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A dire warning about Ron DeSantis (Original Post) New Breed Leader Jun 2021 OP
DeSantis resonates with white wing white trash... RegularJam Jun 2021 #1
DeSantis is white trash, that is why he is totally in sync with them. olegramps Jun 2021 #17
disantis needs fla universities continuing to use their black athletes to support 20 rw radio statio certainot Jun 2021 #52
We gotta stop underestimating these people. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2021 #2
DeSantis will be the presidential nominee in 2024. gab13by13 Jun 2021 #3
How do you know? New Breed Leader Jun 2021 #4
Maybe he has a crystal ball? Sanity Claws Jun 2021 #6
Or maybe he asked Kenny BooYah? SharonClark Jun 2021 #10
I believe that he would appear in chicken shit. olegramps Jun 2021 #18
I think you are right edhopper Jun 2021 #13
After Trump, anything is possible IronLionZion Jun 2021 #19
I agree Glaisne Jun 2021 #26
He'll outnazi Jabba Orange. Kid Berwyn Jun 2021 #54
I am actually predicting a Biden vs. Trump rematch. StevieM Jun 2021 #55
My current John Ludi Jun 2021 #5
Maybe. Let's just not vote then in 2024. Drunken Irishman Jun 2021 #23
did they get the bucket of ice water over their head??!! Hope so PortTack Jun 2021 #38
I think 2024 will be a rematch between Biden and Trump. StevieM Jun 2021 #56
If Trump John Ludi Jun 2021 #58
No Doubt. colsohlibgal Jun 2021 #7
Definitely. This guy is electable and most dangerous. He will run on his BS handling of the Pepsidog Jun 2021 #8
Shitler with real hair is all the conservaidiots need. lark Jun 2021 #9
When I read he was leading Trump, I didn't celebrate. C Moon Jun 2021 #11
He'd be worse. Yes hard to believe jimfields33 Jun 2021 #12
I agree radical noodle Jun 2021 #27
There is one thing. It's early enough that desthsantis will get under the orange man's skin PortTack Jun 2021 #25
He's not a smarter version of Trump, either, though he presents himself that way. ancianita Jun 2021 #14
Agree..this guy is very dangerous, and no one is looking the other way PortTack Jun 2021 #20
It isn't playing well here obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #30
I lack your confidence lonely bird Jun 2021 #51
Yes, he's dangerous, he's also an elitist playing Goober. He went to Yale & Harvard themaguffin Jun 2021 #15
Goober's evil twin, like Data and Lore. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #16
I thought he looked like this guy.... ShepKat Jun 2021 #21
Break out the Karaoke machine? czarjak Jun 2021 #43
haha ShepKat Jun 2021 #59
people in Florida like him.. stillcool Jun 2021 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author stillcool Jun 2021 #24
I disagree ScratchCat Jun 2021 #28
Thx for the more in-depth run down PortTack Jun 2021 #31
The Dems ran a very good candidate who would have easily won obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #34
Yep ScratchCat Jun 2021 #35
Totally agree about Nelson keeping his seat obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #46
She was my choice. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2021 #39
+1 obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #47
I'd prefer ScratchCat Jun 2021 #37
Gwen Graham would have kicked his ass obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #33
Now that you mention it, I have no memory of who his running mate was. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2021 #40
Exactly obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #44
And still the name doesn't ring a bell. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2021 #49
It gets worse every election cycle. We need more John Fetterman types to counter the Nazis. jalan48 Jun 2021 #29
Amen to that!! PortTack Jun 2021 #32
I'll third that! Pacifist Patriot Jun 2021 #42
As a Floridian I agree 100% Jon King Jun 2021 #36
I honestly don't think he'll play well on the national stage at all. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2021 #41
I 100% agree obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #45
Anyone with a reasonably functional brain can listen to him talk for five minutes ... lpbk2713 Jun 2021 #50
I swear there is a competition between DeSantis and Abbott to see who can hump Trump the hardest Skittles Jun 2021 #53
He scares me kimbutgar Jun 2021 #48
He is an Ivy League grad. Blue_true Jun 2021 #57
He would have never gotten into Yale belpejic Jun 2021 #60
Makes sense. nt Blue_true Jul 2021 #61
 

RegularJam

(914 posts)
1. DeSantis resonates with white wing white trash...
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 08:35 AM
Jun 2021

And big money outfits on the right.

