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Josephine Bakhita's avatar

Well said! In spite of kennedy’s work against the Vaccine Gestapo, kennedy is very problematic. Just watched a clip of him vigorously supporting jail and censorship for “climate change deniers”. Does he support the Democratic demand for 9 month full term abortions? You can’t find out.

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Emanuel Pastreich's avatar

Has he said anything about 9.11?

The bottom line is that the price you pay for trying to go mainstream is too high. He has my respect for his past work and he can keep it by joining us in the streets. We know the political consultants who hover around the Democratic Party like buzzards over carrion can't wait to stab him in the back. And he knows it.

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

unfortunately all presidential candidates have more flaws than virtues. I think I will pass on voting this time. I agree with Kennedy on health. But on nothing else. Trump still brags about the jabs. And of course, biden is out of the question. DeSantis is colorless to me. Vivek has a big mouth and the right speech, but does not come out on several items that are important for me and for this country. And I am pretty sure he won't make it. The only former politician I kinda agre with is Ron Paul. But he is 88.

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Goldhoarder's avatar

He walked that back. I think he had a genuine change of heart on that. Robert F. Kennedy Jr Clarifies His Position on Climate Change & Pollution

“Climate issues and pollution issues are being exploited by the World Economic Forum and Bill Gates and all of these mega-billionaires the same way that COVID was exploited – to use it as an excuse to… pic.twitter.com/xcQkCQcG52

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) April 28, 2023

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Gram's avatar

He acted ignorant on recent interview with Dane Wigington.

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Goldhoarder's avatar

He hasn't talked about abortion in a long time. His only public statement I can find is that he is fully against abortion but doens't think it should be outlawed. That it is a sin and a moral failure. That was stated many years ago though. I don't know if that position "evolved". That was the traditional democratic Catholic position on abortion. Biden and Pelosi obviously changed their position on that.

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Gram's avatar

Has he said anything about the Plandemic virus hoax? Once the truth about the virus hoax is reveled it is the end of the vax industry and Pharma.

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Emanuel Pastreich's avatar

He avoids the core issues. He says vaccines are deadly which is good but will not address the massive fraud. That would require him to start seizing the assets of the rich--and that would be the end of support in the Democratic Party

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

he might not live after saying that

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sifubernie's avatar

"we the citizens are consumers, not citizens",

In fact, the Pennsylvania state web sites refer to citizens as customers. That has always bothered me....

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The True Nolan's avatar

Yes. We are "customers" in exactly the same sense that a rape victim is a "customer" of her attacker.

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Emanuel Pastreich's avatar

Penelope, I hope to address this issue in terms people can understand. I was deeply concerned myself with the terrible damage done to our environment, but when I looked for people actually getting money, policies actually being promoted, it was all carbon trading for multinational banks and green energy that requires billions in financing. green energy----but ONLY if it does not make citizens energy independent.

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Luc Lelievre's avatar

Right on target.

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Howard Switzer's avatar

Good points, there must be a human connection.

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Tony Pivetta's avatar

You're right. We can only have genuine citizen participation under conditions of radical decentralization. Unfortunately, the trend in the U.S., at least since Lincoln's war, has been ruthless centralization. Rule under Washington, D.C., is bad enough. Now the Davos gang is hell-bent on enslaving us all to the WHO.

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Martina Lauer's avatar

The email is very non-committal, could come from any mainstream campaign.

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Emanuel Pastreich's avatar

Range Wolf, That is obviously true. But it is important to note that among my 1,200 followers on substack, which includes people whom I have work with on policy for 25 years, not a single person posted to tell me she was active in the Kennedy campaign, or that he would introduce me to his chief of staff, or his PR rep. As myself a product of Harvard and Yale, my guess is that the degree of separation between me and the members of his team is not great. But American party politics is more closed than The Masons. I am more likely to be invited to meet with Skull and Bones than will the local Democratic Party in Massachusetts.

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Emanuel Pastreich's avatar

Well it certainly has been a long time since I was so honored. Where on the website can I find a way to contact a live person? Maybe you are looking at a different website?

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Emanuel Pastreich's avatar

Jim, I tried to find the part where he talks about truth politics but it was nowhere to be found

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Emanuel Pastreich's avatar

Well put Jody

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Douglas

Good to hear

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David

I was happy to endorse him even though I dislike this process. But I remember that a friend once tried to introduce me to his team two years ago. It was impossible to get someone you could talk to on the phone

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Emanuel Pastreich's avatar

Thank you for your support Daniel. Do drop me a note and we can talk soon

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David Allen's avatar

Emanuel,

I looked at the email, went to the website and clicked the “take action” tab; first item on drop-down is “volunteer” and last is “donate”. The volunteer tab takes you to a form which seems to offer multiple options, gathers info and has a free form section for ideas, etc.

Am pretty sure their campaign is probably overwhelmed with few actual paid staff or even volunteers at this point-so probably struggling to be responsive. (Doubt they have received many donations/support from the DNC or big pharma…..)

I have never supported Democratic candidates before (and am not sure about RFKjr) but I do think he is trying to grow a grassroots campaign. His campaign seems more like Ron Paul’s as it is unlikely that the DNC will let him win; so may be more about the message as well as forcing his issues into the mainstream.

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SacredCowPies's avatar

Overton Window

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Crixcyon's avatar

Another reason why I no longer support any political campaigns. They want money, mostly for TV ads, and I never watch live TV other than maybe a football game. I follow RFK on CHD and even though he is a democrat, he does say and do some good things. His fauci book was an eye-opener.

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