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SimulationCommander's avatar

RFK will get the Ron Paul treatment but 10x worse. And when the DNC rigs the primary for Biden, the courts will rule (again) that since the primary is a private event held by a private party, that party can use whatever rules it wants -- or even change them in the middle of the primary.

IF WE HAVE AN HONEST GENERAL ELECTION, what they do to RFK might sink Biden's chances of beating Trump/DeSantis (sort of the way what they did to Bernie hurt Clinton).

I am extremely skeptical we will have an honest general election, and I know for a fact we won't have an honest Democratic primary.

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Transcriber B's avatar

Good points you make here.

My take on it: People in general like to be on the winning team. They might seem very stuck-in-the-mud, but in fact it's always possible that they can change their allegiances and opinions lightning fast. Importantly, RFK is not running as an independent, he's running for the Democratic Party nomination, that is to say, he's gunning to capture the biggest US political machine. And he's been in and around its highest levels his entire life. The people in that machine (any political machine, for that matter) put a finger up to see which way the wind is blowing. And, with counted exceptions, thusly they go. (Not that I'm cynical; I just read a lot of history and I've been around for a while.)

Time will tell, but right now, May 2023, I would not be surprised if RFK doesn't take both the nomination and the presidency.

[edited to fix typo]

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