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To: Alberta's Child
"DeSantis is an establishment Republican through and through."
Please elaborate. I am curious to read what you have about the governor. As a Floridian, I'm quite pleased with him.
39 posted on 12/10/2021 2:29:33 PM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Hiddigeigei
I have nothing against DeSantis, and I wish my state had a governor like him. But he brings a number of things to the table that would make me very, very skeptical about ANY politician with similar attributes.

Let's forget about DeSantis for a moment and just describe a generic political figure in the U.S. who has this kind of background:

1. Ivy League (Yale) undergraduate degree
2. Harvard law school
3. Military officer
4. Decorated combat veteran -- as a JAG lawyer
5. Assistant U.S. Attorney in Dept. of Justice -- while still a Naval Reserve officer
6. Never worked outside of government ... graduated right from the Naval Reserves to a career in politics

Like I said ... let's forget about who this is for a moment. If you had given me the background I've posted above and asked me what I thought of this generic/anonymous person, I'd swear I was looking at a textbook example of a "Deep State" operative who had been groomed for a political career. In fact, the Beltway is filled with buckets full of @ssholes who bring the same background to the table. (Another Freeper astutely pointed out that Pete Butt-Fudge has a remarkably similar career path.)

If DeSantis runs and he is nominated, I'll vote for him. But I will never trust the guy.

45 posted on 12/11/2021 6:51:01 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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