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MuseRider

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33. I will never understand it.

Sat May 6, 2017, 02:02 PM

May 2017

Not from any of them. I just posted this on my FB page. I have very religious relatives who love Trump only because of the abortion issue they think he will take care of, good Christian that he is (LOL really). I have a group of people I stay in contact with over one single topic, pets. They are mostly very conservative. We have agreed to keep our feeds separate enough that we usually do not see or do not click the political things. Several of them I know quite well as good people but damned if I can figure out how they are this way. How can you separate your caring for a friend or a relative with being good but letting someone you do not know or do not like for very strange reasons such as skin color die and not shed one ounce of caring.

Did not mean to carry on, everyone here agrees on this. I do know there will be a couple of responses that will not be good. Some of them just cannot help it.

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Joe Kennedy III [View all] babylonsister May 2017 OP

Young Mr. Kennedy definitely gets it..n/t monmouth4 May 2017 #1

This young man wears the... 3catwoman3 May 2017 #2

He sure does...nt 2naSalit May 2017 #4

Bravo! peggysue2 May 2017 #3

2020!!!!!!!! a kennedy May 2017 #5

Please no more presidential dynasties.. Kentonio May 2017 #18

What Presidential Dynasty? egbokalaka May 2017 #19

Welcome to DU. n/t rzemanfl May 2017 #21

We would be foolish to turn down a good candidate Demsrule86 May 2017 #24

De Niro, "Are you talkin' to me?" FWIW I think the country would elect anybody rzemanfl May 2017 #26

welcome to du niyad May 2017 #36

You forget Bush-Bush-Bush-Bush? Four (4) generations! Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #39

JPK III is fifth (5th) generation. Fifteen (15) members of Kennedy family have held political office Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #40

Good Info. He gets it. Plus, he could win. He could beat DT by speaking truth to power. Alice11111 May 2017 #42

I LIKE intelligent progressive compassionate politicians MORE than I dislike dynastic political fams Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #45

JFK said something very similar. I thought it was a Alice11111 May 2017 #63

And none of the above is relevant to the term "presidential dynasties." WinkyDink May 2017 #47

It's a dynasty that includes a President. Technically you're correct, but lets not skip the obvious. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #48

Well, people referred to a Clinton dynasty which is silly as hell but.... bettyellen May 2017 #43

Enough with the dynasty business. murielm99 May 2017 #38

Does 3/4 of a term count as a dynasty? Did you deplore the Harrisons? How about the Adamses? WinkyDink May 2017 #46

He shouldn't be held back by an accident of birth. For a young man, he has a great resume pnwmom May 2017 #57

Held back by an accident of birth? Kentonio May 2017 #71

That's what you are advocating with your statement about dynasties. . nt pnwmom May 2017 #75

I'm sure the poor dears will struggle by. Kentonio May 2017 #78

Having a great-nephew of a President, who has accomplished a great deal on his own, pnwmom May 2017 #81

Well we might disagree about the family thing Kentonio May 2017 #82

I wonder how many people had the same thought about Clinton? mythology May 2017 #85

That's one of the saddest parts of this to me Kentonio May 2017 #86

The Kennedy dynasty died when he lost the presidential primary. n/t bobGandolf May 2017 #58

The dynasty thing is just a bunch of bullshit get over it phleshdef May 2017 #61

It's far deeper than that. Kentonio May 2017 #62

Horse shit. People choose to vote for them. phleshdef May 2017 #67

We live in a celebrity culture Kentonio May 2017 #69

You are over exaggerating to say the least phleshdef May 2017 #72

It's not an exaggeration Kentonio May 2017 #73

You skipped over Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan... phleshdef May 2017 #74

I'm sorry, but that doesn't make any sense. Kentonio May 2017 #77

It makes complete sense. phleshdef May 2017 #79

Politics should not be a family business Kentonio May 2017 #80

Its part of our constitutional freedom for families to widely engage in politics. phleshdef May 2017 #83

I heard the same kind of arguments used to defend citizens united. Kentonio May 2017 #84

Thats such an apples and oranges comparison. phleshdef May 2017 #88

It has been over 50 years since JFK treestar May 2017 #64

Yes it is. Kentonio May 2017 #65

They weren't president treestar May 2017 #66

No, just senators and presidential candidates. Kentonio May 2017 #70

You're behind the times. egduj May 2017 #68

I love when this happens democrank May 2017 #6

I've been following him for some time. sellitman May 2017 #7

I hope so. volstork May 2017 #8

I can't even remember the Kennedy's except Ted towards the end... Demsrule86 May 2017 #25

I hope so!! hamsterjill May 2017 #16

I hope so, he'd definitely get my vote. ATL Ebony May 2017 #35

I like him a lot and I'd vote for him in a heartbeat world wide wally May 2017 #9

So would I. I really like him. smirkymonkey May 2017 #12

It's also that even people... zentrum May 2017 #10

Love me some Maynar May 2017 #11

Source TimmyToo May 2017 #13

Found on FB...here: babylonsister May 2017 #14

he sent it out as an e-mail this week Maeve May 2017 #15

Here: Rhiannon12866 May 2017 #55

I saw him here on television in Boston giving this speech, although I don't know where smirkymonkey May 2017 #59

Bravo! brer cat May 2017 #17

He's a smart and moral young man. Thanks for sharing. jalan48 May 2017 #20

Big fan of Joe III John Lee Pettimore May 2017 #22

I'm a big fan... Wawannabe May 2017 #23

May not be many Steve Earle fans on here. John Lee Pettimore May 2017 #37

Well Ain't your president been good to you? lunasun May 2017 #41

Just tell me what you wanna hear. John Lee Pettimore May 2017 #50

Big Steve Earl fan here. Our band plays Guitar Town, Think It Over and panader0 May 2017 #49

We should reconvene.... Wawannabe May 2017 #51

Joe Kennedy III and Steve Earle. John Lee Pettimore May 2017 #52

Concur with the bumpin Wawannabe May 2017 #53

And then there is Caroline's son itsrobert May 2017 #27

He just graduated from college in 2015. Give him a little time. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #56

"...we will all one day wake up in need of a little mercy." SMC22307 May 2017 #28

Smc... Wawannabe May 2017 #29

The Democratic Party needs to *force* Republicans to remember. SMC22307 May 2017 #31

Spoken like a true Kennedy! MuseRider May 2017 #30

From politicians, right-wing media, and some religious leaders... SMC22307 May 2017 #32

I will never understand it. MuseRider May 2017 #33

Nor I! A Republican Latin American coworker admits he drank the Bush Kool-aid... SMC22307 May 2017 #34

It just amazes me how thick the denial is in some of these people. smirkymonkey May 2017 #60

I'm ready to work on his national campaign. WinkyDink May 2017 #44

It must be like Tokyo residents hearing Godzilla is on the way... mikehiggins May 2017 #54

may I live long enough DonCoquixote May 2017 #76

Heartfelt and powerful. Made me think of this song. suffragette May 2017 #87