# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/921 "2024-10-21T17:43:39Z")
Googling, the US Constitution Party is far-right and perhaps so is the Libertarian Party? but most of those are on the left side of the aisle. ---
**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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/922 "2024-10-21T18:13:52Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Googling, the US Constitution Party is far-right and perhaps so is the Libertarian Party? but most of those are on the left side of the aisle. I won’t call the Libertarian Party far right in its true form. Those in the far right have tried to frame their arguments as Libertarian but it doesn’t fit much of the party platform. For instance they are for open borders. **3.4 Free Trade and Migration** “We support the removal of governmental impediments to free trade. Political freedom and escape from tyranny demand that individuals not be unreasonably constrained by government in the crossing of political boundaries. Economic freedom demands the unrestricted movement of human as well as financial capital across national borders.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/923 "2024-10-21T18:15:16Z")
I know but it struck me that most of those other parties were liberal or on the left side. ---
**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, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/924 "2024-10-21T18:24:38Z")
Other than the Greens and Libertarians I have no idea who those people are and how they got on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/925 "2024-10-21T18:33:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I won’t call the Libertarian Party far right in its true form. Those in the far right have tried to frame their arguments as Libertarian but it doesn’t fit much of the party platform. For instance they are for open borders. But, back to our discussion in this thread and several others, the current leadership of the Libertarian party _IS_ largely a far-right interpretation of the platform after the last set of leadership coups. So, I think @Dewey_Finn’s identification of the Libertarian party is far-right is correct. Now, there’s always the chance that those forces will loose their grip and return to their prior stance, but… who knows. And of course, @loach could be referring to any of the splintered variants of the Libertarian party who refused to go along with the new leadership: > **[Libertarian Party’s Far-Right Leadership Worries Takeover Turning Into...](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/08/18/libertarian-partys-far-right-leadership-worries-takeover-turning-disaster)** > > A year after the far-right Mises Caucus took over the Libertarian Party, its membership and financial numbers are down. Some state parties, including New Mexico, Virginia and Massachusetts, have splintered or disaffiliated from the national party.... ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/926 "2024-10-21T19:04:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Other than the Greens and Libertarians I have no idea who those people are and how they got on the ballot. The requirements are different in each state. In California, to qualify for a primary or general Presidential ballot, a party has to meet one of three requirements: 1. Its candidate(s) received at least 2% of the vote in the most recent election for Governor; 2. At least 1/300 of the registered voters, not counting those registered as “No Party Preference” (California’s term for “independent”), are registered in that party; 3. Within 135 days of the primary/election, the party submits a petition with a number of signatures equal to 10% of the total number of votes cast in the most recent election for Governor. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/927 "2024-10-21T23:14:43Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I just read a sign here in Massachusetts that said > > TRUMP > VANCE > KENNEDY > > The loyalty to the grift runs deep! There was this TV series with Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman and some others called _Leverage_ which featured a crew of skilled grifters who spent each episode fucking up some person or group that seriously deserved it. It had the underdog-wins appeal to it, but in the context of contemporary bullshit, seems to only have normalized and validated cunning, deceitful action. At least, to the extent that anyone has watched it. The sequel/spinoff series is currently in production for its third season. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/928 "2024-10-22T11:34:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _Leverage_ which featured a crew of skilled grifters who spent each episode fucking up some person or group that seriously deserved it. Sounds like a US version of _Hustle_ ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/929 "2024-10-22T13:50:12Z")
It reminded of the old _Mission Impossible_ TV show. A great cast of characters pulling off ludicrous capers. ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/930 "2024-10-22T13:55:41Z")
Junior is 4th on the Presidential ballot in my Kentucky county, below Jill Stein but ahead of Shiva Ayyadurai. Decisions, decisions… ---
**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:** [October 31, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/931 "2024-10-31T20:23:19Z")
Oh, dear Lord… > **[Trump transition team co-chair endorses Kennedy anti-vax theories and says he...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/politics/howard-lutnick-robert-f-kennedy-jr-vaccines-cnntv/index.html)** > > The co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team on Wednesday night endorsed vaccine conspiracy theories pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and suggested the activist and Trump ally would be given federal data in order to check vaccines’ safety if former... ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/932 "2024-11-08T10:38:40Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I’m seeing reports Jr tried to approach the Harris campaign about a cabinet position in exchange for an endorsement. > > Just…wow. I knew the guy was delusional but that’s just utterly divorced from reality. > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > From what I’ve read, they just ignored him. You don’t suppose…? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/933 "2024-11-08T20:37:57Z")
Secretary of Whale Decapitation ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/934 "2024-11-08T22:24:14Z")
He could be the head of US Fish and Wildlife. But, you know, **just** the head. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/935 "2024-11-09T11:57:15Z")
That’s a whale of a tale you’re spinning there, sir. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/936 "2024-11-11T05:10:04Z")
A round of whale juice for everyone! ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/937 "2024-11-11T18:40:53Z")
Any such appointment would just be a fluke. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/938 "2024-11-11T20:51:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Any such appointment would just be a fluke. Literally. _Fluke: 1. a parasitic flatworm_ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/939 "2024-11-11T21:03:50Z")
But it would certainly make waves. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/940 "2024-11-13T18:33:22Z")
No Bobby, please don’t antagonize the narcissistic bully! I’d sure hate for you to be out on your butt! Not that I expect you to have a long career in the Trump administration anyway. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4988173-kennedy-trump-campaign-food/](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4988173-kennedy-trump-campaign-food/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=48)