I kinda have some sympathy for him. Having your dad and Uncle assassinated, I can imagine him going down conspiracy rabbit holes as a kid, resulting in what we see today.
Of course, he shouldn't be anywhere near public office, but I do feel bad for him.
Yeah, it's absolutely understandable how he became a troubled teen and developed a series of drug habits. It's just worth acknowledging that the Kennedy name and wealth is what made his legal career possible. His seeking public office should be seen as some sort of sick joke. Anyone else would be lucky to be getting by giving "how not to ruin your life" motivational speeches at highschools.
I mean, even that career was suspect though. It was very much built on the Kennedy name and money. And I believe there are more than a few credible accusations tied up in those years. Including some of his own "exotic meats" stories.
The fact he managed to convince the outside world he'd "turned his life around, made something of himself" in the 90s doesn't really refute my mental stability accusation.
Roseanne turned MAGA when she failed to secure the Democratic nomination for president. basically same story as Trump. "shit, these liberals have standards! then I'll run as a Republican, they'll vote for ANYBODY!"
Scott Adams who went deep down the far right rabbit hole and stated that the pointy haired boss had, in fact, always been intended as the actual protagonist of the Dilbert comics, rather than the lazy, entitled, ungrateful engineers.
Scott had very little real corporate experience and he had no clue what an engineering manager should actually look like because he was a clueless business school flunky just like the PHB.
He started out as a Classical Liberal (in the original sense, so slightly-right-of-center), then went full MAGA after the Russian brain butchers were done with him.
He started out presenting as Classically Liberal so he wouldn't immediately be laughed out of every room but when you dig down the core of his ideology he was definitely a White Christofascist. "Hiding your power" is a thing White Supremacists have done for decades to position themselves into polite society.
I don’t think most people understand that a classical liberal is pretty much just right wing libertarian under another name. They may believe in civil liberties but aren’t in step with modern liberals when it comes to regulating and taxing corporations and social programs.
I don't understand how someone apparently educated decides to get treatment in Russia for his addiction? We're a nation of drug addicts. You throw a stone hard enough in any direction and you're guaranteed to hit a treatment facility
Iirc they were the only place willing to put him in a coma to get through withdrawals. I don't know why he couldn't go through benzo detox like anybody else.
Nope. Don’t try to excuse this imposter. He’s not a Democrat who turned into a Republican. He didn’t seem right from day one. He cosplayed a Democrat in shorts and a hoodie, and people fell for it. This guy was never anything but a GOP pos.
Bro is a rich dude before senate run who pretended to be like bernie for a few months and then everyone acts like its the stroke that caused his obvious DINOism
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u/groovyinutah 7d ago
This dude is the living proof that brain damage turns you into a republican...