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RFKJr Bear - the obtuseness of that video is astounding. It reeks of privilege, and desperation, and for some reason reminds me of the Addams Family. No: the Munsters.

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So am i waiting to Doomscrole through todays Bill K article about how much Kamala has Effed up ? i really hope not.

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GRUMPY MIDWESTERN PROGRESSIVE GRANDPA FOR THE WIN!

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Aug 6·edited Aug 6

Why do you think he's grumpy? I haven't seen any reporting or clips that indicate that.

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He’s scowling in the pic of his stroking the cat at some big box store, but mostly it’s just a joke on my part.

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Ah, I see. I just didn't want the adjective "grumpy" to take hold and affect voters. Because, you know, Trump is so sunny and cheerful all the time :)

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Okay, so, "falcon-ing? Bear cub meat? A Kennedy that wasn't drinking? Roseanne Barr? Dumping bear carcass in Central Park?" Just when you thought you might have heard it all along come a newer extension of absurdity.

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imagine what he was doing while drinking and on drugs

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Aug 5·edited Aug 6

Regarding RFK Jr, everyone needs to watch yesterday's episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. That brain worm's descendants seem to be living it up inside RFK Jr's noggin. 🤪

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And yet, if faced with the choice of RFK Jr. or Trump. Well, there's no doubt about it.

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Why is that a choice? We have a Democratic ticket.

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I'm thinking the brain worm came from the bear. Explains a lot.

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Andrew, I don't think RFK Jr. has a brain. I hope that New York fines him for illegally disposing the bear and for all of the costs (police time etc.) of trying to unravel the mystery. And the fine should include 10+ years of interest.

Perhaps the strangest and most frightening point related to this story, is that thousands of Americans will still go ahead and vote for this man who makes views that endanger children's lives and health and increasing demonstrates that he is (at best) mentally unbalanced.

Shapiro=sPA4Harris. That simple math equation sums it all up.

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FYI, it's "hawking" (not "falconing") even if hunting with a falcon instead of a hawk. As a falconer for 55 years, let me just add that eccentricity is not uncommon among us.

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The worm died of malnutrition

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IMO, Shapiro is the obvious best VP choice of the candidates reportedly under consideration. I also think Mark Kelly would be a strong VP choice (but not as good as Shapiro). I have nothing against the other candidates , but if Harris picks someone other than Shapiro or Kelly, I will be disappointed, because it would indicate to me that beating Trump was not Harris primary criterion in picking a VP.

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Didn’t RFKII use Heroin at Harvard and many years afterwards?? That might cause “Brain worms” and it definitely affects decision making.

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I don’t know which bugs me more, RFK’s weird story or the fact there is some part of me that can’t shake the suspicion that some voters somewhere will like him MORE after hearing it. We live in interesting times.

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Maybe but I'm sure trying to set up a bicyclist up for the murder of the bear cub means the powerful Central Park bicyclists lobby will vehemently oppose RFK, Jr. for sullying their good name-they only run over pedestrians, not bears.

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Yes, but all those people would have been voting for Trump if RFK weren't in the race. So it's a win!

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So, a guy who thinks vaccines are dangerous was planning to eat road kill bear meat.

This timeline keeps getting weirder.

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RFL Jr is a few bricks short of a full load. It’s possible that his indulgences in life included hallucinating substances that had a permanent impact.

Oh well, it doesn’t matter. He’s a spoiled brat whose own family regards him with amusement—and contempt from some of them. Hopefully after this circus of a campaign he will disappear from public view as just another wing-nut trust fund rich idiot who doesn’t deserve any attention!

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Am I the only one appalled that Kennedy and his friends thought it was hilarious to stage a fake story about a bear cub’s death? Okay, harvest the bear meat if it’s legal to do so. But ridicule the poor animal’s untimely passing by making a very public joke about it is the height of disrespect. No one would ever do that to a dead human.

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