# RFK Jr Files to Run for President (Dropped Out on August 23, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 6, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260 "2023-04-06T16:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/201 "2023-10-09T21:13:18Z")
RFK Sr was also Francis. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/202 "2023-10-09T21:13:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > My total WAG is that he was given a different middle name to differentiate himself from his father Now I look, it seems his father was Francis too. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/203 "2023-10-09T21:18:00Z")
“Fitzgerald” in JFK’s name was a callout to his maternal grandfather, John Francis Fitzgerald. I would be unusual for two consecutive children to use the same middle name. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/204 "2023-10-09T21:22:05Z")
🤦‍♂️ I spent so much time looking up Junior I forgot to look up anything on Senior. FFS. > [@gnoitall](#): > > I would be unusual for two consecutive children to use the same middle name. Case in point, my middle name is my paternal grandfather’s first name, my brother’s middle name is our maternal grandfather’s first name. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/205 "2023-10-09T21:27:13Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8AoK1LXYAI3S-u?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8AoK1LXYAI3S-u?format=jpg&name=medium) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/206 "2023-10-09T21:30:56Z")
I guess they watered that down so they don’t hurt his feelings. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/207 "2023-10-09T21:37:05Z")
He’s no Paul Gosar. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/208 "2023-10-09T21:37:16Z")
They clearly did soft-pedal the message. “Unhinged lunatic” doesn’t appear anywhere! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/209 "2023-10-09T23:38:25Z")
Well, MAGA Jr.'s independent campaign [has leapt from the starting blocks](https://nitter.net/atrupar/status/1711435615949009003#m). Just imagine the reaction if Biden had flubbed so spectacularly. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/210 "2023-10-10T03:59:00Z")
There goes the annual Kennedy Hyannis Port Thanksgiving volleyball tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/211 "2023-10-10T06:19:57Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Well, MAGA Jr.'s independent campaign [has leapt from the starting blocks](https://nitter.net/atrupar/status/1711435615949009003#m). It was so bad it was almost parody, like watching an episode of _Between Two Ferns_. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/212 "2023-10-10T15:35:38Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Well, MAGA Jr.'s independent campaign [has leapt from the starting blocks](https://nitter.net/atrupar/status/1711435615949009003#m). “Cue Curb music” indeed! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/213 "2023-10-10T15:45:01Z")
[Leonard Pinth-Garnell] “Now, _THAT_, that _was_ indeed rather _BAD_ I’d say.” [/LP-G] Don Pardo: “That was this week’s episode of _Bad Political Theater_ with Leonard Pinth-Garnell” ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/214 "2023-10-10T20:51:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Well, MAGA Jr.'s independent campaign [has leapt from the starting blocks](https://nitter.net/atrupar/status/1711435615949009003#m). There’s something that sounds like a stupendous pants ripping fart in the first two seconds. 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/215 "2023-10-10T20:57:03Z")
That was his clearing his throat. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/216 "2023-10-11T00:59:13Z")
Proving that he speaks out of his a$$? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/217 "2023-10-11T10:56:26Z")
Nah, he was expressing angst, in the manner of a pirate. “Arrrrrrrrr.” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/218 "2023-10-11T13:07:47Z")
He does have a health condition, so i’m sure trump will make fun of it at some point. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suffers from “spasmodic dysphonia, a specific form of an involuntary movement disorder called dystonia that affects only the voice box.” This is not a life-threatening illness but it can certainly affect one’s quality of life. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/219 "2023-10-11T15:47:18Z")
As opposed to trump’s verbal diarrhea? ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/220 "2023-10-11T17:59:52Z")
Wow, I didn’t know that. I feel bad for my insensitive comment. I don’t like the guy for enough good reasons, don’t need to flog him for something he can’t control. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=12)