I saw this interview surface and just the headline was enough to pique my interest; so, I watched it, and I’m glad I did.
The interview between James O’Keefe and Robert Kennedy Jr is very interesting {Direct Rumble Link Here}. O’Keefe is a good interviewer, with questions that are not ordinarily asked and generates a depth in response not often seen. The interview highlights the perspective of Robert Kennedy Jr as the candidate looks at the total administrative state now assembled in the U.S. government.
I don’t want to lead viewers/readers too much, because the times we are living in require an investment of self in order to evaluate information. However, what RFK Jr says toward the end of the interview, about his ability to win the election is very interesting. The interview is 48 minutes, and it held my interest the entire time.
Quizzically, RFK Jr doesn’t touch on Joe Biden as a political opponent. Kennedy doesn’t mention Biden, nor does he mention the Democrat nomination. Instead, Kennedy jumps immediately to the general election and frames his ability to defeat Donald Trump.
There’s something revelatory about the psyche of a person when asked a question in a comfortable environment and how they respond. I’m not exactly sure what is driving RFK Jr here, but what I can say with some confidence is that he sees the Trump movement as the tribe he can influence.
WATCH and let me know your thoughts.
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FYI – I have this weird little glitch in my brain that triggers any time I find myself nodding in agreement. A brain itch that reminds me to stop, hang on a second, pull back and ask myself: is the person constructing the discussion points to purposefully create my agreement. I have found in life when that happens, it is best to go quiet, get small and withdraw – then look for context and evaluate carefully.
RFK Jr and what he’s doing reminds of 2 Corinthians 11:14 where the Apostle Paul, wrote that sometimes “Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light”.
In other words, sometimes Satan puts on a disguise (as it were), and makes it look like he actually stands for good instead of evil.
Always remember that in 2016 President Trump discovered a massive untapped voting base consistent of the un-represented 55% of the country.
The Government Party (Democrats, elected Republicans, Bureaucrats, Media) is organized around appealing to roughly 30-40% of the people in the country. They’ve ignored (and generally assaulted) everyone else inflicting economic warfare, riots, terrorism, rogue courts. and overseas mercenary wars to gut the parts of the country that oppose them.
In 2016, Trump and Sanders were mostly pointing out the same problems with this arrangement. They disagreed on the solution (Marxism vs America-first economics). RFK Jr. also recognizes this intentionally unrepresented segment of society, and is tailoring his rhetoric accordingly.
This is part of the great realignment of the post Civil War status quo. We look at it side-eye because it doesn’t fit what emerge been programmed.
In this realignment we now have an Official Party of Government. These are people whose entire worldview centers on Government – for their income and their power. Notice the shift on the (D) where they do not and have not questioned a SINGLE Government Party decision in the last 14-15 years.
TARP? No problem! The “stimulus”? No problem! Drone attacks throughout the Muddle East? No problem! Lockdowns? No problem! Forced masking and forced vaccination? No problem! DOJ/FBI fabricating crimes to persecute enemies if the State? No problem! Arresting octogenarians exercising their First Amendment rights to contest elections? No problem! Police murder ing unarmed protesters in the Capitol? No problem and more please! Proxy/mercenary war in Ukraine? No problem! A mentally incompetent POTUS taking literal bribes from foreigners to affect US policy? No problem! Government forced Alphabet-queer speech codes, and Government endorsed castration of children? No problem! Government forcing and collaborating with tech companies to suppress and ban speech critical of Government? No problem! Arresting political opponents? No problem!
The other party defines itself largely as the absence of Government in their daily lives. To the extent Government is used, it is to protect Americans, our jobs, our borders, and our culture.
RFK Jr, who I likely disagree with on nearly every solution is recognizing that the Government Party – by definition – and by virtue of the unquestioning obsequious groveling exhibited by its membership and voters – is totalitarian.
I think more and more people who are being targeted by the Official Government Party are finding common cause.
I’m all for splitting the Democrat vote.
Trump 2024!!
LOL
FYI, I think the music was added by the account that posted this on Rumble, not by O’Keefe.
I probably tend to see things in a too simplistic way.
With RFK I can’t help but see the climate hoaxer part.
I then review that two of the biggest things that have destroyed our economy/the middle class are:
1 The war on energy.
2 The endless printing of money out of thin air.
With RFK Jr. being a climate hoaxer he fails completely on issue number one.
With RFK Jr. being a democrat, he fails completely on isssue number two.
That doesn’t leave much direction for me to go on with RFK Jr.
Don’t forget gun rights.
He has Catherine Fritts on his site .
That takes care on 2.
I’ve listened to many of RFK’s interviews and I am intrigued. He is not the climate nut job that people make him out to be — that is the narrative that has been formed. I suggest people think outside of their echo chambers and do a little research or listen to the No Agenda Podcast where they’re deconstructing the narrative. He is still a Democrat, so there’s that. I voted for Trump twice and appreciate most of his efforts. His ego, however, gets in the way and I am finding that less appealing. Also, I can’t get past how he was misled by people in his administration with regards to Covid and the lockdowns. If he would admit that he was misled and apologize to the American people, I would consider voting for him again. I don’t think his ego will allow that because it’s an admittance of his mistake. Until then, I feel politically homeless.
I don’t have the link, but not too long ago he said it was a mistake to hire Wray.
He is a lawyer to non profit lefty bunch of nut jobs
RFKjr would still be a voice in the wilderness except for Donald Trump. Trump has exposed the corrupt deep state by his very
effective campaign and Presidency. If RFKjr is trying to co-op the old dem party that has moved on to Trump and MAGA he will not get the support of the new dem party. There is that for sure.
Donald Trump has a big ego and a big heart. He loves the little guy and it shows.
He is a climate nut job. Climate change is a tool of the globalists. This is a line in the sand for any sane conservative.
The closest he has come to what you are saying is, he believes the climate movement has been co-opted by big corporations. He still 100% believes in man made climate change.
I remember a clip of him saying that Climate Deniers ought to be locked up. That’s enough for me. No thanks.
Here it is.
H-m-m.
The old “I voted for Trump twice…” thing.
ROLCON alert.
