Democratic Primaries

pnwmom

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15. "Being the only one who takes a position, or taking an unpopular position, does not automatically

Mon Aug 19, 2019, 12:54 PM

Aug 2019

make it wrong."

I didn't say it did. But in this case it is the unpopular position because it IS WRONG.

Any time we choose among candidates, we're comparing them. She ranks near the bottom of the 20 in my opinion because of her positions on some important issues. And I don't trust her farther than I could throw her.

She is also the woman who said, in an interview with Ozy in 2015, that her personal views on LGBT and abortion haven't changed -- just her political views. After being in Iraq, she says she decided that she shouldn't impose her personal views on others -- so she changed her political positions.

Conveniently, her new political positions fit with the Democratic party she'd decided to run in. But I don't know why any LGBT person or ally would trust support from someone like her.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Many Gabbad supporters make the false equation of other Democrats visiting Assad with her actions [View all] karynnj Aug 2019 OP

i heard Jimmy Carter was banned from going there once..FFS Jimmy Carter..? samnsara Aug 2019 #1

Thank you for taking the time to put this very thoughtful piece together. pnwmom Aug 2019 #2

Thanks, Somehow I lost the last few words. karynnj Aug 2019 #5

There is another side to this story. Quemado Aug 2019 #3

Apparently you missed a lot, while you were busy reading posts on this website. pnwmom Aug 2019 #6

The other side of the issue... thesquanderer Aug 2019 #4

She's the only one who's equated the moderate rebels fighting Assad pnwmom Aug 2019 #7

Gabbard is not the only one to tie the rebels to ISIS or al-Qaeda thesquanderer Aug 2019 #8

Gabbard is the only one of the CANDIDATES. Warren hasn't. No one else has, either. n/t pnwmom Aug 2019 #9

I didn't know you meant only CANDIDATE, but even so, what's wrong with that? thesquanderer Aug 2019 #10

It's not a valid perspective, in my opinion. And it's a good reason for deciding not to vote pnwmom Aug 2019 #11

The Yang comparison was only a counter to your "she's the only candidate who..." thesquanderer Aug 2019 #12

But there aren't plenty of other progressives in government, who have dealt with the issues, pnwmom Aug 2019 #13

Some good points, but also counterpoints thesquanderer Aug 2019 #14

"Being the only one who takes a position, or taking an unpopular position, does not automatically pnwmom Aug 2019 #15