Political Discussions for "Adults"

**Frownland** · 08-15-2019, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Tulsi Gabbard

In short, when it comes to the war against terrorists, I'm a hawk

Now that's a hawk.

~~jwb~~ · 08-15-2019, 12:53 PM

Lol. She's against all the wars we are in rn.

ribbons · 08-15-2019, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

The fact that she ever held that stance as an adult says a lot about her character. Plus, she's a self-described war hawk.

I agree, except she was a fairly young adult (19-22) and has since become an active supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. From what I understand, she grew up in a very conservative household but her views evolved considerably when she struck out on her own personally and professionally. Which I think says a lot about her character, as well.

EDIT: As for war: Tulsi has stated in interviews that she is a hawk when it comes to fighting terrorism, but a dove when it comes to regime change wars.

Finally, I can't help loving the way Tulsi completely obliterated the hypocritical Kamala Harris in the debate.

~~jwb~~ · 08-15-2019, 01:23 PM

I'm not a supporter of her either cause she is only oriented towards that one talking point on regime change wars. Like you said she brings not enough to the table.

I just don't care about her former religious self.

ribbons · 08-15-2019, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

a Bernie/Warren ticket would be sickkk

but trying not to get my hopes up

I love Warren also - but I think she is weaker on foreign policy. She is amazing, though, and I would absolutely support Bernie/Warren.

~~jwb~~ · 08-15-2019, 01:56 PM

I really hope all this recession talk is wrong.

grindy · 08-15-2019, 02:04 PM

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy

**Frownland** · 08-15-2019, 02:06 PM

I think it's just a levelling out of the overinvesting in response to the Fed's rate cut from a few weeks ago.

~~jwb~~ · 08-15-2019, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy

that's sorta what it seems like

Lucem Ferre · 08-15-2019, 03:12 PM

From what I read the Dow drop happened because of China's retaliation to Trump's trade tariffs. People started pulling their stocks with uncertainty. They started going back up after China announced that they are going to try and reach a consensus with the US. So recession warning may have just been a precaution. A lot depends on this meeting though.

But from what I've found we've experienced some of the biggest Dow drops under Trump. We've also experienced some of the biggest rises under Trump too. I'm not sure what that means.

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Lol. She's against all the wars we are in rn.

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I'm not a supporter of her either cause she is only oriented towards that one talking point on regime change wars. Like you said she brings not enough to the table. I just don't care about her former religious self.

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I really hope all this recession talk is wrong.