It’s not just an endorsement. It’s not just a RINGING endorsement. RFK Jr.’s full-throated support for The Donald is not only terrible optics for the Democratic nominee; it has the potential to be a campaign-long partnership that can shore up the Republicans where they are weakest.
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I truly hope you’re all right about this but while he was a Democrat the press never mentioned his unconscionable treatment of his first wife, drove her to suicide and then had her dug up and reburied far from the rest of the family. Maybe all those women who hate Trump might not be so keen on Kennedy now that the press is free to tell them about it.
Divorces, separations and even marriages that don’t break up can be pretty messy with two sides to every story but … I don’t know about Mary Richardson being an insufferable alcoholic or clinically depressed and if so who might have “driven her there”. Bobby argues that he allowed her to be temporarily interred in the family plot so as to honor her as a Kennedy while at the same time that plot is pretty congested and there’s a lot of Kennedy’s that will need to still be buried there someday. What worries me a lot more is RFK Jr.’s 14… Read more »
I’m not saying I’m scandalized by it, I’m referring to the guys discussing the women who hate Trump’s demeanor being drawn to RFK, I said I hope they’re right about that.
I was using the generic “you”, not referring to you personally. I’m saying I don’t think it’s going to be a significant issue with anyone one way or another.
Most telling is looking at who both parties are touting as the other side’s defectors. Tulsi and Kennedy were liked by many Dems before they were Emmanuel Goldsteined by the party. Whereas Cheney and Kissinger were seen as Dems in RINO clothing long before “the party left them”
It appears to be a different coalition then 2016. Broader. Stronger. More diverse. Trump is, if not certainly wiser, at least now has Executive Office experience when in ’16 he didn’t. If he wins, and that’s going to take everyone in this coalition to get him there, I’ll be hoping he has the power to ferret out the “resistance” wieners in the deep state. It’s easy to say. Gonna be difficult to govern and ferret and keep the peace when Antifa(the idea) joins forces with LGBTQIA++BIPOCs for Palestine, and plain old anarchists to make post inauguration a living hell for… Read more »
I think it needs to be remembered that Trump is not truly a Republican, but rather is definitely a Conservative that has taken the Republican party along with him because he wisely realizes he needs the political power and cohesiveness the party offers and knows he can’t possibly win without it. It should also be remembered that Trump spent most of his adult life as a Democrat, or at least a Democrat donor! Thus, it seems obvious that Trump is better described as a Conservative Independent, that knows he needs a major party’s backing to be successful. Similarly, R.F. Kennedy… Read more »
I beg to differ with you on Trump being a Conservative. He’s not. He’s a populist. It’s not the same thing. A populist may support Conservative issues if he believes that’s where his popularity lies and that’s all well and good. He will also support non-Conservative policies for the same reason. As we are seeing with Trump now saying that “6 weeks isn’t a realistic limit to abortion and it needs to be longer” and “IVF should be paid for with taxpayer money”. There will be more of the same no doubt. This is why it’s important not to make… Read more »
When I heard Trump say the government should pay for IVF I immediately thought. “Well, here comes the unintended consequences that government mandates always cause.” Like IVF facilities pushing it hard and raising costs. Requiring insurance to cover it is better…. Barely. Means insurance costs will go up. And abortion at 6 weeks? Human life begins at conception. Thing is, given the tenth amendment giving everything not in the Constitution to the states or the people, any national abortion law, restrictive or lax, is unconstitutional since abortion is not in the Constitution. It’d take an amendment. And that’s very unlikely.… Read more »
Yep, I agree completely with all of that. The thing is, neither of those policies can be even remotely considered as Conservative. What they are is politically expedient. Surveys and polls are as far as I’m concerned very inconclusive and specious. It’s the “lies, damned lies and statistics” conundrum. Even so, statistically the abortion issue and the blatant alarmist lies the Left is propagating thereby, are a potential point of failure that theoretically at least could keep Trump out of office. The alternative is much, much worse being as the Democrat Left wants to kill children even after they’re born… Read more »
Lots of GenZ listen to Kennedy. I have to think this will matter.
Female voters would flock to Kennedy if he didn’t have spasmodic dysphonia, that voice issue. People are shallow as heck, which is why the Dems haven’t been backing Kennedy for decades.
Gabbard’s recommendation means more with suburban women.
Not CIA. RFK Jr. is better suited to run HHS. That way, he runs FDA, CDC and NIH. RFK’s “thing” is Make America Healthy Again. That will be his role in a Trump Administration. CIA needs to be run by someone like Hercules, who can clean the stink out of it. I don’t think RFK Jr. would be allowed by the anti-American, corrupt left wing moles within CIA to clean it out.
I agree that HHS is a better got for Kennedy. That’s where his heart is.
Well … Anyone who’s been paying attention has seen me say that RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Joe Manchin and all their ilk represent the best realistic direction towards which it could be hoped the Democrat Party would move. They’re STILL Democrats in substance if not in name and I still wouldn’t vote for them, but they’re the kind of Democrat that puts the Nation first. Even if some of their policies are misguided their hearts are in the right place. If they were the kind leading the Democrat Party then it would be something we could at least work with.… Read more »
Joe Manchin has had more than enough chances to prove what you say about him isn’t true. He pretends to care about the country than proceeds to vote right with Schumer and Harris.
Bobby Kennedy Jr. “had more than enough chances” too, and look where that ended up. This is exactly what I’m talking about. The “nothing but touchdowns or nothing at all” thing. Manchin’s had irresistible pressure from Democratic Leadership and doesn’t have the balls to not cave. He makes noises like he’s going to do the reasonable thing right up to the last minute and then buckles. I’m not offering excuses, there is no excuse. This is just the political reality of the situation. I didn’t say Manchin’s a good person, I didn’t say he’s an honest or worthwhile politician, I… Read more »
Just like that other ‘maverick’ Daniel Moynihan, talked a good game but when the chips were down, disappointment every time.
Yeah. I wouldn’t want Bobby in charge of anything economic, but he is spot on about all things covid and big pharma. I actually shocked myself, after listening to him after he threw his hat into the ring, to realize I would not mind terribly if this particular Kennedy were elected president. At the very least, unlike 99.9% of today’s Democrat party, he is neither communist nor fascist. And he loves America.
I said something similar when I heard Bobby was running and looked into his policies. It’s not that I wouldn’t mind terribly if he got elected, I would. It’s that I could live with it. Because I think he would move the Democrat Party off the track to national destruction that it’s plummeting down now. He still has some pretty nutty ideas that would interfere with his better ones and deep down he’s still a Democrat. But he’s an old-school Democrat not this current type of radical Leftist Democrat. It would still be a lot of work to keep him… Read more »