After 60 years of prevaricating politicians, are we ready for the truth? The success of RFK Jr.'s run for office is a test of the American people more than anything else.
If the MSM is against I am for him. He needs to come out early and refute some of the stupid green energy policies being forced down our throats if he truly wants to cross over to both sides.
On the health panel last week, RFK responded to a question from Mikki Willis about climate. RFK's belief in climate change is Not from the recent flood of #FOLLOWTHESCIENCE!! climate fear mongering. He has been journaling the seasons his whole life, and he has been traveling the world, including the Arctic. What he has seen and experienced is more powerful than any climate focused groups' pronouncements.
Also, as a lawyer litigating cases against fossil fuel companies for mercury pollution of water, he is very familiar with decades worth of information, and the science of carbon. Exxon scientists long ago predicted that carbon (and methane) from fossil fuels would warm the planet, and expressed that that was good, because then oil in the Arctic would be accessible.
With covid, we saw most of the left, and all of the mainstream / left media, get almost everything about it wrong / backwards. They used fear, they ignored wisdom, they flooded the zone with statistics from bad models and manipulated data. It's certainly possibly to believe they're doing the same thing with climate - fearmongering from bad models and manipulated data to push "solutions" that are not solutions at all. - But underneath it, covid does exist. I had it last year for the first time, from another unvaccinated person, at a time when hardly anyone was getting vaccinated - a month before the bivalent booster push, when anyone who was dumb enough to get booster #4 has already done so. Saying this because the timing makes it very doubtful it was secondary vaccine shedding - I had taken plenty of public transit in NYC all along, after the more popular covid vaccines and first boosters, and didn't feel anything from shedding. This was covid, it was like a bad flu for a few days with early treatment, and then it was a debilitating fatigue that was literally worse than death, until I found an amazing energetic treatment that brought me back to life.
This is relevant to climate because it's possible to take something that Actually Does Exist, and Is a Problem, and construct webs of lies and manipulation around it. And it's important to call out the lies and manipulation but not let that mean that the thing in question doesn't exist.
Most important point - seems like anyone else who takes human caused climate change seriously is willing to sacrifice anything to the climate religion - democracy, bodily autonomy, freedom (15 minute cities / carbon credit social credit scores / geoengineering, etc). These false solutions are disasters - and RFK, Jr knows that.
Also - others who believe in human caused climate change consider those who see it differently as lesser humans. Ignorant climate deniers. RFK, Jr believes what he believes, and has no problem if others do not believe it. He is also open to listening. He says the current climate science is complex and he isn't fluent in interpreting it, as he can easily interpret science around vaccines / toxics. He is Not waving the latest "We Have -- Years Left, Say The Experts!" "science" around as if it is the ultimate truth and we must all be very afraid. He knows there are exaggerations, too much fear, and dangerously false solutions. And that Because Climate can be used as the next excuse to put humanity in a digital prison. And he would not fall for that. He would fight against that with more strength than other candidates, even those who take climate change less seriously.
Even if you still disagree with him as to if climate change is happening at all, or caused by humans / carbon, or an problem, I hope you can appreciate RFK's integrity and honesty, and see how unique he is as a candidate.
Yes, he’s spent a career going after corporate perps on behalf of the little guy first and the environment second, because we need it to survive. So I can’t imagine greenwashing campaigns are going to succeed with him.
I think you have hit the nail on the head. It's amazing - just over a year ago, if I questioned the climate change narrative with my friends who are Dems, it was treated as if I was saying we should kill babies. It was the MOST politically incorrect thing one could say. People are waking up to the fact that we are being lied to about everything that is being pushed by MSM. And MSM and the Greta charade have been shoved down our throats. I hope RFK wakes up to this if he hasn't already. (I emailed the campaign and asked him to address this. Maybe we all should?)
Thank you for this thoughtful analysis, Madhava. The people of the world will rejoice in the leadership of RFK, Jr. He has passed the truth-telling test by warning about vaccines and fighting for the environment and children's health, while never budging during the tsunami of smears he received. But he is deeply knowledgeable about all the important issues we face today. His truth telling will shake up a lot of people, but he has the capacity to do this in a non-divisive way. The DNC will play its dirty tricks to excoriate him as they did with Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard, but I am thrilled he is stepping into the ring to rehabilitate our failing republic and our captured agencies.
