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Your move, brain worms.

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They’ll be sending in some Secret Service brain worms dressed in tiny black suits and itty bitty sunglasses to protect the OG. Rest assured, it will be safe.

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Sir! They’re already inside the perimeter!

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You know what?

Good on RFK Jr. 50 years ago just the thought of him being able to escape the political shadow of the previous generation of Kennedys would have been laughable.

But when I saw this headline I legitimately forgot about his dad and uncle both being assassinated. My brain went straight to the brain worms.

It’s honestly kind of crazy he’s not just a Jeb! type guy whose only notable feature is his last name.

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whose only notable feature is his last name.

“Running for president despite the brain worms” is also quite notable.

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If we judge a man on the content of his character instead of judging him on the worm content of his brain… we’ll judge Kennedy worse

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yeah Jeb! should’ve shit his pants on stage so he would be remembered as the guy who shit his pants on stage rather than just a Bush.

sometimes not being notable is the better outcome

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Secret Service had to be punished for their screw up.

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“screw up”

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Either way you look at it they screwed up

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What a completely random thing to do.

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It makes sense to me. Biden and Trump have Secret Service detail already. RFK does not. Biden wants to make sure that it at least looks like all 3 candidates are being protected from more violence.

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But why JRFK Jr and not Jill Stein or Cornell West?

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Because more than three people will vote for RFK Jr.

Also, JFK Jr. is dead.

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For probably 2 or 3 reasons:

  • To bring attention to RFK Jr to help remove votes from Trump

  • RFK Jr is much more known to right wingers, who are also more violent. They don’t even really know of Cornell West or Jill Stein enough to care. RFK Jr is running opposite of Trump on the Right wingers side, whereas the other two will only strip votes from leftwing/Biden side

  • Kennedy Curse, they shouldn’t have lobotomized Rosemary Kennedy. So anything could happen to ol brain worms

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Because neither of them have polled high enough to qualify for it, neither has the libertarian candidate, even RFK Jr. wasn’t polling well enough for it, which is why Biden had to order this, and it wasn’t done automatically.

He’s also a Kennedy, so his chance of being assassinated is probably higher than your average candidate.

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Just his name makes him a copy cat magnet tbh.

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While I don’t endorse the guy, I think you forgot (L) Chase Oliver. I bring this up only because the Libertarian candidates usually get more votes than the leftist candidates and I’m pretty sure they’re listed on more state’s ballots.

-Personally speaking, I’ll be one of the “three people” voting for one of the other two candidates mentioned

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But imagine the consequences of not doing it, and him getting assassinated! Not worth the risk. Also, i assume this is the future standard Trump is looking into. Competition being legal targets for the sitting president

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Worm beat them to it

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