• jonne
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    4 months ago

    To be fair, if my uncle and dad were murdered by the CIA I’d be a conspiracy nut too. Although Republicans will probably regret elevating him now, as he seems to be peeling more people off Trump than democrats.

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      He’s not peeling any democrats off. Only libertarians and conservative conspiracy theorists. Aka Rogan fans. The idea that dems would just vote for a Kennedy is exactly the kind of strategy I expect from trump and his ilk.

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        I thought the idea was that his policies on the environment and affordable home ownership look good to liberal voters at first glance.

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          If anyone gets passed the brain worms and the crazy conspiracies then maybe he’s earned it. But I doubt there’s any statistical chance he’s going to negatively impact the dem ticket.

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          And his name.

          ETA: That’s the thought process, not how I feel. Last year there were literally conservatives saying “the left will vote for a Kennedy”

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        I agree for the most part, but he’s also influential to dudebros, who could also be convinced to vote blue for drug legalization.

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          The problem being those dude bros are too caught up in toxic masculinity and inceldom to ever be able to vote for a dem.