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News coverage from 2014, when the dead baby bear was found

Really amazing what brain worms cause people to do sometimes

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[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 46 points 3 months ago

Republicans stop being weird for like 5 minutes.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Except he's a democrat. Democrats aren't immune to weirdo conservatives

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 64 points 3 months ago

He didn't run in the Democratic primary because while Democrats can be weird, Democratic voters, including the rest of the Kennedy family, tend to reject this kind of weird.

[-] finley@lemm.ee 36 points 3 months ago

Because this isn’t weird. This is just completely fucking insane.

[-] JerkyChew@lemmy.one 22 points 3 months ago

He's as much a Democrat as my cat is a Democrat.

[-] Gloria@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago

My cat is weird. Do you think she might be a republican?

[-] unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one 16 points 3 months ago

She have an obsessive relationship with couches ?

[-] FeralRobots@mastodon.social 1 points 3 months ago

@unconsciousvoidling
Never yet met an indoor cat that didn't.😉
@Gloria

[-] kerrypacker@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

All cats are theocrats, but they are also each the god of the ruling religion. Keeps everything simple. No voting, no polling, just endless worship.

[-] FeralRobots@mastodon.social 1 points 3 months ago
[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

Your cat is probably secretly accepting tuna juice from the communists down the street.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Possibly, how does she feel about Ayn Rand?

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago
[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

That's just a cat that works with explosives.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 months ago

He’s not a republican or a democrat.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

The Republicans can have him. They love this brain worm kind of stuff. Right up their alley.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

That's true, but only as of like a year ago. He was a Democrat for like 50 years. Doesn't make this (or him) any less reprehensible and bat-shit crazy. I, for one, am glad he changed to an independent party affiliation.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 months ago

Well, when he was a private citizen he was free to identify with whatever party he chose. But once he starting putting forward his candidacy it became quite clear that his form of politics was not in line with the party in several important ways. So it’s not as if he was a normal democrat for that period and abruptly changed. His differences became clear as soon as he was subject to public scrutiny.

But I would agree that he’s more a part of the political left than the right.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

That's... a pretty well summed and thoughtful description. Thanks!

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Which is why he wants a spot in Trump’s cabinet in exchange for an endorsement?

[-] grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Oh god another word im gonna have to remove from my lexicon

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