The only difference between he and Trump is that he is a bit less of a Vince McMahon and thinks whites are even bigger victims of the system.

DeSantis is dangerous.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
52. disantis needs fla universities continuing to use their black athletes to support 20 rw radio statio
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 10:57 PM
Jun 2021

ns.

disantis is another fucking dittohead who Limbaugh bragged about as an admitted dittohead - a grad of the Limbaugh university, a guy who got interviews with Limbaugh

and he nor the fla GOP couldn't do shit if 5 fla unis started looking for apolitical alternatives for the 20 x-limbaugh stations they broadcast sports on. their advertisers would flee and the stations and their dittoheads would freak out and draw more attention to their ignorance, racism, and disantis support

FLORIDA 20 Florida 10, Florida St. 4 Miami 2, South Florida 2, Central Florida 2

disantis needs to be asked directly in public about what he thinks about Limbaugh and global warming until that albatross can be pinned on him

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
2. We gotta stop underestimating these people.
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 08:40 AM
Jun 2021

Many of them are not stupid. They're sociopaths playing to an audience.

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
6. Maybe he has a crystal ball?
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 08:59 AM
Jun 2021

Or maybe he killed a chicken and read the entrails? I could imagine DeSatan appearing in chicken entrails.

IronLionZion

(45,447 posts)
19. After Trump, anything is possible
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 10:20 AM
Jun 2021

GOP voters are deplorable and will support whoever "owns the libs".

Kid Berwyn

(14,907 posts)
54. He'll outnazi Jabba Orange.
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 11:21 PM
Jun 2021

He’s corrupt as Trump, but educated fascist straight outta Ed Meese’s Feudalist Society.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
55. I am actually predicting a Biden vs. Trump rematch.
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 11:28 PM
Jun 2021

I think Biden will seek a second term, all the predictions that he won't notwithstanding. And I fully expect Trump to run again, since in his own deluded mind he was victorious the last time.

I think Kamala Harris vs. Ron DeSantis will happen in 2028.

John Ludi

(589 posts)
5. My current
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 08:56 AM
Jun 2021

"prediction" is that this guy steals the election in '24 and Trump proves to be the warm up act to the REAL fascist headliner. All we have now is a temporary reprieve from the tidal force of the Great Unraveling. Intentional malevolence just oozes from this guy.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
56. I think 2024 will be a rematch between Biden and Trump.
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 11:30 PM
Jun 2021

I expect DeSantis and Harris to run against each other in 2028.

John Ludi

(589 posts)
58. If Trump
Sat Jun 26, 2021, 10:42 AM
Jun 2021

doesn't finally do us the service of expiring, I could see it. A lot can happen to a body in that shape in three years.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
7. No Doubt.
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:05 AM
Jun 2021

He’s like a more polished, smarter version of Twitler.....but that’s not that hard to be.

This is largely Urban with help from an increasingly large number of Suburbanites against rural people.

Again the game was rigged against Democrats from the start. There really needed to be a North and South Dakota? But Conservatives saw a chance for two more Senators. And on and on including of course the unique Electoral College, where you can win but still lose.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
8. Definitely. This guy is electable and most dangerous. He will run on his BS handling of the
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:12 AM
Jun 2021

virus in Fla where he hid and prevented the real numbers from being disclosed.

lark

(23,102 posts)
9. Shitler with real hair is all the conservaidiots need.
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:13 AM
Jun 2021

Oh, he's a real man, making cruise lines admit the unvaccinated to ensure the deaths and/or bad health of potentially hundreds or more.

C Moon

(12,213 posts)
11. When I read he was leading Trump, I didn't celebrate.
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:30 AM
Jun 2021

It would be awesome to see Trump lose the GOP ticket ( if that’s even a real thing anymore), but I think DeSantis would be just as bad.

jimfields33

(15,807 posts)
12. He'd be worse. Yes hard to believe
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:38 AM
Jun 2021

He’s not going to barf twitter nonsense everyday like trump. He will be disciplined and work his evil behind the scene. He does that in Florida where I live. The only way to stop him is winning in 2022. Remember he barely won in 2018.

