I was wondering what everyone's thoughts on Robert Kennedy, Jr. running for Prez.

[patricia92243]

Polls are showing he has high approval ratings - higher than Biden or Trump.
Is his anti-vac stand the only reason most Democrats would not vote for

hihttps://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/06/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-tops-biden-trump-in-new-favorability-poll/?sh=35d36cd34395m?

[GP6971]

1. Do you have a link(s) to the polls?

I can't believe he's higher than Pres Biden.

[patricia92243]

8. Sorry - see below.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/06/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-tops-biden-trump-in-new-favorability-poll/?sh=35d36cd34395

[GP6971]

19. Thank you for the link.

1500 people and the poll ending on the 13th...questionable at the very best.

RFK Jr is a Class A jerk and I'll leave it at that.

[YDogg]

2. He's a fucking whackadoodle.

Out of touch with reality.

[applegrove]

3. I'm not American but I can't say what else his policies are. I know nothing but his vaccine stance.

And it will kill children to not Vax them and kill everyone else if another pandemic happens on his watch. He is anti-science. He is dangerous.No wonder Steve Bannon recruited him. He has trauma and vaccine bulls*** going through his brain and would be easy to manipulate. Notice how the GOP did not make a big deal in Congress about cuting thet science behind vaccines in the budget? They want vaccines developed, they just don't want most regular people to take them.

[emulatorloo]

12. He's also pro-Putin and anti-Ukraine. He is constantly spouting Putin Propaganda.

[applegrove]

16. He is already Bannon's tool.

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[emulatorloo]

17. Yes. And the Kennedy family does not support his presidential run.

[onecaliberal]

4. He's a fucking whacko.

[unc70]

7. HIV skepticism, autism causal for autism, anti Covid vaccines, etc

All sorts of unhinged conspiracy theories. Also things like his heroin arrest.

No and Hell NO!

[Ocelot II]

5. He's a crackpot and I wouldn't vote for him under any circumstances.

Being an anti-vaxxer is enough of a reason, though; it's a dangerous, anti-science position and as far as I'm concerned it's disqualifying.

And where are these polls that show he has higher approval ratings than Biden or Trump?

[patricia92243]

13. Here

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/06/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-tops-biden-trump-in-new-favorability-poll/?sh=35d36cd34395

[Ocelot II]

15. That's not "polls." It's *a* poll, and not a very convincing one, when you consider that

"some 21% of respondents didn’t offer an opinion on Kennedy, far greater than the single-digit figures posted by Trump and Biden." If more than one-fifth of the respondents didn't have an opinion about him at all, the favorable numbers are meaningless.

[ZZenith]

6. Which polls are those?

[patricia92243]

9. Here

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/06/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-tops-biden-trump-in-new-favorability-poll/?sh=35d36cd34395

[onecaliberal]

23. Exactly.

[emulatorloo]

10. He's backed by Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, Roger Stone, and Mike Flynn. He's running to

damage Biden and help Trump win. He’s unacceptable. The Kennedy family does not support his run.

[FDRFTW]

35. Then they should be happy to run him as a RepubliQon

[Bluepinky]

11. I think he's a spoiler, probably funded by some Republican to thwart Biden's chances.

[vlyons]

14. His ant-vax stuff turns me off

Claims that vaccines cause autism has been discredited. I'm 100% for Joe Biden, who has demonstrated over and over that he can get things done and is a decent human being.

[dflprincess]

18. I agree with the members of his family who have made it clear they're sticking with Biden

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and do not agree with RFK Jr's stance on several issues, including vaccines.

And for me, you can toss in his association with Steve Bannon. That should tell anyone all they need to know about him.

[dflprincess]

26. Thanks, fixed it!

And then I promptly added a post in the wrong place as you can see from my self-deletion.

[applegrove]

27. I'll delete mine.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

21. It's pure name recognition.

Although far too many people in this country are now ignorantly anti-vaccines. Sigh.

[Jarqui]

22. I was very fond of his father - campaigned for him and his uncle (my first hero)

He is NOT what they were. He is a major departure from those two men. He is certainly does not appear to be as intelligent as they were.

I do not align with his policies. I think his position on vaccines has been damaging.

That he would have a photo op or anything to do with Steve Bannon crushes his candidacy with me forever.

One can be judged by the company they keep.

I could say more but do not care to waste my time on him.

[TigressDem]

24. He WAS a good guy before he got into this Anti-Vax crap.

But that position comes with more and more baggage and he's drifting farther and farther right.

[calguy]

28. My only thought is... Why?

[JustAnotherGen]

29. Nothing

He's nothing.

[Lunabell]

30. I find it strange that he calls himself a Democrat.

Strange...

[bottomofthehill]

31. Attention whore clown.

[LakeArenal]

32. Polls. I don't need no stinking polls.

And right before this a fear mongering thread:

(Paraphrasing). Ignore RFK Jr at your own risk. 🙄

Okay I will.

[SomedayKindaLove]

33. I don't think he offers much competition to Biden in the primaries

But if his game plan is to help Trump as suggested in this thread, then he could do some serious damage if he runs as a third party candidate.

[FDRFTW]

34. As a RepubliQanon?

[no_hypocrisy]

36. One does notice that he lacks the endorsement from his mother (Ethel),

his siblings, his cousins.

All Kennedys are not alike.

[PJMcK]

37. He's an ass (n/t)

[ificandream]

38. I'm originally from Massachusetts and it is abhorrent he's a Kennedy

Big fan of the Kennedys. I lived there during the JFK years. I also worked for RFK Sr.'s presidential campaign, which, I think was my first venture into doing political stuff (I was still a teen.), and saw RFK at a campaign stop the night before he was shot. Also saw Teddy, too. Despite what has been written in some circles since about them since, the Kennedys were (and I believe) still are loved there. The fact that RFK Jr. is what he is makes me sick.

p.s. We used to spend summers on the Cape and I always wanted to visit Hyannisport where the Kennedy compound was, but we never did. Sigh.