Posted on 09/22/2022 1:29:44 PM PDT by Drew68
When Ron DeSantis is consulting renowned experts about whether or not to run for president in 2024, the man he is most likely to listen to is President Chris Christie. Well, not literally listen. He’ll instead learn from the potential prezzy who ended up presiding in network green rooms instead of the White House because he declined to run when he had his big – well, everything about him is big – chance in 2012. The Gov will also look to the lessons of President Mario Cuomo. These two guys hesitated and missed their window, just like there are some folks – Mitt Romney, John Kerry, Felonia Milhouse von Pantsuit – who never actually had a window at all yet still tried to dive through one and ended up defenestrating themselves.
Remember a decade ago when we had Christiemania, when he was a breath of fresh air blowing away lib pieties after an improbable New Jersey governor win? And instead of striking while the presidential iron was hot, he failed to go for it, and now he will never be president of anything except maybe the International Society to Prevent Cardio. Mario Cuomo similarly blew it in the 80s. He was the Dem candidate who sped up the Dems’ heartbeats with his unapologetic defense of liberal values. He had his shot, and played Hamlet, and never became president. Today, he’s remembered only for being the father of two big creeps.
The 2024 cycle is undoubtedly Ron DeSantis’s moment. He won a first election that everyone expected him to lose as the governor of the Free State of Florida. He will win a crushing victory over secret lizard-person Charlie Crist this November. And he has set about owning the libs hard not merely by humiliating them for their hypocrisy with awesome moves like sending illegals to Martha’s Vineyard but with substantive conservative policies that are sucking the remaining productive people out of hellscapes like New York and California.
He has governed like a conservative, and he has the receipts. Florida works. Its kids went back to school while blue state bosses were still sacrificing their own kids’ futures to the garbage teacher unions. He is fighting wokeness and its poisonous CRT ideology. He treats the media like what it is – a pack of flunkies. And when he picks fights, he wins them. The base loves him. The polls bode well, to the extent polls are not mere onanism.
If Donald Trump was not still in the picture, he would be the unquestioned frontrunner. But Donald Trump is in the picture.
And he has every right to be. Let’s cut the baloney the regime media keeps serving up. This was a great president who made huge substantive improvements to the country. By defeating Bill Clinton’s wizened baby oven – maybe – Trump literally saved the Constitution. And he would have done even more but for an indisputably questionable election and the unprecedented, fully-fascist attacks of the Establishment and their media and bureaucratic allies.
There are good reasons for Trump to run, and good reasons for him not to, and none of them matter because the decision is Trump’s. The smart money says he will go for it.
So, does Ron DeSantis step up to the 800-pound Gorilla Channel fan for a clash of the titans?
There are rumors that he has promised not to run if Trump does. Do not believe them. There is wishcasting to the effect that he would take the veep slot. It won’t happen.
The fact is that this is DeSantis’s time to score the Big Enchilada.
He is never going to be better positioned than right after his smashing reelection victory. He will have the momentum, he will have the excitement, and he will have the bully pulpit as governor of America’s most vibrant state.
He’s young (44) and he could wait, in theory. But why? Youth is part of his sell, and that applies both to the relatively youthful Trump and especially to crusty Grampa Badfinger should he run again (which he seems to want to do). And after getting the nomination, some Democrat is going to have to spend the campaign explaining how inflation, foreign defeat, and an open border are actually good things. With potential competition like Crusty, Kamala, or that supply chain superhero/scourge of “racist roads” Buttigieg, DeSantis would have to try to lose.
But most of all, he has to consider the fact that things can only go downhill for him from here. An economic downturn. A hurricane the regime media will blame on his personal carbon footprint. A terrible heath crisis (thankfully, his wife recently beat cancer and is back by his side). It could be anything. And it could change everything. Chance is a fickle and cruel dominatrix, just the way the Dispatch guys like ‘em.
The problem with being on top is that there is nowhere to go but down. That’s the position Ron DeSantis would find himself looking at in 2028.
Sure, Trump has the poll numbers right now, but right now the 2024 race is a hypothetical. Republicans generally like Trump, except for the Never Trump sissies no one cares about anyway. But the midterm flogging of the Dems is not even complete and no one being polled is thinking deeply about 2024 yet.
