If these two were running in 2024, who you want to win? Tulsi Gabbard or Joe Biden?

[NorthwestRider]

Between these choices, I want Tulsi Gabbard to win. She is anti war, tougher on Saudi Arabia, pro weed, pro Medicare for All, the swamp hates her, etc

A. Tulsi Gabbard

B. Joe Biden

[Derekk]

For any interested party, I'll just leave this here. If you're right wing and like her, fine. But she's no progressive.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/05/tulsi-gabbard-president-sanders-democratic-party

[Jjpayne]

I'm open to see who will make it to the final cut. It could be fun to see if she does but Joe might get a second term if he is president so it might just be an automatic renewal for the Democrats

[NorthwestRider]

But he is super old and not right in the head

[Jjpayne]

I've been hearing that...

[Jjpayne]

Thank you for the MHO 😊

[supercutebutt]

Dudes get hard-ons for Tulsi in a way not seen since Donald Trump.

[Tea-Spaghetti]

I voted for her she’s my favorite 🤩

[supercutebutt]

@Tea-Spaghetti I'd take her over any dirty Trumptard.

[normalice]

Joe Biden said from the start he isn't running in 2024. Tulsi is fine, but honestly rather see her be governor of Iowa. Yes, I'm aware she is already in Congress. But she is a slightly right of center Democrat and that's exactly the sort of person Iowa would vote for. And being a governor is no small thing. There are only 50, after all.

[NorthwestRider]

She is from Hawaii and she is more progressive than the other Democrats. She is pro weed, anti war, pro Medicare for All, support Bernie over Hillary Clinton, etc

[normalice]

Yeah, but she was also pro life for a while. And while that is a bad thing, in general, a Democrat with a pro life history (even if its just history) could go over quite well in iowa.

[NorthwestRider]

She supported Bernie during the 2016 election. I do not think she is a right winger

[normalice]

I didn't say she was a right winger. I said she is slightly right of center. Or at least most of the libertarians I know consider her to be one of their own. And while that could be the result of misinformation, that can't be the entire explanation.

[jakerson181]

The continuing obsession some on here have with her just astounds me. She is a complete and utter lightweight. Can you imagine her on the world stage having to deal with someone like Putin? He'd be like "I thought I had a useful idiot already but dealing with her is like Christmas every day."

She's out of Congress in January. 4 years from now, she'll be the answer to a trivia question. And you guys wonder why nobody takes your 3rd party candidates seriously.

[NorthwestRider]

I bet you hate Yang, AOC, Nina Turner and Bernie as well

[jakerson181]

I don't hate them. I just don't agree with their ideas cause I'm not a progressive. I think the Democratic party will continue to move in that direction but it isn't going to happen tomorrow no matter how many times you repeat yourself and ask the same question or make the same comment for the 250th time. And your constantly bringing up Nina Turner as somehow qualified to be leader of the free world never fails to make me laugh.

[NorthwestRider]

Are you a blue dog? You know that the blue dogs got their ass whooped this year? Many Republicans beat the blue dogs

[jakerson181]

200+ won and 5 or 6 lost. Is that how you define many? 200+ blue dogs as you call them won reelection. 5 or 6 progressives won as well but 1 out of 25 Democratic house members means you guys aren't running tbe party quite yet.

And in case you weren't able to understand the dynamics of why those Dems lost their seats, it's because Republicans were able to taint those candidates with their propaganda as being controlled by socialists even though they weren't. The fear of the AOCs and the Bernies are why those candidates lost. So thanks a lot for that. You and people like you helped the Democratic party lose house seats and probably fail to gsin senate control. So congratulations. Goid job.

Of course as you've already said 500 times, you'd like to blow up the Democratic party so honestly I place zero value in what you think would be best.

[jakerson181]

*good

[NorthwestRider]

They called AOC and rest of the squad won their races and the Republicans called them socialists

[jakerson181]

Because they ran in districts that have been heavily dominated by Democrats for years. Not every Congressional district is like that. Many Dems won seats in 2018 that were swing districts or had tradtionally voted Republican. They're the ones that were susceptible to the smear, not people who run in districts that the Democratic candidate always wins 70-30 since forever. Do you understand the difference?

[NorthwestRider]

Katie Porter is a progressive and she won twice in a district that was always Republican

[jakerson181]

Katie Porter has aligned herself on some issues with the progressives like Medicare for all and wears a progressive label but she hasn't lined up on every issue. She supports making college affordable for all, but not free. Regardless, she is an attorney who's clerked for a number of prominent judges, was a law school professor, worked as a Consumer protection attorney and was appointed to roles as a consumer watchdog in Caliifornia by Kamala Harris. She may align herself with the progressives on some issues but her background is as mainstream as it gets. And she endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president, not Bernie. It would be almost impossible for the Republicans to pigeonhole her as a socialist/radical/communist cause her background is so mainstream. Not so with many other candidates. She's the exception, not the rule. And that's your problem with the way you think about these things. You see a group of 20, see one exception and you think that proves your case. It doesn't and in almost every case, things are more nuanced, complicated and grey than your view of the world allows for which always seems to be either black or white.

[Bandit74]

I'd rather be tough on China/Rusia than Saudi Arabia and am not necessarily in favor of medicare for all or ending all wars. That being said between the two I'd prefer Gabbard. I don't think there would be a massive difference in policies between the two but she's at least not senile so that gives her the win in my book. Ideally I don't think someone pushing 80 should be running the country.

