Does anyone here on DU support Kennedy's run for president? nt

[LAS14]

[Meadowoak]

1. Hard NO.

[Glorfindel]

2. I don't. I just can't, considering his anti-vaccine stance.

A tragic descent from his father and his uncles. Such a pity.

[Nevilledog]

17. He's on Tucker tonight spouting Russian propaganda.

Talking about the altered classified document with Ukraine/Russian casualty numbers as if they were true. Definitely not supportive of Ukraine.

[WarGamer]

33. I wouldn't believe TC....

But I believe Gen. Milley who said that Ukraine and Russia have both suffered over 100k casualties... Russia, well over.

I don't take Ukrainian estimates seriously. They're obviously manufactured for public consumption.

[Nevilledog]

35. The point is Fox & guests are pushing the doctored numbers.

The ones that say Ukrainians losses are 7 to 1

[ahimsa]

81. Considering only one of the countries..

..has been bombarded for over a year now, even if it were true, it would probably be more of a reflection of that than anything else.

[Nevilledog]

82. It has to do with giving support to the Ukrainians.

They're pushing the lie that Ukraine is losing so we shouldn't give them more support. It's Russian propaganda.

[ahimsa]

83. Not disagreeing..

I agree absolutely. I'm just saying that it should not be a surprise if the country getting bombarded had more casualties than the one not getting bombarded.

[Cha]

42. I saw an OP on that.. that's

exponentially Worse than his anti-vax shit, to me.

You can't be a caring compassionate person and support Russia's War Crimes over Ukraine.

Rep Jeff Jackson D North Carolina explains it well..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=821938

[roamer65]

3. Fuck NO.

[we can do it]

4. Hell no

[Stinky The Clown]

5. NoVax Kennedy or Looziana MarbleMouff Kennedy?

[Cuthbert Allgood]

88. I came to ask the same question.

Your version of the question was much funnier than what I had in my head.

[hatrack]

102. Oh, yeah, Senator Foghorn Leghorn

[Demsrule86]

6. I don't. He hangs with MAGA types like Bannon and others...has a pic with Flynn...not a Democrat.

He is an anti-vaxer so I blame him with Trump ET AL for Covid deaths...my words to him would get the hell away...we won't vote for you- period.

[live love laugh]

7. Report what?

[Paladin]

8. Glad to see all the negative responses. (nt)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Fuck no

Has he ever held public office or is he just running on the name Kennedy?

[ShazzieB]

99. Pretty sure it's the latter.

He's also very prominent in the antivax community and has a lot of fans there, so maybe that's given him an exaggerated sense of his own importance.

[onecaliberal]

10. I don't care what he calls himself. He's not a Democrat.

No, not ever.

[mommymarine2003]

11. The answer is "No".

[BigmanPigman]

12. His father and uncle are rolling in their graves.

He is as much a Dem as Tulsi Gabbard is/was.

[TexasTowelie]

13. I wonder how the fund-raising is going? nt

[pandr32]

14. Kennedy nostalgia will not help him.

I doubt he'll have any support from Democrats save a few who don't follow politics much and fall for the name. It won't be enough to get him anywhere, though. He'll be like Logan Roy's son Conner on "Succession".

[JohnSJ]

15. I support him for president of the loonies

[Takket]

16. LOL

[ecstatic]

73. +1

Does this question really need to be asked?

[patphil]

18. No way! Republicans are looking for him to be the Jill Stein of the 2024 election.

He's a KINO...Kennedy in name only.
Otherwise no relationship to the great Democratic Kennedys.

[Joinfortmill]

19. If he does run, it will really stress the DU rules. The guy is ... well, you know.

[CanonRay]

20. No f'ing way

[LostOne4Ever]

21. Absolutely not!!! (Nt)

[justhanginon]

22. Absolutely not. He and his fellow anti vaxxers are directly responsible for

a lot of Covid deaths of both adults and children who were not vaccinated because they listened to this ass rather than medical experts. Another know nothing with a loud mouth and conspiracy theories. The party would do well to publicly disown his candidacy.

[Ritabert]

23. Heck no!

[Freddie]

24. He's a genuine nutcase

I tried to read his autobiography. First part was good (growing up Kennedy, etc) and then he started on the anti-vax stuff. It’s still in my Kindle half-read, never to be completely read.

[lapucelle]

25. His own family doesn't seem to support it.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can’t count on family support to take on Biden

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/16/politics/robert-f-kennedy-family-biden-2024/index.html

Kennedy family backing Biden over their own in 2024 Dem primary: report

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3953994-kennedy-family-backing-biden-over-their-own-in-2024-dem-primary-report/

Kerry Kennedy Speaks Out on Bobby's Presidential Bid: 'Love My Brother, but Do Not Share or Endorse His Views'

https://people.com/politics/kerry-kennedy-speaks-out-rfk-jr-presidential-bid/

[Cha]

44. Mahalo for that, lapuclle..

[grantcart]

57. How did he get Cheryl Hines to marry him?

[Cha]

59. I didn't know who his

wife is.