“Who do I like? Haven’t given it much thought. Trump, I guess. Now stop calling me during supper.”
But soon, they will have to think about it. They will have to start weighing the alternatives. The GOP base loves only one thing more than Donald Trump, and that’s winning. Ron DeSantis is a proven winner. Donald Trump has the entire axis of evil gunning for him. The GOP could very well offer The Donald a gold watch and a handshake once they think it over.
Or not.
But one thing is undeniable. Ron DeSantis is the best positioned to beat Trump of any Republican who might run. And, unlike Trump, he has no firm ceiling for votes in the general. If Trump wins it will be a squeaker – it’s just a function of how many losers hate him. DeSantis has no such baggage.
And DeSantis knows all this. He’s not dumb, and neither is Trump, who sees the governor of New Alligatoria as his only real competition. The libs are dumb, but even they see it. That’s why we are already getting the inevitable “Trump is literally Hitler, but DeSantis is literally Hitler²” articles and tweets.
The stars have aligned. All the pieces fit. The time is now. Ron DeSantis really has no choice but to run if he ever wants to be president – he will never have a better chance. Just ask ex-President Christie.
Once Trump is out of the way, whenever and however that is, they, the evil ones, will set their lambent red eyes on DeSantis. They will do to him ALL that they did to Trump and throw in any new vileness that they can dream up. Rinse repeat, until they absolutely own the show.
I’m sure in 2016 they were doing the same things to the other Republican candidates. Spying and setting up vicious smear jobs on everyone who was running. I’m sure they’re preparing the same against everyone who is likely to run.
Whatever your definition...the guy is everything we’d want in a leader!
The last thing this country needs in the White House for the next hundred years is another Ivy League lawyer who has worked in government for his entire adult life.
Much Thanks :)
that seems more likely
You know if he had fired all who needed to be... he would risk losing a second term. Things have changed since then.. more have seen the corrupt other side.. more has come out. In his first term, none of this was known and the media was out to get him.. with no push back.. the gop is still dead in the water, but there is new blood running for office...
If you have doubts about Trump, that is your choice. I know before he ran for the Presidency, he had to deal with NY City, in all of his ideas and buildings... he is a fighter... he knows how to fight.. who else could have withstood all of government and the left, go after as hard as anyone ever has had to endure and still have faith in his voters and this country!
the longer this plays on with hate and lies aimed at Trump.. the stronger his base is. We know if not for Trump, they would be after us with every freedom we have.
I remember the day Castro rode into town on a convertible.. he and his band had defeated the dictator and were riding in to claim ownership. The crowd followed the car, cheering him on.
A few days later he announced he was a communist and the first thing he did was take the guns from citizens. then he took ownership of their land and their homes. Drs and lawyers and all who could, left everything and fled to Florida. boat or swimming.. some drowned. Those who made it started all over again.
We are facing just about what they did in Cuba. If not for Trump, they would not hestitate to take what we have.. piece by piece.. they are a lawless breed already.. and they’d like nothing better than to get the MAGA: people out of here.
Ask someone who came from a communist country.. they recognize what is going on here... they know the process... they smell the odor... but we have young folks who have no idea what it would be like... nor do they have any idea how close we are to that kind of control.
They would get rid of the good man and clap/cheer for the dictator government.. only afterwards would they cry for help.
I have no mercy for those who spit on the flag and sit for the pledge...and vote for a senile old man who never wanted good for the country.. it was all about him.... they are clueless and won’t learn until they are pinched to the very inch of their skin.
Lazy, comfortable, spoiled, filled with anger and hate... railing against the boat sent to us to save us!!
This is the guy you want to bet the farm on? IDTS, he's bought and compromised
Citadel Investment Boss Ken Griffin Previously Gave DeSantis $10 Million, Today Says He Would Accept Position as Treasury Secretary
The king of manipulating Wall Street shorts is Citadel founder Ken Griffin. The Wall Street hedge fund billionaire has made most of his money betting against Main Street stocks and then manipulating their downfall to reap the rewards.