He’s a Dim. That’s enough for me to run away.
President Trump has NOTHING to apologize for.
You have a lovely home waiting for you back at RDS headquarters.
What did I miss that you would say he’s not a climate nut job? This is one of the few interviews I’ve seen that environmentalism was even mentioned. However, he talked about it in past tense. I would like someone to ask him about what he would do as president – drill baby, drill or erect more windmills and solar farms? What is his plan? I think it’s important since that is what he’s primarily dedicated his life pursuing.
Like Vivek –
Everything is just a thing of the past.
Their past isn’t really their past.
Wordsmithing their way to deceive us into believing they don’t even know that person.
MAGA needs to always remember “The Snake” poem.
I totally see your points. They are valid.
He has to do, what Bernie couldn’t, first.
If he can do that, I’ll take another look.
If not, I’m sure he’ll be around for 2028.
https://truthsocial.com/@KariLake/posts/110788859788561377
I do hear your desire to have Trump say something apologetic about Covid, the shot, etc.
Think of it like this…Trump is already swimming with sharks. If he does ANY kind of apology, he might as well dump chum in the water on top of himself. And in addition to that, it would never ever ever be enough. No matter what he said or how he framed it. And if you are a frequent reader here, you may have seen that it is highly likely Trump spared us even worse lockdowns than if there had not be Operation Warp Speed.
At this point ask yourself – do you think that President Trump did the best he could in that complex unprecedented situation? And while you are answering yourself, remind yourself that he was President. Put yourself back at the beginning and imagine him doing what, we all know NOW would be best is basically nothing except advocate for Vit D, etc and the good remedies. He would have been crucified and I don’t use that word lightly. I personally believe that whole thing was contrived to take Trump down, extend all the ways of cheating and, as a bonus to the thugs, get rid of a lot of us.
“…You may have seen that it is highly likely Trump spared us even worse lockdowns than if there had not be Operation Warp Speed.” And that was the impetus for PDJT’s activation of Operation Warp Speed.
Tina, I offer this dot-connecting exercise for your consideration. I don’t think Trump “made a mistake”… I believe he made the best choice(s) available to him in a deeply dark situation; one that was already fully developed, operational, and in progress before he came down his golden escalator…
{ Trump’s reason for warp speed Vax – by Kitty Gillespie }
I disagree that Trump’s ego ‘gets in the way’… I see it as his thickness-of-skin; a necessary asset to his level of integrity that allows him to prevail inside the Refiner’s Fire, and stay vertical & viable.
RFKII has been an environmental stewardship lawyer for almost 4 decades; not a “climate nut job”, I agree.
The only “Human-caused climate change” that exists is THIS…
{ Climate Geoengineering stopthecrime.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/An-Open-Letter-to-Members-of-AGU2c-EGU2c-and-IPCC-Alleging-Promotion-of-Fake-Science.pdf }
AND
{ RFK Dane Wigington: Is Climate Engineering Real? » US Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Dane Wigington: Is Climate Engineering Real? | Geoengineering Watch } really good interview, IMO
Tina, in March 2020 the ENTIRE world was reeling from an illness everyone was led to believe was the equivalent of the Black Plague. What steps should a US President take to protect his citizens? Put the situation in context.
Comments like those you offered… after the period of world-wide terror do not reflect reality.
My President at that time did everything possible to save Americans who most everyone feared were in jeopardy of dying
If Trump didn’t have incredible “ego” as you label it (I call it courage) — he could not withstand the daily lawfare assaults. His accomplishments as president were amazing.
RFK is slick. He is a lawyer. We have too damn many lawyers screwing up the federal bureaucracy. We don’t need another one – especially a royal , dynastic one.
You go girl!
🎯
I’m a Trump superfan.
Trump was railroaded on the jab/covid issue; damned if he did and damned if he didn’t. He was pushed into a Catch-22 situation and he knew it.
Today, if he admitted to it, as back in 2020 had he done so, the vicious media would slaughter him. And for that, I understand and forgive him.
I really do like RFK Jr. I’ve been following his Children’s Health Defense for years and he’s done awesome work there.
Having said that, however, I would love to see him take charge of the CDC/FDA/NIH, etc. by becoming Secretary of Human Health Services. The corrupt partnership between these government agencies and the pharmaceutical companies, and the money going to media outlets must be eliminated and fixed so as to never have this illegitimate “partnership” again.
My vote goes to President Donald John Trump because he did a fantastic job in his first term, he’s a quick study and his heart is in the right place, he loves America and humanity and is capable of devising solutions to benefit us all. I believe these two gentlemen could create a terrific alliance and reform the federal government together, but I don’t see RFK jr as a running mate or president.
and I really am rooting for OMG, too! O’Keefe has the true American spirit!
Totally agree.
That’s where I’m at. Trump2024 because he has the world view we need to bring America back to itself, keep us out of the endless wars, rev up the economic engine that America is, etc. And turn RFK Jr. loose on the agencies, but at a higher level than Secretary of HHS. The CDC/FDA/NIH have zero credibility. Same with the DOJ/FBI/CIA, i.e., the police state.
I’d like to see Trump keep us safe on the world stage, and RFK Jr. clean house here at home. They don’t have to even like one another to get that work done for us. They have different skills, different points of view, and we need both of them. That’s why there’s so much crap from the Administrative State being thrown at both men. I think the Administrative State doesn’t understand how much support there is for RFK Jr (because of Covid) within MAGA. He’s literally been a lifeline for so many due to the copious vaccine injuries.
The Trump team should pay attention and get this figured out pretty quickly.
Both of them have worked fearlessly FOR the American people.
Nope.
He admitted that they are corrupt, will always become corrupted, and that he does want to take control, move the personnel around, and change the culture while making them stronger and to make people have faith in them again.
Collectivist cult of ideology in full view.
This after admitting that Lincoln attempting to suspend habeas corpus was a Good Thing because people (Confederates) were saying things that were an “existential threat to America”. Much like his take on wanting to control and lock up dissent from any climate “deniers”.
I don’t need to watch it. I knew that RFK was going to run against Trump the minute I saw his oh so cool Covid videos back when they were ALSO framing DeSantis to be THE MAN to stand up for the little people. Not.
