Some of the billionaires who have funded Ron DeSantis in the past are now withholding their millions because they think he is too extreme. Some don’t like his six-week abortion ban. Others are not pleased that he’s demonizing gays and drag queens. Haven’t they been paying attention? Mean is his brand. Also he looks like a loser.
The Orlando Sentinel reported:
TALLAHASSEE — GOP megadonors who invested in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as an alternative to Donald Trump for president are having serious second thoughts about continuing to back a candidate who political analysts say is looking like a bad bet.
Among them are: A Las Vegas aerospace business and hotel owner who has spent part of his fortune looking for proof of extraterrestrials. An NFL team owner and mall developer whose bribery conviction was pardoned by President Trump. An investment broker whose firm suffered fallout from the Silicon Valley Bank failure.
Those donors and others, including hedge fund managers, real estate developers and insurance executives, helped fuel the Never Back Down PAC that is providing the bulk of resources for the DeSantis campaign.
Six months ago, DeSantis’ fortunes looked bright. But since he announced his candidacy he has sunk in the polls, as Donald Trump’s numbers rise despite three federal indictments against him.
The moral of the story is that you can’t succeed by running to the right of Trump.
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Yeah, and I am waiting until Donald Trump takes up Kripalu Yoga.
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Another moral of the story is that the excessive reliance on huge money contributions in our political system is a poison that we seem to focus on. Money is our political Fentanyl. Unless we depart from the silly assertion of Citizens United, that money is equivalent to free speech, we will watch our freedoms disappear on a news media that is dedicate to the big news: who has bribed the congress and the president lately.
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It’s so costly to buy a Supreme Court justice these days!
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Money is the reason not much gets done for the little people in Washington. Most politicians work for the billionaires and corporations that fund their campaigns, not us.
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Multiple choice
Ron DeSantis has proved that he has the charm and political instincts of
a. Necrotizing fasciitis
b. Parasitic wasp larvae
c. A rabid jackal
d. A straight razor
I know. A case can be made for any of these.
DeSantis is wildly popular in Flor-uh-duh. He made the mistake (big mistake) of thinking that the rest of the country is as backward as Flor-uh-duh is.
And it’s just going to get worse for the pugs as more young people come on line as voters.
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The man has the people skills of a preying mantis. I’ve watched him interact with people on the campaign trail. He is awkward and stiff, even when he isn’t spewing vitriol. He attempts to be witty, but comes across weirdly phony. He never listens to what people are saying. He is too busy trying to insert some culture war zinger into the mix. DeSantis is an opportunistic, aging frat boy, full of stunts and no substance.
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cx: praying mantis, but I still prefer preying mantis
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cx: praying mantis, although preying mantis works better for him.
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You beat me to it.
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In my experience, the people who do the praying are the most preyed upon, ironically by the very people who they support.
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cx: whom they support, ofc
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Years ago, I wondered whether the Florida in migration of retired folks would eventually turn that state into a bastion of conservatism. My cousins lived there, and often seemed left of center, but they often complained that they were surrounded by a growing religiosity that they feared. Still, their leaders seemed to stay in the middle of the stream.
My question is: What happened? Migration? Maturation of a generation of Floridians who were fundamentalist reactionaries? The Tea Party? The Mad Hatter?
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It’s the zombie apocalypse!
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It has become a mecca for right wing extremists.
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To answer your question, Roy, I think we have to look at the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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My own version is that the first retirees to Florida were part of Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation, and tended to vote moderate. Not so much now.
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I’ll take D, Alex. It’s the most blunt response, er I mean sharp. Straight razor adds to the moniker data bank [Ron DiStraightRazor]. But most of all, it fits right in with his recent remark in NH “we’re going to start slitting throats on day one.” [I can see it now on posters carried by excited campaign rallyers: “Start Slitting Throats!”]
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Multiple Guess
Meaningful Change follows:
A) STRONGER Adjectives
B) Name Calling
C) Spotlighting
D) NoBunny Nose Dance
E) Word Clouds
F) Scolding Blog Posters
G) Divining Minds
H) Predicting the Future
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A guess meaning ful change comes as a result of doing nothing, huh?
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In other news, Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama has introduced a bill to name the AR-15, weapon of choice for mass shooters, America’s “National Gun” because Republicans are insane.
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The media seem to be presenting Chris Christie as the moderate candidate. He is not insane, but he is another nasty, belligerent man. What I remember most about him was the bridge gate debacle; Christie closing the public beach so his family could have it all to themselves, and, last but not least, him wanting to punch the leader of the teachers’ union in the face. Such a nice, moderate guy!
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LOL. Thanks, RT! True.
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RT: you know your political party has gone off the rails when Christie seems moderate. All my life I have been intermittently stunned at whom the voters will select.
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He’s moderately stupid.
So there’s that.
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Do these billionaires want DeSantis to stop promoting his extremism or to stop being a fascist?
To get the money that is the carrot to get him to stop acting in public like a fascist dictator may get him to stop until, if he is re-elected, but it won’t change who DeSantis is and that is a hard core, ruthless, fascist want-to-be dictator.
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Lol desantis never had a shot, so funny watching you guys think at first he did. I think the focus is on which shitty Democrat is going to run? Michael Obama?
How is nobody concerned with Biden and this clown admin which is pushing us to ww3, depression, interest rates exploding.
Our petroleum reserves are about to run out, Come to find out the maui police chief was also incident commander for 2017 vegas shooting
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The only hope DeSantis has is to get indicted more times than Trump, cuz every time Trump gets indicted, his polling numbers increase.
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But it’s probably impossible for DeSantis to catch up in indictments at this point.
Trumps lead is just too big — and, besides, every time DeSantis set an indictment goal, Trump would just increase the number.
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It’s an insurmountable indictment gap
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And it’s not just the number of indictments that I’d hard to beat, but the quality of indictments.
Trump has very high quality indictments.
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See below
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Full text of the Georgia indictment of Donald Trump, Rudy Guiliani, et al. for racketeering and attempt to corrupt public officials.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/1ccdf52e-1ba2-434c-93f8-2a7020293967.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_5
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Bob, I will tell your grandkids how off the end you were in the future, so sad you and 98%. of you here believe this crap and now the justice system is completely corrupt and stained america. Everytime the Bidens get in trouble they go after trump, this is a banana republic third world two tiered justice bullshit system
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Trump just sealed the deal and put the final nail in DeSantis’ coffin.
There is no way DeSantis can compete. He not only lacks the numbers but more importantly lacks the imagination.
Trump is a true genius when it comes to doing stupid illegal things.
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The Trump Indictment Gap”
Indictment gap
Is hard to best
And only sap
Would risk arrest
To beat the Don
The King, it’s true
Of every con
That people do
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