# 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:** 46
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/901 "2024-09-22T21:19:38Z")
It’s always rhymed with Bootsy in my head as well, but I just watched a clip of an interview with her, and she apparently rhymes it with Uzi. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/902 "2024-09-22T21:22:09Z")
Uzi! 🤦‍♀️ See what I mean… _Uzi!_ 🤦‍♀️ You just can’t win. Anyhow she probably has cousins in Bayonne, New Jersey who rhyme it with fuzzy and others in Abruzzo or someplace rhyming it with Bootsy. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/903 "2024-09-22T21:24:50Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > The bear’s fly was undone? > [@RFK Jr Files to Run for President (Dropped Out on August 23, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/597): > > How about taking a picture of yourself with your hand in the dead bear’s mouth? Also: he agrees with me on where he maybe got the worm! Look closely… _if you dare!_ ---
**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:** [September 23, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/904 "2024-09-23T08:41:04Z")
If RFK Jr had just walked without rhythm, he wouldn’t have attracted the worm. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/905 "2024-09-23T13:12:01Z")
Eh, I have to recuse myself on this one, we have one of those visually complicated foreign names, and not only are there three different pronunciations in the immediate family, but none of them is how it’s pronounced in the home country. Though Nuzzi should be much simpler. ETA FWIW: I watched two more videos where she was present, & in one it rhymed with Uzi, but in the other the ZZ like in pizza, and at no time did she correct anyone. (big shrug) ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/906 "2024-09-23T15:15:56Z")
Are you implying that he has a head full of sand? ---
**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 23, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/907 "2024-09-23T20:49:28Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > ETA FWIW: I watched two more videos where she was present, & in one it rhymed with Uzi, but in the other the ZZ like in pizza, and at no time did she correct anyone. (big shrug) I assume it is pronounced like “nutsy” which seems appropriate. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/908 "2024-09-23T21:27:35Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > This got out because RFK Jr was bragging about nude photos of her that he had. Well, no pretense of being a gentleman, great fit with Donnie T. in that sense. > [@Gyrate](#): > > If RFK Jr had just walked without rhythm, he wouldn’t have attracted the worm Mind you he just comes across to me as a man w/o rhythm. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/909 "2024-09-23T21:38:22Z")
My neighbor has finally taken her RFK Jr posters down. She replaced them with trump signs. ugh ---
**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:** [September 23, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/910 "2024-09-23T23:15:52Z")
A lateral move. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/911 "2024-09-25T05:55:20Z")
At best. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/912 "2024-09-25T22:26:03Z")
According to Lowering the Bar, he’s dropped out but is still trying to get his name back on the NY ballot. LtB is trying to get information about his falconry license, which he’s been using as [evidence that he lives in NY](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2024/09/rfk-jr-falconry-followup.html). ---
**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:** [September 27, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/913 "2024-09-27T16:16:22Z")
So he wants to be on the ballot in some places but not others, and push his people towards Trump to get a cushy job. Unsurprising. > **[Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges Michigan crowd not to pick his name on...](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/26/robert-f-kennedy-rfk-jr-urges-michigan-crowd-not-to-pick-his-name-on-november-ballot-donald-trump/75384250007/)** > > "You’ll see my name on the ballot … you can vote for it, but I am asking you not to," the longtime Democrat turned Trump supporter said Thursday. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/914 "2024-09-27T20:40:18Z")
Nelson: “HA-ha!” > **[RFK Jr. won’t be on New York ballot after Supreme Court rejects appeal | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/27/politics/rfk-jr-new-york-supreme-court/index.html)** > > The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to appear on New York’s presidential ballot even though he suspended his campaign last month and backed former President Donald Trump. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/915 "2024-10-21T14:18:02Z")
I received my sample ballot (early voting starts next week). Junior is still on the ballot in New Jersey. ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/916 "2024-10-21T14:56:17Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Junior is still on the ballot in New Jersey. He was on the ballot in Washington State too, I’m guessing he figured my state doesn’t matter though. It’s going to go blue. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/917 "2024-10-21T15:28:57Z")
Here too. I think we were like 12 points in favor of Biden last time. Junior doesn’t have a good spot on the ballot. He’s below the Greens, commies and Libertarians. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/918 "2024-10-21T15:45:32Z")
Now if Jill Stein would just get over herself, we’d all be better off. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/919 "2024-10-21T17:00:56Z")
I just read a sign here in Massachusetts that said TRUMP VANCE KENNEDY The loyalty to the grift runs deep! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/920 "2024-10-21T17:40:08Z")
I just opened the ballot up again. In the Presidential Electors column it goes in order: Republican Democratic Then nominations by petition: Socialist Workers Party U.S. Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Equity Libertarian Party Independent (RFK Jr) Socialism and Liberation Cornel West is not on the ballot here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=47)