While I did not yet realize DeSantis was a professionally created fraud, it was obvious that RFK was rolling out a professionally produced image to make him acceptable. I hoped I was wrong.
RFK a man for the little people who is ALSO all in for climate change restrictions and gun restrictions.
And I love the way they pretend his hasn’t got a snowballs chance in hell so nobody seriously vets him until it is too late for people to see what he really stands for.
I need to take up gardening.
You need to watch it.
HELL NO !
As if it will have any impact on Meagain?
👁️👁️
Robert needs to remain in his lane. Take on the drug companies. Clean up the rivers. Continue promoting 12 step programs. Stay out of the Oval Office.
Agree with you. He can claim expertise in these areas but he is clueless about the economy and international relations (and the border and trade).
One caveat I have about covid/bioweapons and Kennedy is I’m not sure how deep he goes. I’d like to see debate between Kennedy and someone like Dr. Malone.
Lurking under his interest in science that he puts to good use in children’s defense fund and clean river projects is the heart of a true blue progressive dem.
But I’m not wrong, am I?
Remember, they were caught off guard by the complete and total rejection of DeSantis.
What the GOP could not control was Trump running as an independent (or winning as a write in).
Having RFK as an alternate candidate waiting in the wings to run as an independent would provide a backstop against the threat of Trump running as an independent or winning as a write in. RFK and DeSantis would split his support.
They think ahead. Much of what is hindsight now was unknown as RFK was being managed as A Fighter For The Little People against the globalist threat.
I think you were perfect. I feel the same way.
I didn’t need to watch it, the koronakampf announces itself, but I did, and you’re right. Orange Man WHO?
CDC Director Vows to Keep Working with WHO After Trump Bans Funding to Corrupt Globalist Organization
thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/cdc-director-vows-keep-working-trump-bans-funding-corrupt-globalist-organization/
You think “they” want Kennedy to win?
I don’t think so. The two most powerful entities in this country would be 100% against it- big harma and the IC.
Why not, what happens? Some Kabuki Theater and “fines” for the Big Pharma collusions and pass the buck to the citizenry as always.
ILLUSIONS.
He’s lying. Why bother?
Yes !
I think Kennedy and Ramaswamy are both in this to pull moderate/indie votes away from President Trump in the states with open primaries.
Could not agree more.
Not sure Swamy call pull that many votes with the stink of Soros all over him.
And still think Trump will win the primary in a fair vote.
Not sure what the plan is, but believe RFK was intended to be spoiler- well in advance.
If I may ask; who is “Swamy”?
I’ve been coming here for years, probably should know but please clue me in. Thank you.
Vivek
Thank you Lorrie.
Ramaswamy
Thank you Meagain.
Why refer to him as “Swamy”?
Vivek Ramaswamy. Articulate person that speaks well. Seems like a consumate politician – able to speak about how things should be done without the ability to show how things can be done
In other words, a great con artist.
Rama “Swamy”
Swamy(i) – guru / Rama – 7th avatar of Vishnu (darkness)
They just keep rubbing our faces right in it, BK…
Yes, ma’am!
“Symbolism will be their downfall.”
1. It’s a shortcut name and we use them pretty much for everyone. It adds a bit of “meaning” to a post.
2. People have questions about what could be a somewhat checkered past with Soros, the WEF, and the pharmaceutical industrial complex, so
Swamy seems a good fit.
3. People throw out names and over time as facts are learned some stick and some don’t.
He will spoil Biden.
Yes. I saw a situation here locally where one of the members of the local Patriots group decided to run for sheriff as a Democrat. In this state, if you are unaffiliated, you can choose to vote in either primary…dem or gop. So, many conservative members of the group voted in the Dem primary to vote for this guy (who was always going to lose) and as a result we lost our Congressman, a Trump supporter, in the primary. I see this type of scheme going on with RFK Jr, and he knows it. He draws people out of the GOP primary to vote in the Dem primary for him thinking Trump will win the primary. But things don’t always work out that way.
Shrewd observation. RFK Jr would be interesting as a potential member of the 2nd Trump administration though he does not have the experience to navigate the ship of state as President Trump has already admirably proven.
Exactly.
Nope. The Ds are going to have to have all their voters for Biden. They can’t risk Biden losing.
There will be far fewer who will switch over and vote in the R primaries as a result.
Watching it now @1.5 speed so I can intellegently comment.
So far Kennedy seems like someone I could be friends with even though I don’t agree with some of his positions.
I certainly can’t say that about most dems.
Just the fact that he’s talking about dismantling the deep state is reason enough why the cheat will turn against him. After watching the whole interview, still a firm no on RFK Jr. Trump has already demonstrated his ability to do the things RFK Jr is only talking about. He’s still a libby regardless of the things he says.
RFK Jr is this selection’s Bernie Sanders wrap in some different flavors, as the Uniparty has other totems in mind.
Indeed. Bernie got too old
Bernie “extension cord” Sanders has always plugged into someone else’s power.
He has benefitted well!
….always plugged into someone else’s money.
Ha ha — he was always too old!
Isn’t Bernard still wearing the face diaper?
Yup, another “Old School” Democrat!
See the ideology?
All of them.
Agree, not worth the risk.
He is NOT discussing bringing down the ‘deep state’.
He is talking about taking them over, shuffling the personell, restructuring the “culture” and using them to push HIS ideology.
He thought Lincoln’s attempted suspension of habeas corpus was a Good Thing because people were saying things that were an “existential threat to America”. Much like he wants to shut down and lock up “Climate Deniers” and others who do n0t comply.
His words speak larger volumes than his narrative leads on to.
I thought it was a great interview as well. I believe RFKJr is an honest man. He is wrong on a lot of things, but he is an honest man. I would support him over the vast majority of Republicans. Not over Trump, of course, as Trump is also an obviously honest man who just so happens to be right about most things.
Just because he is anti-gun and an environmentalist wacko does not mean he can’t be trusted. I trust that he believes what he says. He might be wrong, and often is, but I trust that he believes his words.
Honesty over Party
“Just because he is anti-gun and an environmentalist wacko does not mean he can’t be trusted.”