I recognize the name now but I know nothing about her.

Maybe she's an anti-vaxer.. there's more than a few out there.

[grantcart]

66. She plays Larry David's wife on "Curb Your Enthusiasm".

In 2021 as people were starting to get out and go to parties she had a Christmas Party. In the invitation it said only those with vaccines would be allowed in, vaccine records would be checked at the door.

Somebody asked RFK Jr and he said, "even in my own home no one listens to me".

What he said about Fauci has less intelligence than a rock.

[Cha]

79. Wow! TY for that.

[ShazzieB]

97. Good for her, standing up to that antvax nutjob.

[Doc Sportello]

26. There are Woo-liamson supporters here

And those who say Kennedy can't be "bashed" because he's a registered Democrat.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

27. Fuck no!

[Celerity]

28. NO! but I would love to see John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg (JFK's only grandson) get into politics

Jack Schlossberg (what he goes by) turned 30 years old three months ago (born January 19th, 1993) and graduated last year from Harvard Law School. He spoke at the 2020 Dem Convention.

Who Is Jack Schlossberg? 5 Things to Know About John F. Kennedy’s Grandson

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/jack-schlossberg-5-things-to-know-about-jfks-grandson/

[wnylib]

60. He has JFK's facial structure, but Jackie's coloring.

Caroline is just the reverse, with Jackie's facial structure, but her father's coloring.

Jack Schlossberg looks a lot like his uncle, John Jr.

[Celerity]

64. look at his oldest sister, Rose. So much Jackie.

Rose with her wife, Rory McAuliffe 💙💙

Jack S v JFK Jr

[wnylib]

74. Rose has Jackie's mouth and smile.

Also has some of Jackie's mannerisms in the way she holds her head.

[Aristus]

29. Hell no.

I often wonder how much of the anti-vaccine shit I have to deal with in clinic is directly attributable to him.

I don’t want him anywhere near elective office.

[SomedayKindaLove]

30. MAGA friendly Democrats

Vallas almost became mayor of Chicago. Now Kennedy is running as a Dem. Once MAGA starts getting elected as Dems we are doomed.

[Hortensis]

80. National office? We'd have to be already dead.

Locally, conservatives have often run as Democrats, relying on lack of checkable records and underfunded opposition, when that's the only way to power.

Behavior, not labels.

[W_HAMILTON]

31. LOL, of course not.

[sinkingfeeling]

32. No, but I loved his dad.

[DET]

34. No

The fact that Bannon put him up to this is all I need to know. Plus I’m skeptical of political dynasties.

[BootinUp]

36. He turned me into a newt. nt

[Texasgal]

37. Uhhhh...NO!

That's my answer.

[bottomofthehill]

38. Jesus I hope not.

The trauma and drugs have caught up to the waste of a life that is RFK Jr.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

39. Under NO circumstances.

If he thinks that the Kennedy name will carry him, he's wrong. No one supports political dynasties anymore, not even for Kennedys.

I remember Bobby Kennedy. Bobby Kennedy was a hero of mine, and you, sir, are NO Bobby Kennedy.

His anti-vaxx bombast is deplorable. The way he LIES about the facts and creates number and statics out of thin air is reprehensible. But what pushed me over the edge were his savage, vicious, personal attacks on Anthony Fauci.

[hatrack]

40. Hard pass . . .

He's Jill Stein with a dick.

[FakeNoose]

41. I wish we could kick him out of our Party

RFK Jr. has gone off the reservation, and he shouldn't be allowed to call himself a Democrat. He's just the latest chaos agent, and we've already seen too many of them.

[nolabear]

43. I'd feel sad for him if he wasn't dangerous.

He’s got some real problems and the right recognizes and is using him for them. I don’t think he’ll gain much traction but it’s not going to be fun to watch.

[wnylib]

62. You nailed it about his problems and

the RW attempt to promote him on his family's name. RWers want him to run to undermine support for Biden. It won't work, of course.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

45. WHAT is wrong with his voice ?

[electric_blue68]

55. He has a condition. I believe his grandmother Rose Kennedy had it to some degree.

[Tanuki]

72. Spasmodic dysphonia

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5296702&page=1


..."Kennedy has a condition called spasmodic dysphonia, a specific form of an involuntary movement disorder called dystonia that affects only the voice box.
...

People with spasmodic dysphonia in the media, such as Kennedy or National Public Radio talk show host Diane Rhem, have helped bring spasmodic dysphonia to national attention. Kennedy and Rhem both serve as honorary board members of NSDA, and Rhem wrote about her experience in her 2002 book, "Finding My Voice."
...

The best guess spasmodic dysphonia experts have for now is that root of the neurological disorder lies in the basal ganglia. The basal ganglia is often called the "processing area" of the brain and it sits between the cortex -- the "upper management" part of the brain as Song calls it -- and the brain stem, or the "foot soldier" of the brain.

