You are suggesting a downward trend in mentation among FReepers to account for an increase in displeasure with DeSanctus.
This is unfair and seems self-serving.
Moving on, DeSanctus in 2022-2023 seems to be behaving like Cruz in 2013-2014.
Hear me out.
Cruz was singularly positioned to support the U.S. Constitution by declaring his ineligibility for the office of POTUS. He had two, count ‘em two, independently disqualifying features insofar as he was born overseas and had a father who at the time of his birth was either a Cuban or a Canadian citizen. (Not to mention there was the matter of some paperwork to be filed with the U.S. authorities to assert his entitlement by statute to U.S. citizenship through his mother based on her ostensibly still being a U.S. citizen, despite reportedly being on the local voting rolls in Canada, but leave that to one side for the moment.). Had he, rather than developing an unhealthy attraction toward the office of POTUS, instead rightly and defiantly ridiculed all that suggested he was POTUS-eligible and should perhaps run for that office, this country would have gone a long way toward healing from the damage done to the U.S. Constitution by blatantly non-NBC Obama and his fellow Constitution-wrecker, Panama John McCain
DeSanctus is clearly POTUS eligible and likely has the chops to run and potentially win the Office of POTUS (young southern governor Clinton having already shown that relative youth is not a modern disqualifier). So that is not the way in which he resembles Cruz.
Where DeSanctus resembles Cruz is that he has a moral obligation not to run, but is flirting with running, dancing with the notion of running. DeSanctus is playing coy with those who think or say, with good reason, that he should definitively put this POTUS election cycle in his rear view mirror and focus on his current job, rather than sully his reputation by being half-in, half-out of the current POTUS race which, in case anyone hasn’t noticed, is already in full swing due to the screaming inadequacies of Brandon and his incompetent subordinates (including, notably, a blatantly non-NBC VPOTUS).
NFN, but DeSanctus is earning the nickname Meatball Ron, in that he is not using his head. Trump remains in good physical and mental shape. Between now and next spring/summer, Trump and can be relied upon to mercilessly politically dismember any other Republican who comes within shouting distance of his polling numbers with registered Republicans. DeSanctus would have to run the bloodiest of gauntlets to get past Trump. Plus he is on record, IIRC, as saying that if Trump were to run again, he would not run. Trump knows this and can be counted upon to punish DeSanctus for violating this commitment.
To sum up, Cruz should have been unswervingly committed to upholding the integrity of the U.S. Constitution, but got stars in his eyes and foolishly tried to upgrade his position to a position for which he was not eligible instead of other offices for which he was eligible such as U.S. Attorney General, or, perhaps even better, SCOTUS justice. DeSanctus, or Meatball Ron, for his part, disqualified himself for this POTUS election cycle by saying, what, a year or two ago?, that if Trump were to choose to run, he, DeSanctus, would not run. Accordingly his incessant flirtation with a possible POTUS run during the 2024 cycle, when he should be manfully holding to the noted commitment to refrain, is needlessly hurting his reputation for integrity and hurting his chances for successfully running for POTUS IN 2028 or later.
It is true that, when it comes to winning the office of POTUS, history has a way of disappointing men who put off running until a time when they find, to their chagrin, that the iron is cold, and that this counsels in favor of DeSanctus running now. But personal integrity and honor should count for something.
DeSanctus needs to call off the dogs and get squarely behind Bad Orange Man 2024.
Yes, I do. And while I appreciate your lengthy response, you so realize that calling Governor DeSantis names in your first sentence doesn't help your argument.
There is a Cult of Trump here that is unhealthy and counter-productive. It's practitioners often are indistinguishable from the sort of rabid and hostile fanaticism seen on Democrat Underground. Their constant attacks, usually baseless and/or shallow, are turning off a great number of people who otherwise would be more supportive -- this includes Donald Trump himself, who has been throwing bombs constantly. It makes him seem petty, egotistical, thin-skinned and immature. I voted for him twice and would do so again, but I see both the good and not-so-good aspects of the man.
Living here in Florida, I can say without reservation his tenure as governor here has been the best I have seen in my 60-year lifetime. He hasn't even declared yet, but too many people are acting like he has -- that shows a disconnect from reality right there. And so many people are saying "DeSantis should do this" or "Trump should do that" -- I suggest that, if they have a script for these men, they may want to send them a copy.
And maybe he will. And I'd vote for him in 2024 just as I'd vote for Trump. They are both good men, and we need all the good men we can get. But if DeSantis does choose to wait until 2028, I'm certainly fine with that too. If that's "self-serving" so be it. Florida will continue to lead the way against the waves of mass-insanity that seem to batter us from every angle -- leftist fascism, calling out a mass-media that is little more than a left-wing propaganda ministry, transgender insanity, racial hatred in the form of CRT, expanded gun rights, et al.