Reclaiming Democracy

For me, I was initially very enthusiastic about RFKjr. I was a big fan of both JFK and RFK and even Teddy Kennedy and the way RFKjr. described himself as having no daylight between his father and his uncle I thought that was great.

Then I listened more carefully to what he was saying, and I read two of his books, and say his entire book dedicated to ripping on Anthony Fauci and pushing this ridiculous conspiracy, and that was it. It was over. I also began to listen to his medical and healthcare rhetoric, and it is utter BS. He still keeps lines in compaign speeches about vaccines that he had 30 years ago that have been disproven - which means to me he is pandering to people's emotions and not following the science.

To me, that is ugly and dangerous. It is just not right for a politician to be making decisions and talking to people about their expertise in vaccines or anything else. Politicians are supposed to be able to understand the scientific concensus and take advice from the acknowledged experts, and where there is no concensus or confusion not to just inpose their own quirks. Trump began that and does that - with his talk about how he has the biggest brains and knows more about medicine than the doctors. RFKjr. is just exploiting things he sees worked for Trump.

I really dislike them both and think they are both a toxic influence on American politics.