Authored by Richard Truesdell via American Greatness,
Despite the unprecedented and coordinated lawfare deployed against him, Donald Trump has emerged as the Republican presidential front-runner.
Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat who is both a centrist and moderate (by today’s definitions), has emerged as his most compelling and logical selection to be his running mate. I base my analysis on six compelling factors.
Reason Number One: She’s a woman. Let’s face 2024’s political reality. To have any chance to grab his fair share of suburban female voters in crucial swing states, Trump almost definitely has to pick a woman. While I once thought Kristi Noem would have been a great running mate, she committed political suicide last week with a puppy-killing narrative that ended any hope of that, especially after mainstream media gaslighted her in their attempt to destroy her. That narrative will never go away. Neither will the salacious reports that she had a not-too-secret extra-marital affair with Trump-aligned political consultant Cory Lewandowski. Gabbard has no such liability.
In a sane world without gender balance being an overriding consideration, I’d prefer either Kentucky Senator Rand Paul or Louisiana Senator John Kennedy to be Trump’s running mate. But both are more valuable as members of Republican leadership in the Senate. Either would be a great pick to be Majority Leader in a Republican-led Senate during Trump’s second term. And while I hate to say it, being a woman puts Gabbard in the best position among all of Trump’s potential choices to help him defuse any potentially dangerous fallout over the abortion issue—currently the only issue on which Biden has any measurable lead over Trump in polling. Gabbard’s and Trump’s positions on abortion are generally in sync, referring the issue to the states to decide.
Reason Number Two: Gabbard currently holds no elective office. This works against many others reportedly on Trump’s shortlist. These include (in alphabetical order) North Dakota Governor Doug Burgrum, Florida Representative Byron Donalds, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, New York Representative Elise Stefanik, and Ohio Senator J. D. Vance—all of whom might be more valuable as surrogates and elected politicians than as Trump’s running mate. I’ve left off this list of other non-elected officials like Tucker Carlson and Ben Carson, as well as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (who ruled out accepting such a role but who could end up being one of Trump’s most important surrogates in the fall).
Reason Number Three: She’s an ex-Democrat who was forced from her party by its ideological move to the far-left post-2016 after calling the Democrat Party an “elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness.” On that issue, she’s totally in sync with Trump, bringing a sense of bipartisanship to a potential Trump ticket that is almost unprecedented in national presidential politics. Can she also appeal to the voting base where Trump is weakest—college-educated women? Certainly. Can you think of anyone on Trump’s shortlist who would be better suited in this regard? Can she peel off disaffected Democrats in crucial swing states, especially Pennsylvania, that are already having a hard time voting for a second Biden term after all his policy failures? Yes, I believe she is uniquely qualified to do so.
Reason Number Four: She’s an active, current military reserve officer, another area where Trump is weak (but no weaker than Biden). Her military record and experience are better than any other potential choice among Trump’s short list of candidates. When you combine her military experience with her multicultural background (her mother is from Indiana and her father is from American Samoa), she has wide appeal. Raised Hindu, this is another area where she brings cultural strength to the ticket, certainly as much as Kamala Harris added to the Biden ticket in 2020.
On a side note, before she left the Democrat Party in 2022, she served as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, so she has intimate knowledge of the kind of dirty tricks the Democrat Party will deploy in the run-up to November 5th. Possibly her biggest political liability is that before leaving the Democrat Party in October 2022, she had endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020 after ending her presidential bid in March 2020.
Reason Number Five: Temperament. With a strong personality and a well-documented history of political success combined with her military leadership, she is not a potential threat to Trump’s outsized personality. She would not try to upstage him if that was ever a possibility. On the contrary, her measured personality combined with her military experience makes her a perfect counterbalance to help defuse any media criticism of Trump’s lack of service in uniform.
What will the media do to criticize her record? Probably anything, but that’s a non-starter, even for the mainstream media, which previously tried to tar Gabbard, unsuccessfully, as a Vladimir Putin apologist and puppet. But it certainly didn’t stop Hillary Clinton in 2019. She also burnished her foreign policy credentials on a 2017 Middle Eastern visit to Lebanon and Syria, meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Reason Number Six: I’ve saved the best for last. Can you imagine Gabbard again on a debate stage in October, as early voting is starting, across from Kamala Harris? After the way she almost single-handedly wrecked and ended Harris’ 2020 presidential bid, this is one opponent that Harris fears the most. Gabbard, because she’s such a skilled politician, would absolutely destroy Harris a second time. Harris is uniquely unqualified to be vice president after all her policy failures as Biden’s vice president, especially on the border, which is Trump’s biggest winning issue, with the possible exception of the economy.
