Recently on NPR the host asked about Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders's (D) dual citizenship with the US and Israel. It wasn't true. Bernie Sanders was shocked and indignant about the implications.
NPR's Diane Rehm asks Bernie Sanders about Israeli citizenship rumorsDiane Rehm was wrong. But the purpose of the question was to discredit a major competition against Hillary Clinton. Presumably, Bernie Sanders would have dual loyalties and thus not be a very good candidate. He wasn't asked if he was Jewish (he is) because we have religious freedom in this country. He was asked because he might have views antithetical to the liberal point of view and NPR listeners.
So why was this exchange important?
It's important because when we question Tulsi or Mike Gabbard about their dual loyalties, we are not concerned about their religion, no matter how obscure it is. That is irrelevant. We are concerned about a time when they might be forced to make a decision antithetical to voice of the people of Hawaii.
The questions are, "From whom do you take your orders?", "How do you make your decisions?" "Who or what influences your voting?" "If your guru objected to a particular legistlation, do you have the freedom to vote according to the people you represent? Or do you believe, as it is taught in the Bhagavad Gita, that you must decide what's best for the misguided "karmis", "demons", and the "unwashed, meat eating masses" that you rule?"
Does Tulsi have dual loyalities? Unlike Bernie Sanders, the Gabbards do have a secret guru in their pockets. As much as they deny his undue influence or even existence, he is the puppet master behind the scenes. No matter how many smoke screens they put up, he is ever present. In my opinion, we have provided formidable proof of an unholy alliance with Butler.
No thinking voter likes the idea of their candidate being bought and sold by a third party, a corporation, a special interest group, another country.
For a long time I have pondered why the charade has been allowed to go on? Tulsi is now a part of the political elite of this country. It is impossible to imagine that she was not vetted. So why did they let her in so far, so deep, and so soon?
Is it possible that her secret was desireable? Her connection to Butler could be leveraged at some point for the Democrats' own political purposes. In other words, Tulsi is a pawn caught between her guru and the party. Having someone in the party with skeletons in the closet or secrets to keep is a person easily manipulated and blackmailed.
They own her, they own her idependance, and her power. The party may be giving her some slack on her leash as she goes against Obama. Butler gave her slack on gay rights and abortion as any mullah practicing taqiya. Either one can snap her back at any time. This is the concern and the danger.
She has become the darling of the Hindus, the local Hawaiians, women, veterans, and the conservative media. Could it be that some of them are blinded by what they wish her to be vs what she really is? Are they complicit in ignoring the truth. Is it possible that they too, like Butler, use her for their own agendas.
There are glaring discrepancies and omissions in the Gabbard biographies.
So no matter how much one may support Tulsi and her policies, there looms in the background very vulnerable areas.
This is easily remedied if her guru were not so paranoid. All she needs to do is talk openly and honestly about the Butler influence in her family's life. His gooey philosophy is all over the internet, so what is there to hide? If he's so great, why deny him? If he only has the highest interest in humanity, why not acknowledge what you take from him into your work? Or will this reveal many things your voters and fundraisers may not like?
Tulsi, the famous "smelly rat" lies with why you are forced to keep so much of your life a secret. You know that the YouTube Butler is not the real Butler either. Never in the life of great leaders and philanthropists have they hidden the people who have inspired and influenced them and why. This omission of yours stinks to high heaven.