Posted on 04/02/2024 5:45:10 AM PDT by airdalecheif
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during an interview this week that he believes that President Joe Biden is a greater threat to democracy than former President Donald Trump.
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I can’t understand why the “true” believers don’t support RFK. All Biden does is figure out the angle to get paid from a program. RFK with the climate as an example, walks the walk, talks the talks. He is a “true” believer and not in it for money like Biden. The only reason liberals would not support a change agent like RFK is that they really must be in it for the money, just like the Biden family!
There are a few types of Democrats, liberals and Leftists are the two most prominent. Both are corrupt, but the Leftists that are in charge now what to destroy the country.
And note tagline.
In a similar fashion as does the blind squirrel otherwise its
https://nypost.com/2013/03/10/rfk-son-is-oil-broken-up-over-chavez-death/
https://news.yahoo.com/why-many-libertarians-suddenly-fond-160029097.html
https://www.johnlocke.org/reminding-the-right-about-rfk-jr-s-wrongs/
The media is in it for the Big Pharma ad money for sure, they wouldn’t be on the air or in print otherwise. And he calls that out as not just medical propaganda but a criminal enterprise. At the same time this statement about Biden is getting widespread attention even on CNN and left leaning papers because they realize full well Biden cannot come close to meeting Kennedy or Trump in a fair fight. Not providing him security or ballot access was a huge mistake.
RFK Jr. thinks people who disagree on climate change should be censored and prosecuted. In 2014 he denied saying "climate deniers" should be jailed, he DID say: "...I do, however, believe that corporations which deliberately, purposefully, maliciously and systematically sponsor climate lies should be given the death penalty. This can be accomplished through an existing legal proceeding known as 'charter revocation'..."
He believes that he knows "what is right", and that should be good enough to punish people on everything, but the only thing he has recently spoken out on was vaccines, because that is special to him.
His sacred cow was vaccines, so that was his Ox That Was Gored.
Apart from one single issue, vaccine disagreement, there is NOTHING RFK Jr. is to be admired for, IMO.
He is an avowed Leftist, and if you look at who he chose for his running mate, she is so far Left of him that were elected and had to leave office, we would have someone as radical as Hillary Clinton in office, and for her agenda, she would not be hobbled by Hillary Clinton's love of money, since she has no worries in that respect.
“The only difference is that democrats don’t care how they win”
To tell you the truth, I don’t care how Trump wins.
The threat Kennedy mentions unfortunately includes a lot of voters.
He is saying that Trump is less of a threat to Democracy. Implying that he is still a threat, just less.
Forget it.
Not really. He is turning the standard media line on its head. Kennedy does argue of course that civil liberties were dangerously and unnecessarily curtailed in the time of Covid but it is a matter of dispute how much of that can be laid at the feet of the president.
“The only difference is that democrats don’t care how they win. Seriously. They literally think it’s justifiable. To them “saving democracy” is basically political winning that feels like justifiable self defense.”
Confessions of a Corrupt Liberal
I wish I could say I always had the moral clarity of someone like Matt Taibbi or Glenn Greenwald. But for most of my life, I didn’t. I was a devoted Democrat, a good soldier for the Left. I went along with everything, even when I knew it was wrong, even when I knew I was lying, because I had convinced myself that winning meant more than just putting a president in power.
I have been a willing participant in taking us to this desperate moment we now face, where both political parties seem crippled and bottlenecked, but only one of them has turned to corruption to stay in power. Only one of them has blocked any challengers to their preferred candidate. And unfortunately, it’s the one I chose to support.
I supported a party that became corrupt over time, and in supporting them, I became corrupt too. If you’re wondering how seemingly respectable people like Jen Psaki, Rachel Maddow, Rob Reiner, Barbra Streisand, or Stephen King can go along with such obvious corruption of our trusted institutions, that’s why. They are who I used to be.
https://sashastone.substack.com/p/confessions-of-a-corrupt-liberal
Trump is taking the right tack in drawing RFK as an alternative to Joe Biden.He is reinforcing the fact to Republicans that RFK is a liberal Democrat and no alternative to a Trump vote. And, at the same time, he wants to get as many progressive and liberal Democrats, concerned about the cognitive issues of the Dem candidate, to split and vote for RFK as the alternative. RFK, splitting the Dem vote, will make a difference in many states in swinging their electoral votes from Biden to Trump. That’s why the DNC and media are panicking.
They are who I used to be.
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I know people like this. IQ’s can be north of 130, but it doesn’t matter. They willingly suspend critical thinking or self awareness, because ideologies and causes are emotional phenomenon, and they are protected by powerful psychological defense mechanisms. I’ve seen grown adults who are otherwise very intelligent throw childish temper tantrums of you trigger them with information that threatens their constructed cosmology.
These are people I care for and I literally cannot break through to them without causing drama. The drama is all by design, even if they aren’t full conscious of this. They want me to back off. Sadly, I have all but mostly obliged. We now have a standing truce. If they don’t bring up their bullcrap propaganda, I don’t challenge it. On the few occasions where they can’t help mentioning something political, I let it fly.
That is a quite a confession and reinforces what we all know about leftists. Reminds me of some of the things David Horowitz wrote about.
RFK Jr. is a big time leftist and as far as particular issues go, I agree that he’s really only got one clear strong point which is his stance on the vaccines. That said, he has a mindset — or maybe even a heart motive — that I think is extremely important at this time, which is that he seems genuinely opposed to the deep state. When I saw him on Posobiec a while back, the main problem he had with Trump was that he didn’t think Trump had the capacity to take on the deep state and win. I’m having a hard time disliking RFK Jr. because his head seems to be in the right place when it comes to the highest priority problem this country faces. He falls apart as you go down the priority list but he’s good, or at least talks a good game, on the deep state.
Amen. RFK Jr. is to Biden what Ross Perot was to Bush Sr. The Dems basically kicked him out of the party and a lot of D voters are not happy about that. Think of RFK as the antidote to the cheating apparatus planned for November. In a 3-way race even the densest libs won’t buy a precinct turning out 110% for Biden with zero for the other two candidates.
I don’t think I am being an “ideological purist” in opposing people like RFK Jr. in public office.
I changed my mind on exactly who Tulsi Gabbard is, because when she was interviewed on Tucker Carlson, she looked straight on and answered the questions clearly and unequivocally, signaling that the Democrat Party not only left her as it left Ronald Reagan and David Horowitz, but that her views have changed on important issues such as the 2nd Amendment.
I have no doubt I would still disagree with her on abortion and a few other major issues, but she isn’t the Leftist I thought she was. I am NOT saying I support her as a VP pick, or that she is is a conservative, but she said things, straight into the camera with unequivocal conviction that indicates she has had a come to Jesus internal dialogue, which forced me to retract some of the things I said about her in the past.
I have heard no such honest soul-baring on energy policy, 2nd Amendment, fiscal responsibility, climate change, abortion, or anything else from RFK Jr. that makes me think he is materially any different from who I thought he was.
I am glad he is running because I think it hurts Biden.
Trying to hook in a few more potential Trump voters who emphatically abandoned him for his choice of the rich, globalist veep?
I don’t think you’re an ideological purist for opposing RFK Jr. He’s clearly very left of center and for me would be dismissible out of hand except that he shares some important qualities with Donald Trump. Namely that he’s an outsider (despite being a Kennedy) with a deep seated grudge against the deep state. I’m sure he’s wrong on 2A and abortion and other key issues but he also has rare strengths that make him hard for me to just write off. That’s just my take FWIW.
RFK, Jr., with the combo of the war in the Middle East, just might be the “ticket” to make the cheating unsuccessful ....
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