Friday News Roundup - Biden Continues to Falter while RFK Jr. Pushes Third Party Run
“It is my hope that this short book will remind all Americans that blind faith in authority is a feature of religion and autocracy, but not of science nor democracy.” - RFK Jr.
Talk of a third and independent party continues with Kennedy in a favorable and unique position.
Joe Biden Faces Disastrous Defeat if RFK Jr. Runs Third Party - https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-faces-disastrous-defeat-if-rfk-jr-runs-third-party-candidate-1828858
“According to the Rasmussen Report survey, 41 percent of Democrats have an at least somewhat favorable view of Kennedy along with 56 percent of Republicans and 49 percent of those without party affiliation. In total 49 percent of likely voters view Kennedy favorably, including 14 percent for very favorably, whilst 37 percent have an unfavorable opinion of him” Reported Newsweek.
RFK Jr. Is Keeping ‘All My Options Open,’ Hints of Potential Run As An Independent - https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/rfk-jr-is-keeping-all-my-options-open-hints-of-potential-run-as-an-independent-5495987
In the Epoch Times Kennedy said: “They’re trying to make sure that I can’t participate at all in the political process, and so I’m going to keep all my options open,” Mr. Kennedy said earlier this month at a town hall in South Carolina”
More RFK Jr. In the news:
Robert F. Kennedy Deserves Federal Protection- https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-rfk-jr-deserves-federal-protection/article_ecca35ee-fef3-5913-b8cc-b22c5035e15e.html
Pierce Brosnan Robert Kennedy Jr. Support Sparks Fury - https://www.newsweek.com/pierce-brosnan-robert-kennedy-jr-support-sparks-fury-fans-1829066
Eric Clapton Raised Eye Popping Sum for RFK Jr.’s Campaign as well as big bucks!
More on Biden this week:
Biden sets a trap for any Republican who succeeds him in the presidency | Fox News
Biden announces White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention - ABC News
Let’s wrap up with Joe Rogan and his support for Kennedy but skepticism of the DNC: Joe Rogan says he’d vote for RFK Jr. but Dems will have ‘rascally tricks up their sleeves’ to prevent it
Rogan on Voting: “I have a feeling that they’ve got some rascally tricks up their sleeves to keep him from ever challenging. And there’s not going to be any debates, that’s for sure"
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I registered as a Democrat as soon as I was old enough to vote. I remained registered as a Democrat for over 40 years. The last Democrat I voted for was Obama. I became so disappointed with both him and the party that nominated him for a second term (he should have gone the way of LBJ), that was when I decided to drop my party membership and re-register as "unaffiliated." When faced with a choice between Hillary and Trump, I just voted for some third party candidate as my way of saying, "Neither of the above."
If Bobby decides to run as a "third party" candidate I will immediately register as a member of that party, but I will never again register as a Democrat. Three well known ex-Democrats whom I'm sure would be ready, willing and able to play leading roles in getting our new party off the ground would be Del Bigtree, Tulsi Gabbard and Naomi Wolf.
Getting an entire new party started (as opposed to just running as an Independent) is really important and urgent because by 2024 we will need to be also electing members of the same party to both the House and the Senate if President Kennedy is ever going to get anything done beyond what he can do with (yuck) "executive orders."
I suggest that one of the highest priorities of starting the new party should be to create a web site where "ordinary" party members such as myself can interact with each other and with party leaders in the process of deciding exactly what the official party platform ought to be. It might even be a good idea to create a system whereby rank-and-file members can directly elect their own party leaders so it can never fall under the self-serving control of some sort of "established elite" the way both the Democratic and Republican parties are today.
I keep hearing and reading that if we true Americans (and there are a lot of us) are ever going to retake control of our governments, we're probably going to need to do so starting primarily at the local and state levels. The national party, especially through it's website, could no doubt be very helpful in helping party members get in touch with each other and get organized at the local level to elect party members as mayors, council-members and sheriffs, and eventually as legislators and governors.
Why do both parties and even people like Rogan ignore the elephant in the room when it comes to voting issues?
The electronic machines are proprietary, meaning that the company can manipulate the vote automatically as they have access to the coding.
No hacking needed, no mail in ballots needed... but hey let's think of new tricks instead?