The Politics Thread

Little Bobby has brought shame to the name of "Kennedy" - and with a family that includes a virtual murderer's row of family embarrassments, that's saying something!

I think this thread may be of particular interest to @janea4old though it doesn't surprise me either:

 

Thanks for the tag, @Vee. Yes that does indeed interest me!

Edited August 24, 20241 yr by janea4old

 

7 hours ago, marceline said:

Personally I think it's because she's behind enemy lines. She a billionaire. A Black billionaire.

People can claim it's about her money but money is important. She sent hundreds of men to Morehouse. People want to blame her for Drs. Oz and Phil but she deserves credit for helping to create Black doctors.

 

Oprah endorsed Fetterman over Dr. Oz for PN Senate race and I can't remember a Republican even a black one that she publicly endorsed.

Seems Kate Mulgrew loved having Capt. Janeway referenced by AOC on Colbert last night!

 

9 hours ago, Khan said:

What, if any, effect will RFK's exit have on the race?

The media will push it as a huge event. This is also hand-in-hand with the very well-coordinated moment from dead end left cult leaders/grifters like Hasan Piker are going on about how Kamala Harris is to the right of George W Bush, feigning outrage over her talking about a lethal military, etc. They want her to lose support from the left.

Many of those who are upset were never voting for her anyway, and most of RFK Jr's ever-decreasing amount of supporters were always voting for Trump, but there will be a boost for Trump and loss for Harris on the margins, which could be decisive.

Some of the discussion of the mirage of positive polling for Harris (and before her, Biden and Hillary) also makes me wary. 

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/22/democrat-pollsters-kamala-harris-00176065

Well, to counter any eventual RFK voters going to Trump it seems that quite a few former Nikki Haley voters are going to vote for Harris.

Ex-Nikki Haley voters rally behind Kamala Harris: ‘I picked the side that had the least issues’

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

The media will push it as a huge event.

But it won't be. Most people don't care about RFK. They find him creepy.

47 minutes ago, Vee said:

But it won't be. Most people don't care about RFK. They find him creepy.

He's such a non-factor. I miss the days when people would basically ignore when obvious kooks ran for president.

2 hours ago, marceline said:

I miss the days when people would basically ignore when obvious kooks ran for president.

It seems like H. Ross Perot opened the proverbial floodgates for every kook and weirdo in our lifetimes to run for president.

 

Who cares about this RFK Creep? He has been a commercial break for cringe and laughs during this whole election drama. NEEEEEEEXT. 

1 hour ago, Khan said:

It seems like H. Ross Perot opened the proverbial floodgates for every kook and weirdo in our lifetimes to run for president.

Except I think Perot was a serious candidate. A bad one, but a serious one. I actually think it started with Ron Paul. I remember when the internet was full of "Ron Paul 2012" nonsense.

10 hours ago, Wendy said:

Seems Kate Mulgrew loved having Capt. Janeway referenced by AOC on Colbert last night!

 

i was a little surprised, and pleased, to see kate mulgrew coming out for kamala. for a long time, she was a hardline pro-lifer, having given up a daughter for adoption in the 1970s.

missed that that she had denounced dobbs, saying that while it wasn’t her choice, it was a choice each woman had to make for herself. 

Edited August 24, 20241 yr by wonderwoman1951