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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches unlikely presidential bid as a Democrat

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  1. Jugdish

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    I could see him as Harris' Secretary of Brainworm Development.
     
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    Os Trichinosis
     
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    Morey surprise.gif
     
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    If you think that is bad, go eat some Lutefisk.
     
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    Secretary of Roadkill Disposal Services
     
  6. No Worries

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    Only getting out since their campaign is pulling more from Trump than Harris ...

    RFK Jr.'s running mate says they might end campaign and endorse Trump

    Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr., declared on a podcast that their campaign may be coming to an end. But she says they’re not just thinking about closing up shop and saying farewell to supporters. They’re considering endorsing Donald Trump.

    There’s two options that we're looking at, and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency because we draw votes from Trump,” Shanahan told the business podcast “Impact Theory.” “Or we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump and, you know, we walk away from that and we explain to our base why we're making this decision.”

    Kennedy’s biggest contributor just so happens to be Trump’s biggest contributor, who no doubt thought Kennedy would draw votes from President Joe Biden. But since Biden stepped aside and the Democratic Party has rallied behind Vice President Kamala Harris, Kennedy’s campaign has been shrinking toward irrelevance. Worse, as Shanahan acknowledges in her interview, recent polling shows Kennedy pulls more votes from Trump than from Harris.

    So it’s time to end the charade that the Kennedy campaign was ever serious about anything other than helping Trump.

    Shanahan’s full appearance is … something. It’s full of claims that the Democratic National Committee has “shadow-banned” Kennedy’s campaign (though what it’s been banned from is not clear), that it blocked him from participating in debates (which, in reality, he failed to qualify for), and that it “planted insiders” to corrupt the campaign.

    This is the same campaign best known for explaining that the candidate recently had a brain worm, that he planted a dead bear cub in Central Park, and that he reportedly apologized for sexually assaulting a babysitter by sending a text. It’s fair to say that if Democratic insiders were attempting to disrupt the Kennedy campaign, their actions never rose close to the level of sabotage that Kennedy inflicted on himself.

    The truth is that Kennedy never had real appeal as a candidate beyond those who knew absolutely nothing other than his name—or those who shared one or more of his odious conspiracy theories.

    Shanahan is the ex-wife of Google founder Sergei Brin. She brought to the campaign an estimated net worth of over $1 billion and her own set of conspiracy theories, including one proposing that the key to increasing fertility is “two hours of morning sunlight.”

    In the interview with “Impact Theory,” Shahanan expresses some desire to stay in the race, most of which seems to be focused on the $13 million in public funding that might be accessible if she and Kennedy could obtain over 5% of the vote. But 538’s polling average shows their campaign getting just under that share, at 4.8%—and it’s decreasing with time. Even someone deeply enmeshed in junk science as Shanahan and Kennedy should be capable of seeing that those funds aren’t a good bet.
     
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    I think it was always the strategy for RFK to drop out and endorse Trump, thereby giving him the edge in a close election. Only the endorsement may come earlier than planned as RFK support's been dropping since Harris entered the race.
     
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    The people who have watched Succession know this guy's playbook.
     
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    The guy with the brain worm is going to be part of the Trump world….

    Not at all surprising
     
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    Rat****ers are gonna rat****.
     
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    RFK Jr. expected to drop out of race by end of week, plans to endorse Trump: Sources
     
  14. CCorn

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    Is there a secretary of bear meat?
     
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    He is such a weirdo.
     
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    I'll let you have it if I come across it.

    Bear that primarily feeds on Salmon is beyond disgusting IMO.

    I cannot speak on black bear - but Grizzly is below insects when it comes to what I would eat in an emergency.
     
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    he was an obvious republican plant the entire time who was being backed by the likes of Steve Bannon

    they thought he would pull more Dems than republicans, and of course they were wrong as usual because republicans are dumb as sh*t, so now he needs to drop out because he’s hurting Trump too much…yet another self-inflicted wound by the GOP
     
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    I have a friend who finally got a Montana goat on a long-awaited goat tag. Climbed over hill and dale for a week at high elevation to shoot it. Ate every last morsel, because that's the way he is. A lot of stews. I don't think he'll ever shoot a mountain goat again.
     
  19. Nook

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    LOL Probably won't tag another one - but he earned the one he got so he was going to eat all of it. My daddy did that with a saltwater crocodile when I was a kid, he ate the meat and got extremely sick, and said the taste was similar to a rotting rattler. 40 years later and if I bring it up he still shivers thinking about it.
     
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    These losers deserve each other, it was a sham from the get go, it really was a stupid plan..................only crazies would have voted for this dude
     
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