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In reply to the discussion: RFK Jr. 'looking at' being Libertarian Party candidate [View all]Mosby
(16,707 posts)35. She was institutionalized because doctors cut out part of her brain
Because the doctors consensus at the time said that lobotomies were a legitimate treatment, and if Joe and his wife Rose wanted to help their daughter they should let doctors chop up her brain. If CPS existed at the time they would have probably threatened to take away their daughter if this accepted treatment wasn't performed. She could kill herself, the social workers counseled.
Unfortunately the quack treatment didn't work out too well, she couldn't speak or walk properly after her frontal lobes were separated from the rest of her brain, so she had to be put in an institution because she couldn't take care of herself.
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It is hard to get onto the ballot without being the nominee of a party who has qualified in the past
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 2024
#1
Trump VP? He's probably assessing the fastest way to ascend to the presidency, knowing Trump won't last four years.
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2024
#31
I lived in Massachusetts and had a chance to see JFK in a parade when he was Senator.
ificandream
Jan 2024
#27
My college roommate was in Caroline's nursery school class at the WH. And Caroline was at her
Raftergirl
Jan 2024
#30
It's quite likely, actually. IIRC, there were only about 5-6 kids in the nursery school and Caroline was still in
Raftergirl
Jan 2024
#37
Democrats won't vote for a Libertarian. I see some in Freeper land suggesting that Kennedy
Demsrule86
Jan 2024
#12
That's why he should do it! Kennedy has got 15% in the last poll. Trump has 45%
LeftInTX
Jan 2024
#13
All those Republicans who loved Ted and John Kennedy or care about the environment?
pnwmom
Jan 2024
#36
Yes. But were those nutty progressives going to vote Biden? Did they vote for him in 2020?
LiberalFighter
Jan 2024
#38
The Librarian Party. I don't think they would want him an anti-vaxxer on their ticket.
madinmaryland
Jan 2024
#39
Oh sorry. I thought this was about librarians. I need to wear my glasses more often.
madinmaryland
Jan 2024
#44