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[–]MeganDelacroix🤡🌎 detainee[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Updates:

Kennedy Family Dumps on RFK Jr. over Coronavirus Comment Controversy

White House Condemns Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for ‘Vile,’ ‘Racist,’ ‘Antisemitic’ Comments

 

But RFK Jr. Refuses to Confront Joe Biden on Alleged Family Corruption

“I don’t have a comment on that,” Kennedy told Fox News when asked about the growing evidence of corruption against the Bidens.

“What I’ve tried to do in this campaign is to focus on issues and focus on the values and not focus on ad hominem attacks on people,” Kennedy claimed.

“Isn’t alleged corruption an issue that voters should be concerned about?” Fox News pressed.

“I think on every side it’s something that people should be concerned about, but it’s not something that I’m making a spear tip to my campaign,” Kennedy replied.

Polling shows a majority of independents want congressional investigations into the Biden family business prioritized.

Another majority of registered voters believe President Joe Biden’s family received millions of dollars from Chinese government-linked sources.

In addition, a majority of Democrats believe Hunter Biden’s alleged “preferential treatment” in his tax case with the Justice Department is a serious scandal.

A second poll reveals 61 percent of Americans believe Hunter Biden received “special treatment” in his plea deal with U.S. Prosecutor David Weiss.

 

Hey, anyone remember this?

Bernie Sanders’ Refusal To Attack Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Principled—It’s Political Genius

 

That "political genius" worked out real well, didn't it?

[–]FThumbStay thirsty, my friends 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

BLASPHEMER! It's all the DNC has to work with.

[–]CaelianPost No Toasties 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

So, I guess the "anti-vaxxer" smear isn't doing so well in the internal polling, eh?

My opinion is that attacks that would have been effective against an ordinary candidate may not be so effective against a Kennedy, particularly against an RFK. It would be like the GOP attacking a primary candidate named Reagan.

[–]Maniak🥃😾 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well their "anti-vax" smears are a bit difficult to maintain when he's allowed to answer since he's got data on his side, especially when it comes to C19.

With the antisemitic line however, he's making it worse all by himself (and the data is against supporting the Israel regime that he keeps using as a defense) so they don't have to put much effort in it. Much smarter choice given how fucking stupid RFK is being on this.

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    [–]Maniak🥃😾 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Which is why I'm more worried about RFK's reactions to those smears than about the smears themselves. Because of course those are bullshit.

    What RFK has been doing with it however, that's actually problematic.

    Worse will be coming and given how far he's going at the slightest tug, he may end up doing a sex tape of himself with an Israel flag, or maybe fly over there and shoot a few Palestinians just to prove his allegiance, instead of simply denouncing the smears for what they are and moving along.

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      [–]Maniak🥃😾 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      Well... granted he hasn't been a politician in any kind of official way, but he's a Kennedy. He was literally born into US politics and spent his entire life in the middle of some of the worst parts of US politics. And he's a lawyer, like so many politicians who are expert at exactly this.

      So I wouldn't call him 'new' to politics, just as I wouldn't call him an outsider to the establishment. His entire life has been in and around US establishment politics.

      [–]MeganDelacroix🤡🌎 detainee[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

      Excerpt from the letter mentioned in the Breitbart story:

      Mr. Kennedy is employing a pernicious form of antisemitism that has been used for centuries. This technique has been used by Hitler claiming that there are biological differences between ethnic or racial groups to portray Jews as a lesser form of humanity, a steppingstone to justify the annihilation of the Jews during the Holocaust.

       

      Due Dissidence blasting him for being a Zionist last night, Dems calling him Hitler this morning... I'm not sure, but I don't think that works out to a happy medium.

      [–]Maniak🥃😾 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      Due Dissidence blasting him for being a Zionist last night, Dems calling him Hitler this morning... I'm not sure, but I don't think that works out to a happy medium.

      Given how Israel has been behaving towards Palestinians very much like Hitler was behaving towards Jews, there is a noticeable overlap, though it's obviously not what dems have in mind.

      Calling him antisemitic comes from a DNC smear campaign, but calling him a zionist comes from his own words and actions so... I know which one I'm leaning towards...

      The guy was barely put in the vicinity of the 'antisemite' smear campaign against Roger Waters and he instantly went full 'slava zion', complete with a public showing at a zionist march with a zionist rabbi.

      Now he's getting a proper 'antisemite' smear campaign just for him, and his flex is once again to jump back into the arms of that same zionist and proclaiming once again his unquestioning and unending loyalty to Israel, even pledging to be even more of an Israel whore than any previous president...

      What's next? Doing a photo-op in a Netanyadolf t-shirt?

      Seems like this was enough to make him forget his discussion with Glenn Greenwald. Or, more likely, he was just pretending to be open to the idea of possibly having to revisit his opinion on Israel based on its actions.

       

      It's lucky that he's running as a democrat, making him undeserving of a single vote. Otherwise, him repeatedly running into the arms of nazionists would be infuriating. As it is, it's "oh yeah, he's just a democrat".

      [–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

      In a just world, having two such diametrically opposed convictions rattling around in their brains ought to make their heads explode but life is full of disappointments and injustices.

      [–]Centaurea 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

      Fortunately for them, they have no actual convictions, so there's nothing in their heads to rattle around.

      [–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

      When you're right, you're right.