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spooky3

(38,599 posts) Sat Apr 29, 2023, 03:09 PM Apr 2023

I'm not worried about Bannon-backed RFK Jr because [View all]

The media giveth and it taketh away.

He was just on CNN and he looks and sounds at least ten years older than he is. The people who are obsessed with Biden’s age aren’t going to perceive RFK Jr to be an energetic, inspiring alternative.

JMHO.

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I'm not worried about Bannon-backed RFK Jr because [View all] spooky3 Apr 2023 OP

We should call him Bobby Bannon peppertree Apr 2023 #1

Yes...good one! PortTack Apr 2023 #6

Why, thank you. peppertree Apr 2023 #8

ME TOO!! lastlib Apr 2023 #10

+1 peppertree Apr 2023 #12

Anti-vax squirrels carried it far away... DemocraticPatriot Apr 2023 #33

That's not necessarily something to cheer about. Ms. Toad Apr 2023 #2

I would add H2O Man Apr 2023 #5

Aside from no political experience, Ms. Toad Apr 2023 #7

Thanks, H2O Man. I don't wish him ill -- I just wish he had more friends like you & none like Bannon. Hekate Apr 2023 #9

You're friends with him? Dorian Gray Apr 2023 #25

When my nephew H2O Man Apr 2023 #31

sadly, politics is a shallow business. mopinko Apr 2023 #15

It may be reality, but progressives should not be celebrating Ms. Toad Apr 2023 #16

I don't see anyone "celebrating" here. Nt spooky3 Apr 2023 #17

Perhaps celebrating is too strong a word - Ms. Toad Apr 2023 #19

No one did that. Please reread the OP and other posts carefully. Nt spooky3 Apr 2023 #20

The OP is specifically what I was responding to. n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2023 #21

And neither I nor anyone else is criticizing him because of spooky3 Apr 2023 #24

I didn't suggest you were criticizing because of his disability. Ms. Toad Apr 2023 #27

Is sister Rehm still alive? NotVeryImportant Apr 2023 #28

She appears to be. Ms. Toad Apr 2023 #29

I'm not too worried wryter2000 Apr 2023 #3

Only if he runs as a 3rd party candidate. wnylib Apr 2023 #22

Correct wryter2000 Apr 2023 #32

And his voice is so grating and hard to listen to! kimbutgar Apr 2023 #4

You do realize his voice is the result of a disability, right? Ms. Toad Apr 2023 #18

Honestly his anti-vaccine stance prior to covid Dorian Gray Apr 2023 #26

That's the most troubling about him In My opinion kimbutgar Apr 2023 #30

Kennedys haven't been doing well in elections in recent years JI7 Apr 2023 #11

He has to get through the Dem primary first (if he in fact runs as a Dem). I wouldn't think spooky3 Apr 2023 #13

Yes, he has no chance of winning the primary JI7 Apr 2023 #14

Kennedy will not be the Dem candidate for the general, but wnylib Apr 2023 #23