[Jane of Arc]

How about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for President???


Let's see ...

(1) He's brilliant, ethical and fights for the little guy.

(2) He's completely on the "inside" and KNOWS things others on the left never could.

(3) He's an environmentalist.

(4) He's SUING Diebold and other voting machine companies. He warns, "The single greatest threat to our democracy is the insecurity of our voting system. Whoever controls the voting machines can control who wins the votes."

Read: Blowing the Whistle on Diebold http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071706P.shtml

I like this guy! :sunny:


http://polnotes.typepad.com/windfarmblog/images/kennedy_robt_jr_4.jpg http://www.scu.edu/ethics/architects-of-peace/Kennedy/resources/portrait_hr.jpg

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I second the nomination and rated him 9, pending more information.

This is no opportunist riding on the coat tail of the Kennedy name. He strikes me as an intelligent idealist. I don't believe he's given any indication of running. His unusual speaking voice would not be a strong point.

Both he and Gore have taken a strong stand on Global Warming. If they got together that would be one "hot" ticket!

[cat's meow]

I still remember my mom crying for days after his dad got assasinated. I am convinced his dad Robert was the very best of the four brothers (Joe, John, Robert, Ted) and could have been one of the greatest American presidents ever; Robert Sr had it all. Robert Jr is from the best of them and I would support him too...good post. Personally for me, a combination of the any of the following would greatly help us to move forward.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Al Gore
Barack Obama
John Danforth
John Edwards

It would bring literal tears to my eyes if we could get these guys in and to move us back in the right direction.

[Jane of Arc]

Let's start something here at Progressives Online!

Let's email RFK, Jr. and urge him to run in 2008!:thumbup:

Here's his website with contact info:


http://www.robertfkennedyjr.com/

[MAGI]

I love RFJ Jr. also! :sunny:

Did you all catch this interview:

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3079&print=1

Democracy in Crisis - An Exclusive BRAD BLOG Interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Posted By Joy and Tom Williams On 18th July 2006 @ 06:17 In Diebold, RFK Jr., Election Reform, Bob Ney, Jack Abramoff | 89 Comments

An Exclusive Interview for The BRAD BLOG [1] as Guest Blogged by Joy [2] and Tom Williams…

"The Republican Party, the Republican National Committee, has been using old-fashioned, Jim Crow, apartheid-type maneuvers to steal the last two national elections."
– Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., (bio [3]) , wrote the article: "Was the 2004 Election Stolen [4]" where he examined the election fraud in Ohio that took place during the last Presidential Election. He also has written a book "Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush & His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking our Democracy [5]". Mr. Kennedy, along with Mike Papantonio have filed a "qui tam" lawsuit [6] against some of the voting machines companies, in an effort to save our Democracy.

I've long had a deep respect for Robert F. Kennedy for his dedicated work as an environmental advocate. Tom and I enjoyed interviewing him and were moved by his passion and dedication to our country and our Democracy. We spoke to him via phone at his office at Pace University's Environmental Litigation Clinic in White Plains, New York, which he founded, about the election of 2004. This was an experience to remember…


BRAD BLOG: In your book, "Crimes Against Nature," you said that Bush won the 2004 election because of an information deficit caused by a breakdown in our national media. You go on to say that "Bush was re-elected because of the negligence of-and deliberate deception by-the American press." Your recent article in "Rolling Stone" seems to suggest that your opinion has changed, focusing more on the fraud and deception in Ohio with the computerized voting machines. What was the most important thing that made you suspect fraud and decide to investigate the 2004 election?

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.: Well, my opinion hasn't changed, that the press has been negligent, and that the large amount of support for the President, and for the people that did vote for the President, that large numbers of them would not have done so, had they known the truth about his policies, and his record. You say my opinion changed, but it hasn't changed.

You know I've known this for many years, because of my anecdotal experience. I give about 40 speeches a year, in red states to Republican audiences, and I get the same enthusiastic responses from those audiences as I get from Liberal college audiences. The only difference is, is that the Republicans often say to me, "How come we've never heard this before?" I made the conclusion many years ago that there's not a huge values difference between Red State Republicans and Blue State Democrats. The distinction is really informational. 80% of Republicans are just Democrats who don't know what's going on. And my anecdotal conclusion was confirmed by a survey done immediately after the 2004 election called the PIPA [7] report, which tested Bush supporters and Kerry supporters based upon their knowledge of current events. It found that among Bush supporters, they were widespread in its interpretations, or there were factual errors in the way that they viewed Bush's major public policy initiatives.

So much MORE:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3079&print=1

[MAGI]

Here's conversation with Mike Malloy (last night, Air America) with Mike Papantonio about RFK Jr. & Mike's suit which is taking on the illegallity of past elections.

You have to go to Brads Blog to access the radio conversation.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3065&print=1

"FIRST RFK JR. VOTING MACHINE WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT NOW FILED IN FEDERAL COURT! NEW DETAILS!

Attorney Papantonio on Mike Malloy Show: 'We're gonna shut down some of these companies'!

Excoriates 'Indolent Democrats' and 'Lazy Media' for Not Taking Action; Lauds BRAD BLOG for Putting Issue on 'Radar Screen'…

Posted By Brad On 13th July 2006 @ 11:15 In Election Irregularities, RFK Jr., BRAD BLOG, Election Reform | 77 Comments

[1]The first of several federal whistleblower qui tam (fraud) suits have now been filed against one of America's major electronic voting machine companies, The BRAD BLOG [2] can now report.

Florida attorney Mike Papantonio who, along with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. hosts Ring of Fire [3], weekends on Air America Radio [4], was a guest on Mike Malloy's radio program last night. [Complete audio is available at bottom of this article.] He discussed the upcoming whistleblower suits that he and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are filing against several of the voting machine companies. Pap was loaded for bear.

During the interview, he gave several new details on the federal fraud suits now being filed, which include several whistleblower plaintiffs whose stories were originally reported here at The BRAD BLOG [2], as mentioned last week in a quick item here [6], with some fresh details of our own. Pap reported last night that the "dream team of lawyers" they've assembled to take on these evil, irresponsible, anti-American companies includes a bunch of those who took on the tobacco companies in a successful quarter billion dollar suit — so they're not likely easily intimidated, we'd think."

:thumbup:

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Love it! Accountability is the word for 2006

[FDRfollower]

Love it! Accountability is the word for 2006

Good for Mr. Kennedy! Good for the Republic!

Now, if he could only sue the DLC/DNC for criminal stupidity and sabotage of a political party. :laughing:

[Jennifer_SFBA]

RFK, Jr. is Professor of Environmental Law at Pace University, White Plains, NY. People might try e-mailing him at the university using the subject line for his personal address line:

mpostman@law.pace.edu

The following e-mail address is not working now:

http://www.robertfkennedyjr.com/

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[Jennifer_SFBA]

I don't believe RFK, Jr. has a viable chance of winning the Democratic nomination for President. With his impressive environmental credentials, I do believe he would be a shoe-in for the Presidential nomination in the Green Party. I suggest not only e-mailing him to run for President, but to run for President on the Green Party ticket!

[Jennifer_SFBA]

Information about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at Wikipedia was helpful for me and is interesting. RFK, Jr. would make a great Green Party candidate for President!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy,_Jr.

[NeoCon Newbie]

No more Kennedyshttp://images.cafepress.com/product/45761743_150x150_Front.JPG