LOL
Hitler believed his words, too.
You should re-evaluate your standards.
Yes, but i would not have believed Hitler. I do not believe that Hitler actually believed the sh*t he spoke. He only wanted power and that appeared obvious in every speech I ever saw of Hitler. I would never vote for RFKJr…just as I would never vote for the vast majority of Republicans. I would simply support him over those dishonest Republicans. People need to get over this idea that one must vote for the false choice of one of the two candidates of the major parties. If someone sucks, i will not vote for them even if the opponent sucks worse.
Never said RFKJr was MAGA. Of course he isn’t. I simply said that he appears to be honest. Being trustworthy does not mean someone is right. Being trustworthy is knowing where that person is coming from from the start and knowing they will stay that course. You can deal with someone that is wrong and honest, as they may have the capability of reconsidering their views…something 98% of politicians from either party can never do because they are not honest.
I am amazed at how many people can’t handle different points of view, or how they do not understand the entirety of a comment. My guns aren’t going anywhere and I will defend my property always. There is no global warming and the climate has been changing for at least 4.5 billion years. Hell, Trump believes in keeping the environment clean.
Trump is my man. I will not settle for another in 2024…even if the Republicans manage to cheat him out of the race. The party should be destroyed if that happens. No other candidate in the race on the Republican side is honest, so they would never get my vote.
Also, I will say this. If RFKJr were to run as an independent when he fails to get the demon nomination, I will then believe he is not an honest man and is running just for power, because then it could be that he is being groomed to attempt to siphon support from some Trump voters. I really don’t see that happening tho.
One question. Watching RFKJr speak and watching Ron DeSaster speak….Who appears more honest? Not right or wrong. Honest?
Neither. They’re both turds, RFK Jr. is just more polished.
I think that (running as an independent) is his real goal, to be frank. His single greatest enemy (and target) is the Democrat party. I don’t think Republicans are actually on his radar. He is using the ability to peel off Republicans in the general to get support from Democrats in the primaries. His real goal is to destroy the Democrat party, the party that has refused to accept him, turned his family against him and repudiated traditional Kennedy values. Also, like most Democrats, he does not actually believe Republicans have any real influence on Americans. To him, the ‘Deep State’ is the Democrat party. Republicans don’t really run anything, even if they manage to gain an office.
To your last two questions:
WHO GIVES A F^%#?
“… Being trustworthy does not mean someone is right. Being trustworthy is knowing where that person is coming from from the start and knowing they will stay that course. You can deal with someone that is wrong and honest, as they may have the capability of reconsidering their views…something 98% of politicians from either party can never do because they are not honest.
I am amazed at how many people can’t handle different points of view…”
Very well stated John Galt. Honesty is a character quality one either has or has not; many people aren’t brave enough to be honest all the time; some never are. All bullies are power-hungry; all power-hungry people are deeply insecure and live in fear… far too much fear to be honest about things that matter.
Same with being open-minded enough to change one’s opinions/point of view – shifting one’s perspective requires honesty.
But I do believe RFK Jr and his own words of calling for many actions that are treason against the Constitution such as habeas corpus of those he say should not be able to speak, like Climate Deniers.
He stated he wanted to take over, change the culture (ideology/socialism), shuffle the people, make them stronger, and make the people have faith in them again.
Like a cult of Collectivism, the words shine through and warn everyone exactly what they are stating!
I trust that he is NOT trustworthy nor honest regarding ANYTHING !
Screw the anti-gun evil doers and F* the global warming nuts
Every policy they would profess ends up taking away all of our FREEDOMS
If you’re an enviro nut job, you aren’t honest or worthy of my time. He’s definitely an enviro nut job.
It’s his money maker, I guess, because all he does is sue the companies.
What then?
We’ve been removed from the very ability to protect our families or communities by these corrupt unconstitutional agencies that he wants to make stronger, knowing they are corrupt and “abuses the maximum extent”, and TAKE OVER, shuffle, and change the culture of.
Much like he wants to lock up “Climate Deniers”.
Anti-gun and environmentalist wacko is EXACTLY WHY HE CAN’T BE TRUSTED.
If he were MAGA, there would no need to promote ‘Honesty over Party!’
He’s a good talker but honest he’s not. Someone who continue to support the party of evil and corruption is not an honest person.
“… I trust that he believes his words.” That’s the lowest threshold I can imagine for trusting someone.
obama believes his own words, too, including those he spoke in the 1990s about his frustration with the limitations of the Constitution.
Liars and manipulaters often believe their own words.
“Honesty over Party”–so as long as someone is honest about their convictions and their intentions, you are willing to give them authority in an elected office. obama was honest about his intention to oversee the fundamental transformation of America. Do you trust him?
It is my opinion that someone who wants to minimize/alter/invalidate the second amendment should not be trusted with any significant amount of authority. Same for someone who is willing to destroy agriculture by denying farmers the ability to maximize their crop yields by denying them the use of standard fertilizer and water control measures…..or by insisting that any portion of a field that has been in their family for 75-100 years and, in the summer of 1998, which stayed wet from spring to fall, and goes into the next winter season still not having dried out…. then it’s declared a protected wetlands area and that farmer loses the use of that acreage permanently…under wetlands regulations. I don’t want that person in charge of anything significant.
😀!
Just because I trust that he believes what he says doesn’t mean i would vote for him. It just means I would support him over those that I do not believe they mean what they say.
So would you vote for someone who is an obvious lier as long as they say the right things?
As Sundance says-the radicals have taken over DC. The Republicans are about to be removed from the power sharing scheme.
I commented here yesterday that it seems RFK is in this now to save the Democrat party – Trump is in it to save America.
Great point
Very discerning and well put.
Yup.
3-Letter agencies sheppard the populus to the left, then take it to the cliff, while offering up a pendulum candidate in RDS.
Could the same be true of RFK Jr, with the whole vax/WHO-takeover? Seems like a stretch since they killed his father.
What’s stopping PDJT from taking these thoughtful stances and speaking truth and common sense?
Gotta get the
head
of the snake.
I’ve never known Trump to not speak truth and common sense.
