I'm just glad he didn't do something super sketchy and knife Trump in the back.
It could have gone either way there for a while...and still could, to be fair. What a weird campaign. I like some of what he stands for (primarily the big pharma stuff), but what an absolute chaotic joke of a campaign. Sure, some was due to interference, but it also wasn't managed well. And it was clear something was going to happen, but depending on how/when he dropped out, he could have really hurt/helped either side. Very weird stuff. Our elections have been super...interesting, recently.
Technically, if Trump puts him in a cabinet position, he could do far more damage by knifing him in the back while Trump's in office, than he can do now.
See: damn near the entirety of Trump's previous cabinet and Gen. Milley, who explicitly committed treason and a military coup.
Personally, I'm willing to take that risk. I think RFK brings some interesting things to the table and, if put in the correct position - which Trump has hinted at - he could be great. It's sad when a liberal is a more appealing pick than a lot of people who Trump surrounded himself with last time around.
In the right contexts, I have no problem with RFK. But, of course, Trump still needs to be careful.
As a self-avowed "American Liberal Revolutionary", Liberals are always useful when deployed politically for their acidic purposes against corrupt and entrenched institutions. That is precisely their wheelhouse.
Conservatives in general tend to be bad at aggressive institutional reform because it's contrary to their nature. Liberals are great at it, when kept within the proper boundaries. Optimally, their boundaries should be political, moral, and legal; but hierarchical would do in a pinch too since Trump can fire them.
At their core, a true Liberal is an anti-institutionalist. Now, I'm not even saying that RFK is a genuine Liberal (Barry Goldwater is more of a genuine Liberal than RFK, who is merely an old Progressive with a specific agenda)
I think the real benefit of Trump, and the only redeeming quality he has for personelle, is that he isn't afraid to shit-can people at the drop of a hat when they are either not preforming, not getting along, or no longer needed for his objectives. The Deep State endlessly complained about it, and were horrified that they had to compete for his attention. But it actually kept them in line, until his recruitment process was subverted. Hopefully he doesn't catch a bad case of the retard and fire Steve Bannon again.
he isn't afraid to shit-can people at the drop of a hat
It still astonishes me that essentially no one was fired under Biden, despite monumental "screw ups." In quotes, because this regime's whole goal seems to be to make the country worse, so I guess all the "poor performance" was actually exactly what was asked for.
Still. No one fired over Afghanistan, border policies, J13, and all the various other aspects of the horror show.
I'm just glad he didn't do something super sketchy and knife Trump in the back.
It could have gone either way there for a while...and still could, to be fair. What a weird campaign. I like some of what he stands for (primarily the big pharma stuff), but what an absolute chaotic joke of a campaign. Sure, some was due to interference, but it also wasn't managed well. And it was clear something was going to happen, but depending on how/when he dropped out, he could have really hurt/helped either side. Very weird stuff. Our elections have been super...interesting, recently.
"May you live in interesting times".
Technically, if Trump puts him in a cabinet position, he could do far more damage by knifing him in the back while Trump's in office, than he can do now.
See: damn near the entirety of Trump's previous cabinet and Gen. Milley, who explicitly committed treason and a military coup.
Personally, I'm willing to take that risk. I think RFK brings some interesting things to the table and, if put in the correct position - which Trump has hinted at - he could be great. It's sad when a liberal is a more appealing pick than a lot of people who Trump surrounded himself with last time around.
In the right contexts, I have no problem with RFK. But, of course, Trump still needs to be careful.
As a self-avowed "American Liberal Revolutionary", Liberals are always useful when deployed politically for their acidic purposes against corrupt and entrenched institutions. That is precisely their wheelhouse.
Conservatives in general tend to be bad at aggressive institutional reform because it's contrary to their nature. Liberals are great at it, when kept within the proper boundaries. Optimally, their boundaries should be political, moral, and legal; but hierarchical would do in a pinch too since Trump can fire them.
At their core, a true Liberal is an anti-institutionalist. Now, I'm not even saying that RFK is a genuine Liberal (Barry Goldwater is more of a genuine Liberal than RFK, who is merely an old Progressive with a specific agenda)
I think the real benefit of Trump, and the only redeeming quality he has for personelle, is that he isn't afraid to shit-can people at the drop of a hat when they are either not preforming, not getting along, or no longer needed for his objectives. The Deep State endlessly complained about it, and were horrified that they had to compete for his attention. But it actually kept them in line, until his recruitment process was subverted. Hopefully he doesn't catch a bad case of the retard and fire Steve Bannon again.
It still astonishes me that essentially no one was fired under Biden, despite monumental "screw ups." In quotes, because this regime's whole goal seems to be to make the country worse, so I guess all the "poor performance" was actually exactly what was asked for.
Still. No one fired over Afghanistan, border policies, J13, and all the various other aspects of the horror show.