(01-27-2020, 03:23 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(01-26-2020, 05:44 AM)Marypoza Wrote: Eric--Younger generations love Tulsi, you say, but why does she only get 2% or less in the polls for the Democratic primary?I follow the polls, elections and the news, and I find the polls generally credible. I follow these things so I can make my predictions. I know when they are off, and by how much. The only poll that uses mostly landlines is the biased Rasmussen poll. The polls are not accurate for the whole campaign; just as a snapshot of a sample. But Tulsi has never been higher than about 2% in all the polls during the last year. She does have some candidate skills and appeal; I give her that. Probably her support is strongest among young people. But her foreign policy and other mistakes have cost her dearly, and she doesn't have enough qualifications yet to be president or veep. I would not count her out in the future if she wises up, admits her mistakes, starts to rely on facts, and achieves greater experience and status. But I am not at all confident that she can do all of that.
-- bcuz younger generations typically don't get polled. Pollsters tend 2 call landlines, Millies generally don't have landlines. There sample #s are rediculously small- 500, 700 or so ppl out of a nation of 330 million? Seriously? Their #s tend 2 skew 50+ yo. Then there's the poll parameters- some only poll Dems. So if u say no I'm not a Dem they say ok thanx,click. Then there's the framing of the questions- like asking a dude who's never beaten his wife, when did u stop beating your wife. The questions r multiple choice & the responses generally do not include an other or none of the above category bcuz the pollsters want 2 4ce their respondents 2 answer within certain defined parameters. This is when l usually hang up on the pollster. My answer doesn't fit in2 any of their boxes, they insist that I change it 2 fit in2 1 of their boxes, l see we're @ an impasse, & so I hang up. Bcuz my survey is then incomplete, my polling data is lost. So this is why the only polls I trust r the 1s held on certain Tuesdays of this year.
All that said, Tulsi does better in online polls. Millies, who r already online, can vote in these polls. So can independents, who seem 2 like Tulsi. I've seen Tulsi poll as high as 7-8% in some of these polls. Still single digits, but higher than Amy K. I'm interested in seeing how well Tulsi- & Yang, & Tom Steyer, & Bernie 4 that matter- do in the open primaries where Indies can vote. I'm guessing Bernie's gonna blow them away but Tulsi & the others could do well too
Quote:Me, earlier-- Tulsi certainly is right about it being partisan. Ms Nancy could of started impeachment proceedings against the Donald 4 any # of offenses committed over the last 2 years. Hell she could of started impeachment proceedings against dubya 4 war crimes when she had the chance. But noooooo (q the l8 gr8 John Bulushi) impeachment was always "off the table"".... until the Donald went after Groper Joe. Then she wants 2 impeach. But she withholds the articles til "after the election". Until Bernie surges in2 1st place. So then she sends the articles 2 the Senate, forcing Bernie 2 go 2 DC 4 a trial. & having 2 charter a jet 2 get 2 his events when it's not in session. This political af. Tulsi was smart & probably prescient not 2 get any of this shit on herTulsi praised Putin for his war crimes against Syrians. She even persisted in the debate in calling Assad's genocidal war a war of US regime change. She did not let up at all. She is doubling down on her lie about a monster who has killed 500,000 people and chased millions out of their homes and country and caused right-wing fascism to rise in Europe and America. Netanyahu has not killed 500,000 people. His body count is nowhere near as high. That may be just circumstance. Netanyahu is corrupt, racist, murderous and thuggish and I don't give him a pass at all. He is dangerous if he attacks Iran. But I don't see that Netanyahu is relevant to Tulsi's lies.
& there u go with that Assad crap again. Tulsi has denounced Assad since she returned home her fact finding mission w/homeboy Dennis. Meanwhile most of these candidates, Bernie excepted, stand w/Bibi, who is way more dangerous than Assad could ever hope 2b. Assad is a pisspot. New reports have come out that he didn't even use the sarin gas. Bibi otoh, authorizes genocide every gd mofo day. Yet he always gets a pass. Gimme a mofo break
There was certainly credible evidence of Assad's gas attacks, and I don't believe the conspiracy theories that say otherwise. But the gas attacks pale in comparison to the total scope of Assad's and Putin's war crimes. Assad is by far the worst monster of our time.
The only impeachment trial in US history that is NOT partisan is the one against Drumpface.
Quote:we need 2 vote Bernie 2 oust him in Nov don't we?
Yes.
-- sorry it's taken me a bit long 2 reply Eric, but l wanted 2 get a few receipts 1st. According to NYT 2day Tulsi got @ least 5% in 2 polls but doesn't say which 2
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019...ineup.html
she actually did qualify 4 the Dec Debate but the DNC threw 1 of those polls out even though it had been previously counted 4 other candidates
https://www.theepochtimes.com/gabbard-ac...61373.html
here is Tulsi denouncing Assad:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/01/politics/...index.html
Tulsi on Bibi:
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/04...bbard.html
speaking of Bibi & passes, here's Bibi giving Hitler a pass:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/world...icism.html
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/neta...-1.5411578
l thought the reports about Assad not using sarin gas were more recent but these are the most recent l could find- about anything concerning Assad & sarin gas. So unless u consider Newsweek & the Associated Press conspiracy theorists...
https://www.newsweek.com/wheres-evidence...ple-810123
https://apnews.com/bd533182b7f244a4b771c73a0b601ec5
so Vlad the Impuppeteer is interfering in the Syrian Civil War. That doesn't mean we should as well. it's an f-ing civil war Eric. We should stay out of it. that's what Tulsi meant when she referred 2 it as a regime change war, assuming u want the Govt 2 go in & take out Assad. That would be regime change. if the Govt did take out Assad, who should they replace him with? I believe the opposition 2 the Syrian govt is IS isn't it? they're monsters as well. 6 of 1 & 1/2 dozen of another. Assad may be a monster as u say, but l sincerely doubt he's responsible 4 right fascism in Europe & America. We have our own homegrown wingnuts 2 answer 4 that, starting with the Donald.
l'm glad u don't give Bibi a pass Eric, but you're not running the f-ing Govt. Those idiots r giving Bibi an f-ing pass. My point about Bibi is that he's way more dangerous than Assad (Bibi has nukes, Assad don't) authorizes & abets genocide on a daily basis, & the Govt aids & abets him & Bibi's corrupt af
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