Selecting a running mate is often a matter of balance, sometimes geographically, and what crucial Electoral College votes the vice presidential pick could bring to a potential ticket. That may have been important decades ago, but is less so today. In 2016, Trump selected Mike Pence as his running mate, thinking that he would bring conservative Christians and evangelicals to the ticket, which it did to a degree. But to measure Gabbard’s strengths, ask yourself this question: Will she help Trump more in 2024 than Pence did in 2016? I think the answer is an unequivocal yes.
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Reason number seven……………..she’s got nice titties.
Wow…….5 tittie-hating faggot democrats got triggered by this post.
If you make the tough decisions based on who you would have sex with, but never will, you’ll be taken for a ride often. Right now I don’t see any good choices in the political arena. That, and Tulsi is semi-good looking at best.
Reason 7 is pretty far down the list of why he would vote for her. It is not like she has Madcow’s titties.
Kramer “What’s that red dot..?”
Gonna need to see ’em first.
Have you seen them sans bra? Then you can’t be sure! Padded bras, falsies, all kind of gimmicks to make them look nice when they are not!
The LAST thing that Trump needs is Tulsi Gabbard as a running mate. Gabbard is not America First in policy views. She talks a lot , but is not a compelling leader (merely photogenic). She has no moral compass that I can detect (maybe it was growing-up in a cult in HI, *the info is out there for those who are interested).
Tulsi Gabbard = all hat, no cattle
The FIRST thing we need is an Executive Branch that is determined to end our ‘never meant to be won’, endless wars. A tandem that will encourage each other to veto any bill giving Ukraine money (to give back to the DNC). Who will you vote for that brings that possibility?
Trump (and which other President?) is on record explaining he agonizes over letters to the parents, spouses and children of veterans that offer only pathetic bromides about why their child, spouse, parent sacrificed their lives for us. He knows there’s no good reason. Those dead veterans weren’t protecting America.
Both Trump and Tulsi are acutely aware that our military only serves Israel and Wall Street. It does not protect our freedom, it jeopardizes it. It does not ensure Liberty, it locks it down when ordered. It helps demolish justice, mandating injections of untested bioweapons for everyone in the military.
Nobody in the current Presidential lineup gives a rat’s ass for veterans or understands the shit they are being buried beneath except Tulsi and Orange Man. That’s enough ‘moral compass’ for me.
I vote Trump & Tulsi if he’s smart enough to pick her. Otherwise, I give a rat’s ass.
“Trump (and which other President?) is on record explaining he agonizes over letters to the parents, spouses and children of veterans that offer only pathetic bromides about why their child, spouse, parent sacrificed their lives for us.”
sucker!
If your bank manager was a four time bankrupt, would you put your assets with him.No.
If your doctor had been sued for malpractice four times, would you commit to him performing surgery on you. No
If your motor mechanic fucked your car repairs four times, would you go back for more. No
So, why would you place any faith in a charlatan who went bankrupt four times to run your country.
Just sayin.
Well, FFO, for the same reason Edison failed how many time to make a light bulb? Failure isn’t dishonorable and success doesn’t confer virtue.
I went bankrupt on purpose. Eight months after $120,000 in cash advances used to buy property in Mexico. Just before banks that should have gone bankrupt were handed 100’s of billions by Obunghole. I fucked them before they fucked me and I’m happy to have Trump’s company as a bankfucker.
I believed Martin Armstrong’s view of Trump when he had dinner with him at Mar-a-Lago. Trump gave a speech about how letters to those left behind tormented him.
You “place any faith” in your other option, Brandon? He only agonizes over the memories of his daughter’s showers that he missed.
Right wing, left wing same fucking bird to me. Going bankrupt once, well shit happens via circumstances of incompetence or sheer bad luck or a bold business ploy Twice bankrupt says that you really are an unlucky fucker, a real incompetent or deliberately gaming the system. Three time well you are an untrustworthy fucker. Four times you can go and get fucked because the end result is every poor fucker with a retirement fund takes a hit.