[NorthwestRider]

But Saudi Arabia attacked us on 911

Also the countries with the best healthcare systems all have Medicare for All and plus wars are awful

[Bandit74]

I'm not against being hard on Saudi Arabia, I'm just more concerned with Russia/China.

That doesn't mean it would scale well here. We also have fatter, less healthy people so I think the tax burden to fund it would be greater. I would rather see efforts to reduce costs if possible rather than make everything free. Like are prices expensive because they actually cost a lot or are pharmaceuticals and hospitals artificially jacking up the prices because they can? If its the latter Id prefer to adress that instead of just funding everything with taxes.

Or if it really has to be free can't we trial it in a state like California or NY first instead of just rolling it out for the whole country.

[NorthwestRider]

69% of Americans want Medicare for All

thehill.com/.../494602-poll-69-percent-of-voters-support-medicare-for-all

[NorthwestRider]

Even a Fox Poll has it 72% of Americans want Medicare for All

www.commondreams.org/.../centrist-house-democrats-attack-medicare-all-fox-news-poll-shows-72-voters-want

[Bandit74]

The thing with polls is that how the question is phrased matters a lot. If you ask people if they support free healthcare then sure most will say yes. However if you provide specifics on how it will afect their individual tax burden I suspect less would be in favor of it. I mean if it is really going to be funded purely by Millionaires & Billionaires then I guess I am cool with it. However if it requires raising taxes for middle class workers then I suspect there would be a lot more opposition.

[Tea-Spaghetti]

I support China and North Korea haha and also the U. S...

[Texaskid1]

Medicare for all?

Where do we get the money?
Legalize weed? Yes.

Bring troops home? Yes

But how do we end our dependency on oil?

[NorthwestRider]

Easy stop spending money on useless wars and throwing people in prison for stupid reasons

[Anonymous]

Tulsi; I would have voted for her if she was the DNC candidate. Instead I vote for Jo Jorgensen.

[NorthwestRider]

I love that the populist candidate is beating the status quo candidate same with my Andrew Yang vs Joe Biden question

[Kurαȷ]

I would vote Joe Biden.
Tulsi Gabbard is a dubious turncoat, who the fuck knows where her real values actually lie.

[humanearth]

I made up my mind. I QUIT and give up on voting. I'll start voting again when indenpents are aloud to be part of the debates

[NorthwestRider]

Between these two, Tulsi is more an independent. The swamp hates her

[BeenThereLovedIt]

Joe won't be alive in 2024, and Kamala will be president. He's too old as it is.

[Tea-Spaghetti]

I like Tulsi Gabbard a lot. Joe should retire at that poin he is just getting too old.

[Anonymous]

Depends on who runs the better campaign.
If the female says even one “girl power” slogan... she is out. That bias bullshit proves a weak female character.

[joeldalton]

From what I've seen that's not her style

[NorthwestRider]

You know blue anon that her style is to end the wars and make weed legal. Also to give people healthcare

[Opinion Owner]

Well, like I said... if she runs a better campaign. Her genitals don’t matter.
It’s when a female acts like Hitler’y clinton and pushes the gender card that they prove their uselessness.
Right now she seems like a good candidate, we will see when the time comes.

[Surely]

As long as the Swamp hates her, that would be reason to vote for her.
But, she couldn't win. Just look at the last election!

[CuriousMufuxka]

I doubt Biden will be among the living in 2024. His vote will most likely still count..

[Anonymous]

She looks pretty n Sexy ! Can i kiss💋💕💕💞💓💗 her?

[Agape93]

Lmao only 25% so far like her

[NorthwestRider]

She is way better than Biden. If she was the president, there would be no more wars, we would finally have Medicare for All, and weed would be legal nationwide!!

[Agape93]

She’s also an idiot :/ and you do realize she can’t unilaterally do jack shit, right?

[NorthwestRider]

You think she is more an idiot than Biden is lol

[Agape93]

Nope, about the same level of stupid lol

[NorthwestRider]

You know that Tulsi is winning?

[Agape93]

Now she is, yes lol

[NorthwestRider]

She is better, she pissed off Hillary Clinton lol

[Agape93]

Lol so what?

[NatalieKeller95]

Mitt Romney, or John Kasich

[NorthwestRider]

So a freaking Mormon or Kasich who is part of the establishment lol.

Well both are part of the establishment so they suck

[supercutebutt]

Both are better than filthy Trump who sucks way harder.

[joeldalton]

Tulsi 100%. With a republican congress.

[NorthwestRider]

Both the Democrats and the Republicans hate her

[joeldalton]

Right, but Republicans wouldn't propose the gun control she likes. She'd keep the military from engaging in unnecessary conflicts. She'd veto their crazy spending bills and they'd not propose her crazy spending ideas.

[Iron_Man]

How about for Marco Rubio

[NorthwestRider]

Little Marco lol

[Iron_Man]

He has small hands but what else do we have lying Ted?

[NorthwestRider]

They both suck and part of the swamp!!!

[Iron_Man]

There’s nobody else out there

[Iron_Man]

Better than Kamala Harris

[NorthwestRider]

I also dislike Kamala and Biden. Throw all in prison and put populists like Andrew Yang in power

[havingfun101]

I got Rand Paul for 2024.

[JohnO45]

I like Tulsi but she's a woman

[NorthwestRider]

Lol what does that means