Kennedy and shades of Eagleton

[Dear_Prudence]

In 1972, Democratic candidate for president, George McGovern, selected Senator Thomas Eagleton as his running mate. Public pressure mounted after it came out that Eagleton had been hospitalized three times for depression, and eventually Eagleton withdrew. My gut reaction is that treatment for depression sounds less serious than an identified parasitic worm eating part of the brain. Deserved or not, it seems likely that Kennedy Jr.'s brain issue will have a similarly negative effect on his candidacy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Eagleton

[patricia92243]

1. Is this a joke or does Kennedy really have a parasitic worm????

[LeftInTX]

2. Here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143237300

[Dear_Prudence]

3. Sorry, no joke

I should have provided a link
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/08/politics/rfk-jr-mercury-poisoning-brain-parasite

[Gore1FL]

4. I submit this story explains a lot of his descent into imagined conspiracies, and magaesque behavior.

I can do nothing but have sympathy of someone with this condition. Someone with that condition belongs no where near levers of power.

[GreenWave]

5. The joke is how Tricky Dick dealt with Senator Eagleton's past.

(Words to the effect)

I have instructed my staff not to mention Senator Eagleton's mental health issues. It would be wrong for them to mention Senator Eagleton's mental health issues. It would be wrong for me to mention Senator Eagleton's mental health issues. So rest assured none of us are going to mention Senator Eagleton's mental health issues.