What’s up with the background music? That is the tip off that this interview is playing to my sentiments.
I thought the exact same thing about 5 min in.
Yup.
Why the music??
Crafting Camelot 2.0😐
😀 So true!
His wife is another one who likes attention.
There’s all kinds of sus things going on in alternative media making me think it’s a little more coordinated/controlled than we think. Russell Brand is just reasonable and anti-establishment sounding enough for conservatives to stomach bc he’s a liberal (perhaps socialist) who seems to be growing more based. Same with Tucker and Rogan. But you see the love fest when RFKj comes on and read in the comments how people are receiving the messaging. They are trying to soften us up with “forging new alliances”, but I’m here to tell you it’s a cookbook. It’s a cookbook!
👍 for The Twilight Zone reference.
Haven’t watched yet, about to.
On the last paragraph/point, the FYI.
I have developed, with practice that same ‘spidey sense’ alarm system, that usually triggers whenever I feel a STRONG emotion, whether its ANGER, FEAR, PANIC, GRATITUDE, it doesn’t matter what the emotion is.
Gratitude at hearing somebody, ANYBODY saying what I have SO wanted to hear somebody say, for example.
Grahams 2-3 min. speach at the end of Kavanaugh was a perfect example, and MANY changed their opinion of the snake lindsey, at least for awhile, as a result of that speach; they unconsciously transferred the feelings of the words, to the speaker.
Just as we should not “kill the messenger” neither should we “make love” with the mrssenger, as we will surely get f*cked if we do.
We saw this same con, played our with Elon, with RDS (for awhile, recall during his first term when everybody LOVED DeSantis, because of what he was SAYING (mostly!).
Same with Tucker, and RDS.
Because WE are so STARVED for the Truth, unscrupulous people can leverrage speaking SOME truths, to capitalise on our human nature tendency to “love the messenger” and there are a whole passle doing that, right now.
Emotions, STRONG emotions cause critical thinking to shut down; this is THE key to any manipulation.
Hence, DEVELOP (it takes TIME, PRACTICE and REPETITION) the “spidey sense” to detect ANY time you are feeling a STRONG emotion, to STOP, dampen the emotions and give critical thinking a chance to weigh in.
I “fell for” the “red tsunami” because my alarm didn’t work, or I ignored it.
Again, it takes practice, and diligence. But it is the only defence there is, against manipultation.
Thank you Dutch.
Exactly 💯 💯 dutchman.
👉Thanks for adding a little bit of extra sauce to the post 📫 by Sundance 👈
One of the small blessings of my life time hearing loss. I learned to rely on other clues to what people are truly saying. Looking at their face and body language. The eyes say a lot. A person who agrees with all of your palaver is either a fool or he’s gettin ready to skin ya.
“Emotions, STRONG emotions cause critical thinking to shut down; this is THE key to any manipulation.”
You would know!
I just finished watching/listening and I think this is a man who is dedicated to fixing what is wrong with government as he sees it and has WITNESSED and FOUGHT nearly his entire life. He is a good man.
Personally, I don’t think he stands a chance of winning the primary challenge. After seeing all the comments here since the covid era, I can see why he is interesting to President Trump voter base… but he is delusional if he thinks he can beat President Trump.
Perhaps there can be a collaboration after President Trump gets back to the WH.
It was a very good interview.
Edit to add what I forgot to say: IF he wins against Biden and becomes the D nominee and IF anyone EXCEPT President Trump becomes the R nominee – I can see a way for him to win because Trump voters might vote for him over a bought and paid for rino 😉
Well he’s definitely better than any of the GOP candidates aside from President Trump and possibly Ramaswamy.
His words prove to me he is a dictatorial tyrant that would commit mass treason in any capacity.
Is against the 1A as he believes unconstitutional suspension of habeas corpus is a good thing because people who say things he feels is an “existential threat to America” should be silenced and confined or removed.
Just as he would do to all “Climate Deniers”, which again he said.
Add in his Collectivist ideology he proudly displays with language and remedies of taking control of these corrupt agencies, shuffling the staff while making it stronger, and changing the “culture” to make it work even after he admits the corruption is present and “abuses the maximum extent”.
Nah, I want a lawful Constitutional passing treason-less politician for office.
Any infringement against the Constitution, such as against the First or Second Amendments …
It really takes less than 1 minute to see that ALL of the people on the left or professed fake middle
are just eating up our personal valuable time .
NONE OF THEM ARE MAGA !
Now lets get on with our lives and do whatever we can to MAGA !
We should ask ourselves who produced the video? Why are there cutaways to scenes that RFK Jr is referencing? Why the need to add dramatic music and scenes rather than just giving us the raw interview?
That is stock and standard James O’Keefe: it is not simply because his interviewing RFK Jr that he is using such dramatics.
The music was odd. I was listening – more than watching. I thought my phone changed its ring tone and attempted to answer it twice. Finally, I figured out the 🎵🎶 was from the interview. Weird.
Three deal-breakers for me are globalism, climate change blither and gun grabbing. RFK may be a personable guy, but he’s just a smiling mess of red flags to me.
Also, Sundance’s comment about feeling suspicious of being agreeable isn’t a glitch. People are very often up to something when they try to get on your good side, so it’s only smart to be wary when they start into some shtick like that. RFK does nothing but that shtick, so it’s easy to distrust him after awhile.
Thanks John 😊
👉RFK Jr. is indeed, “a smiling mess of red flags”👈
For me this is a simple fact. 👌👍
He’s a Kennedy so untrustworthy by nature. However, if he continues to make sense and is attacked relentlessly by the usual suspects than he is walking on the right side. You know the powers that are will not allow him to gain entry so he might actually be a good running mate for Trump. That would add a huge pile of centrists to the Maga team.
Hell, I think most people are untrustworthy by nature or otherwise.
How many Bravehearts are in your social circle?
I heard an interview on the radio months ago. This well known musician/gun owner.advocate, hunter’s , last comment regarding the second amendment and his guns was, “I will never back down”. Before the last word was sounded, my mind simultaneously uttered the words, “oh yeah? And an image of him holding his gun, surrounded by jackbooted law enforcement with their guns pointed at him, ordering him to drop HIS gun. And wondered if he really believed he would not.
