2020 Presidential Race

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I really don’t know what world you guys are living in if you think Tulsi is a centrist. She is the most left candidate in the field not named Sanders or Warren.
 
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Persian Vol said:
I really don’t know what world you guys are living in if you think Tulsi is a centrist. She is the most left candidate in the field not named Sanders or Warren.
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It's like they skipped over the fact that she supports Medicare for All, $15 minimum wage, supports the impeachment inquiry, etc.
 
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Persian Vol said:
I really don’t know what world you guys are living in if you think Tulsi is a centrist. She is the most left candidate in the field not named Sanders or Warren.
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When it comes to the field of Dem candidates, she is the most centrist.
 
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Persian Vol said:
What are you basing this off of? This is not true.
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most of what I am remembering is her wanting to limit the government/ military involvement. and I think her Medicare for all only applied to Americans.

she wants a paper trail for voting. both of the actual votes, and the voters. and again hasn't said anything about non americans getting to vote.

tearing down the War on Drug, some of her social justice platforms is conservative if not "republican"

she wants to end a lot of the subsidies big oil and others get, again its conservative if not "republican"

she has some strong (pro) stances on privacy and limiting the Big Brother government we have. which is where her reasoning fails to come around on the gun issues.

like I said she has a lot I can vote for, but a couple things that I say heck no too.

Tulsi's Record on the Issues

I went through her website and what I remember mostly checks out. I haven't looked into her voting records to see if she is just another "Do as I say, not do as I do" politician.

also she's hot. if I got to look at someone they might as well be attractive.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
There are several candidates more centrist than Tulsi.
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None that I have seen, granted I haven’t dug deep into their platforms because all of them are way to left for me.

The second someone starts talking about banning specific types of guns, universal healthcare and my favorite “tax the rich” I tune them out.
 
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LouderVol said:
most of what I am remembering is her wanting to limit the government/ military involvement. and I think her Medicare for all only applied to Americans.

she wants a paper trail for voting. both of the actual votes, and the voters. and again hasn't said anything about non americans getting to vote.

tearing down the War on Drug, some of her social justice platforms is conservative if not "republican"

she wants to end a lot of the subsidies big oil and others get, again its conservative if not "republican"

she has some strong (pro) stances on privacy and limiting the Big Brother government we have. which is where her reasoning fails to come around on the gun issues.

like I said she has a lot I can vote for, but a couple things that I say heck no too.

Tulsi's Record on the Issues

I went through her website and what I remember mostly checks out. I haven't looked into her voting records to see if she is just another "Do as I say, not do as I do" politician.

also she's hot. if I got to look at someone they might as well be attractive.
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Many of what you said are not exclusive to any political party, and are common thoughts in the progressive wing of the spectrum.
 
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hog88 said:
None that I have seen, granted I haven’t dug deep into their platforms because all of them are way to left for me.

The second someone starts talking about banning specific types of guns, universal healthcare and my favorite “tax the rich” I tune them out.
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Off the top of my head I'd say Biden, Delaney, Klobuchar, and Pete are more centrist than Tulsi (Pete not by much, he's more center-left). I'm sure I'm leaving some out, there are like 381 running still.

Tulsi wants to reinstate the ban on military style assault weapons, supports universal healthcare (including a bill she co-sponsored providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants), and wants to tax the rich. All from her campaign website.
 
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VolnJC said:
Yeah it happens but not recently...guess Roosevelt was the last not including Nixon with Ford...I would love to see it and think those 2 line up pretty close politically
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Gerald Ford had Nelson Rockefeller as his VP as he finished out Nixon's 2nd term. He then replaced Rockefeller with Bob Dole to run as his VP in 1976 against Jimmy Carter.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Gerald Ford had Nelson Rockefeller as his VP as he finished out Nixon's 2nd term. He then replaced Rockefeller with Bob Dole to run as his VP in 1976 agauinst Jimmy Carter.
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I didn't realize that about Dole...always liked him he seemed like a decent dude and I thought the Americans With Disabilities Act in retrospect was a good idea..know he worked hard for that one
 
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My boy Pete getting called a dark horse candidate by the talking heads on MSNBC. Solidly in fourth nationally, as well as making huge gains in Iowa and New Hampshire over the last couple weeks.
 
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VolnJC said:
I didn't realize that about Dole...always liked him he seemed like a decent dude and I thought the Americans With Disabilities Act in retrospect was a good idea..know he worked hard for that one
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Dole fought in Italy during WWII, and was badly wounded at Anzio (I think). One of his arms was almost useless, and that is why he always carried a pen or pencil in it , so nobody would try to shake that hand. His injuries made him aware of the struggles of people with disabilities.
 
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