# 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:** 43
**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:** [August 29, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/841 "2024-08-29T12:06:21Z")
Who among us hasn’t chainsawed the head from a whale and bungeed it to the roof of our car? Hypocrites. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/842 "2024-08-29T12:07:47Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Who among us hasn’t chainsawed the head from a whale and bungeed it to the roof of our car? Hypocrites How _dare_ you. I’ve _never_ bungeed one to the roof of my car. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/843 "2024-08-29T12:08:03Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > RFK JR. also says many Democrats will be endorsing Trump as well. I think Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Trump. Really pick off the best and brightest, aren’t they? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/844 "2024-08-29T12:22:24Z")
I bet she’s standing in for Kamala in debates. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/845 "2024-08-29T14:23:24Z")
[Of course](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/08/16/politics/trump-harris-debate-preparations). > [@](#): > > Harris held her first formal debate training session earlier this week at Howard University, the historically Black college in Washington, DC, she attended nearly four decades ago, and she is working closely with a seasoned Trump stand-in. Trump, meanwhile, has enlisted one of the vice president’s ex-rivals to help with the preparations: [Tulsi Gabbard,](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/politics/tulsi-gabbard-leaves-democratic-party/index.html) the former representative from Hawaii who ran for president as a Democrat in 2020 in a crowded field that also included Harris. Makes sense! ---
**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:** [August 29, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/846 "2024-08-29T14:29:05Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > > > Can just anybody go to a beach that a whale has washed up on and take whatever pieces they want or was he actually breaking a law? > > Can’t collect any part from a species listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, period (which includes many whales, though not all of them). You cannot collect anything with soft tissue still attached, i.e. from a rotting carcass. There’s still a law on the books in Massachusetts penalizing unlawful collecting of beached whale parts. Violators are to be placed in the stocks and pelted at will with rotting fish by outraged citizenry. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/847 "2024-08-29T18:08:03Z")
Count me in! ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/848 "2024-08-29T23:57:13Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@Stratocaster](#): > > > > Who among us hasn’t chainsawed the head from a whale and bungeed it to the roof of our car? Hypocrites > > How _dare_ you. I’ve _never_ bungeed one to the roof of my car. Of course not. You have to use ratcheting tie-downs, otherwise that head will go flying off into traffic. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/849 "2024-08-30T00:07:48Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > otherwise that head will go flying off into traffic. Back and to the left? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/850 "2024-08-30T12:28:34Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > You have to use ratcheting tie-downs I was going to make this exact joke a day ago, but I didn’t know the name of those straps. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/851 "2024-09-02T11:29:09Z")
Nicole Shanahan, how much did you spend to get this guy on state ballots just a few months ago? > **[RFK Jr sues North Carolina elections board to remove his name from ballot](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/01/rfk-jr-sues-north-carolina-elections-board-over-ballot)** > > Action comes after a series of ballot woes are threatening to undermine the impact of his decision to end campaign ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/852 "2024-09-02T12:58:16Z")
I hope she had fun. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/853 "2024-09-02T13:26:38Z")
I pictured a student of history running across this cartoon in 2042 and having to search the internets (such as they will be) to figure out what it means. [![](https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/065/751/659/929/690/original/b1d0966337ab5aad.png) ](https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/065/751/659/929/690/original/b1d0966337ab5aad.png) ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/854 "2024-09-03T00:00:50Z")
Per David Pakman’s Youtube channel, Trump just Re-Truthed something about him and RFK Jr being the “strongest anti-establishment ticket”. Sorry JD, looks like you don’t get yours! Link to Pakman’s video, four minutes of him talking about pros and cons and generally dunking on everyone involved: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wZkKjCEz92Y/maxresdefault.jpg "UH-OH: Trump suggests he might DUMP JD VANCE for RFK JR!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZkKjCEz92Y) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/855 "2024-09-03T01:46:37Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Sorry JD, looks like you don’t get yours! Wasn’t weird enough. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/856 "2024-09-03T04:28:46Z")
Hmmm. So a friend of mine in California called me tonight to share that she was driving home from an appointment and watched a guy unfurl a massive ‘RFK Jr. for President!’ sign over a freeway overpass. TODAY. I wonder what _that_ guy thinks he knows? /s ---
**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:** [September 3, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/857 "2024-09-03T04:32:37Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I wonder what _that_ guy thinks he knows? /s To be fair, in 2028, RFK Jr will only be 74, which is still younger than the two major candidates were a couple of months ago. So, maybe that person is just getting a head start? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/858 "2024-09-03T04:33:19Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > So, maybe that person is just getting a head start? You are delightfully magnanimous! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/859 "2024-09-03T09:47:40Z")
Kennedy still on the ballot in Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina. Off the ballot in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada. > **[Third Swing State Rules RFK Jr. Can’t Withdraw From Ballot](https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/08/29/third-swing-state-rules-rfk-jr-cant-withdraw-from-ballot/)** > > North Carolina, which has already started printing ballots with Kennedy’s name listed, became the latest battleground state rejecting a request to remove him. Also off the ballot in several non-swingy states. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/860 "2024-09-03T12:40:25Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > So, maybe that person is just getting a head start? Like the whale? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=44)