Posted on 03/22/2023 6:11:33 PM PDT by McGruff
The way to manage the Putin file is keep your mouth shut, minimize the consequences, and wait for the (man) to pass, then deal with the next (man) in the office, try to make friends and lower tensions.
Putin has a personality type that is easy to diagnose, push him a bit and he’ll push back harder. And he has nukes, and the sort of military that only has to be on its B- game to do a lot of harm.
Reagan’s skill with Gorbachev will only be fully appreciated centuries from now when every other approach can be compared. Of course Gorbachev was not Putin. But we threw away all the good will we had with Russia around 2003 or so, over Syria and other things we got totally wrong.
Now we’re trying to force Russia to like rainbow crosswalks.
We are not smart. That doesn’t mean we deserve to die in a nuclear holocaust. Equally, RDS seems like a very capable man in his element, which apparently is not geopolitics at this point in time.
Ron, I think you might’ve just screwed the pooch.
Total Douche.
Yep
It’s Obama he quoted, I believe. Yes, it’s disqualifying.
I can see some things coming from a mile away. LOL.
Hopefully the damage Zbots and Ronbots have done to FR will start to subside now.
Die-hard - heh?
Remember when we all fawned over Rubio - and how he turned out?
That’s the feeling I get about DeSantis.
“Die-hard - heh?”
Huh?
“You may clap now!”
Jeb was such a tool!!!😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Right.
We’ve had such a “Heads we win, tails you lose” approach to foreign policy before Trump that practically every region and country and the world is sick of us.
And we should never concede ICC jurisdiction.
He obviously doesn’t have the balls to stand by or to double down on his previously made statements. I hate men with no balls. They remind me of transgenders.
He obviously doesn’t have the balls to stand by or to double down on his previously made statements. I hate men with no balls. They remind me of transgenders.
DeSantis has taken on the homo lobby and defeated them as Florida governor. Meanwhile, Trump is throwing a “Log Cabin Republican” party at Mar-A-Lago. One of these things is not like the other.
Press release from Linda Graham’s office, right?
Ghost of JM
[Ron the Unready just found out that it is harder to actually start running for President than talk about it with your new best friend billionaire pals and their political consultants who desperately want someone, anyone, to get the nomination and beat Biden other than Donald Trump.]
Last November, as talk of DeSantis running was beginning to circulate, I had several political conversations with an old friend who holds a sensitive, senior level appointment in Florida government. Basically, from different perspectives, both of us saw DeSantis as ambitious and unable to resist trying to get in the race, doing badly, and damaging himself. If we saw that, why couldn't DeSantis?
As for gaffes, Trump gets forgiven them by his supporters (which includes me) because many of Trump's supposed gaffes are a matter of being too truthful. More than that, Trump's supporters know the media is out of line in their attacks on him and that Trump is genuinely devoted to the country and fully capable of delivering.
In the odd alchemy of personality, background, and moment in history, a boisterous, egotistical billionaire developer from New York spent decades biding his time, waiting for his moment to run for President, winning a term but losing reelection. And in the dismal times of the Biden administration, Trump and not DeSantis is the country's best and truest hope for a conservative revival.
DeSantis is a good governor, but he is successful because of a large and potent conservative Republican political team that dominates Florida state politics. How would DeSantis do in the far tougher environment of Washington? Put to the test, I doubt that he would do as well as Trump did in his first term -- and perhaps far worse.
DeSantis might one day be a superb President. Yet to get such a chance, DeSantis would do best to serve out his time as governor and then aim at a major cabinet appointment in a second Trump administration. Two successful terms as Florida Governor, followed by two successful years as, say, Secretary of State for Trump would make DeSantis a leading candidate for President -- and a far more seasoned one than he is now.
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