November 30, 2019

The desperation is showing.


ADDED: Here's Tulsi on Joe Rogan's show justifying her going on Fox News:



If you want to watch the whole show, it's here. Very long. More than 2 hours. I've listened to most of it, and I'm really not terribly impressed by her. She has some big points, which she keeps making, and they don't really cohere. So often she says something that makes me think Joe is about to say, "Then why isn't Trump right?" He comes close a few times. He's cagey. He wants to make sure everyone knows he is against Trump, but he's putting pro-Trump ideas out there, whether he means to or not.

32 comments:

Michael K said...

Neither is going anywhere.

rcocean said...

They're battling for future VP nominations. Don't think they'll get it, but if its a white male nominee, it'll be a female VP - probably POC.

NCMoss said...

This is like watching Barbara Boxer but without the charm and insight.

rcocean said...

Its' too bad the R's don't have the same attitude toward CNN and MSNBC. But RINO's gotta go Maverick.

Bob Boyd said...

Hypocrisy is the Vaseline of political intercourse. - Billy Connolly

chickelit said...

Whose desperation, Althouse? Gabbard has a future -- maybe not this time around. Harris is finished after this and should have never started on the POTUS path.

Ann Althouse said...

I guess it's not showing that badly if you can't tell whose.

SGT Ted said...

"She has some big points, which she keeps making, and they don't really cohere."

Well, she IS a lefty, so that's bound to be the result.

chickelit said...

Ann Althouse said...
I guess it's not showing that badly if you can't tell whose.

I think Gabbard has crossover appeal whereas Harris does not. Trump has is too -- much more than Gabbard who lacks experience and exposure. Maybe I'm blinded by my dislike of Harris and her California Ueber Alles fake momentum.

gilbar said...

She has some big points

that's MOSTLY her bra; the points aren't That Big

Bay Area Guy said...

God Bless Tulsi for taking down Kammy!

On the whole, Tulsi is not that impressive. But on the Democrat stage, she is the least batshit crazy. So that counts for something...

Otto said...

More desperation for Dems
"The U.S. solidified its status as an energy producer by posting the first full month as a net exporter of crude and petroleum products since government records began in 1949."

Ice Nine said...

What was Harris *ever* doing in this race? Nasty, unlikeable, unaccomplished.

Well, the answer is that she was a fabrication of hollow Democrat values and political aspirations, just like that other recent Prez candidate of her hue. And they shared those other characteristics as well, except that he was "likeable" - to some who weren't very good judges of sincerity.

mccullough said...

Kamala isn’t a Top Tier Candidate anymore. Thanks to Tulsi.

Maybe Tulsi figures stepping on Kamala will move her up in the VP stakes.

I can’t see Kamala running as VP. After Obama and Hillary is condescending to put the Woman of Color into the 2 slot

Nancy said...

@McCullough: AROOOO! Kamala has to be a Woman of Color, she can't be a human being? I guess that's true for the Dems.

Zach said...

Look at the still frame of Harris! She has the most anxious body language of any candidate you'll ever see.

She looks like a dog whose owner is shaking a chewed up slipper under her nose:

"If I just stay calm, maybe I'll beat the rap!"

Wince said...

Althouse Headline: The 37-year-old Tulsi Gabbard is running for President. Politico reports.
January 12, 2019

An astute Althouse commenter replied...

EDH said...
My unscientific impression is [Gabbard] adjusts her responses to interview questions about her unorthodox positions based on the perceived audience.

For example, one emphasis if it’s CNN, a different emphasis if it’s Fox.

1/12/19, 6:52 AM


https://althouse.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-37-year-old-tulsi-gabbard-is.html

NotWhoIUsedtoBe said...

I had the same experience. I kept saying, "So why are you different than Trump?" No regime-change wars for the last three years... Relatively tiny deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Is she saying she wants the Trump foreign policy with Democratic domestic policy?

NotWhoIUsedtoBe said...

Anyway, Harris and Gabbard are both fringe candidates now. It doesn't matter what they say anymore, except as entertainment.

Milwaukie guy said...

Tulsi always gives me thoughts of LaRoucheism. What's her stance on the British Monarchy and the elves of Zurich?

Somewhere in WI said...
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Kirk Parker said...

Well, Trump IS right.

To quote Glenn Reynolds' current mantra, "All the Democrats had to do was be sane...". The saner they sound, the more they approximate Trump.

buwaya said...

Neither Gabbard nor Rogan can say what they really think.
If they did I suspect they will be eaten alive.
And they know that.

Somewhere in WI said...

I listened to the podcast so I did not watch it but the thought that kept occurring to me is, President Trump should kick out Vice President Pence for the 2020 race and bring in Tulsi as VP. I really don’t think they are that far apart. If her could teach her to run the press like he does he could win in a landslide in 2020 and she could be in for 8 years beyond that.

Sebastian said...

"He wants to make sure everyone knows he is against Trump"

Because if "everyone" doesn't, then --

As if we needed any further illustration of prog media hegemony in the age of Trump--even Rogan is sufficiently afraid that he needs some rhetorical protection.

Tank said...

Gabbard just isn’t ready yet. She’s 10 years away. Then she might be a viable candidate if she continues to mature and improve

Michael K said...

Is she saying she wants the Trump foreign policy with Democratic domestic policy?

Pretty much except she wants Sanders' domestic policy.

Michael K said...

Kamala isn’t a Top Tier Candidate anymore. Thanks to Tuls

Can you even imagine how pissed her money men are at her poor show ?

Clyde said...

Bay Area Guy said...
God Bless Tulsi for taking down Kammy!

On the whole, Tulsi is not that impressive. But on the Democrat stage, she is the least batshit crazy. So that counts for something...


In the land of the blind, the one-eyed woman is queen.

chickelit said...

I should add that Kamala Harris's candidacy deserves to die. Why? Because it's the Hillary Clinton "everything must be focus group tested" mode of politicking. If you so lack your own political instincts and must poll-test every move and every position, you simply don't belong on the national political stage because you're not a leader, you're a follower. Full stop.

LA_Bob said...

I watched the first debate because I wanted to see what the fuss over Tulsi was all about. Of course, her looks had something to do with it, too. She didn't get much speaking time in that first debate. I suspect when the next debate along, she thought she'd make her limited time worthwhile. So, she clobbered Harris.

Over time, I've noticed Tulsi seems to be somewhat scripted and a bit wooden, despite that marvelous, reassuring voice (no little girl Tulsi!). But she doesn't seem to do spontaneous well, at least not in the debates. Knock her off message, and she just drones on with the message.

It's puzzling in fact, why she's running. There's interest out there, but no traction in the polls.

Joe Bar said...

I listen to many of Rogan's podcasts, bypassing the UFC and other inane guests. He is intelligent, but he doesn't realize he just on the cusp of supporting Republicans. I haven't listened to this episode, yet, but on her last appearance, Tulsi appeared very level-headed.