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The most powerful name in politics

The most powerful name in politics

He's an authoritarian conspiracy maniac...but he's a Kennedy.

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Apr 29, 2023
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Me: “I can’t believe it’s going to be Trump vs. Biden again in 2024. I wish someone would come along to shake things up and give us something different.”

[monkey’s paw curls]

Why Cheryl Hines? Why?

“That’s a Fox News poll,” I hear you respond. Their polling arm has actually been one of the few actually legit parts of the Fox News operation, but after it told viewers what they didn’t want to hear in 2020, I’m open to suggestions they’ve gutted it and are engaged in an “Operation Chaos” strategy to make Biden’s re-election campaign look more competitive than it really is.

But it’s not just Fox showing the nepotism-baby anti-vaxxer crank in double digits among Democrats:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches his unlikely bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday with the support of 14% of voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.

That is surprising strength for a candidate who has a famous political name but is now known mos…

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