This silver spoon fucker was proud of his bankruptcies and didn’t give two shits about the economic effect it had on people’s pensions. He gave the world a glimmer of hope in 2016 and then dumped a giant diarrhoea turd on the common man’s head by neglecting to do a sliver of what he said.
As for that useless grasper you have for a resident in chief, I wouldn’t trust this kunt to add 1 and 1. Child molester, and paedo to boot.
“This silver spoon fucker”
https://www.cato.org/commentary/donald-trumps-eminent-domain-love-nearly-cost-widow-her-house
When Donald Trump says: “I give to everybody. They do whatever I want,” this is what he’s talking about: well‐connected interests getting favors from government. Vera Coking knows the feeling.
Vera Coking was about 92 when the cato article appeared. I’ve no info where she moved or how long she lived.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-time-trump-nemesis-91-is-moving-on/
Vera once called Donald Trump “a maggot, a cockroach and a crumb.” Trump referred to her as “an impossible person.”
Nobody can point to the money Trump stole from their pension redemptions. Put a tooth under your pillow for fuck sake.
Edison was always moving forward. That and he hired the right people. There’s a big difference between that, and fixating on making the same mistakes over and over.
Edison hired Tesla who developed through-air/ground power transmission (without power lines). Edison was part of the conspiracy that buried that tech and burned his labs so he could make money through power line distribution. Yes, Edison was very smart, driven and unethical.
In my world, mistakes that are well-learned lessons are a benefit going forward. My first two marriages were disastrous mistakes but a learned a ton about myself and partnership.
If one winds up a billionaire and bankruptcy helps them get there, how is that a ‘mistake’ bigger than Edison’s torpedoing free energy?
You have good points, but the other guy is Biden.
So you will be voting Biden?
Im Australian so I have no legal right to vote in your affairs, although I wouldn’t be surprised if Bribem’s team used my details to register me as an illegal to vote in some conservative area.
Lucky you not eligible to participate in the American fiasco known as “voting”. Fiasco is what the two clown show is about. Each should change his middle name to “Fiasco”. The Joe Fiasco and Donald Fiasco Clown Show. If you have not laughed your ass completely off listening to one moving on to the other will certainly do it.
I can send you some absentee ballots if you like. Just find an old phone book from anywhere USA for names and have fun!
That pock-marked face is anything but photogenic. That being said, if Trump taps any of the “usual suspects” we keep hearing about, it just shows he’s once again got the wrong advisors saying the wrong thing. No moral compass is absolutely right.
Having an acne problem when she was a kid is hardly a disqualifier for someone objectively good looking. That said, we are pissing in the wind because we don’t want to think about what will happen if Mr Warp Speed lunatic happens to win against the voting machines. That would be civil war. Not saying that won’t happen at some point, but nothing is inevitable. That’s why RFK will stop the murderous healthocracy and cut the CIA and FBI down to size for killing his Dad/Uncle (neither of which Trump will do). That begins the end of our biggest fear – weaponization of Govt against dissidents.
A lot of adult acne is caused by fluoride toothpastes and mouth rinses.
Only pitiful desperate Republicans are attracted to Kennedy and Gabbard. They are evidence that the Republicans can have their values watered down even further.
republicOns have been in total denial the flippers they are for a very long time.
That is why RFK will be dead before ever taking office. And his VP pick is farther left than Lenin and Stalin where.
up yours,evie,zappa is correct,she has nice ones —
She’s also pro-israel … as is President Trump … and that’s a deal breaker.
Trump is the front runner? It’s over baby, he’s the candidate…Now he’s saying he’ll deport all the illegals…I have my doubts, but it’s a wildly popular position….
Just remember “Lock Her Up!”, followed by “They are fine people.”
Trump is a liar. It is foolish to trust a liar.
A four time bankrupt as well.
I’m hearing an echo…echo…echo
Bankrupt…bankrupt….bankrupt. Hahahaha.
Strawman…strawman…strawman. Hohohohoho.
Plus he is all onboard with a frightening scenario as far as I’m concerned for my well being , that being ridiculous anti-semitism legislations.
https://wng.org/opinions/the-antisemitism-awareness-act-is-a-big-problem-1714974809
Some scary days ahead IMO when supposedly 80% of Americans are onboard with the stand with israel theme. How many of those agree with dangerous legislation surrounding anti-semitism who knows. Likely a substantial amount and scary as hell.
