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Showing Original Post only (View all)5 Ways Bernie's Pick for DNC Chair Is Right-Wing as Hell [View all]
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/analysis/5-Ways-Bernies-Pick-for-DNC-Chair-Is-Right-Wing-as-Hell-20160609-0025.htmlU.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders campaign aides say theyre looking to replace current Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz with Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Politico reported Tuesday.
Gabbard, the previous vice-chair of the committee, resigned from the position back in February in order to campaign for Sanders. Now Sanders appears interested in rewarding that loyalty, despite a record that upon closer examination is anything but progressive. Hailing from Maui, Hawaii, arguably the most progressive county in the United States, Tulsi is the daughter of Mike Gabbard, a Hawaii state senator and a former Republican who was mired in controversies in the 1990s for his anti-gay positions and policies.
It would appear the apple doesnt fall far from the tree. The congresswoman, while now echoing the Democratic Partys line on equality, sounded a different tone as a state lawmaker herself, referring to her father's critics as homosexual extremist supporters.
Her reactionary politics are manifested in more than just old comments. Last year she voted to bar war refugees from entering the United States at the same time she voiced support for the dictators and airstrikes that helped create them, breaking with her fellow Democrats to join the most far-right xenophobes in Congress.
That record is why author and Democratic Party activist Shay Chan Hodges has decided to run against Gabbard this year. Hodges argues that Gabbard simply isnt progressive enough to represent Maui. Here are five reasons why shes spot on.
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As opposed to a chair that openly campaigned for Republicans against Democrats?
hobbit709
Jun 2016
#3
She's an opportunist who thought Sanders was going to win, which is why she . . .
brush
Jun 2016
#55
I live in Vegas. I know who Adelson is. Are there ties between him, Sanders and Gabbard?
brush
Jun 2016
#62
Maybe they're thinking of DWS. Who worked with Adelson to kill medical mj reform in Florida.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#68
I wouldn't go that far, and the Clinton side refuses to discuss hot button policy so there we are
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#10
They're bashing Warren, while Bernie makes this kind of suggestion. It's crazy.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#13
I want Warren to stay in the Senate, not be disempowered in the VP slot, plus its a Rethug gov
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#22
point taken, but still want Warren in the Senate with REAL power, not as VP with little.
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#31
I feel as though Clinton and Warren would clash instantly, not just over policy, but also they are
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#52
VP doesn't even have a right to enter the White House without the president's invitation
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#56
That Politico article also implied Sanders isn't fundraising for Russ Feingold (he is).
Eric J in MN
Jun 2016
#11
This is bull. Gabbard isn't even interested in the job. She QUIT the DNC - remember?
jillan
Jun 2016
#12
It's absolutely true that Gabbard supports many repugnantly right-wing positions.
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#35
Your accusation lacks a name and has no weight except as an attack on Gabbard that I agree with.
Todays_Illusion
Jun 2016
#17
Pity Howard Dean would not want the job. In 2006, his 50 state strategy retook the House.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#28
We'll have to find out how successful he is lobbying for the pharmaceutical industry. n/t
TonyPDX
Jun 2016
#43
we have extremely opposite opinions on Sanders and Clinton, but agree on Gabbard
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#39
Hillary will select the next DNC Chair person, it comes with her winning the nomonation.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2016
#51
Unlike DWS, she doesnt think cancer patients should go to prison for smoking pot
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#67