@DanielLMcAdams

The position that may have cost him the presidency…

@Lukewearechange

I asked @RobertKennedyJr about his stance on the current situation regarding Palestine and Israel

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart
    3•4 months ago

    Your post is stating that this position might have cost him presidency, not 5% vote share so he can get public money.

    Next election Trump and Biden won’t be running so RFK Jr will be destined for irrelevance again.

    • @jimmydoreisaleftyOPM
      0•4 months ago

      You are right, then as an aside, 5% is a goal that the dozens of us that support 3rd parties are looking foward to!

      Next election the machine will continue to push out more puppets for the duopoly, which tend to closely follow the status quo and help the owner class.

      I do not think RFK Jr. may be forgotten if he breaks the record, of 5%, for 3rd parties.

      • SatansMaggotyCumFart
        2•4 months ago

        Ross Perot got 18% in 1992 and 8% in 1996.

        Notice I didn’t call him former president Ross Perot?

          • SatansMaggotyCumFart
            1•4 months ago

            I do not think RFK Jr. may be forgotten if he breaks the record, of 5%, for 3rd parties.

            Why did you call 5% a record when it’s been surpassed multiple times?

            • @jimmydoreisaleftyOPM
              1•4 months ago

              Ah, true.

              I am incorrect, the 5% record would be for any party that have not reached that before, while also being an even bigger goal of keeping up the percentage for the next cycle.

              Seems Perot reached it but was unimportant due to his debate performance…

              Based on his performance in the popular vote in 1992, Perot was entitled to receive federal election funding for 1996. Perot remained in the public eye after the election and championed opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). During the campaign, he had urged voters to listen for the “giant sucking sound” of American jobs heading south to Mexico should NAFTA be ratified.

              Perot tried to keep his movement alive through the mid-1990s, continuing to speak about the increasing national debt. He was a prominent campaigner against NAFTA, and frequently claimed that American manufacturing jobs would go to Mexico. On November 10, 1993, Perot debated with then-Vice President Al Gore on the issue on Larry King Live with an audience of 16 million viewers. Perot’s behavior during the debate was a source of mirth thereafter, including his repeated pleas to “let me finish” in his southern drawl. The debate was seen by many as effectively ending Perot’s political career. Support for NAFTA went from 34% to 57%.