I am in favor of RFK Jr running. In fact, so much so that I contributed to his outreach for donations to determine whether he should run. That said, it is going to be as much of a mistake to treat him as a savior for what ails us as it was for people who supported Obama to think that of him or that Trump - who also spoke the undeniable and necessary truth and has done so for decades about how our elite are killing us for $ - was going to be without flaws or never make a mistake or be able to uphold every campaign promise by himself. As the saying goes - "we are the ones we've been waiting for." People running for office can amplify a message of hope and pragmatism so that we can climb back from the abyss but they are just people too. RFK Jr has been a beacon on the issue of medical and bodily autonomy.
However, I worry that he also feels that increasing taxation on companies and people, even those who are doing valuable capital-building work in our economy is the way forward. That government will make better decisions with our wealth and capital than the private sector; I find that lawyers who have worked in the non-profit sector and are Democrats - even former ones - reflexively believe that. I worry that he still believes in socialized medicine that is failing in other countries. That he would be more than willing to eliminate or restrict civil liberties if it served a policy that he believes in (like "climate change") while he wants to be seen as a champion of civil liberties in the face of policies he doesn't believe in. I will be supportive but also eyes open about RFK Jr.
Though I consider myself center right and vote conservative (if that even matters anymore) I will consider voting for RFK, Jr. if he makes it past the democratic primaries. I agree that RFK, Jr. has emerged at the proper time to lead. He has gravitas and soul and appears to believe that our Constitution and Bill of Rights still matter and he seems to understand the dangerous situation we are in. I don't agree with his past stance on the "climate crisis" and would like to know if his thoughts on this have evolved after the last three years of the pandemic scam. I do have a concern about RFK, Jr. being attached to the Democratic party as it stands today - a party captured by global totalitarian elites who find democracy inconvenient and their woke followers. However, the Republicans aren't much better - with the exception of a few they've become weak enablers. Republicans don't appear to grasp the vast coup d'etat we've experienced. They're still operating out of the old paradigms. I agree we are entering a period of great transformation. But to create something new the old has to die. This period of destruction and chaos is very destabilizing and has taken some very dark turns. The survival of our Republic and our freedoms are gravely threatened. I believe that RFK, Jr. understands this so I am willing to listen.
I like and appreciate RFK's principled stance on the COVID vaccine and vaccinations in general, but it's hard for me to get enthusiastic about a guy who is fully onboard the globohomo agenda except for his pet issue.
Can you please elaborate? I would love to know more. I am praying he wakes up to the climate change bs that is being shoved down our throats. How else is he with them?
Hi Brevet, there are two uses of the term "globohomo". One of those uses you shouldn't find controversial: it's a portmanteau of "globalization plus homogenization". It is used in another portmanteau, that is true, but it's ambiguous which one I meant here and feel free to pick whichever usage you are less offended by - lol.
The big battle will be to get Democrats to actually listen to him. They have been told by all the sources they trust that he's got nothing to say but anti-vax propaganda. They see no reason to listen. Most of my friends won't listen to him because they think they already know what he has to say.
You may find this hard to believe, but there are even some of my Democratic friends who don't listen to Tucker Carlson.
Read what the NYTimes said about his speech, and compare it to what they said about Trump's announcement speech 8 years ago. They had more good things to say about Trump.
Yes, that will be the big battle. However I think that there is a growing skepticism around the vax, even among democrats. This is evidenced by the low uptake of the bivalent booster across the board. I think more of them will be willing to hear what he has to say as time goes on.
The science of political assassination has advanced a great deal since Dealey Plaza. It doesn't have to be visible. It doesn't even have to be violent. Their first weapon is control over the media. They have just canceled Tucker Carlson, the only mainstream journalist who covered Kennedy's announcement with an open mind. They will play every card to keep RFK from public view but make no doubt about it: they will murder him if they have to.
After watching Robert Kennedy Jr.'s speech, he's got my vote. We are a nation in crisis and we don't have to be! This is our opportunity to turn the Titanic around.
If Donald Trump can become president, then anything can come true. If Donald Trump could allow his country to be shutdown, anything can happen. If a part time drama teacher with no political experience can win 3 elections in Canada, then anyone with name recognition can do so as well. Especially a Kennedy.
I have been following Kennedy for years. I like everything he has said and stands for. He is the right man at the right time. As long as no one assassinates him. He gives me tremendous hope. I would vote for him if vaccines were his only platform. But he will obviously have much to say about all aspects of running the USA.
