RFK Jr: The Hero You Didn’t Ask For & No One [Expletive] Wants

Michael Francis
5 min readAug 2, 2023
Robert F Kennedy Jr giving a terrible speech, probably. (Image Credit: Vox/Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

For some time, I have been dreaming up a scenario that I thought was the stuff of pipedreams.

Listen, the Democratic Party is struggling. Sure, they’re winning elections, but why? Are they creating enthusiasm for their policies with existing voters? Could they be offering bold ideas to younger voters? Are they fighting tooth and nail for the disenfranchised? Are they rigging and stealing elections with brazen corruption hidden on private email severs?

The answer to all of those questions is, in the strongest possible terms, “No, we are absolutely not doing any of those things.”

Hillary Clinton’s face, perfectly capturing the enthusiasm in the Democratic Party. (Image Credit: BBC)

They are winning elections for one very simple reason: they are the best defense against an increasingly fascist GOP. No one is really voting for Biden, or establishment Dems, are they? It’s just defense against… whatever the hell this is.

Shoutout to the guy on the left throwing up a “peace” sign for a picture. (Image Credit: REUTERS/Leah Millis)

Staring at Team Blue’s Crusties long enough will give even the most hopeful liberal a headache. Some of us, to offset…

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