By your definition of absurdity, The Don can't legitimately talk about being Republican since he once was Democrat.
Besides me and Jesus, nobody is perfect on politics.
We are proud of Ron's quick awakening to the truth of the covide matter.
We are concerned The Don's never going to wake up.
What makes that interesting is that I voted for him because he's NOT a Republican. He's basically an independent who hijacked the Republican nomination process in 2016 to get elected President.
I'm not asking anyone to be perfect in politics.
But I do want my government leaders to be perfect when it comes to principles. And as far as I was concerned, this was where governors all over the U.S. (including DeSantis) failed miserably.
One of the lessons I've learned over the years is that it's absolutely critical to see how a leader (in government or business) reacts at the very start of a crisis -- when all the facts are not known, and when panic is understandable.
People in leadership positions show their primary instincts in these situations.
And I have nothing but contempt for anyone who acts like a dictator and throws all principles of freedom and liberty out the window at a critical time. As a business owner myself, there are few things more detestable in America than the idea that some @sshole in government who never misses a paycheck would take it upon himself to shut down even so much as a single business establishment that has been built, owned and managed by a law-abiding American.
There's a reason why the primary instinct of so many people in government is for a totalitarian government solution to a crisis: It's because they've worked in government all their lives (and in the case of DeSantis, spent a long stretch of his government careers in the U.S. military) and they simply have no respect for the fundamental principle that freedom and liberty exists outside of government and is not subject to negotiation.