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[–] orclev 52 points 3 months ago (2 children)

He's polling at 0% already, can't really get any lower. He has never at any point been a serious contender. He was always intended as a spoiler to try to siphon a few votes away from the actual candidates.

[–] cheese_greater 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Love how he promised to drop-out when Biden did and yet here he is

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

He is waiting for Trump's donors to tell him when he's done. Without the infusion of pro-Trump mega donor money he would have been done ages ago.

[–] Snowclone 9 points 3 months ago

Yeah my immediate reaction was ''what campaign?'

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In a lawsuit that was engineered by Clear Choice PAC, a super PAC formed earlier this year by political allies of President Joseph Biden to combat independent candidates or third-party efforts that could threaten the Democratic ticket

Fuck RFK and his brainworm-eaten maggoty brain, but keep in mind that Dems want to block any other choice. It's why Bernie ran as a Dem and even then they still worked together to block him. I'm voting KH to prevent the asshole from getting the seat, but Dems are center-right, not Left. People have been brainwashed into thinking it's normal to have a Left party that barely fights for them. Advocate for rank-choice voting and we'll see a lot of Dems get replaced in the election that follows.

[–] Sanctus 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ranked choice is next, the time is ticking on this engineered Overton window. If we get that, we might actually join modern civilization instead of being corporate vassals in a trench coat.

[–] fluxion 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine not having to sit around waiting for another inevitable corporate-backed coup to strip our voting rights away because we have a system strong enough to survive a couple billionaires posting endless lies on Twitter.

After everything they've done to corrupt both parties through lobbyists, funding, and industry plants, it's just a matter of time unless we fix our system to be more resilient against manipulation with things like ranked choice voting.

[–] Sanctus 4 points 3 months ago

The only way to prevent billionaires from jorkin' the system, is to make sure the system can't create billionaires. Tax the rich.

[–] jordanlund 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"He notes that he is registered to vote at this Katonah address, that his car is registered there, and that he pays New York State income taxes. He adds that he maintains falconry, fishing, and hunting licenses at this address."

The last time I saw residency being an issue was for an Oregon candidate for governor, in his case all that evidence went the OTHER way.

He had been claiming a family farm in Oregon as his residence, but his voter registration, drivers license, and taxes were all in New York. He was bounced off the ballot.

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/17/oregon-supreme-court-ruling-nick-kristof-oregon-residency-governors-race/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Seems like his car registration and recreational licenses in New York State would be less relevant. And it seems like maintaining voter registration and state income tax status based on his "renting a room in a friend's house in New York State" while he physically resides in California for years is exploiting a loophole at best.

Edit: If you're trying to pretend to officially reside in two different places, fuck you.

[–] Rapidcreek 10 points 3 months ago

If he doesn't do it all by himself

[–] barsquid 9 points 3 months ago

Sink? Was it ever floating? Even before a worm chewed a hole in the hull?

[–] massacre 7 points 3 months ago

TIL, that RFK Jr. is still running for President.

[–] ZombieMantis 5 points 2 months ago

As opposed to before?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

He’s just a money sink for domestic terrorists probably.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The court case: BRAINWORM VS. RFK’S SANITY

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

The sequel to The Wall

[–] Dorkyd68 2 points 2 months ago

Campaign for what exactly? Dude is more irrelevant than my dick

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Other than dumping a bear just because it is fun, what could possibly keep this guy from office.

[–] orclev 1 points 3 months ago

The fact that less then 1% of voters would vote for him?

[–] kikutwo -1 points 3 months ago

It still needs sinking? This guy looks old and white also, bring the downvotes.

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker -2 points 3 months ago

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