Posted on 07/11/2023 10:01:55 AM PDT by chickenlips
With the mainstream media and Political Pundit World busy essentially declaring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential campaign over not even two months after he formally announced, what’s an excitable MSNBC host to do?
Tell us who the left really fears, that’s what.
As RedState has previously reported, in their own not-so-unique but nevertheless illuminating way, members of the press, their allies on the left, as well as the truuuuue conservatives at the Lincoln Project, have been busy bees over the last year and a half or so telling us how DeSantis is “worse than Trump” because DeSantis in their view, is – to paraphrase – former President Donald Trump “without the baggage.”
DeSantis is smarter, he’s savvier, more disciplined, and knows exactly how the government works, they’ve also said in so many words, making him in their opinion a far more worrisome figure than Trump because deep down they know he’s consistently demonstrated that he understands how to beat Woke, Inc. at their own games – and without breaking much of a sweat in the process.
Now, to be fair, this is also how some of DeSantis’ defenders on the right have spoken of him. But when they have done it, it’s been to portray those points as positives not negatives. The woke left, on the other hand, obviously sees them as “dangerous” negatives and so much so that they’re willing to go back on every nasty thing they ever said about Trump in order to make sure he’s the guy Biden faces in the fall election next year, not DeSantis.
Case in point, MSNBC’s Katie Phang, who filled in for Chris Hayes on the “All In” program Monday night. In a discussion about “mini fascist” DeSantis, Phang made it more than clear where she stood:
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Is that you, Bill Kristol?
You always did have chickenlips.
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The DeSantis camp is pushing this clip as “proof” their guy should be the nominee.
I say it’s a Br’er Rabbit moment by the left. “Oh, please, Republicans, don’t nominate Ron DeSantis!”
Ya, and desanctomoniuos energizes the base. LOL
You go ahead and base your decisions on what the liberal talking heads say on tv. I’ll stick with a proven quantity, TRUMP!
This feels like a “Don’t throw me in the briar patch” gambit.
“I prefer Candidate A because Candidate B is so incredibly awesome that my team would definitely lose to him. So I sure hope the other team chooses Candidate A. I like Candidate A very much. Because I think he’s a loser.”
You chose the perfect FR handle for your tripe.
Beat me by a minute!
GMTA.
They will even take Trump over anyone that stands up to the rainbow.
So maybe DeSantis will serve some purpose after all.
Really??????
Now I’m scared.....
Wasn’t before I saw this post but now I feel hopeless !!!!!!
(sarcasm off)
Trump is ahead of meatball by a whopping 39 points in latest poll I saw this morning. Meat ball is toast.
Ok then we lose.
Yep DeSantis is so much smarter and more savvy than Trump, that’s why he’s a billionaire and Trump is ………oh wait.
You need to keep up with polls from RCP.
Biden beats meatball in every poll.
Trump and Biden are split half and half.
Sorry chum, I value RCP polls more than your opinions.
Read my tag-line to understand DeSantis.
Dems and RINO’s will always oppose Trump.
And if they try and use a reverse psychology gimmick like this, they think how they can beat Trump in 2024. If not sooner.
Put it this way - they are drooling at the chance to steal another election from Trump.
So you are arguing we keep going with the GOPe handpicked candidates and to keep eating the sh1t sandwiches they serve us? No thanks - the GOP can wander in the wilderness until they actually start working for the base instead of the donor class.
Don’t care what mslsd says on anything.
Damn!
Now I’m hungry.
Great analogy.
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