(August 24, 2024 at 6:55 am)Belacqua Wrote:(August 24, 2024 at 6:25 am)emjay Wrote: Don't take this as my opinion, only hearsay, because American politics is way over my head and I don't follow it, but someone I know does follow this and told me all about it and is supporting this guy, so this is roughly what they have to say on it (but don't ask me go deeper, because as I said it's over my head). Basically they see him as anti-establishment in meaningful ways to them, but that he has been repeatedly frustrated by the Democrats, so this decision is apparently a practical/pragmatic decision to get him a high up but useful position in a Trump government (and/or say fuck you to the Democrats). So the person I know, who usually wouldn't touch Trump with a barge pole, is now finding themselves in an awkward position of wanting to potentially support Trump on account of this; as a means to an end. So yeah, that's all I know about this, but thought it perhaps worth it to share this other perspective.
I've heard similar things.
Everybody knows that Kamala would be 100% more of the same. And a lot of people are sick of that.
Normally we'd expect Trump to be about 99% the same as a Kamala administration. His only selling point is that he might possibly be independent of the people who run the country usually. And RFK is, potentially, serious about wanting to change things. So the idea is that RFK might push for real improvement, and Trump might do it out of sheer orneriness.
I mean, it's nothing but wild speculation at this point. I make no claims to foreknowledge. But there are people who'd roll the dice for a chance, rather than settle for continued decline.
As I said, I really don't know enough about this to comment much beyond what I've already said, but just thought it was worth getting that out there, because it is very important to this person I know.
