I had my doubts from the start.

Tulsi Gabbard, the representative from Hawaii, has based her candidacy largely on nonintervention, the only candidate to specifically do so. In my book, even though she’s a Democrat, that earned her a gold star.

Not a vote, mind you. I don’t vote.

I thought about participating in this rotten system when Ron Paul ran for president, but then he was cut down far short of the finish line, same as Bernie Sanders.

I like what Tulsi has to say about US foreign policy. Get out of Syria, Afghanistan, bring the troops home, stop mucking around in the business of other nations. You’re not hearing that from either side of the supposed political divide between Democrats and Republicans.

But then we have the same old same old—to wit:

Want a president who will put your interests ahead of the rich and powerful? Meet Tulsi Gabbard –> https://t.co/O84E20Lpio #Tulsi2020 #TulsiGabbard #ServiceBeforeSelf pic.twitter.com/NpzjtXl2qB

— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) July 8, 2019

OK. I get it. If you’re a Democrat, you have to buy into the destructive silliness of identity politics, the Green Scam (and its “carbon credit” casino), denouncing (and that’s all) a financial class that has strip-mined the nation, and promising jobs—jobs our overlords long ago sent to authoritarian hellholes in Asia while the remainder here in the homeland face robotization. It’s impossible to fill a hole with half-ass promises.

For me, the number one problem—followed by a rigged “everything bubble” economy—is the curse of forever war.

I wanted to believe. I should’ve known better.

BREAKING: 398 House members just voted for H.Res.246 in a powerful statement opposing the global BDS campaign and its deliberate discrimination of Israel. This overwhelming vote is representative of the breadth, depth and diversity of bipartisan support for Israel in Congress. pic.twitter.com/B4j6kNYKaF

— AIPAC (@AIPAC) July 23, 2019

The BDS vote shot down any misplaced idealism I mistakenly held.

Tulsi Gabbard, Ro Khanna & Ayanna Pressley all just voted for AIPAC’s resolution to condemn BDS. It’s not progressive to embolden Trump’s attacks & legitimize an apartheid state committing an ongoing massacre. https://t.co/LgowuoOiLq

— Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) July 24, 2019

Only two months ago, #TulsiGabbard said she would support the constitutional right of Americans to BDS against Israel. But yesterday she voted for AIPAC’s bill to condemn BDS. What happened? https://t.co/e9Ro75Ibkt

— Maram Susli