PortTack

(32,770 posts)
25. There is one thing. It's early enough that desthsantis will get under the orange man's skin
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 10:53 AM
Jun 2021

And start bashing him. If he whines like he usually does, subtle hints and digs...the cult will pick up on it and may find him not “pure” enough. Kind of like the run off races in GA.

JMHO..but see it as a definite possibility

ancianita

(36,058 posts)
14. He's not a smarter version of Trump, either, though he presents himself that way.
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:52 AM
Jun 2021

He's so totalitarian that he'll never be elected. The nation is paying attention.

PortTack

(32,770 posts)
20. Agree..this guy is very dangerous, and no one is looking the other way
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 10:35 AM
Jun 2021

His fascist meme may “play” well in FL and other un-redeemable red states, but not on the national stage. Dems and independents everywhere are woke to the terrifying idea of another frump.

lonely bird

(1,685 posts)
51. I lack your confidence
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 08:27 AM
Jun 2021

It is easy to underestimate the stupidity of the American electorate. Let us also not forget the electoral college specifically created to cause havoc.

themaguffin

(3,826 posts)
15. Yes, he's dangerous, he's also an elitist playing Goober. He went to Yale & Harvard
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 09:57 AM
Jun 2021

He's all in on the Southern Strategy and tried and true culture war shit.

ShepKat

(383 posts)
59. haha
Sat Jun 26, 2021, 10:52 AM
Jun 2021

Desantis has reminded me of this dude since i first saw desantis. They both give me the creeps.

Response to New Breed Leader (Original post)

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
28. I disagree
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 11:02 AM
Jun 2021

He wouldn't have even beat Adam Putnam in the primary if Putnam hadn't been a "never-trumper" and he wouldn't have won the governor's race if the Democrats hadn't run the worst candidate in modern history. He isn't electable as POTUS. He can keep wishing all he wants.

PortTack

(32,770 posts)
31. Thx for the more in-depth run down
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 11:05 AM
Jun 2021

The Dems did run the absolute,worst candidate.

What are your feelings about Charlie Crist?

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
35. Yep
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 11:13 AM
Jun 2021

She was my choice and I think she would have beaten DeSantis easily. I also think Bill Nelson would have kept his Senate seat over Scott if Graham had been the candidate.

I'm not saying this to re-hash the past election; just giving my opinion that I don't think Ron is as electable as some may think. He is a 100% Trump humper who is completely tied to the failed POTUS.

obamanut2012

(26,079 posts)
46. Totally agree about Nelson keeping his seat
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 05:16 PM
Jun 2021

And, I also don't think he is that electable. He also has no charisma.

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
37. I'd prefer
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 11:15 AM
Jun 2021

someone else who isn't a "re-tread" or a party-switcher. We need new blood. He wouldn't be terrible, but I'm hoping for better.

obamanut2012

(26,079 posts)
33. Gwen Graham would have kicked his ass
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 11:06 AM
Jun 2021

I almost cried when Gillum someone won the Dem primary. And, Gillum was a very bad candidate, and he barely lost. Gillum should have begged Graham to be his running mate, or even someone like Lori Berman, instead of some no-name businessman.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
36. As a Floridian I agree 100%
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 11:13 AM
Jun 2021

Every single thing this clown does is for 2024. He is absolutely convinced he will be President.

Good news is most swing state independents and moderates think 'Florida man' is a total joke so he will be at a disadvantage just based on being associated with Florida.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
50. Anyone with a reasonably functional brain can listen to him talk for five minutes ...
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 08:46 PM
Jun 2021


And come to the conclusion that DeSantis is 100% pure phony.

Skittles

(153,164 posts)
53. I swear there is a competition between DeSantis and Abbott to see who can hump Trump the hardest
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 11:08 PM
Jun 2021

it is beyond sickening to see

kimbutgar

(21,155 posts)
48. He scares me
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 08:22 PM
Jun 2021

I see the evil in him in the way he talks and his body language.

He must be voted out in massive blowout.

Come on Florida get rid of De Satan!

belpejic

(720 posts)
60. He would have never gotten into Yale
Sat Jun 26, 2021, 04:00 PM
Jun 2021

If he hadn't been a good baseball player, and he relied on wingnut affirmative action to get into law school.

He's not stupid at all, and he's definitely evil, but I prefer to think about him as a yappy Chihuahua from hell--loud, obnoxious, threatening, but ultimately not on the same level as the big dogs.

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