Trump will try, but the Democrats, RINO’s and Obama and Biden appointed judges will do everything they can to stop him.
Think the immigration bill that didn’t pass the codified into law a cap of 5000 illegals a day, 1.8 million a year for perpetuity.
As government grows and grows. Trump ain’t gonna stop that. He will contribute just like last time.
Put all the catsup you want on it. At the end of the day? It’s still a turd.
who gives a fuck about trumps bitche
You’re free to see yourself out.
Tulsi Gabbard is the top choice for VP with Trump no question !
She speaks from a position of strength honor and integrity !
Trump would do well to have a top secure meeting with her daily on the issues of the day . Regardless during any cabinet meeting Gabbard should be the last to leave the room !
Unfortunately her honor , integrity and intellect will scare the shit out of the DC Parasitic Class Of treasonous Leftist turds 💩
THE DC CABAL WILL NEVER TOLERATE HER FOR LONG !
She is also easy on the eyes and ears when in public ! Another reason BELTWAY PARASITES will fear her and that makes things dangerous for her 🙏
I guess ending all your sentences with a childish ! makes you a Trump Twin? People hate that, inc most who had to vote for him.
Elaine’s exclamation points:
[Cued to play]
She is a globalist fraud, like Trump. Also being ruled by women is a Biblical curse.
Being ruled by mortals is a Biblical curse.
I am the Biblical curse
You forgot a ‘d’ at the end.
What about Ruth?
Being ruled by any other man is idolatry.
The same applies to submitting to any of the man invented religions.
“You shall have no other gods before you.”
“You, are gods.”
I don’t know that applies outside a church structure. But of course churches have skipped those parts of the bible that speak of leadership within a Christian community and installed female pastors, elders and deacons.
In the political fiasco what scripture forbids women in politics? I have no issue with the idea only curious the scriptures.
Strength honor integrity?? You forget that she was a Democrat in Congress. Oxymoron much?
I thought Trump was going with the guy Trump said he had never seen anyone sweat like that.
He lost me on 1 when he thought John Kennedy from Louisiana would be a good running mate. You know, the blowhard who sounds logical on a mic and then votes with the democrats.
Pretty sure admin posted this as a comedy piece!
I hope so. The guy writing the article is a first, maybe 2nd level thinker.
I will ONLY vote for Trump if Tulsi is his VP choice.
I think she is the only person willing and able to speak the unvarnished truth to power, able to get onto the campaign trail on message and on target to convince people she is not only a great contrast for Kamala MAMALA but she is super savvy on several aspects of the complete systemic corruption involved in the Military Congressional Corruptocrat Complex that is Washington, D.C.
I think those who think Trump can effect vast changes in the corrupt society that exists within the most revered offices of those holding power in our highest echelons of government are resting their hopes on fantasy. I believe if he is elected, he will either compromise with the System as he did before (Ah, the Clintons are good people, he said, when asked about “locking her up”) OR he will try to make changes that will get him killed.
If he manages to avoid immediate assassination, a Civil War begins in the streets and on college campuses.
It ain’t gonna be pretty either way, so the best we can hope for is Tulsi, who at least has some valuable military command experience.
I just donated a hundred bucks to TBP. I’m about four quarters behind, so hope others realize free speech is never really free, but if you want it available, it helps if you pay the printer.
Agree what you wrote about Gabbard and agree bout keeping the bucks flowing to our editor for this free speech platform.
Thanks on behalf of TBP
Sarah Palin?
We’re getting your civl war, civil unrest no matter. Anybody who votes based on avoiding the inevitable needs to reevaluate a few things.
By the by, apparently the three big hitters supplying and financing the communist filth destroying the colleges are Soros, the Rockefellers and the Pritzkers. Hang them all.
I saw a picture today of Alex Soros hugging Cindy McCain at some meeting to figure out how RINOs can fuck up MAGA in memory of “Songbird” McStain.
I agree with you regarding civil war. We moved to the hills FROM the military corrupto world, hoping it would eat itself.
It did not die.
My dad would say if you are going to dance you should pay the fiddler.
As well as the dancing monkeys!
Oh, where oh where is stuckenheimer?
Vota harder twat, he might put Clinton in jail if you vote a little harder for the fat orange twat
Another anonidiot!
