with a sitting senator though, sure.....

Well Byrd was a KKK member. Did the KKK not commit heinous crimes too? Or is all that just an invention of history?

I'm not denying that Assad is a bad person, but if he goes, ISIS takes over. It's that simple. I have no problem with a Congresswoman meeting with him if Obama can meet with Saudi leaders and not cop flak for it.

I'm just tired of seeing this frothing-at-the-mouth hatred for her. Seriously, half the time it seems like you guys want to see her lose every future election she's in. The other half the time is just blind hatred for her. Does she have some problems? Of course. However, unlike what seems like 80% of the people on here, that doesn't reduce me to a foaming, frothy mess who is obsessed with seeing her fail.

-I'm reminded of

http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/ir/Ch5.html

Of course, Gabbard is much superior to Duke.

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Why does she get so much hate on this forum? It seems like this website is dedicated to ensuring she loses every single election in the future and keeping her out of politics for as long as possible. THis is the same frothing-at-the-mouth hatred everyone had a go at Trump supporters for.

So what if she met Assad? He's a damn sight better that ISIS. No she is not a homophobe or Islamophobe. However, if we use that logic, we can call Hillary a white supremacist for being close with Robert Byrd or working for Barry Goldwater. Or we could call Obama a traitor because Jeremiah Wright.

Seriously, just lay off. You're all so obsessed with wanting to see her fail that soon enough, that will become your sole objective.

Sorry I have a serious problem with a U.S congresswoman meeting with a dictator currently in the middle of committing heinous war crimes.  Totally the same as Hillary meeting with a sitting senator though, sure.....

Well Byrd was a KKK member. Did the KKK not commit heinous crimes too? Or is all that just an invention of history?

I'm not denying that Assad is a bad person, but if he goes, ISIS takes over. It's that simple. I have no problem with a Congresswoman meeting with him if Obama can meet with Saudi leaders and not cop flak for it.

I'm just tired of seeing this frothing-at-the-mouth hatred for her. Seriously, half the time it seems like you guys want to see her lose every future election she's in. The other half the time is just blind hatred for her. Does she have some problems? Of course. However, unlike what seems like 80% of the people on here, that doesn't reduce me to a foaming, frothy mess who is obsessed with seeing her fail.

Stop with the stupid strawman arguments.

This story is exactly why a lot of us find Tulsi Gabbard unacceptable. Trying to make it seem less bad wont help your case.

-Did you find Hillary Clinton unacceptable when she met with Poroshenko, who has been responsible for the deaths of thousands in his futile attempt to suppress the rebellion in Donbass?

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If I met Assad that monster would not come out alive of the meeting.  She does not share the Democratic Party's values, even if she endorsed Bernie and is young.

-Again; HRC, Poroshenko? Hello, anyone?

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Tulsi Gabbard is an ethnic minority.  The alt-right will never support her.

they already do, but you're not paying attention.

That headline is god damn disgusting and orwellian - "The Syrian People want peace". Which might be true, but mostly because they want Assad to stop killing them.

-There are no agreements between the Lion of Damascus and the Grey Wolves.

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Why does she get so much hate on this forum? It seems like this website is dedicated to ensuring she loses every single election in the future and keeping her out of politics for as long as possible. THis is the same frothing-at-the-mouth hatred everyone had a go at Trump supporters for.

So what if she met Assad? He's a damn sight better that ISIS. No she is not a homophobe or Islamophobe. However, if we use that logic, we can call Hillary a white supremacist for being close with Robert Byrd or working for Barry Goldwater. Or we could call Obama a traitor because Jeremiah Wright.

Seriously, just lay off. You're all so obsessed with wanting to see her fail that soon enough, that will become your sole objective.

Sorry I have a serious problem with a U.S congresswoman meeting with a dictator currently in the middle of committing heinous war crimes.  Totally the same as Hillary meeting with a sitting senator though, sure.....

Well Byrd was a KKK member. Did the KKK not commit heinous crimes too? Or is all that just an invention of history?

I'm not denying that Assad is a bad person, but if he goes, ISIS takes over. It's that simple. I have no problem with a Congresswoman meeting with him if Obama can meet with Saudi leaders and not cop flak for it.

I'm just tired of seeing this frothing-at-the-mouth hatred for her. Seriously, half the time it seems like you guys want to see her lose every future election she's in. The other half the time is just blind hatred for her. Does she have some problems? Of course. However, unlike what seems like 80% of the people on here, that doesn't reduce me to a foaming, frothy mess who is obsessed with seeing her fail.

Stop with the stupid strawman arguments.

This story is exactly why a lot of us find Tulsi Gabbard unacceptable. Trying to make it seem less bad wont help your case.

-Did you find Hillary Clinton unacceptable when she met with Poroshenko, who has been responsible for the deaths of thousands in his futile attempt to suppress the rebellion in Donbass?

Hillary did that in New York, not Ukraine. And Poroshenko isn't a hostile dictator.

-Assad isn't a "hostile dictator", either.

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Yea, I'm glad I don't like her anymore. She's someone's useful idiot.

-Nope! Strong independent woman!

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Assad is the lesser evil compared to ISIS

He's still, y'know, evil.

The USSR government during and before WW2 was a evil as an government can get yet we allied with them to win WW2. Like the USSR we can deal with Assad later, ISIS is the bigger threat and must be stopped as soon as possible

Yes, that is 100% correct. ISIS is ravaging the middle east and Syria would be a good ally to have in the battle. At this point, the US needs every possible ally to help combat ISIS. It is idiotic that the Obama Administration didn't even recognize when ISIS actually became a major threat.

Why do people still think it's 2015 and that ISIS are dominating? They've lost something like 40% of their territory in Mosul, have lost their foreign fighters and are on the retreat. ISIS are hardly ravaging the middle east, and frankly Syria/Russia have always been a sh**tty unreliable partner in fighting terrorism

-ISIS recaptured Palmyra in December, and is currently attacking Deir ez-Zor.

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So the group that allegedly funded her trip no longer exists?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-tulsi-gabbard-became-assads-mouthpiece-in-washington/2017/01/29/215e9c70-e4bf-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html

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It's the Washington Post, so who knows.

muh FAKE NEWS

you really are indistinguishable from a Trump supporter now

-60% of New York Republicans supported Trump.

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jfern do you believe that Khizir Kahn is an asset of Saudi intelligence?

-No, as they'd pick someone more competent. Though I do think his behavior at the DNC was disgusting, and Trump should have attacked him five to ten times more strongly than he actually did.

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jfern do you believe that Khizir Kahn is an asset of Saudi intelligence?

I have no idea.

Well the only place I saw promoting that was Breitbart and some "leftist" cranks like Michael Tracey who remind me of you so much.

-Sometimes, I feel like Michael Tracey is the only journalist in America who has not lost his mind. He's a major FF.

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I could continue to defend her on this, but why would I when I just get shut down by people who froth at the mouth every time someone mentions her.

I'm still waiting for a defense.

Why would I bother? Every time she's mentioned, about half of the Dems on the forum start to froth at the mouth and call for her to be primaried.

-Indeed. Not sure why they didn't do the same with Kaine, who was just as moderate.

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Gabbard should be removed from congress. Fascist nutcase

-I suspect you're thinking of Cotton.