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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months ago

Another RFK Jr. Surprise: With Joe Biden out of the race, the third-party candidate suddenly appears to pose a bigger threat to Donald Trump.

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Another RFK Jr. Surprise: With Joe Biden out of the race, the third-party candidate suddenly appears to pose a bigger threat to Donald Trump.

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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months ago
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Another RFK Jr. Surprise
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With Joe Biden out of the race, the third-party candidate suddenly appears to pose a bigger threat to Donald Trump.
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  • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Yes… Yes… Split that Republican vote… Yes…

    sheevpalpatine.mov

    • cm0002@lemmy.world
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      Why is your .mov resolving as a url? When TF did .mov become a TLD?? WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT‽

      • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Ah you’ve never seen redtube.mov

      • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        What the fuck. I thought it was just boost being strange

        My bad. Lol

      • incogtino@lemmy.zip
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        10 months ago

        https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/critics-say-googles-new-zip-and-mov-domains-will-be-a-boon-to-scammers/

        • 4am@lemm.ee
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          Also absolutely fuck Google for this

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    I hope he stays in the race. My worry is that he tries to get a bunch of weird anti-vax concessions from Trump in exchange for an endorsement.

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      He already tried to get a position as Health something-or-other. Luckily, he apparently recorded the call on a video and shared it on social media. He might have blocked himself by making the deal public.

      • ripcord@lemmy.world
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        …maybe.

        Blatant corruption is no longer a problem, apparently. The only problem would be if he was perceived as going against the tribe.

  • CatDokki@lemmy.world
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    But isn’t this the same guy who could possibly drop out and then just go back to endorse trump?

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      Yeah, but a good chunk of his voters hate Trump for his stance on the environment. Still, I don’t see those voters swinging to Harris, probably just abstaining if RFK drops out.

  • Media Bias Fact Checker@lemmy.worldB
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    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/08/rfk-trump-harris-spoiler/679409/

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    People were saying this months ago. RFK has always been a psychotic asswipe with brainworms who appeals to braindead boomers. Nothing has changed. He isn’t suddenly hurting either party more, he has always been a low draw that only appeals to anti-vax morons. That is his entire shtick. No one else cares.

    • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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      That’s the swing voter though. Salt of the earth. The common clay. You know, morons.

      • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world
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        Aww. Mongo like Sheriff Bart!

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    You know, I’d be perfectly fine if he became the defacto conservative vote. He’s probably a better candidate than Trump, lol

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      At least he has some environmental protection cred.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      Lowest bar ever

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        It’s glorious. The bar is so low we don’t even have to talk about policies or anything. We just need literally any non felon who speaks English in an understandable manner. A potato would literally be a viable choice over Trump. The noble tuber.

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          https://youtu.be/yQ9IOEpGlr4

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
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      It’d be hard to be a worse one.

      • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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        I give you Stephen Miller

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          That guy has the moral fiber of the shark in Jaws, but with none of the charisma.

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      Brain worm vs syphilis brain ! Speaks volume about Republicans

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    10 months ago

    Rats swimming away from an “unsinkable” Titanic.

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    Heh… so, it seems there’s a crazy old man caucus after all.

    Godspeed, you bonkers loons

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    the pool of brainworm-leaning voters is limited

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Kennedy was a spoiler meant to target Biden. Now that Biden is out, Kennedy will magically drop out and officially endorse his followers to trump as election nears.

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    I know 0 Democrats that ever considered him, but I know plenty of right leaning Joe Rogan types that did / still are.

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      Didn’t Joe Rogan endorse RFK?

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        He did, and then walked it back after Trump got supper pissy at him lol

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          I hadn’t heard he walked it back. That’s funny. That’s what a Joe Rogan endorsement is worth. No surprise to me, but now it’s on full display for everyone.

          “Vote for this guy. It’s taken a lot of time and deliberation to decide but he’s definitely our… nope, wait…”

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            Time and deliberation? In the context of Joe Rogan?

            lol. Lmao, even.

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        Yep. “He just makes sense to me” or something similar is what he said. Hilarious.

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          Was there a Fear Factor where you had to put your head in a box full of brain worms for like 60 seconds?

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          Joe Rogan is just one example why it is unwise to give idiots an audience no matter how much money it makes.

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          I like weed too, but I can’t stand the “whoa dude, think about it” type stoners.

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            I’m a little bit of that type of stoner, I just try not to be a cruel asshole who’s wrong about everything all the time.

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              But I’m guessing your high daydreams are somewhat grounded in reality, not conspiracy theories and misinformation. I do it too about future space travel, but I know FTL and matter teleportation is impossible.

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                I wish y’all and I could pass a bong and create a space opera on a sunny afternoon.

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                  https://youtu.be/TEairxQ21ks?si=egZi21In76ufYkS7

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        For now till the Hate Mill starts transvestigating him. He’ll flip back crying like a bitch just like Kyle the Murderer.

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      They exist; they may have been super holistic before COVID, and they just latched on to the anti-vaxx mindset but maybe can’t stomach MAGA.

      I know one who is a retired doctor. He writes medical exceptions for anti-vaxx rich folks in the area and manically chewed my ear for 20 min about hydroxychloroquine and the rest before gushing about RFK.

      I agree with you, though. RFK’s going to be pulling from Camp Weirdos a lot more than Camp Give Us Our Fucking Rights Back this election.

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        He writes medical exceptions for anti-vaxx rich folks in the area

        Sounds like the equivalent of a pill mill. Dude needs to lose his medical license yesterday.

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      He was always going to appeal to the low info swing voters.

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    Am I going to find myself ordering RFK stickers and putting them up around town? Nah, where I live is decidedly anti-Trump already, but if I lived in a purple state, I might.

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    Charlie and Frank are driving down a country road and stop to pick up some road kill for dinner only to be beaten to it by a man who appears to have had more brain worms than Charlie.

    …The gang support RFK Jr

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