Ever since the 69-year-old conspiratorial activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination last week, a curious new category has appeared among the commentariat—libertarians and/or right-of-center journalists expressing strange new respect for a Hugo Chavez–admiring scion of the Establishment who has serially fantasized about throwing his political opponents in jail. [More]
Been puzzling over that one myself…
If anyone is going to suggest there’s an unstated secret “conservative” plan to use it to undermine Biden, it’s on them to demonstrate that they’re savvy enough 3D chess players to ensure it won’t be spit back in all our faces.
Kinda like that ice cream young Bobby spat in a cop’s face. I wonder what would have happened to a non-Kennedy on that…
[Via Michael G]