Posted on 08/28/2024 6:32:18 PM PDT by Libloather
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s endorsement of former President Donald Trump is a classic example of Ronald Reagan’s famous explanation for the change in his political allegiance: “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.”
And it has the power to tip the election in Trump’s favor, especially in the swing states that will decide it.
Endorsements, while highly coveted by politicians, don’t usually change election outcomes, but this one feels different.
Kennedy, a blue-blood Democrat from the nation’s most famous political dynasty, is speaking to many fellow “former Democrats” — especially newly activated moms like me.
In contrast to the hasty anointment and enforced “joy” of Kamala Harris — who until a month ago was a historically unpopular vice president — Kennedy raises big issues and treats voters like adults whose votes must be earned.
He talks about topics that have traditionally galvanized liberal and progressive Democrats: free speech, protecting the vulnerable, championing the environment and fighting for the American family.
School closures, migrant surges, steep inflation and radical gender policies have created disgruntled Democrats and irate independents who might vote for a Republican — think of how in past decades Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki and Michael Bloomberg fared in deep-blue New York.
These voters have so far resisted Trump and the MAGA movement, but RFK has a shot at swaying them.
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Any takers? Going once. Going twice.....
You will get no argument from me. It is my kind that elected James L. Buckley to the United States Senate. Imagine that.
In deep blue NY.
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just in case. I scolded someone for not using it earlier and they probably didn't deserve it.
In earlier times the “Reagan Democrats” mostly began in Macomb County, Michigan, where I grew up. So did political writer Michael Barone. Reagan appealed to honest, hard working people who felt betrayed by the Democrats——they’re far worse in the Dem Party now. The Reagan Democrats disliked
being soft on crime, giving out too much welfare for mooches and the trashing of American values. They voted for Reagan.
We could use that in Michigan and Pennsylvania now.
We’ve all seen “for the children” work in the past. RFKJ really means it. And even democrat moms who are at wits end with doctors pumping their kids full of drugs will respond to the MAHA message. RFKJ and Tulsi give people who don’t like Trump a way to vote for him anyway.
Make MAHA MAGA again.
Oh, come on! Think clearly.
Did you even vote for Ronald Reagan or Donald Trump? Previous big-time liberals.
Reagan: “I believe half a loaf is better than none and that...you’re not going to always get everything you want.”
Yeah, I voted for both of those left-wing nuts, and will be voting for left wing whacko Trump for the third time in November. He's got the drive-by media fully behind him, don't you know?
ha. i actually meant the opposite. short run might “win the election” (whatever that means nowadays), but in the long run, the divisions assert themselves.
Robert Taft led the wing of the post WWII GOP that certainly wasn’t globally focused. They wanted us out of NATO etc.
And in the interwar period prior to Pearl Harbor, isolationism and America First dominated GOP policy.
She looks like a big ted flag raising Karen. F’n doofus doesn’t know jack about the damage KH would cause for her children and gchildren.
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