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Caroline Kennedy warning to Senate: Bobby Jr is a predator, unqualified (Original Post) deminks Tuesday OP
Thank you, Caroline! hlthe2b Tuesday #1
Trump likes predators. As does the GOP. Being a predator isn't disqualifying to some folks. Solly Mack Tuesday #2
Powerful and courageous . nt delisen Tuesday #3
I have shared this with just about every Dem friend, clinical and public health colleague that I know hlthe2b Tuesday #4
GQP Senators to Caroline Kennedy: maxsolomon Tuesday #5
Exactly, if being a sexual predator makes you unqualified for high office, the GOP congress has to resign. Irish_Dem Tuesday #12
Our republican president is literally an adjudicated rapist prodigitalson 14 hrs ago #41
What a painfully thoughtful letter. It's a shame she had to write it. Raven123 Tuesday #6
He had a book with his "conquests" and he rated them wolfie001 Tuesday #7
He left it where his wife could find it TexasBushwhacker Tuesday #29
That poor woman!!! wolfie001 Tuesday #32
I did not know about this NJCher Tuesday #33
Os didn't find him Meowmee 20 hrs ago #37
It's in his Wikipedia TexasBushwhacker 13 hrs ago #43
She paints a darker picture of RFK jr than I imagined Norbert Tuesday #8
He put mice in the blender? BComplex Tuesday #13
And baby chickens! GAAAAAAHHHHHH! ShazzieB Tuesday #20
He fed the mice and chicks to his hawk or falcon. He was into falconry. Not making excuses -- he allegorical oracle Tuesday #27
I watched it again and caught the part about the hawks.. ShazzieB 12 hrs ago #45
GAAAAAAHHHHHH! is right! Silver Gaia 18 hrs ago #38
Live. Or she wouldn't have used the phrase "scene of violence & sadism" Hekate Tuesday #26
Whoa!! Alliepoo Tuesday #9
She said that he opposes vaccines, while having his own family vaccinated. patphil Tuesday #10
I don't think this one will fly... rasputin1952 Tuesday #14
I believe Bob will be confirmed ... but Chump will fire him in 6 months or less FakeNoose Tuesday #19
Put baby chickens and mice in a blender! tishaLA Tuesday #11
Jesus, were they alive? Elessar Zappa 18 hrs ago #39
I'm glad she did this. RFKJR has truly tarnished the Kennedy legacy. (Ethel Kennedy died of humiliation.) Oopsie Daisy Tuesday #15
Wow! DET Tuesday #16
It look a lot of courage for Caroline Kennedy to come out and say this about her own cousin. totodeinhere Tuesday #17
Thank you Caroline! milestogo Tuesday #18
God bless Caroline Kennedy. (nt) Paladin Tuesday #21
This wont make a bit of difference Figarosmom Tuesday #22
Being a predator is a prerequisite for a male to be in the Trump cabinet. n/t elocs Tuesday #23
for a male? prodigitalson 13 hrs ago #42
Birds in a blender wasn't on my bingo card for today. 2 Meow Momma Tuesday #24
Kicked and recommended with one quibble, The American heath care system is not the envy of the world Uncle Joe Tuesday #25
Totally agree with you. K&R, with the exception of our healthcare system being the envy of the world. halobeam Tuesday #31
Just saw Nicolle Wallace's segment on this, & she read parts of the letter.The part about hooking his siblings & cousins Hekate Tuesday #28
deminks........... Upthevibe Tuesday #30
Good to know I was correct about what a psycho he is Meowmee Tuesday #34
He's a psycho all right. ShazzieB 12 hrs ago #46
Where do we get a copy of the letter? AverageOldGuy Tuesday #35
Found a PDF version of it for you. Silver Gaia 18 hrs ago #40
So are many of these people. But if even Hegseth was confirmed, I'm worried that this entire fucking kakistocracy Karasu 23 hrs ago #36
"Unqualified predator" describes the ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION. It's a mandatory qualification. Maru Kitteh 13 hrs ago #44

Solly Mack

(93,514 posts)
2. Trump likes predators. As does the GOP. Being a predator isn't disqualifying to some folks.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 01:40 PM
Tuesday

hlthe2b

(107,530 posts)
4. I have shared this with just about every Dem friend, clinical and public health colleague that I know
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 01:49 PM
Tuesday

I hope it gets picked up by MSM but is spread really widely on even RW media.

Irish_Dem

(62,129 posts)
12. Exactly, if being a sexual predator makes you unqualified for high office, the GOP congress has to resign.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:48 PM
Tuesday

Raven123

(6,250 posts)
6. What a painfully thoughtful letter. It's a shame she had to write it.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 01:54 PM
Tuesday

But I am grateful she did.

wolfie001

(3,964 posts)
7. He had a book with his "conquests" and he rated them
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:10 PM
Tuesday

Prolly had a code for which ones were married. Just a guess but he is a pig with a worm in his brain.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,802 posts)
29. He left it where his wife could find it
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:56 PM
Tuesday

They had already started divorce proceedings, but she found it and hanged herself. They were still technically married. Her family had her buried near them. He had her body, the wife he had cheated on dozens of times, exhumed and moved to a Kennedy family cemetery.