I think of General Flynn who was willing to sacrifice his career and his family to protect his son when the authorities threatened him.
I think of government officials and elected officials who are undoubtedly being blackmailed into submission, and corruption, via the NSA databases who submit to that tyranny.
President Trump is the most fearless, honorable man I have ever witnessed in my life. I know of none other.. Sundance may be another.
“President Trump is the most fearless, honorable man I have ever witnessed in my life. I know of none other.. Sundance may be another.”
I’ve seen Trump many times, and he even took my MAGA hat from me, signed it, and looked me straight in the eye as he handed it back. I’ve never even seen a picture of Sundance.
However, there is one man whom I have personally known for 35 years, from long before I ever heard the name Donald Trump, who is the most fearless, honorable and enlightened man I have ever known. His name is Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living.
Interesting story. Trump called Sri Sri in October 2016 a week or two before the election. He woke Sri Sri up, because he was in India at the time. Trump was worried. Sri Sri told him, “Don’t worry. You’re going to win.”
I will see Sri Sri day after tomorrow, and am presently in the process of writing him a letter that I will hand to him.
That interview was with “The Motor City Madman”, wasn’t it?
As far as I know, his family/party were the first to steal a POTUS election.
I doubt they were the first but they were the most obvious.
There was an undercurrent of “see how alike are RFK Jr. and PDJT?” Both have plans to destroy the administrative state which they developed over the years during the course of doing something entirely unrelated. RFK Jr as an activist attorney and PDJT as a builder.
At times RFK Jr almost seemed accepting of IC involvement in media, or certainly not stridently opposed to its involvement. However, I think he rightly places responsibility on Obama for the latest IC interference with the First Amendment.
That said, I don’t see the two men as co-equal choices. Trump is still by far the better candidate.
It is understandable that many would resonate with RFK Jr’s common thread with President Trump on the administrative state.
The major difference of course, is projection of (what is left) of American power. There is a deep ideological divide between the two beyond that and a vast gulf of difference in experience.
The issue there, with the IC and other alphabet agencies, is that he doesn’t want to remove them and their corruption, he accepts them, wants to take them over and “change the culture”, make the stronger, and make the people have faith in them again.
All about control and compliance.
“Old School Democrat”
Still all raging Collectivists.
Well…I suffered through it all.
It was quite a challenge.
If the words were not printed below the screen, I would not have lasted 3 minutes.
Communication, Communication, Communication!
RFK is NOT a great communicator by my standards. I can understand a fraction of what he is saying and the timbre of his voice is very distracting.
I do not believe REAL MAGADONIANS will follow his overall message.
Born a skeptic, I’ve questioned everything my entire life. So when he goes on and on about the history of public advertising by pharmaceuticals, I remember it very well AND how it angered me.
No question about his extreme environmental stance; it’s well known.
Quite frankly, he just doesn’t have any leadership presence. He has never impressed me and yes, I have watched his interviews from many years ago.
He is always banging on the Kennedy Dynasty Drumbeat as the background noise to anything he has to say and why he chose his specialized legal profession: Lawsuits on the Environment…think about that for a minute.
Remember he is from the Kennedy Clan.
His internal polls shows him beating President Trump by 8 points?….”I don’t believe it”, says the skeptic.
Made up polls ala Hillary.
probably only polled Democrats in Chicago.
Assessing the interview and the comment posted so far- the true purpose of RFK yr.’s candidacy is very puzzling on several levels.
Is he meant to test the strength of Dem’s loyalty to better position the Biden replacement?
Given the inroads RFK jr. is making in support how would Newsom fare with CO or PA?
I found the interview very thought provoking.
“FYI – I have this weird little glitch in my brain that triggers any time I find myself nodding in agreement. A brain itch that reminds me to stop, hang on a second, pull back and ask myself: is the person constructing the discussion points to purposefully create my agreement. I have found in life when that happens, it is best to go quiet, get small and withdraw – then look for context and evaluate carefully.”
Most valuable advice ever posted on the internet — and Sundance gave it away for FREE.
Years ago I watched with fascination as Ross Perot used low-tech charts to walk his listeners down the path to … agreeing with everything Perot said. At each stage he would ask for the listerners to draw their own conclusion, with the right answer clear as a bell. Once you were in the groove, it would require enormous mental effort NOT to end up at the desired destination. Top salesmen shape the battlefield from the first word out of their mouths.
Glen Beck mo exactly.
In hindsight, Perot was dead-right about NAFTA (and this was before NAFTA started). He clearly understood the problems that were about to happen, just like Trump can see these things come to fruition as well. Did you think Perot led us viewers wrong? The VP selection of Admiral James Stockdale is where I got totally lost.
Perot was right about most of the things he spoke about. Stockdale was a great American, but an unwise choice for VP at that stage of his life (a million times better than Harris even at that). What Perot was very wrong about was splitting the vote to give Bill Clinton the Presidency TWICE because he detested the Bushes (perhaps for good reason). Perot dazzled us with great policy insights and brilliant sales skills; unfortunately those helped produce disasterous strategic results. Imagine American history and culture absent the evil that Bill and Hillary hath wrought.
But my point is to be wary of skillful technique, which can easily be deployed to hide the true nature of wolves and make bad ideas seem wonderful.
And the reverse-reversal is also true: MAGA needs a large chunk of the (formerly brainwashed) Democrat tribe to defect over. In fact, the Republic desperately needs this to avoid the otherwise inevitable Civil War 2.0. There are hopeful signs popping up here and there – no top-tier Democrats yet, but enough “influencers” and semi-politicians to raise some hopeful eyebrows. Crucial that they not be pressured to become Republicans (yuck!) but Independent – as much of the MAGA base is in fact independent and now as disgusted with the GOP as the Left always was. I know several Trump supporters listening with interest to Kennedy, and I take that as a good sign that the Totalitarian Left may be cracking in some unsuspected places…
Kennedy’s fatal flaw strikes me as obvious. You cannot attack climate change on the scale he envisions without having a Deep State manipulating and controlling the conversation, and enforcing vaguely worded legislation via regulations issued by EPA and the like. It has to be one or the other, and he will never make the choice.
