# 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:** 3
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/41 "2023-06-27T10:03:36Z")
The Atlantic has an article on RFK Jr. titled “The First MAGA Democrat” - which he is, right down to the pledges to clean up Washington and “end forever wars”, echoing Trump campaign promises. His campaign manager, Dennis Kucinich resented the reporter’s mention of RFK Jr. as antivax, calling that term a ploy of “adherents” of Big Pharma. But when asked what vaccines RFK Jr. supports, Kucinich stammered and wouldn’t provide any examples. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/42 "2023-06-27T11:02:37Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > His campaign manager, Dennis Kucinich So that’s what Dennis is up to these days. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/43 "2023-06-27T12:00:11Z")
As a well-respected artist, Schneider would be perfect as cultural ambassador in the RFK administration. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/44 "2023-06-27T12:32:33Z")
How short is Rob Schneider? RFK jr isn’t exactly a giant and he looks like he’s standing on a pedestal next to Schneider. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/45 "2023-06-27T13:09:34Z")
Google says the Robinator, ol’ Robararama, the Schneidmeister is 5’3" ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/46 "2023-06-27T13:11:06Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > the Schneidmeister is 5’3" Jeez, that’s almost as short as he is on talent. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/47 "2023-06-27T13:21:10Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > His campaign manager, Dennis Kucinich… Are we sure that’s not Schneider? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/48 "2023-06-27T13:22:54Z")
The Dennster is a towering 5’7". ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/49 "2023-06-27T15:44:35Z")
He could be wearing elevator shoes. Those could easily make Schneider look 5’5" tall, which is probably Kucinich’s actual height. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/50 "2023-06-27T16:11:56Z")
[An RFK Jr Super Pac has connections to George Santos, Marjorie Taylor Green and Hershel Walker.](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rfk-kennedy-trump-maga-biden-2024-election-1234777035/amp/) I really hope people can see past his famous name and dismiss the guy. He’s too close to Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/51 "2023-06-27T18:28:58Z")
Why anyone would listen to Bill Maher is beyond me. Anyone who would be in a movie titled _“Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death”_ is foolish. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/52 "2023-06-27T18:37:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Why anyone would listen to Bill Maher is beyond me. Different strokes. He’s a pretty sharp comic, and he often has guests on his show I like. Most times, it just gets my blood pressure up.\ but on certain topics he has some keen insights. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/53 "2023-06-27T21:36:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Anyone who would be in a movie titled _“Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death”_ is foolish. Or adventurously camp. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/54 "2023-06-27T22:03:05Z")
JFK had wonderful speech writers. Trump … I was five when he was assassinated. I was twelve when Bobby was. My dad was one of his delegates to the convention. I will never forget coming home from something and he was just sitting in the dark in the living room. Totally unlike him. Bobby was a real American hero. This son of his is a disgrace to his legacy. Just a shame. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/55 "2023-06-27T22:14:31Z")
RFK Jr. on AIDS being caused by “the gay lifestyle”, not HIV. You see, Fauci wanted it to be an infectious disease so he could control things. > ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/56 "2023-06-27T23:40:42Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > JFK had wonderful speech writers. Trump … > > I was five when he was assassinated. I was twelve when Bobby was…. They were slain less than five years apart. How does that timing work? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/57 "2023-06-27T23:51:53Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > Or adventurously camp. Or earning a paycheck. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/58 "2023-06-27T23:54:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > They were slain less than five years apart. How does that timing work? Because I can’t do numbers. I was seven when jfk died. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/59 "2023-06-27T23:55:01Z")
Ah, thanks. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/60 "2023-07-15T13:19:39Z")
Just when you think RFK Jr. can’t stoop any lower, he confounds expectations. Now he’s suggesting that Covid-19 was formulated to spare Jews. “COVID-19. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Kennedy said. “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.” “We don’t know whether it was deliberately targeted or not but there are papers out there that show the racial or ethnic differential and impact,” Kennedy hedged." > **[RFK Jr. says COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews](https://nypost.com/2023/07/15/rfk-jr-says-covid-was-ethnically-targeted-to-spare-jews/)** > > Kennedy — a longtime aficionado of conspiracy theories — floated the idea during a question and answer portion of a raucous booze and fart filled dinner at Tony’s Di Napoli on the Upper East … What a slimeball. Those who support him will find a way to overlook stuff like this, just as Trump’s supporters happily overlooked his abusive behavior and crazy-ass statements. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=4)