However, the most advanced research is still focused on finding physical evidence of changes in the brain, and possibly a genetic cause behind the disorder. For now, most spasmodic dysphonia patients work with the cycle of low-dose Botox treatments three times a year that leave their voices first as breathy, then normal then stilted again."... (more)

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

95. Thank you, Tanuki, for the explanation.

I had never heard of this malady before, but I do remember that Rose Kennedy had something similar. It seemed to appear as she aged. Perhaps it is genetic, after all.

[budkin]

46. FUCK NO

NEVER

[okaawhatever]

47. My answer will be old school: Hell to the no!

[GuppyGal]

48. Yes ! If he runs as a

Republican

[LetMyPeopleVote]

49. No

Link to tweet

[RockRaven]

50. Bannon encouraged him to run. The fact that he did so in light of that encouragement says more

than anyone needs to know to make a decision on the matter, assuming the person in question has two brain cells to rub together. What sort of person hears that recommendation and then goes with it? Says a lot about him, doesn't it?

[orleans]

51. N. O. spells NO!

[Withywindle]

52. HELL no nt

[DFW]

53. I supported his dad in 1968

I think that is about as close as I'll ever get.

[electric_blue68]

54. No.

[samrob22]

56. not I

[grantcart]

58. Besides his conspiracy idiocy is his attack on Fauci

You wonder if he can do simple arithmetic.

[betsuni]

61. Only trolls.

We'll be regularly poked with articles about how Kennedy, Williamson, No Labels are SURGING and nobody likes Biden.

[Hortensis]

85. This. Sure as the irritation of clicking it away. Shoo!

[Emile]

63. Anti cannabis and anti vax, little too right for me.

[FlyingPiggy]

65. Hell no. I can't imagine anyone here supporting him

He sounds worse than Sinema.

[Tommy Carcetti]

67. I support him

Shutting up and stop ruining his father’s good name.

Sorry, meant to have that all on one line.

[GoCubsGo]

68. He's the Left's version of Paul Gosar.

No way in hell...

[ProfessorGAC]

69. Yes, There Are

I'm not one of them, of course. I think he's a nut.
But, the answer to your question is yes. There are a couple regular posters trying to sell his bona fides here at DU, including polls showing his approval numbers.
Terms of use prohibit naming them, and doing so isn't my style, anyway. But, they're here.

[LiberalFighter]

70. Not in a million quamires.

[we can do it]

71. No Fing way

[Tom Rinaldo]

75. I respected him about twenty years ago. Now? Hell No!

He was a good environmental lawyer. It's very sad what has happened since.

[LiberalArkie]

76. Hell no.. He is a Republican running as a Democrat. He would change party as soon as he was elected

[lees1975]

77. No.

Under no circumstances.

[Prairie_Seagull]

78. Not calling any names here.

My dad used to say, not only no but heeeell no.

[Bettie]

84. NOPE....not in a million years

he's an anti-vaxx anti-science person. Can't even take him seriously anymore.

[Owl]

86. No

[newdayneeded]

87. That's the same as Gail Strickland

has. She played in a deep space episode "paradise".

[hamsterjill]

89. Nope. I'm real picky about who I support.

This guy’s a kook looking for attention and hoping the name recognition will get him some.

Insignificant as Marianne Williamson. Just throwing money away on ego.

[shanti]

90. Not a chance n/t

[Lancero]

91. We have Biden and Harris as a alt, so no.

Then again, we've got a lot of people who wouldn't be in favor of her running in 2024, and a lot of people who think older politicians should resign. So he might be a popular alternative for those groups, given how much overlay exists between them.

Worse case scenario though, he's still a Democrat. 'Blue no matter who' would apply here.

[rogue emissary]

92. A resounding no.

[Vinca]

93. No, no, no, no, no. Our local paper has had full page ads the past couple of weeks trying to get

people to go to some event in Boston to support him. I can't imagine how many will show up.

[Torchlight]

94. Biden and Harris have my 2024 vote locked up.

All things being equal, there's really not much out there that could compel me to vote for an ant-vaxxer any more than a flat-earther, regardless of any political affiliation they assert.

Biden's been solid, stolid, and effective to date; in other words, I'm getting pretty much what I voted for in 2020. I plan to keep it that way.

[617Blue]

96. He probably would if he weren't so blatant about being a GOP stalking horse.

Then again he seems so clueless that he probably doesn't even fathom how much of a tool of the right he is.

[ShazzieB]

98. 5 words: No. Way. In. The. World.

RFK Jr. is an antivax nutjob and has been for years. He's been campaigning against the DTaP vaccine for ages, claiming it causes autism. That bunk has been debunked as repeatedly and as soundly as any bunk could be debunked.

As far as I'm concerned, antivax = antiscience, and that completely disqualifies him for ANY public office, imnsho.

[ArnoldLayne]

100. No! Not at all.

[hatrack]

101. No. Fuck. Ing. Way.

I had some respect for him on environmental issues 25 or 30 years ago.

Now he's just another flat-Earther, and we already have way more than enough crazy and stupid and pathetic crawling around on the ground in these United States, thank you very much.