I’ll admit to possibly being wrong about her.

has always been controlled by self interest, though I think Putin liked her as a candidate.

... she was "controlled" by Russia. That's not necessarily what it means to be an "asset." nt

Being an asset doesn't mean being a WILLING asset.

In the parlance, an 'asset' is a person or organization which can be relied on to act in a way that serves an agency's interests. An 'asset' may be witting or unwitting, may be recruited or merely encouraged or subsidized, openly or surreptitiously, in cash or kind. Kind in political manipulation including assistance in keeping an 'asset' in the public eye.

"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

It was condensed a bit to fit the character limit in place on our signature lines, and one small change was made. "People become uneasy' was substituted for 'rites and rituals cannot be performed properly'. Since uneasiness among the people was considered a consequence of improperly performed rites and rituals, and the original would convey little meaning to most, I thought it an appropriate substitution. Note I am familiar only with English translations, I cannot make head nor tail of Chinese characters.

It is possible to "play the game" and not be "controlled by".

She got the benefits from playing, and has realized the time has come to get on board.

NT

This ought to be fun.

Fuck no.

🚑😰 🚑😰 🚑😰 🚑😰 🚑😰 🚑😰 🚑😰 🚑😰

Any fool ought to recognize it. You only reveal true motives when it can actually change something. She's raised the white flag unless opportunity presents itself.

... Russia is trying to help the Sanders campaign.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/bernie-sanders-briefed-by-us-officials-that-russia-is-trying-to-help-his-presidential-campaign/2020/02/21/5ad396a6-54bd-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/us/politics/bernie-sanders-russia.html

Hawai'i congressional primary is also coming up and Biden is expected to steamroll through Hawai'i. She didn't want to lose in both races.

It's just that simple. Tulsi was used by Russian trolls to try to split the party, but she wants to keep her seat in Congress.

More like what Russians call a “useful idiot.” My best guess is that Russia propped her up as much as they could to divide the party, but eventually they saw that no one paid any attention to her, so they let her go.

Endorsing Biden instead of Bernie was a mild surprise. Maybe she just wanted to be on the winning side.

The desperation of some of the Bernie supporters is mildly amusing at this point.

She alway avoided attacking either Bernie or Joe during the debates, unlike the way she attacked some of the others.

I just wrote that in another thread.

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And influence is rarely absolute. Even useful idiots* have free will.

But we get it... gotta get those last digs in behind a thin pretense of sincerity and curiosity prior to lecturing others about "reaching out to independent voters..."





(* an informal term for a person perceived as propagandizing for a cause without fully comprehending the cause's goals)

That only applies to one candidate, period.

her usefulness.

I have had some lighthearted fun a couple of times at her drawn out campaign that didn’t have any real support, but never said she was tied to Putin or even Fox News. I always kind of liked her personally.

For folks who still haven't figured it out, the fix is in:

Link to tweet

trump people (i saw the vehicles parked with his bumper sticker) standing on overpasses with signs to vote for Tusi. They even had the gall to waved rainbow flags. Maybe not russia but apart of captian chaos.

I was wondering if she was EVER going to drop out of the race.

Bernie? Your turn.

That she has no plans to run third party spoiler. Probably wants to run for something else in future.