Today is your day Boomer! I took a run at extremist politics in Germany yesterday, so how about a little American government today? He is a longshot....a Democrat like his famous uncle JFK, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking a run at the US presidency. Like Justin Trudeau in Canada, he is obviously using name recognition from his family(Justin's father was Pierre, long-time PM of our nation) to gain votes during the "primary" presidential process down south. His famous uncle, of course, was president in the 1960s....and his Dad, RFK, was a senator, attorney general, and confidant/advisor to John during the scary Cuban Missle Crisis in 1962! Robert, the son, has been criticized for his anti-vaccine stance during COVID...but he still describes himself as an advocate for the middle class. He says "I can fix this country." But according to CTV News, he has a public-speaking medical issue: "Kennedy talks in a quiet, strained voice, sometimes haltingly, the result of a neurological condition called spasmodic dysphonia." This will work against him on the campaign trail. But....Boomers, he is a Boomer at 70 years old and he is giving it a try....a big ol' Kennedy try in a very-difficult game. Ahhh, Boomers, don't you just love American politics!?

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