I hope his running brings attention to the dangers of vaccines. Sometimes its hard to know what the tipping point is for more division, or less. It's not like MSM will be honest and give a true voice to what's happening behind the curtain
Heidi, its months away before a single vote will be cast. Give RFK Jr. a chance to make his case, and to see how he handles those who want him to reappraise his positions on anything related to climate. Not that you can avoid it, but lets see how he shines when the MSM attack dogs launch their daily misinformation campaign against a very decent human being, who might, despite all odds, do some good for this country.
It is odd that Robert Kennedy uses the Bay of Pigs invasion and escalation in Vietnam to praise JFK. Those policies were disasters. What happened to "the buck stops here"?
JFK took responsibility for those disasters. Learned he was misled by his CIA. So he began to 'splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds,' and began a new era of peace. Ended the Cold War, stopped nuclear testing, announced a withdrawal from Vietnam... Then, they (rogue elements of CIA) came back and killed him, and have been in charge ever since.
Good Lord! Bobby Kennedy nails it . I watched the whole speech just fascinated knowing that he knows exactly the monster he's taking on. That same evil killed his uncle and father. An extraordinary act of patriotic bravery and caring for the downtrodden and dispossessed.
Jeremiah 4:22 "For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."
Isaiah 53:5: "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
Thank you for this post. I would vote for him if I could. Like your said before he will force the real issues into the debates, that in itself is big plus for american people and politics
If the MSM is against I am for him. He needs to come out early and refute some of the stupid green energy policies being forced down our throats if he truly wants to cross over to both sides.
Agree. He needs to clarify where he stands on carbon taxation, etc.
On the health panel last week, RFK responded to a question from Mikki Willis about climate. RFK's belief in climate change is Not from the recent flood of #FOLLOWTHESCIENCE!! climate fear mongering. He has been journaling the seasons his whole life, and he has been traveling the world, including the Arctic. What he has seen and experienced is more powerful than any climate focused groups' pronouncements.
Also, as a lawyer litigating cases against fossil fuel companies for mercury pollution of water, he is very familiar with decades worth of information, and the science of carbon. Exxon scientists long ago predicted that carbon (and methane) from fossil fuels would warm the planet, and expressed that that was good, because then oil in the Arctic would be accessible.
With covid, we saw most of the left, and all of the mainstream / left media, get almost everything about it wrong / backwards. They used fear, they ignored wisdom, they flooded the zone with statistics from bad models and manipulated data. It's certainly possibly to believe they're doing the same thing with climate - fearmongering from bad models and manipulated data to push "solutions" that are not solutions at all. - But underneath it, covid does exist. I had it last year for the first time, from another unvaccinated person, at a time when hardly anyone was getting vaccinated - a month before the bivalent booster push, when anyone who was dumb enough to get booster #4 has already done so. Saying this because the timing makes it very doubtful it was secondary vaccine shedding - I had taken plenty of public transit in NYC all along, after the more popular covid vaccines and first boosters, and didn't feel anything from shedding. This was covid, it was like a bad flu for a few days with early treatment, and then it was a debilitating fatigue that was literally worse than death, until I found an amazing energetic treatment that brought me back to life.
This is relevant to climate because it's possible to take something that Actually Does Exist, and Is a Problem, and construct webs of lies and manipulation around it. And it's important to call out the lies and manipulation but not let that mean that the thing in question doesn't exist.
Most important point - seems like anyone else who takes human caused climate change seriously is willing to sacrifice anything to the climate religion - democracy, bodily autonomy, freedom (15 minute cities / carbon credit social credit scores / geoengineering, etc). These false solutions are disasters - and RFK, Jr knows that.
Also - others who believe in human caused climate change consider those who see it differently as lesser humans. Ignorant climate deniers. RFK, Jr believes what he believes, and has no problem if others do not believe it. He is also open to listening. He says the current climate science is complex and he isn't fluent in interpreting it, as he can easily interpret science around vaccines / toxics. He is Not waving the latest "We Have -- Years Left, Say The Experts!" "science" around as if it is the ultimate truth and we must all be very afraid. He knows there are exaggerations, too much fear, and dangerously false solutions. And that Because Climate can be used as the next excuse to put humanity in a digital prison. And he would not fall for that. He would fight against that with more strength than other candidates, even those who take climate change less seriously.