NJCher

(38,558 posts)
33. I did not know about this
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 07:18 PM
Tuesday

It's almost unfathomable that anyone could be so cruel.

Do most people know about this? I'll admit I've completely quit watching the news since the "election."

Once again, how does trump find these people? Is there some kind of frequency that draws them to each other? I can see running into one or two, but it's like trump is a magnet for every sick, disgraceful, no-conscience predator and thief who is currently unleashed on the earth.

Meowmee

(6,560 posts)
37. Os didn't find him
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 03:35 AM
20 hrs ago

He has been around spewing his inansity for years. He went looking to help os get elected. First by running himself and trying to split the vote like Nadar and then by telling people to vote for him instead in some states… then pandering to os for his bit of power. He may be an even worse psycho than os if that is possible. Definitely on a par. He enjoys having power in order to control and hurt people….he tortures animals too, a clear sign of a true psychosis.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,802 posts)
43. It's in his Wikipedia
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 10:39 AM
13 hrs ago

They had 4 children. He was known as a serial philanderer. She was on antidepressants and had a drinking problem. HE filed for divorce and left his conquest journal where she could find it. She hanged herself. She gave the journal to her family with instructions that "should anything happen to her" the journal should be published. He gave her eulogy.

Her family sued to have her buried in Westchester, NY, but he won and buried her the Kennedy clan, other than those buried in Arlington cemetery. She was originally buried near Eunice and Sargent Shriver. He decided it was "to crowded" and had her dug up and put alone in another part of the cemetery where he "planned on" buying 50 plots. For a time, she had no headstone.

The net result was he got full custody of the children and didn't have to pay child support or spousal support. He didn't have the legal fees associated with the divorce and custody battle. He probably sued whoever was going to publish his conquest journal on the grounds that it was an invasion of privacy and defamatory.

I read that he is heavily invested in cryptocurrency. No doubt Musk and other tech bros, perhaps even Trump, are as well. Because the lure of MORE MONEY is just too appealing. I can assure you, in addition to all the other horrible decisions he makes, Trump will do anything to prop up and protect cryptocurrency, even if costs the federal government billions.

allegorical oracle

(3,789 posts)
27. He fed the mice and chicks to his hawk or falcon. He was into falconry. Not making excuses -- he
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:40 PM
Tuesday

appears creepier by the day. Hope this , coming from Caroline, will kill his nomination.

ShazzieB

(19,149 posts)
45. I watched it again and caught the part about the hawks..
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 12:21 PM
12 hrs ago

That went right by me through first time. I think my mind was so disturbed by the part about the blender that it couldn't absorb the rest!

The hawks do provide context but the blender stll seems like unnecessary brutality to me. It sounds to me like he was a big showoff, and I'm sure that both keeping hawks as pets and handling their feeding the way he did were quite attention getting.

Lawrence O'Donnell showed Caroline's video last night and did a whole segment on it, which made me appreciate the whole thing even more. I'm really glad she took that step and hope it makes an impression.

Silver Gaia

(4,936 posts)
38. GAAAAAAHHHHHH! is right!
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:52 AM
18 hrs ago

What a monster. That part was so appalling to me. And yeah, he did this to them LIVE and thought it was fun? Really? We want THIS guy in our government in charge of OUR health and welfare? We better ALL be calling our Senators right NOW.

Hekate

(95,867 posts)
26. Live. Or she wouldn't have used the phrase "scene of violence & sadism"
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:35 PM
Tuesday

He spent about the last 3 months at Mar a Lago — he and the Apricot Hellbeast now know each other well.

Alliepoo

(2,538 posts)
9. Whoa!!
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:23 PM
Tuesday

Dang! I saw a video of Caroline’s son talking about bobby being unqualified for the job and asking his cousins why none of them were stepping up to tell the truth about him. His mom sure stepped up, didn’t she?

patphil

(7,283 posts)
10. She said that he opposes vaccines, while having his own family vaccinated.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:25 PM
Tuesday

Approximately 3 minutes in she says this.
Her entire statement is a powerful rejection of Bobby Kennedy Jr. for many reasons.
Any bets that the Republicans will decide not to confirm him? He's their boy, and his name gets attention, although he's the antithesis of everything his father stood for.
I'd say he gets confirmed. Trump gets what he wants.
And we get to experience the results of his horrible picks.

rasputin1952

(83,420 posts)
14. I don't think this one will fly...
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 03:07 PM
Tuesday

But my predictions have been proven wrong (damn California Psychics!) particularly with T****.