Griffin is despised by small investors, especially the Reddit WallStreetBets group who went head-to-head against the titan in the Gamestop and Robinhood story {backstory}. Recently Griffin moved his financial HQ from Chicago to Miami after giving Florida governor Ron DeSantis $10 million for his reelection effort.
Bloomberg News reported earlier today that Ken Griffin has said he is open to taking the position of U.S. Treasury Secretary after he is successful installing Ron DeSantis as the 2024 presidential winner.
[New York] – […] Griffin also revealed that he would be open to serving as Treasury secretary in a Ron DeSantis administration if the GOP governor of Florida decides to make a bid for the White House in 2024.
He told Bloomberg that he “will definitely be involved in the presidential race” and that he would consider moving to Washington, DC, if called upon to do so by a Republican president. There are trillions at stake…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/09/21/citadel-investment-boss-ken-griffin-previously-gave-desantis-10-million-today-says-he-would-accept-position-as-treasury-secretary/#more-237915
I like Schlichter’s prose.
If Florida is ever compelled to secede from the Deteriorating States of America, we should rename it New Alligatoria.
uh the campaigns start right after the midterms
he could be giving speeches and having rallies
2 years is nothing
At this point conservatives believe we are being lied to, stolen from, and this is a different world than it was even 4 years ago. The left are commies, most of the gop are almost commies. They hate the man who came aboard to help the country, and received the worst abuse ever dished out to a President!!!
We are up to the limit of what they are doing... Trump can get the military to remove them all and I’d celebrate. They call that senile president.. I will never put that word in with biden. Biden is as corrupt as they come.. the laptop has it all in there. . the millions they took from countries.. while VP.. and nothing has been done... instead, the whole of the government are spending their time looking for papers Trump might have.
which is it? classified/unclassified documents or the other side abusing, selling children .. wide open borders, selling our reserve oil, sending billions to other countries... the same ones who gave biden and son the millions...
the evidence is there, but hidden from the public.. which side needs checked...
establishment tool?
where do you get that?
But Bruce, why then did Trump’s 2020 vote total increase by 12 million over his 2016 total? And I’m talking about the official, reported tally not one adjusted to account for possible fraud. It just doesn’t make sense. Biden supposedly got 16 million more votes than Clinton in 2016. Who are these people?
Trump solidified his base between 2016 and 2020. Most of those who voted for him reluctantly voted for him enthusiastically in 2020. Those who supported him enthusiastically in 2016 were still on board with him in 2020. On top of that he gained an additional 12 million more votes from people who didn’t vote for him in 2016.
The population of rabid Trump hating Democrats didn’t sit out 2016. They voted for Clinton. So who is this population of 16 million Trummp haters who didn’t like Biden but hated Trump even more yet didn’t hate him enough to vote against him in 2016? Keep in mind that Trump’s approval among independents in general, and blacks and latino’s in particular increased between 2016 and 2020. It just doesn’t make sense.
Also for your consideration is that a lot of the current donations are not just boomers, but the older high end of life boomers, not insignificantly the Qanon supporters who give in large amount to maintain access to the site while other sites ban them. Those folks are the oldest of the old and no one should count on their support indefinitely and unfortunately many have passed on in The last four or five years. Others have just disappeared, perhaps to bad health or death.
Start by looking at DeSantis’s donor list. Start by looking at his support for Fast Track Authority for the Trans Pacific Partnership when he was in the House.
Because he is polarizing. There are people who really like him and therefore want to vote for him, and people who really hate him and therefore want to vote against him. And the polarization got worse from 2016 to 2020.
Additionally, because of Covid, a bunch of states allowed vote by mail. That did make it easier to commit fraud, but it also made it easier for people to cast legitimate votes. So, we got a lot more total votes.
what a load of crap
biden’s problem is not his age
it is his cognitive decline
Trump is not any sign of that
“Because he is polarizing.”
O.K. Fair enough
“And the polarization got worse from 2016 to 2020.”
And that’s where your premise faulters. Trump became less polarizing between 2016 and 2020 because he had a record of sucess that he didn’t have in 2016. He gained support among independents, and in particular Blacks and Latinos between 2016 and 2020.
Trump didn’t cause the division, he revealed it.
how did he greenlight mail voting?
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