Tulsi is indeed saying all the right things outside of political office. But, isn’t that what politicians do?
You might want to read what the Council on Foreign Affairs (CFR) has to say about her.
Also, if you are not aware, she is another graduate of the WEF Young Leaders School.
“Tulsi is indeed saying all the right things outside of political office. But, isn’t that what politicians do?”
You can’t believe a thing that people say.
Never mind the two WEF clowns behind the curtain. That’s the way we do it, deny or ignore everything controversial. WEF? That’s controversial and a POS organization.
I’m afraid Trump’s VP pick is going to be Netanyahu.
Ir already is, as of 2016, at least.
Nope.
I pick the bitch who shot the bad dog.
She has got what it takes to make the tough decisions.
The last thing the west needs is another crypto hindu in government.
Hindus in India are not exactly treating Christians as brothers and sisters these days but Tulsi is a israel 1st bitch plus an abortionist.
Why would Hindus treat christians as brothers?
They are all by their beliefs, divided against each other.
I only mentioned the situation in India because it has become another hotbed for Christian persecution. Evidently India does not allow things like COTUS’ 1st Amendment regarding religion.
Lucky for Dick, being a moronic asshat is not an executable offense.
First Tulsi has to publicly repudiate the WEF.
NEVER. GOING. TO. HAPPEN.
OK. Auntie will accept that as sufficient.
What about lockdowns, forced masking and coerced vaxxinations?
We know where Donald Trump stands; can LTC Gabbard go rogue?
No chance.
Then there’s the Palestine Question…
Are you dancing around the 2A issue on purpose?
Why? WTF is anyone going to do about it? They’ll shove whatever they want down your throat. You have no say in it whatsoever, nor do I.
And THAT, muh fren, is why I live where the rubber meets the road. It’s the ONLY piece of real estate you can ever truly own and exercise control over.
Trump is not the answer to our problems. Ron Paul is not the answer to our problems. The state is not the answer to our problems.
That the State is the problem is the answer.
Ron Paul is past his prime yet still speaks sensibly, something comparatively speaking Donald Trump would not make a pimple on Ron Paul’s ass.
If her support of an anti-free-speech law to protect the feelings of Jews from the truth didn’t finish off Noem’s chances, then this guy has some very warped criteria.
Spot on, sir
She may check the political boxes, I don’t trust her. Past positions, without serious and reasoned renunciation, are what we can expect. Short version: checking the wind direction.
leftist
I like that her people come with an off button on their forehead.
No, thats a scratch off when you get married to see if you will run a 7-11, a gas station or a hotel.
This is being pushed in multiple conservative arenas and is total BS. Here is my letter to Jenna Ellis, Trump’s White House legal counsel who now has a radio show on AFR. She was in big for Desantis.
Morning Jenna,
What’s more amazing than the hurried white washing of Tulsi Gabbard’s past affiliations with the World Economic Forum, the CIA and the Council on Foreign relations, was your diatribe this morning that she is Trump’s most strategic pick for VP. Seems like maybe you got to meet some deep state people during your recent legal struggles, who made you a little deal. I could tell by your blubbering in court that they cracked you. That is the only way I could see someone like yourself, who I previously held as respectable and credible, making such a ludicrous and damaging recommendation. A democrat globalist from Hawaii as the best pick for Republican VP???? Done with your show.
Peace,
Chris
First off, y’all ain’t voting for anyone.
There will be no election.
Will whoever is selected be dragged into court on trumped up charges also?
Number one reason she is a horrible choice : She is a Democratic Libtard masquerading as a independent Moderate. Don’t be fooled America!!! She is a wolf in sheep’s clothing!!!
Once a dem always a dem…and watch out for that Schwab up her ass!
We need candidates that the radical Left, Zionist Right, and the big money interests behind both fear. Like Ross Perot, or Pat Buchanan. If mainstream media isn’t calling the candidate anti-Semite, they don’t have it in them to address the real world problems.
It’s RFKJR for sure.
Yeah…she does fit with Trump, since she’s a leftard pretending not to be.
ooOOOoHH!! All this exciting chatter over the upcoming selection has me so engaged now, I just got a wiz shiver…
I too hope tRump picks Tulsi, that way there will be two demoncraps running the repugnican party. They’ll save murika, because fuck yaeh.
Vote moar herderer, for murika and demonocracy