This is one sick clown.

Caroline has the insights and knowledge.
Kudos to her for coming forward with this.

FakeNoose

(36,394 posts)
19. I believe Bob will be confirmed ... but Chump will fire him in 6 months or less
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 03:50 PM
Tuesday

If you recall Chump 1.0 ... he had a way of firing a lot of people on his White House staff, as well as several cabinet appointments. Anyone who speaks up and disagrees with Chump in a meeting will be fired. Anyone who speaks their own mind (disagrees with Chump) when talking to the media will be fired. Anyone who has their own opinions will be fired.

Bob has already shown that he is on track to being fired in a short time.

tishaLA

(14,432 posts)
11. Put baby chickens and mice in a blender!
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:38 PM
Tuesday

Jesus. He, Edolf, and whatshisname are soulmates

Elessar Zappa

(16,275 posts)
39. Jesus, were they alive?
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:58 AM
18 hrs ago

I guess I could understand it if he had dead mice to feed his snake or something but killing them alive signals that he’s a psychopath.

Oopsie Daisy

(4,950 posts)
15. I'm glad she did this. RFKJR has truly tarnished the Kennedy legacy. (Ethel Kennedy died of humiliation.)
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 03:13 PM
Tuesday

totodeinhere

(13,456 posts)
17. It look a lot of courage for Caroline Kennedy to come out and say this about her own cousin.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 03:19 PM
Tuesday

I salute her and thank her.

Figarosmom

(3,951 posts)
22. This wont make a bit of difference
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:41 PM
Tuesday

In fact it may help him. The current Republican will look at this as political and believe that if a liberal is going out of her way to disparage the guy they should confirm him just to stick it to the liberal. They will do the same thing they did with Pete Hegseth and say everyone deserves a second chance. Before they were saying they didn't owe him or Tulsi anything since they were past Dems. I don't know if Caroline helped or not.

2 Meow Momma

(6,790 posts)
24. Birds in a blender wasn't on my bingo card for today.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:51 PM
Tuesday

And mice, too.

What The Fuck? He was a democrat until he switched within the last year. Just in name only, imo.

I’m actually nauseated thinking about someone showing off by doing this and those that approved of it.

NOT HUMAN!

Uncle Joe

(60,451 posts)
25. Kicked and recommended with one quibble, The American heath care system is not the envy of the world
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:54 PM
Tuesday

You don't have to believe me, Google U.S. heath care rankings, we pay more, get less and our life spans are dropping, at least for the average American.

I agree that we have dedicated scientists, doctors and nurses but the system's priority is for making profit, not delivering health care to the American People.

Thanks for the thread deminks.

halobeam

(4,892 posts)
31. Totally agree with you. K&R, with the exception of our healthcare system being the envy of the world.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 06:04 PM
Tuesday

Not even in our dreams is that true.

Hekate

(95,867 posts)
28. Just saw Nicolle Wallace's segment on this, & she read parts of the letter.The part about hooking his siblings & cousins
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:43 PM
Tuesday

…was as striking as the part about the “sadism and violence” of the blender. He was an evil Pied Piper (my term) who led them down the path of “addiction and death” (her words)

The guy is a psycho who revels in the destruction and death of other beings, including human beings, including other people’s kids and his own kin.

Many thanks to Caroline Kennedy and to Nicolle Wallace.

Upthevibe

(9,346 posts)
30. deminks...........
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 06:04 PM
Tuesday

Thank you for posting this.

Caroline is incredibly brave and has always had such integrity.

Meowmee

(6,560 posts)
34. Good to know I was correct about what a psycho he is
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 07:32 PM
Tuesday

Boy that was hard to listen to, good for her for doing it, it can’t be easy. I believe he’s going to murder millions of people sadly..

ShazzieB

(19,149 posts)
46. He's a psycho all right.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 12:24 PM
12 hrs ago

The more I hear about this dude, the less I like him. Which is saying a lot, because I started out not liking him at all!

AverageOldGuy

(2,366 posts)
35. Where do we get a copy of the letter?
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 08:09 PM
Tuesday

I googled and can't find a copy of the letter. Just a lot of reports on some of its contents.

Karasu

(436 posts)
36. So are many of these people. But if even Hegseth was confirmed, I'm worried that this entire fucking kakistocracy
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 01:25 AM
23 hrs ago

will be. Not that any of them are qualified or even legitimate when Trump wasn't legally allowed to run, but...this country doesn't seem to give much of a fuck about the Constitution anymore.

That said, RFK is IMO the worst pick of all, just due to the sheer amount of lives that would be lost as a direct result of his appointment.

Maru Kitteh

(29,449 posts)
44. "Unqualified predator" describes the ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION. It's a mandatory qualification.
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 10:40 AM
13 hrs ago

Not a hinderance or liability.

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