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SheltieLover
(73,308 posts)
BlueKota
(4,553 posts)are speaking out against him.
sheshe2
(93,498 posts)In a letter to Congress, Caroline calls RFK Jr. a predator who preys on the desperation of parents and sick children with his anti-vaccine rhetoric. She says that her father and both her Kennedy uncles (including RFK Jr.s own father) would be disgusted by his political conduct. And she declares that Americans deserve a stable, moral, and ethical person to lead the charge on our healthcare system and therefore, she formally asks the Senate to reject his nomination.
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Overseeing the FDA, the NIH, the CDC, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services agencies that are charged with protecting the most vulnerable among us is an enormous responsibility, and one that Bobby is unqualified to fill. He lacks any relevant government, financial, management, or medical experience. His views on vaccines are dangerous and willfully misinformed. These facts alone should be disqualifying. But he has personal qualities related to this position which, for me, post even greater concern.
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I have known Bobby my whole life; we grew up together. Its no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a predator. He has always been charismatic able to attract others through the strength of his personality, willingness to take risks and break the rules. I watched his younger brothers and cousins follow him down the path of drug addiction. His basement, his garage, and his dorm room were the centers of the action where drugs were available, and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks. It was often a perverse scene of despair and violence.
More: https://katiecouric.com/news/politics-and-policy/caroline-kennedy-letter-rfk-jr/
mcar
(45,248 posts)A mass murdered who uses his embrace of conspiracy theories to kill children and vulnerable adults.
sheshe2
(93,498 posts)All this from a man that self-medicated on HEROIN for fourteen years.
This man is sick and a danger to us all.
BlueKota
(4,553 posts)And those asshats confirmed him anyway.
Jilly_in_VA
(12,906 posts)I suspect even his own mother has probably given up on him Oh wait, isn't she dead now? I hopw she wrote him out of her will!
Stargleamer
(2,503 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(12,906 posts)and very gracious of Joe to accept, too. But that's our Joe!
If I had a kid like RFK Jr, I would have denounced him to everyone. Out loud and in public.It would be awful to have to do, but I'd do it. He is no better than any common criminal. Maybe worse, because he is playing with millions of lives!
BigmanPigman
(53,614 posts)thinks about him. If he did he would be a different person by now. He is the black sheep and he loves it or his actions would be different. He is a waste case for the Kennedy family.
FakeNoose
(38,498 posts)The Kennedy Clan should have disowned him years ago. I mean, he could have stayed out of politics and it wouldn't have mattered so much. But he's destroying the Kennedy name now.
Paladin
(31,528 posts)Hey, every family has one. Never doubt that your comments are greatly appreciated.
UTUSN
(75,479 posts)Cha
(314,048 posts)What a Twilight Zone.
That's the whole point of the RF Kennedy is to Kill Americans or he wouldn't have gotten the job from the Traitor and Putin approved.
sheshe2
(93,498 posts)Trump hates America and wants to destroy it any way he can.
Cha
(314,048 posts)How could we ever imagine America would come to this back in the day when we were watching it on TV?
sheshe2
(93,498 posts)
Cha
(314,048 posts)of meeting Rod Serling in person in the 70s in Gainesville, Florida.. it was my 6 degrees of the Twilight Zone..
Now We're All IN It.. and Have to Get OUT!
mcar
(45,248 posts)calimary
(87,659 posts)Something they could point to, so they could say its proof that we Dems are NOT okay (THIS guy? Just proof that you Dems are idiots!).
mcar
(45,248 posts)Bob Jr is their guy, not ours. Granted he got attention from some of the far left conspiracy theorists. But he's their guy. No Democrats voted for this mess.
I think that was borne out in the hearing.
sheshe2
(93,498 posts)That is psycho mass murderer mentality right there. He waited a long time to fulfill his dream and now, the American people will pay the price.
mcar
(45,248 posts)He's going to kill as many of us as he can. Sick fck.
sheshe2
(93,498 posts)The deaths won't care about party lines or accumulated wealth.
mcar
(45,248 posts)a lot in the South, especially considering Gov. DeathSentence's recent edict against vaccines. The rural health system here is already a shambles. Wait till the Medicaid cuts come through.
Children will die. Women and girls will be forced to give birth, have little to no food or medical support, and then watch their children die of measles.
That's pro-life in the US of A.
berniesandersmittens
(12,406 posts)K&R
We need Joe Kennedy III back in the House of Representatives ASAP!
TomSlick
(12,698 posts)My uneducated guess is the guy is mentally unwell. Which, of course, means that he is a perfect fit in the Trump administration.
AllaN01Bear
(27,293 posts)I cannot imagine what it would be like to be related to this man.
He has his wonderful father's name, yet it must mean nothing to him.
For the life of me, I will never understand how someone so unqualified
could have been considered for NIH Director. The number of people
who will die (or has already) is incalculable.
sheshe2
(93,498 posts)Trump and his picks have made us into one of those 'shithole' countries he was railing about.
I am out of words.
C Moon
(13,145 posts)I'm not sure about trump's past election, though.
Regardless, they both got flu and COVID vaccines today.