Over time, Kennedy will lose his appeal because he doesn’t have a well crafted economic agenda. He has nothing to offer Trump supporters because economic nationalism and extreme gun control are, at bottom, contradictory.
In addition, the federal government is full of lawyers. Do we need one more?
If he was so concerned about truth? Then why doesn’t he call a stop to the deep state going after trump with lawfare??!!
He’s playing a tough guy…… but can’t even call out his own party to stop the radicals!!!!
He’s just like the others. Beat up trump so he can further his career. He’s a coward to the democrat machine. He will get no where in the White House!!!
RED FLAG: RFK, jr. is not a leader. “…learn not to have expectations about the future.” “If you don’t have expectations, you don’t get disappointed.” Wow….
Contrast Pres. Trump who knows how to make things happen. MAKE THEM. Bend reality to his inspired will.
Pres. Trump who has a VISION for how much better things can be and HOW TO GET THERE.
RFK, Jr is idealistic and passive, with this fatalist world view.
Pres. Trump is cunning and determined, and machiavellian.
I hope he runs against Pres. Trump, better yet becomes his Health and Human Services secretary.
Can the music.
Look at the house and the wealth and ask yourself….what’s he going to protect–his station in life or yours? I look at him as a
Trojan horse and part of the establishment that is “allowed” to be “anti-establishment” to help keep us in line–kinda like Mrs. Hannity.
For all his billions, Trump is an outsider and as true a populist as I’ve seen in my 70 years and since he’s not a politician, he’s not for sale.
And that’s why they have to stop him.
🎯
This thread is Looking a lot like “Ron 2.0 “, from last Oct . before the Florida Election- Ron this /Ron that …As someone pointed out. RFKjr is a pro climate change alarmist as well as an anti vaxxer – if one issue so -called “MAGA “ voters think the latter outweighs the former -too bad for us I guess -maybe that is the sweet spot they are aiming for …? BTW all the dismantling deep state talk from these JV candidates , sounds a bit like getting rid of Obamacare – PDJT has done the job – RFK hasn’t held one ( harsh but true )
Where has Robbie been before he began campaigning? Here is is in 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20170404102453/http:/www.ecowatch.com/jailing-climate-deniers-1881958645.html
He masterfully finds common enemy and weaves in a solution that, and people reading tend to accept even though solution defies everything the reader holds as core beliefs, requirig the reader abandon personal freedom for the better of The Whole. A Communist overthrowing the US Constitution in the name of individual rights via convincing citizens they can keep them while taking them from others.
RFKjr 2014
This is damned scary. How can anyone support this guy?
RFK radical pandering fangs come out. He could of stood up to this perversion of reality. Not a gunfighter.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/06/robert-kennedy-jr-changes-story-3-times-24-hours-why-he-wouldnt-speak-moms-liberty/
And I bet he doesn’t even know what MFL stand for.
James O’Keefe’s last question is the key to the whole thing. Yes, he has revealed many, many problems. BUT, what is he planning to do actually? He said twice that there are a lot of good people at those agencies. To me, that is an oblivious and unexperienced statement. So, how is he going to find out who is good and who is not good in those agencies about which he has little knowledge – like commerce, transportation, education?
He also says something like “I don’t see any sinister intent of this surveillance of Americans at the present time. They may not be doing anything now with all the information they are gathering, but in the future, there could be.” He hasn’t been looking at what is going on in this country, if he doesn’t see any insidious intent and actual actions that are inimical to Americans and to the Constitution.
The two gorillas in the next election are foreign affairs and economic affairs. He is opposed to war, but what would he do? Nothing said here or elsewhere exactly what he would do. And what would he do with the economy? He says that the corporations have too much control, but how would he reduce that control? Nothing was said.
However, we know from other things he has said that he opposes fracking, nuclear energy, and use of coal. So, what is he going to do about energy? Energy is the bedrock for building all the rest of the economy and if he gets rid of those, how can he build any industry, any manufacturing, reduce the debt of the US, make the US competitive economically with China?
His criticism of Fox News’ Roger Ailes was concerning. He said that he stayed friends with Roger Ailes, but he felt that Fox News was destroying the country. He said that pharmaceutical companies had too much control over the media, but he never said that he would stop this or change the ruling about pharmaceutical ads.
All in all, it is a good interview with accurate descriptions of problems in this country. But there are no solutions he is proposing and that makes me very suspicious of his true intent.
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Damn fine analysis, Belle!
TY
Takeaways after watching it: RFK’s focus on reforming the administrative state is appealing however misses the largest influence on government which is not part of government: The Federal Reserve. Controlling central bank activities are outside the authority of the Executive branch and will not likely to be reigned in by any reforms RFK proposes. The FDA/NIH/CDC corporate-hydra is a pernicious example of the admin state but only one limb in the system of the current totalitarian oligarchy. A follow-up question: How will your strategies for reforming the administrative state differ from your Uncle’s or father’s or predecessors? On the environment RFK has supported climate change ideology and O’Keefe misses a big on RFK’s weakness on this issue. Privacy issues are extremely important and RFK scores with classical liberals on 1A free speech. With RFK we would have more transparency on vaccines and censorship but little else will change IMO. Independents, and some libertarians will respond to RFK’s approach. Trump still has my vote. And music in background is odd.
Any politician named Kennedy is a “no” for me. Political families have been the ruin of our nation.
Interesting interview.
O’Keefe is a pretty solid interviewer. Definitely lets his subject talk and gives him a wide berth to expound on any subject at hand.
Two definite No’s for me are the obvious ones, Anti 2nd Amendment and Global Warming advocate.
Bottom line though is He’s a lawyer. We need another lawyer in office like we need to pay more taxes.
And as Belle commented, Kennedy needs to say what he would actually do (what specific ations he would take and how he would go about whatever he says he would do).
In contrast, President Trump is specific. He doesn’t talk “philosophy.” He speaks about action.
And nothing on shrinking gov’t, the astronom8cal debt, etc.The interview had a narrow scope.
Typical Kennedy chaff and countermeasure.
