# RFK Junior and another candidate running Independent **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 10, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342 "2023-10-10T00:21:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/21 "2023-10-11T12:45:08Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > They keep ranting on and on about dead people voting. Well, Democrats are pushing for estate taxes, and well, there’s that whole “No Taxation Without Representation” thing, so it just seems fair to let the dead vote. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/22 "2023-10-14T08:19:43Z")
Looks like Kucinich has quit as RFKJ campaign chairman: > **[Kucinich Out as Chair of RFK-Jr's Independent Presidential Campaign After 4 Days](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/13/2199273/-Kucinich-Out-as-Chair-of-RFK-Jr-s-Independent-Presidential-Campaign-After-4-Days)** > > Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have been too nutty even for Dennis Kucinich, former Congressman and failed presidential candidate. Just this afternoon the NY Times reported that Kucinich is not going to continue chairing the anti-science, anti-vaxxer... ---
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/23 "2023-10-14T09:07:07Z")
Was four days long enough to wreck his reputation? He shoulda stuck it out for the full Scaramucci. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/24 "2023-10-14T15:35:39Z")
I don’t think Kennedy has a shot, but what if he teamed up with Joe Manchin, who’s teasing an independent run? It’s just talk to grab headlines though, methinks. > **[Sen. Joe Manchin considers independent 2024 run, warns party system could be...](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/sen-joe-manchin-considers-independent-2024-run-warns-103976193)** > > West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has benefited from waiting to reveal where he stood as the swing vote in a chamber closely divided between Democrats and Republicans ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/25 "2023-10-17T14:00:37Z")
> [@slicedalone](#): > > He shoulda stuck it out for the full Scaramucci. It’s starting to get complicated, like old UK coinage. There’s 2.75 Kucinich in a Scaramucci. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/26 "2023-10-17T16:43:45Z")
How does a head of lettuce figure into that? Or is that just a UK measure? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/27 "2023-10-17T17:01:39Z")
> [@](#): > > “They’re putting in 5G [high-speed broadband service] to harvest our data and control our behavior. Digital currency that will allow them to punish us from a distance and cut off our food supply.” > > - RFK Jr. You could just tell us who _they_ is . . . but that would reveal too much about _you_. ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/28 "2023-10-17T18:35:53Z")
They told him not to reveal Their identity. They are Evil. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/29 "2023-10-17T20:01:45Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I don’t think Kennedy has a shot, but what if he teamed up with Joe Manchin, who’s teasing an independent run? Only if Manchin has gone full-on brain damage loopy, and/or is in the Anti-medicine camp. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/30 "2023-10-18T15:58:24Z")
The spoiler for the Dems may be the spoiler for MAGA…which is kinda funny: > **[Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Destroying Donald Trump’s Election Chances, Poll Says](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-f-kennedy-jr-poll-independent-trump_n_652fa3e0e4b03b213b07da04)** > > The poll indicated that the independent candidate’s presence in the race gave Joe Biden a healthy edge over Trump. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/31 "2023-10-18T16:28:14Z")
Outstanding! Perhaps I will send him a campaign contribution. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/32 "2023-10-18T17:44:45Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Perhaps I will send him a campaign contribution. I wouldn’t put too much stock in a single poll. There are other polls that show different results. See > **[Who Is Hurt by RFK Jr.? The First Polls Are In](https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2023/Items/Oct18-6.html)** > > Click on the map for the article (Spoiler: inconclusive) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342/33 "2023-10-18T17:48:41Z")
Well, great. I’ll buy Mrs. Plant’s dog some ice cream instead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342.md?page=1)