Tulsi Gabbard: write that name down. The perfect vice-presidential candidate for the Democratic Party this cycle…regardless of nominee. But especially if it’s Clinton. If she wants the Sanders Revolution to show up at the polls in November, she better have one of their own on the ticket.
When Gabbard resigned from the DNC to endorse Sanders…on a foreign policy basis…she clearly illuminated the difference between the Sanders candidacy and the status quo candidate:
“As a veteran, as a soldier, I’ve seen firsthand the true cost of war. … As we look at our choices as to who our next Commander-in-chief will be is to recognize the necessity to have a Commander-in-chief who has foresight. Who exercises good judgment. Who looks beyond the consequences – who looks at the consequences of the actions that they are willing to take before they take those actions. So that we don’t continue to find ourselves in these failures that have resulted in chaos in the Middle East and so much loss of life.”
And…it was a slap in the face to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, leading for increased calls for her resignation. Gabbard’s a savvy politician. Gabbard’s a bonafide American patriot, (she sacrificed her career to serve the nation in uniform). She’s multicultural. She knows her way around a firearm. Her career proves an ability to form coalitions, (something the Democratic Party is going to need if it wants to, at least, appear to be moving back toward left-of-center). She’s knows how younger voters think.
And…she’s unafraid.
Progressives/Liberals/Leftists/Whatever need stronger representation in government if the Party allotted to those ideologies is to achieve any sort of substantive reform to the status quo, within and without of that Party. Gabbard is the ticket to that train.
