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RFK Jr. "considering joining forces" with Trump campaign

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by WarDamnGator, Aug 20, 2024.

  1. G8tas

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    Who is/are they?
     
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  2. 92gator

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    DNC
     
  3. AzCatFan

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    JFK's grandson, Jack Schlossberg spoke Tuesday night. There is no plan to hear from RFK Jr. until he speaks on Friday.
     
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  4. WarDamnGator

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    This is why you need to stop getting your news from twitter.

    Yes, the Dnc gave him a primetime speaking spot, they told him to come back Friday and he could talk all he wants.
     
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  6. AzCatFan

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    Judging from higher level down ballot races, not sure if the RFK Jr. supporters are going to flock to Trump at all. In Arizona, Harris and Trump are tied with RFK Jr. getting 5%, and about 5% still undecided. In the Senate race in Arizona, Gallego versus Trump acolyte Kari Lake, Gallego is +8 in the polls, and has over 50% in a few of them. Interesting, there's no third party candidate and the undecided is around 5%.

    Not sure if this is the case, but it suggests the 5% undecided are mostly the same group. And given just a dichotomous choice between a D and a Trumplike R, the 5% of RFK Jr. voters are choosing the D. The Presidential polls with RFK Jr. removed have also shown only the smallest of bumps for Trump at .1% lift, which fits the narrative.
     
  7. 92gator

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    Thought i heard something along those lines from TV in background. I must have misheard.

    It was a sincere question. Wasn't trying to imply anything with it.
     
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  8. murphree_hall

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    RFK Jr at the DNC? I never heard that once, but I don't get why they would invite him. Just so you know... Dems don't really see him in a positive light. I don't get why Republicans think that RFK has any sway with Democratic voters.
     
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  9. 92gator

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    He's a Kennedy, and a life long Democrat. A bit flakey by anyone's standards, but....I guess loyalty means squat if you ain't a fire breathing rabid progressive warrior. He just aint Dem enough by today's standards.

    Look, I get it. The GOP has done same with its compromisers. I'm just pointing it out v/v RFK and the Dems, bc the DNC is striving for 'big tent', when they're the kings of rigid orthodoxy.
     
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  10. murphree_hall

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    Interesting take. His last name means nothing to me, personally. I have no loyalty to the Kennedy family. Many of his own family members don't support his campaign, so this critique makes very little sense. I go by what the man himself says today, not what his ancestors did in the past.
     
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  11. GatorRade

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    He was before my time, but I heard some of RFK Sr.’s speeches a couple years ago, and I was very impressed. He doesn’t have the legendary status of JFK today, but if he wasn’t assassinated, Bobby Kennedy’s star might have even come to outshine his brother’s. Of course, you’re right that none of that should matter when evaluating RFK Jr.’s fitness for office, as he is entirely his own individual. Still, I’d very much welcome Bobby Kennedy-esque candidate in this election.
     
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  12. murphree_hall

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    Agreed on RFK Sr.
     
  13. GatorNorth

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    This board has reached a place where patently sincere questions are met with politically divided answers. Just sucks regardless of whose team someone is on or perceived to be on.
     
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    Doesn't Arizona have a version of the "Baker Act"? Honestly, Kari Lake has gone so far off the deep end, she really does constitute a danger to her and those around her.

    Meanwhile, Lake and her husband just able to "Grift away" at the expense of the stupid Republicans out there sending her money in exchange for more QAnon stories!!

    Kari Lake uses campaign donations to pay her family business, financial records show
     
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    The rumor is that it will HHS.
     
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    Think about what-ifs. If RFK won, we would not have had Nixon. With no Nixon, we wouldn’t have Carter. If no Carter, no Reagan.

    The world would certainly look different.
     
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    She is no danger to anyone. Kari Lake is sharp and accesible. She has an action plan. She shares policy on her website. Kamala is not sharp. She has no plan and not one policy on her website and has basically hidden from the press for a month because she can't handle tough questions.

    Issues

    Kamala Harris for President
     
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    In your opinion, do you expect Putin and Russia to help Kari Lake like they did Trump?
     
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    Robert Barnes" friend RFK Jr throws his support behind Trump

     
  20. eastowest

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    A Kennedy going scorched earth on the Democratic Party and MSM. This is historic.
     
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