https://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-protection-robert-kennedy-jr-trump-assassination-attempt/
President Biden has ordered the Secret Service to protect independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
They'll be sending in some Secret Service brain worms dressed in tiny black suits and itty bitty sunglasses to protect the OG. Rest assured, it will be safe.
You know what?
Good on RFK Jr. 50 years ago just the thought of him being able to escape the political shadow of the previous generation of Kennedys would have been laughable.
But when I saw this headline I legitimately forgot about his dad and uncle both being assassinated. My brain went straight to the brain worms.
It's honestly kind of crazy he's not just a Jeb! type guy whose only notable feature is his last name.
whose only notable feature is his last name.
"Running for president despite the brain worms" is also quite notable.
If we judge a man on the content of his character instead of judging him on the worm content of his brain… we’ll judge Kennedy worse
yeah Jeb! should've shit his pants on stage so he would be remembered as the guy who shit his pants on stage rather than just a Bush.
sometimes not being notable is the better outcome
It makes sense to me. Biden and Trump have Secret Service detail already. RFK does not. Biden wants to make sure that it at least looks like all 3 candidates are being protected from more violence.
For Trump, you mean. You're voting to get Trump elected. So lie to yourself if you like, but you're voting for Trump.
Nice try!
You are trying to get us to vote for the duopoly, but I am most likely voting for a third party.
Green Party for the long-term goal of breaking the two-party system.
Do not forget my mantra:
We should focus our actions, time, and resources on Direct Action, Mutual Aid, and Community Outreach. If you do engage in Electoral Politics do not support the Duopoly (Red or Blue Team). No War but Class War!
You said it yourself: it's a duopoly. By your vote you have the power to nudge the outcome toward one of two possibilities.
More options would be fantastic, but that's not the system we live in. The current options are fascism or not-fascism. You support 3rd parties? Then vote for whichever party has the best shot at not-fascism... cuz if fascism wins, 3rds are fucked right along with everyone else.
In your case, voting Trump, voting 3rd, or not voting at all are all just throwing in the towel. Fascism won! No point in fighting it; just bend over and take whatever comes next.
Biden may not be your cup of tea, but a vote for him is a vote to keep the fascists out of power - for you that's a vote for more time. Right now our system won't allow a 3rd to win due to the power accumulated by the big two; but it's still malleable. Ranked Choice is getting onto more and more people's radar, gaining popularity, and making its way into more and more states. RCV is your golden ticket to getting a 3rd in office - people need to be comfortable with voting for a 3rd without risking the 'other guy' taking power. And our system IS moving that direction.
Fascist victory and we can kiss RCV goodbye, along with most of our rights and any possibility for 3rd party to come out on top for a very, VERY long time.
Could it be better? Yes. Should it be better? Abso-fucking-lutely. But the best result possible in our shitty reality for 3rds and everyone who isn't a Nazi is for the fascists to lose, and for that to happen, you need to vote blue.
For probably 2 or 3 reasons:
To bring attention to RFK Jr to help remove votes from Trump
RFK Jr is much more known to right wingers, who are also more violent. They don't even really know of Cornell West or Jill Stein enough to care. RFK Jr is running opposite of Trump on the Right wingers side, whereas the other two will only strip votes from leftwing/Biden side
Kennedy Curse, they shouldn't have lobotomized Rosemary Kennedy. So anything could happen to ol brain worms
Because neither of them have polled high enough to qualify for it, neither has the libertarian candidate, even RFK Jr. wasn't polling well enough for it, which is why Biden had to order this, and it wasn't done automatically.
He's also a Kennedy, so his chance of being assassinated is probably higher than your average candidate.
While I don't endorse the guy, I think you forgot (L) Chase Oliver. I bring this up only because the Libertarian candidates usually get more votes than the leftist candidates and I'm pretty sure they're listed on more state's ballots.
-Personally speaking, I'll be one of the "three people" voting for one of the other two candidates mentioned
Good to know. According to the logic of some of the people (not me) around here, that must mean you support Biden.
But imagine the consequences of not doing it, and him getting assassinated! Not worth the risk. Also, i assume this is the future standard Trump is looking into. Competition being legal targets for the sitting president
Kennedy is still trying to appear on ballots across the country, and his presidential aspirations are a long shot.
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I get it, but I mean... their track record isn't so great with Kennedys assassination attempts.
I'd bet the vast majority of Americans can't name any candidates besides Biden and Trump and that some could not name them either.
Yeah, I think this Kennedy is probably pretty safe unless you count questionable life choices.
Should've had secret service protection long before now. The guys had to relatives assassinated.
Hahahaha. No one takes this guy seriously. This is only done because it looks good. There’s no threat to the guy who can’t possibly win because there’s no point in taking him out.
But also, there go my tax dollars when I’d like them to pay for roads, teachers, etc. Fuck you for running Bobby, you lying sack of shit (see takedown by Maintenance Phase podcast; the dude’s a lying liar).
Are you under some bizarre impression that the government just hoards everyone's money when they collect it?
Not at all, taxes come after the government spends money and is used to take money out of circulation (destroyed), they are absolutely in no way receiving that money and then using it for anything, it is received and removed from circulation. If the government needs money they make money, they do not depend on anyone to create money, they depend on taxes to appropriately remove money from circulation to control the value of the dollar and inflation.
It’s not political in any way, why would the federal government need anyone’s taxes? They create the currency, they don’t depend on anyone’s taxes to do anything. If they need money they create it and it happens constantly. I’m not speaking to local taxes obviously, which are mostly responsible for the roads the original poster complained about anyway which are completely different.
If you want to know why your "they create currency" argument is ridiculous, look up the Weimar Republic or what happened in Zimbabwe in 2007.
Their is a reason controlling the currency and removing money from circulation is important, I never discounted that but the federal government does not wait around to receive tax money before they decide if they have money to spend. They create new money to fund things and destroy the tax funds as they come in.
Not seeing why, no way they would try a second false flag the same way so close in time.