Hopefully, DeSantis wouldn't be such a lousy President, but I still want him to stay down here and finish out his term as governor. He can run in 2028.
Hopefully, DeSantis wouldn't be such a lousy President, but I still want him to stay down here and finish out his term as governor. He can run in 2028.
desantis for president 2028...
florida first!...
screw the rest of the country... 😎
I feel much the same way. I think DeSantis would be a fine candidate in the Presidential position that still exists in our minds. But the problem is, that idealized presidency that still works hand in hand with lawful-constitution-abiding legislature and judiciary exists only in our mind.
I am angered that our country, with all the people and resources, gives us candidates like George W. Bush and Al Gore or John Kerry. Those were our choices. Pick one, or vote for the other side.
I don’t like or dislike DeSantis any more than I like or dislike Ted Cruz or Rand Paul. DeSantis is a politician exactly as they are. It is what it is. DeSantis still plays by the political rules, with those risks and rewards that erode him or accrue to him in that process.
And all those politicians mentioned including DeSantis are likely better at political governance in its current iteration than Trump will ever learn to be.
But the problem is, we are not in a battle for the current iteration of political governance.
We are in an existential battle, in the next 20 years, for our country and we need someone to fight that battle.
The ONLY one I have seen, at a national level who has displayed that capability, and as a unique validation, has made his (and our) enemies reveal themselves as they stand on their hind legs and howl, is Trump himself.
And that has value.