# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/281 "2024-03-26T18:33:30Z")
Thank God you put that under a spoiler tag! 😉 ---
**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:** [March 26, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/282 "2024-03-26T18:40:54Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I fully expect antivaxers to proclaim that vaccination caused the Baltimore bridge collapse. Either the pilot of the vessel that hit the bridge had received a Covid-19 vaccine, or the bridge itself was vaccinated. It didn’t take long. From an “antiwoke Patriot” on X: “The ship’s captain who collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore likely passed out because he was recently vaccinated. He might have fallen on the power switches. Pfizer, Moderna and the others will be held accountable!” RFK Jr. should be issuing a statement soon… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/283 "2024-03-26T18:58:54Z")
He thinks that there is a light switch that turns off the ship? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/284 "2024-03-26T19:07:46Z")
He thinks? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/285 "2024-03-26T19:10:05Z")
Here’s something from [CNN.com](http://CNN.com): “[Shanahan] told The [New York] Times last month that she had given $4 million to the lead super PAC supporting Kennedy’s candidacy to help fund a pricey Super Bowl ad.” This wouldn’t be the one that was pretty much a copy of a JFK 1960 Presidential ad with RFK Jr’s face inserted into it that RFK Jr. personally disavowed, would it? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/286 "2024-03-26T19:23:41Z")
Watching RFK Jr. speaking on CNN right now. Good Lord, he sounds like he smoked three packs a day for the last fifty years. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/287 "2024-03-26T19:31:06Z")
Aaron Rodgers must be super pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/288 "2024-03-26T19:37:27Z")
That’s “speaking”? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/289 "2024-03-26T19:39:25Z")
Would “croaking” be more accurate? CNN seems to have had enough. Commercial break, then back to the bridge in Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/290 "2024-03-26T19:54:49Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Aaron Rodgers must be super pissed. Aaron Rodgers is an idiot and a troll but he’s not stupid. If you look at his current contract and all the deferred money contingent on him being on the Jets for the next two years then its obvious he would never consider being on the ticket. I’m sure he enjoyed the headlines. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/291 "2024-03-26T19:56:15Z")
I don’t know, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 😜 ---
**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:** [March 26, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/292 "2024-03-26T20:21:49Z")
Apparently Shanahan meets the most crucial qualification to be second in line behind Junior for the presidency - giving over $4 million to his campaign and good for millions more. Thank god we’re discarding the corrupt politics of the past for a bright new future. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/293 "2024-03-26T20:47:01Z")
FYI, his voice sounds off because he has a rare condition - spasmodic dysphonia, a type of involuntary movement disorder that only effects the voice box. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/294 "2024-03-26T23:26:19Z")
OK, this woman is a serious nutbar after Bobby’s own heart. From her speech today: She and Junior are going to plow through all the data that the CDC and other Corporate-Captured entities are sitting on, and _within weeks_, with the aid of AI, will have the answers hidden from us for so long that are key to ending the Chronic Disease Epidemic caused by pollutants, electromagnetic pollution, vaccines etc. The cultists in the auditorium (probably all carrying 5G phones) lapped it up. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/295 "2024-03-27T00:09:42Z")
But since they didn’t mention stopping the chemtrails, it’ll all be for naught. The Deep State scores another victory not having fired a shot. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/296 "2024-03-27T01:11:47Z")
Any opinions on whether Shanahan will help or hurt Kennedy’s [apparent bid for the Libertarian Party nomination](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4514598-libertarian-chair-no-decision-on-rfk-jr/)? ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/297 "2024-03-27T13:24:06Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Apparently Shanahan meets the most crucial qualification to be second in line behind Junior for the presidency - giving over $4 million to his campaign and good for millions more. - Do not give out your bank account information over the phone. - Do not click on links in suspicious emails. - Beware of “running mate” requests from dubious third-party presidential candidates. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/298 "2024-03-27T14:10:50Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Apparently Shanahan meets the most crucial qualification to be second in line behind Junior for the presidency - giving over $4 million to his campaign and good for millions more. The biggest danger of Shanahan joining the ticket is that previously she had to donate her millions to SuperPACs that support Kennedy – she had already maxed out the $6,600 limit on how much she can donate to his campaign directly. SuperPACs are not allowed to coordinate with the campaign directly, and there are things they can’t pay for – e.g. campaign staff, petition drives, filing fees, etc. Campaigns also pay lower rates for advertising than SuperPACs. Being part of the ticket, Shanahan can send her money directly to the campaign to pay for these expenses. This is very likely to ensure that Kenedy will end up on the ballot in most states. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/299 "2024-03-27T15:42:56Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Apparently Shanahan meets the most crucial qualification to be second in line behind Junior for the presidency - giving over $4 million to his campaign and good for millions more. There is no shortage of tycoons over the years who have tried to buy their way into a political career. The overall success rate is low, but when they succeed the results are often especially ugly. Cf. “Donald, The”. Shanahan and her money will have plenty of company on that bonfire of historical vanities. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/300 "2024-03-27T20:09:33Z")
> **[Trump ‘says the quiet part out loud’ about RFK Jr.](https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/03/trump-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-about-rfk-jr.html)** > > Trump allies like Steve Bannon and others cheered Kennedy’s entrance into the race. _“Donald Trump says the quiet part out loud: ‘I love that (Kennedy) is running’,” longtime Democratic strategist Liz Smith posted to X, formerly Twitter, quoting Trump in a recent online post. “RFK Jr. is a spoiler for Trump- that’s why Trump’s allies drafted him into the race and why Trump’s largest donor is propping him up.”_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=16)