Another RFK Jr. Surprise: With Joe Biden out of the race, the third-party candidate suddenly appears to pose a bigger threat to Donald Trump.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/08/rfk-trump-harris-spoiler/679409/

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Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 90 pts · 1y (18 replies)

I know 0 Democrats that ever considered him, but I know plenty of right leaning Joe Rogan types that did / still are.

jeffw@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y

He was always going to appeal to the low info swing voters.

jumjummy@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 1y (14 replies)

Didn’t Joe Rogan endorse RFK?

Hegar@fedia.io · 34 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Yep. "He just makes sense to me" or something similar is what he said. Hilarious.

Angry_Autist@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

Joe Rogan is just one example why it is unwise to give idiots an audience no matter how much money it makes.

TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 10 pts · 1y (4 replies)

I like weed too, but I can't stand the "whoa dude, think about it" type stoners.

Hegar@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I'm a little bit of that type of stoner, I just try not to be a cruel asshole who's wrong about everything all the time.

TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

But I'm guessing your high daydreams are somewhat grounded in reality, not conspiracy theories and misinformation. I do it too about future space travel, but I know FTL and matter teleportation is impossible.

thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I wish y'all and I could pass a bong and create a space opera on a sunny afternoon.

jaybone@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Was there a Fear Factor where you had to put your head in a box full of brain worms for like 60 seconds?

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y (3 replies)

He did, and then walked it back after Trump got super pissy at him lol

MagicShel@programming.dev · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I hadn't heard he walked it back. That's funny. That's what a Joe Rogan endorsement is worth. No surprise to me, but now it's on full display for everyone.

"Vote for this guy. It's taken a lot of time and deliberation to decide but he's definitely our... nope, wait..."

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y

Time and deliberation? In the context of Joe Rogan?

lol. Lmao, even.

jumjummy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Eh, not at all surprised. Just like that cry-baby murderer, little Kyle

Angry_Autist@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

For now till the Hate Mill starts transvestigating him. He'll flip back crying like a bitch just like Kyle the Murderer.

ZombieMantis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

He did, but then he took it back when MAGAts started turning on him for disloyalty to Trump.

hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social · 20 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

He writes medical exceptions for anti-vaxx rich folks in the area

Sounds like the equivalent of a pill mill. Dude needs to lose his medical license yesterday.

finley@lemm.ee · 55 pts · 1y
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taiyang@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 1y (9 replies)

You know, I'd be perfectly fine if he became the defacto conservative vote. He's probably a better candidate than Trump, lol

Etterra@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y (2 replies)

It'd be hard to be a worse one.

Got_Bent@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I give you Stephen Miller

MagicShel@programming.dev · 9 pts · 1y

That guy has the moral fiber of the shark in Jaws, but with none of the charisma.

TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Lowest bar ever

GaMEChld@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (2 replies)

It's glorious. The bar is so low we don't even have to talk about policies or anything. We just need literally any non felon who speaks English in an understandable manner. A potato would literally be a viable choice over Trump. The noble tuber.

general_kitten@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)
GaMEChld@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

LOL I have never seen this before and it's hilariously appropriate

BestBouclettes@jlai.lu · 19 pts · 1y

Brain worm vs syphilis brain ! Speaks volume about Republicans

meeeeetch@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

At least he has some environmental protection cred.

haunte@leminal.space · 41 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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roguetrick@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That's the swing voter though. Salt of the earth. The common clay. You know, morons.

IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Aww. Mongo like Sheriff Bart!

7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 39 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Yes... Yes... Split that Republican vote... Yes...

sheevpalpatine.mov

cm0002@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Why is your .mov resolving as a url? When TF did .mov become a TLD?? WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT‽

incogtino@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 1y (1 reply)
4am@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y

Also absolutely fuck Google for this

7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

What the fuck. I thought it was just boost being strange

My bad. Lol

tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Ah you've never seen redtube.mov

Snapz@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

Kennedy was a spoiler meant to target Biden. Now that Biden is out, Kennedy will magically drop out and officially endorse his followers to trump as election nears.

empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y

the pool of brainworm-leaning voters is limited

Minarble@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 1y

Charlie and Frank are driving down a country road and stop to pick up some road kill for dinner only to be beaten to it by a man who appears to have had more brain worms than Charlie.

…The gang support RFK Jr

CatDokki@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

But isn’t this the same guy who could possibly drop out and then just go back to endorse trump?

todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y

Am I going to find myself ordering RFK stickers and putting them up around town? Nah, where I live is decidedly anti-Trump already, but if I lived in a purple state, I might.

HauntedBucket@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

Rats swimming away from an "unsinkable" Titanic.

SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I hope he stays in the race. My worry is that he tries to get a bunch of weird anti-vax concessions from Trump in exchange for an endorsement.

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

He already tried to get a position as Health something-or-other. Luckily, he apparently recorded the call on a video and shared it on social media. He might have blocked himself by making the deal public.

ripcord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

...maybe.

Blatant corruption is no longer a problem, apparently. The only problem would be if he was perceived as going against the tribe.

MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 1y

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