Even if you still disagree with him as to if climate change is happening at all, or caused by humans / carbon, or an problem, I hope you can appreciate RFK's integrity and honesty, and see how unique he is as a candidate.
- https://rumble.com/v2wug7j-health-policy-roundtable-rfkjr-mercola-tenpenny-kory-gentempo-mcdonnell-ji-.html ( in response to Mikki Willis' question at 53:21)
Yes, he’s spent a career going after corporate perps on behalf of the little guy first and the environment second, because we need it to survive. So I can’t imagine greenwashing campaigns are going to succeed with him.
I cannot support any “climate change” zealot - period…..
I think you have hit the nail on the head. It's amazing - just over a year ago, if I questioned the climate change narrative with my friends who are Dems, it was treated as if I was saying we should kill babies. It was the MOST politically incorrect thing one could say. People are waking up to the fact that we are being lied to about everything that is being pushed by MSM. And MSM and the Greta charade have been shoved down our throats. I hope RFK wakes up to this if he hasn't already. (I emailed the campaign and asked him to address this. Maybe we all should?)
Thank you for this thoughtful analysis, Madhava. The people of the world will rejoice in the leadership of RFK, Jr. He has passed the truth-telling test by warning about vaccines and fighting for the environment and children's health, while never budging during the tsunami of smears he received. But he is deeply knowledgeable about all the important issues we face today. His truth telling will shake up a lot of people, but he has the capacity to do this in a non-divisive way. The DNC will play its dirty tricks to excoriate him as they did with Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard, but I am thrilled he is stepping into the ring to rehabilitate our failing republic and our captured agencies.
Love RKJ!! If I was an American citizen I would wholeheartedly support him and his campaign!! Go Bobby gooooo!!
Great article, thank you, Madhava. I’m all in for him. He’s the real deal. A tireless truth-teller.
(And I’m pissed you weren’t there.)
We are sooo sad, too! I am so happy you were able to attend!
I am in favor of RFK Jr running. In fact, so much so that I contributed to his outreach for donations to determine whether he should run. That said, it is going to be as much of a mistake to treat him as a savior for what ails us as it was for people who supported Obama to think that of him or that Trump - who also spoke the undeniable and necessary truth and has done so for decades about how our elite are killing us for $ - was going to be without flaws or never make a mistake or be able to uphold every campaign promise by himself. As the saying goes - "we are the ones we've been waiting for." People running for office can amplify a message of hope and pragmatism so that we can climb back from the abyss but they are just people too. RFK Jr has been a beacon on the issue of medical and bodily autonomy.
However, I worry that he also feels that increasing taxation on companies and people, even those who are doing valuable capital-building work in our economy is the way forward. That government will make better decisions with our wealth and capital than the private sector; I find that lawyers who have worked in the non-profit sector and are Democrats - even former ones - reflexively believe that. I worry that he still believes in socialized medicine that is failing in other countries. That he would be more than willing to eliminate or restrict civil liberties if it served a policy that he believes in (like "climate change") while he wants to be seen as a champion of civil liberties in the face of policies he doesn't believe in. I will be supportive but also eyes open about RFK Jr.
Well said.
Though I consider myself center right and vote conservative (if that even matters anymore) I will consider voting for RFK, Jr. if he makes it past the democratic primaries. I agree that RFK, Jr. has emerged at the proper time to lead. He has gravitas and soul and appears to believe that our Constitution and Bill of Rights still matter and he seems to understand the dangerous situation we are in. I don't agree with his past stance on the "climate crisis" and would like to know if his thoughts on this have evolved after the last three years of the pandemic scam. I do have a concern about RFK, Jr. being attached to the Democratic party as it stands today - a party captured by global totalitarian elites who find democracy inconvenient and their woke followers. However, the Republicans aren't much better - with the exception of a few they've become weak enablers. Republicans don't appear to grasp the vast coup d'etat we've experienced. They're still operating out of the old paradigms. I agree we are entering a period of great transformation. But to create something new the old has to die. This period of destruction and chaos is very destabilizing and has taken some very dark turns. The survival of our Republic and our freedoms are gravely threatened. I believe that RFK, Jr. understands this so I am willing to listen.
I like and appreciate RFK's principled stance on the COVID vaccine and vaccinations in general, but it's hard for me to get enthusiastic about a guy who is fully onboard the globohomo agenda except for his pet issue.