Trolling for the weak is all he is doing.
Interesting interview. Felt to me like it was too easy, the questions seemed to be directed at subjects where he has the most appeal to independents and republicans. I would have liked to hear some questions about his economic views. He’s obviously a major, primary focus, environmentalist. I wonder if he was warned away from criticizing the Democratic putz’s. He seemed to tiptoe around that.
Takeaways after watching it: RFK’s focus on reforming the administrative state is appealing however misses the largest influence on government which is not part of government: The Federal Reserve. Controlling central bank activities are outside the authority of the Executive branch and will not likely to be reigned in by any reforms RFK proposes. The FDA/NIH/CDC corporate-hydra is a pernicious example of the admin state but only one limb in the system of the current totalitarian oligarchy. A follow-up question: How will your strategies for reforming the administrative state differ from your Uncle’s or father’s or predecessors? On the environment RFK has supported climate change ideology and O’Keefe misses a big on RFK’s weakness on this issue. Privacy issues are extremely important and RFK scores with classical liberals on 1A free speech. With RFK we would have more transparency on vaccines and censorship but little else will change IMO. Independents, and some libertarians will respond to RFK’s approach. Trump still has my vote. And music in background is odd.
“…….pull back and ask myself: is the person constructing the discussion points to purposefully create my agreement.”
Reminds me of a salesman I knew many years ago who stated emphatically; “I have never lied to a customer. I simply tell them what they want to hear.”
Exactly. The training is geared to that. Lying to a customer is ruinous. Telling them what they want to hear, and showing them how it makes their life better, will always make the sale, if possible.
I just watched a man who has watched a lot of hours of video of himself. He’s extremely polished and talented at manipulating the image he’s projecting and that’s my problem with him, he’s projecting.
Some of what he’s saying reflects deeply held beliefs. I think he’s genuinely committed to transparency in our medical community as well as environmental health issues. However, the minute he had actionable influence over the media, he’ll seize it to pursue a new push for second amendment restrictions and continue the fear campaign around climate change.
If he were under DJT’s wing, I see him with a Cabinet position over Health.
PDJT should appoint RFK jr as Chief of Staff , he will probably be the most loyal member of this administration or the previous . Let him loose on all these corrupt agencies.
Less than 10 minutes in and I have to write this or the post will be a Sci-Fi Novel series of dystopian failures created by government for a “Build Back Better” future.
He’ll never get my vote. It’s in his words and structure that I find the full blown Collectivist.
6:05 He states that Lincoln was denied habeas corpus but that he did it for a GOOD CAUSE
because
6:51 There were Confederate Sympathyzers and they said things that RFKjr didn’t like and should be shut upp
because, and I hate their words, but repetition …
They threatened our country, that They posed and EXISTENSIAL THREAT to America.
WTF
7:52 MUSIC?
KABUKI THEATER MODE ENGAGED!
I may miss a bunch and skip some, but
8:47 He is a politician in office who is also running for the highest office and he still does not know, care, or understand the the USA is NOT A DEMOCRACY.
The USA is a Constitutional Republic which has all law (legal/lawful must abide) applied equally. Democracy is unconstitutional as it is mob rule and the Constitution protects the greatest of the oppressed, the INDIVIDUAL (over the “State” of Collectivism).
So how can I vote for a man that does not even know how to, or is in direct opposition to, the USA Constitution he keeps claiming he wants to protect?
I spent a lot of time searching and maybe it’s the key words, but everything is SCRUBBED on his gun control records before 2023. But, he has already committed treason by attacking the Constitution he claims he wants to protect for the future generations … but INFRINGEMENT abounds even in his denial.
From hid ballotpedia
INFRINGEMENT even though he claims he won’t take away people’s guns he’s using force of government to do just that against the Constitution he swore his oath to.
Well, got more video to watch, but I have yet to be swayed from my earlier impressions of Collectivist through and through. You can lie, cheat, steal, and defraud, but you can not hide the true nature when it infuses the very wording they use.
But why did James O’Keefe use music at the time of asking RFK Jr about the struggles that made him who he is in front of US today … sad.
Great post, Libby.
Bottom line, it’s theatrical marketing methodologies to make the consumer identify with the product being marketed and evoke emotional connections of the consumer to the product, designed to get the consumer to not only buy the product, but also to establish loyalty to the brand.
Thanks, finally finished and have been going through other posts.
I find it really scary, the mind of a socialist.
I think the music may have been added by The Liberty Daily.
“… 8:47 He is a politician in office who is also running for the highest office …”
I’m not aware of him holding an office now (or ever) – what office is it and since when?
Sundance is right.
RFK Jr. has honed in on the MAGA base as a strategy.
He is a snake.
He is a radical leftist.
He is a liar and a deceiver.
He is in it to undermine President Trump and MAGA –
And to carry on the leftist agenda of Joe Biden.
Look way past the words just like we must do with Vivek (another beguiling snake).
I don’t know of any MAGA people who would vote for him. He is not Trump-lite. He is Kennedy-lite.
He is not even Kennedy-lite, he supposedly is not even a drug and booze addled bisexual serial philanderer and negligent homicider, etc…
The Biden crime family is actually the lower-class version of the Kennedys.
Sundance, I hate listening to RFK, Jr. because I find him convincing; however, I just know he is not worthy of trust. RFK, Jr. is such a phony that he red pilled a friend of mine around the year 2000. My friend had graduated college in the late nineties and got a job as an empty headed liberal environmentalist working for Riverkeeper. My friend idolized RFK, Jr. going in, but wanted nothing to do with him or even liberalism itself when he got out.
While verifying the name of RFK, Jr.’s organization, I came across this gem about his parting from Riverkeeper in 2017. According to the founder of Riverkeeper, the man who brought RFK, Jr. into it, “He’s [RFK, Jr.] a very deceitful, dishonest man. I’ve been asked several times to rejoin Riverkeeper. I never did and never would have while he was there.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4320486/Robert-Kennedy-Jr-quits-Riverkeeper-hard-family.html
I listened to the entire interview. He says the right things. I agree with what he says. I don’t trust him.
Never ever trust a Demonrat.
Ever.