Posted on 06/07/2023 8:59:42 AM PDT by thegagline
over Narcan and crackpipe vending machines: White flag of surrender to addiction Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has the White House worried, and rightly so: Boys who shout “The emperor has no clothes” have an impact.
So far, the Bidenites are relying on their media allies to maul RFK Jr., Politico reports.
Problem is, the reason the challenger’s running at 20% in primary polls has less to do with his last name (even Marianne Williamson’s at 8%) than with President Biden’s incredible weakness.
Biden’s record is beyond atrocious, and at 80, he’s showing signs of serious decline. Voters — most definitely including Democrats — know it.
So even someone as flaky as RFK Jr. starts to look appealing.
Per the latest CNN-SRSS survey, the prez gets only 60% support from Dems, a stunningly poor showing for a sitting president.
And 42% of those say they might ultimately go with someone else. Add to RFK’s 20% support those who say they’d consider backing him, and he soars to 64%.
Again, this is for a candidate full of kooky views: a longtime vaccine hysteric who suggests Big Pharma’s behind the rise in US mass shootings and urges looking at the Ukraine war from Russia’s point of view.
Then again, Pat Buchanan carried his own far-out baggage when he ran against President George H.W. Bush in the 1992 GOP primary — exposing that incumbent’s weaknesses even as he lost, and presaging Bush’s loss in November to Bill Clinton.
Sure, Biden’s allies may take down RFK by harping on his oddest views, but that won’t stop the challenger from flagging Joe’s disasters.
And plenty of Democrats will flock to a guy who vows to seal the border, whatever else he says.
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(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
So far RFK Jr. has said better things than the Indian dude Vivek, who said he supports mentally-ill “trans” soldiers in the U.S. military - a disqualifying position.
They are not sweating. They control elections, not the people.
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Yup. Dems have super delegates that control the nomination. That said, RFK is more than a small fly in the ointment. This has great potential to really upset the Apple cart-especially if we get further in to the campaign and Biden has some type of major fail. Fun to watch. Shows just how weak Biden is looking.
I assume it cannot be surgically-improved or he would have tried it by now.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a medical condition called spasmodic dysphonia, which affects the muscles in the voice box and causes the voice to sound strained or hoarse. It causes involuntary movements or spasms of the vocal cords.
The exact cause of SD is unknown, but it is thought to be related to abnormalities in the basal ganglia, a region of the brain that helps control movement. SD is a rare condition, affecting fewer than 1% of people with voice disorders.”
From the Google search
Doesn’t matter. RFK is not one of them and will never get the Democrat nomination.
Same here
“this is for a candidate full of kooky views: a longtime vaccine hysteric who suggests Big Pharma’s behind the rise in US mass shootings and urges looking at the Ukraine war from Russia’s point of view...”
So where exactly is the kooky part?
Right here!
https://nypost.com/2013/03/10/rfk-son-is-oil-broken-up-over-chavez-death/
I assume you approve of the Castroization of Venezuela. I am sure the Venezuelans agree with you.
Maybe you agree with sending globull warming skeptics to jail?
https://theweek.com/speedreads/445746/robert-f-kennedy-jr-wants-law-punish-global-warming-skeptics
All that kooky enough or do you want more?
His views are not crazy
I agree. It is refreshing to hear opinions and ideas from a Dem that isn’t a total Loon. Hopefully he can get some Dems to start thinking for themselves rather than just repeating left wing drivel...
He’s getting a head start on whomever the deep state selects to replace Biden with.
Ok, but I was referring to what the NY Post pointed out as supposedly kooky. I am not supporting RFK Jr. for president. I am just pointing out that the two main things he is accused by the mainstream media of being kooky in reference to (Big Pharma / vaccines and the pursuit of peace instead of war) are not kooky positions at all. It is indeed very healthy for the Democrat Party to have someone with these two particular views running for president. Hopefully, he will weaken Sleepy Joe (or whomever the Dems replace Joe with when it is too late for proper primary battle). Or better yet, RFK Jr. will run as a 3rd party candidate. None of this is to suggest that I agree with all of his viewpoints because surely I do not, nor would anyone here. What I do favor is free and open debate and the free flow of information, both of which are anathema to the Establishment political class and media, but which all of us here should strongly support.
He’s not going anywhere, the deep state will take care of him like they did his father and uncle. Biden is their butt boy because they can have their way with him as THIER president.
Bobby will get votes.
Rutabaga will get delegates.
This is very disappointing from the NY POst’s editorial board. Most of their best writers wouldn’t be on board with this point of view.
“He [RFK Jr] has spasmodic dysphonia”
The legendary Bluegrass musician Tony Rice suffered from a similar disorder known as muscle tension dysphonia and as a result was forced to stop singing in live performance.
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