Thursday News Round Up – RFK Jr.’s Surging Poll Numbers Leaves Legacy Media Stunned

“Americans are weary. They’re tired of the culture war. The phony slogans, the politicians who use the partisan blame game to divide us against each other and keep us all at each other’s throats. And people suspect that the divisions are deliberately orchestrated, and that getting us to hate each other is all part of the scam. They’re fed up with being fooled. They’re ready to take back power.” – RFK Jr.  

Watching the media process RFK Jr.’s surging poll numbers has been fascinating. Some media outlets look bewildered and acknowledge being surprised. Some, like The New York Times, barely mentioned Kennedy’s stunning rise within their own poll. Other media voices called the Times out. Whether the DNC and RNC elites want to acknowledge it or not, RFK Jr. can win the 2024 Presidential Election.

RFK Jr CLIMBS POLLS In COMEBACK; Swing State TAKEOVER With 25% In Michigan, 24% In Arizona | Rising

New poll shows RFK Jr. beating Trump and Biden among young Americans in swing states | Fox News

“Kennedy, a Democrat-turned-independent, is finding success with these voters as he hopes to topple the two-party system in the 2024 presidential election. The poll, which surveyed 3,662 registered voters across six battleground states from October 22 to November 3, found Kennedy winning support from 34 percent of voters aged 18 to 29.” – Why Gen Z Loves Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Newsweek

SHOCK POLL: RFK SURGES To 24% In Swing States | Breaking Points

Look at the comments from Breaking Points viewers:

• “I’m all in for RFK he is the most genuine person running for the presidency.”

• “I am generally a conservative, but also environmentally minded. I would vote for RFK Jr over Biden or Trump every time.”

• “Both Trump and Biden have proven they can’t help poor and working classes.”

• “RFK is the only candidate that looks like he cares about the country.”

Kennedy intends to unify – not divide: RFK Jr.: There’s A Lot of Things Americans Agree On | Team Kennedy

Today’s interviews:

• WATCH: RFK Jr. on abortion, immigration | PBS

• Robert F Kennedy Jr on Rumor Grandfather Worked with Mafia Bootlegging Liquor (Part 1) | VLADTV

• ‘We All Know That It’s Rigged’ #politics #election | Jack Carr

Invitation from American Values 2024:

Lockdowns – RFK Jr. has focused on the COVID lockdowns since he launched his campaign in April. Kennedy points out that the lockdowns were the coup de grace to the middle class – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr on Lockdowns | Kennedy24. I found this conversation fascinating: NYU Elite WANTS FORGIVENESS For COVID Lockdown Failure | Rising. America needs to study every aspect of what occurred with the COVID lockdowns so that we understand what really happened here. RFK Jr. is the only candidate with the courage to lead the national reconciliation about the COVID lockdowns.

The first television commercial is here (and I can assure every reader that it is not brought to you by Pfizer):

Biden beleaguered:

• DROP OUT JOE: Obama Strategist FLIPS On Biden | Breaking Points

• David Axelrod Says He Did Not Tell Biden to Drop Out Of 2024 Race Amid Dismal Polls | HuffPost

• Another day, another bleak poll for Joe Biden | Roll Call

• Why Biden’s Focus on the Economy Isn’t Working | Fiscal Times

• For the sake of the nation, Mr. President, please bow out | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Today’s Trump courtroom drama:

• Trump’s big payback: The plot for MAGA’s revenge should scare voters straight | Salon

• Donald Trump’s Real Reason for Testifying | Newsweek

• Megadonor offers Trump support but no money if he does prison time | Reuters

• Minnesota Supreme Court dismisses effort to block Trump from state’s primary ballot | NBC News

• ‘Trump is toast’: Ex-Watergate prosecutor predicts outcome of civil fraud trial | CNN

We wrap with this speech from President John F. Kennedy – “Why go to the moon?” – John F. Kennedy at Rice University

President Kennedy was a powerful orator. I found myself laughing at times because everyone sitting around him in the wicked heat and humidity of Houston, Texas, was sweating but JFK was cool and comfortable. It is a great, inspiring speech that puts forth a vision of America leading the world in peaceful space exploration.

JFK’s speech got me thinking: Why run for President? How many times have we heard that Kennedy cannot win? That RFK Jr. has no chance?

And yet the polls are telling us otherwise.

Still, it will not be easy, because winning the presidency should not be easy. It cannot be done from a basement on a Zoom call, and it cannot be done with revenge in your heart. It must be done with a pure spirit of service that invites challenge and embraces the cauldron of debate.

“Why climb the highest mountain? Why, thirty-five years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard.” – JFK

Strap in, people. Put your helmets on. We have a lot of hard work to do.

Louis Conte, Headlines Editor

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