Can you please elaborate? I would love to know more. I am praying he wakes up to the climate change bs that is being shoved down our throats. How else is he with them?
Hi Brevet, there are two uses of the term "globohomo". One of those uses you shouldn't find controversial: it's a portmanteau of "globalization plus homogenization". It is used in another portmanteau, that is true, but it's ambiguous which one I meant here and feel free to pick whichever usage you are less offended by - lol.
The big battle will be to get Democrats to actually listen to him. They have been told by all the sources they trust that he's got nothing to say but anti-vax propaganda. They see no reason to listen. Most of my friends won't listen to him because they think they already know what he has to say.
You may find this hard to believe, but there are even some of my Democratic friends who don't listen to Tucker Carlson.
Read what the NYTimes said about his speech, and compare it to what they said about Trump's announcement speech 8 years ago. They had more good things to say about Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/us/politics/robert-kennedy-presidential-run.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/politics/donald-trump-runs-for-president-this-time-for-real-he-says.html
Yes, that will be the big battle. However I think that there is a growing skepticism around the vax, even among democrats. This is evidenced by the low uptake of the bivalent booster across the board. I think more of them will be willing to hear what he has to say as time goes on.
The NYT didn’t think Trump could win 8 yrs ago. RFK must terrify them.
The science of political assassination has advanced a great deal since Dealey Plaza. It doesn't have to be visible. It doesn't even have to be violent. Their first weapon is control over the media. They have just canceled Tucker Carlson, the only mainstream journalist who covered Kennedy's announcement with an open mind. They will play every card to keep RFK from public view but make no doubt about it: they will murder him if they have to.
I have no way of knowing whether your are correct or not, but it is an interesting sequence of events. What do you think Carlson's next move will be?
Perhaps he will increase his credibility by becoming an independent journalist 😊
After watching Robert Kennedy Jr.'s speech, he's got my vote. We are a nation in crisis and we don't have to be! This is our opportunity to turn the Titanic around.
Madhava, You have a talent for crafting fine article's.
If Donald Trump can become president, then anything can come true. If Donald Trump could allow his country to be shutdown, anything can happen. If a part time drama teacher with no political experience can win 3 elections in Canada, then anyone with name recognition can do so as well. Especially a Kennedy.
I have been following Kennedy for years. I like everything he has said and stands for. He is the right man at the right time. As long as no one assassinates him. He gives me tremendous hope. I would vote for him if vaccines were his only platform. But he will obviously have much to say about all aspects of running the USA.
I don't trust any of them.
They have a greater good on their mind, in their hearts.
Politicians accept a lot of bad in exchange for small concessions.
Behind our backs they dig the pit deeper.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I just want to see where the conversation goes.
I hope his running brings attention to the dangers of vaccines. Sometimes its hard to know what the tipping point is for more division, or less. It's not like MSM will be honest and give a true voice to what's happening behind the curtain
Heidi, its months away before a single vote will be cast. Give RFK Jr. a chance to make his case, and to see how he handles those who want him to reappraise his positions on anything related to climate. Not that you can avoid it, but lets see how he shines when the MSM attack dogs launch their daily misinformation campaign against a very decent human being, who might, despite all odds, do some good for this country.
Have some hope.
It is odd that Robert Kennedy uses the Bay of Pigs invasion and escalation in Vietnam to praise JFK. Those policies were disasters. What happened to "the buck stops here"?
JFK took responsibility for those disasters. Learned he was misled by his CIA. So he began to 'splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds,' and began a new era of peace. Ended the Cold War, stopped nuclear testing, announced a withdrawal from Vietnam... Then, they (rogue elements of CIA) came back and killed him, and have been in charge ever since.
"announced a withdrawal from Vietnam"
When did he order full withdrawal? Supposedly, he ordered 1,000 troops to come home after boosting deployment from 900 to 16,000.
Politicians make regulations, based on the requests. Nowadays we can monitor and track the voting system using AI.
Good Lord! Bobby Kennedy nails it . I watched the whole speech just fascinated knowing that he knows exactly the monster he's taking on. That same evil killed his uncle and father. An extraordinary act of patriotic bravery and caring for the downtrodden and dispossessed.
I would NEVER vote for a Democrat....except RFK, Jr.
Jeremiah 4:22 "For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."
Isaiah 53:5: "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
Thank you for this post. I would vote for him if I could. Like your said before he will force the real issues into the debates, that in itself is big plus for american people and politics