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Don’t write off DeSantis – he’s been rope-a-doping Trump and is about to come out swinging
The New York Post ^ | May 16, 2023 | Piers Morgan

Posted on 05/18/2023 2:00:10 PM PDT by TBP

The greatest victory in sports history came when Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman to win back the world heavyweight championship boxing title in 1974.

Foreman duly unloaded his relentless bombs on Ali, who spent most of the time leaning on the ropes, soaking up the fearsomely powerful assault.

Nobody could understand this apparently suicidal rope-a-dope strategy other than Ali himself, who had deliberately planned it to exhaust his opponent.

The Greatest didn’t win because he was the stronger man.

He won because he had the smarter tactics, and the courage to execute them.

Donald Trump is the political equivalent of George Foreman — a giant, bruising brawler who destroys opponents with brute force.

But he’s about to face his own Rumble in the Jungle-style fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and DeSantis is showing every sign of being the opponent Trump fears most: one who can soak up his punches and knock him out.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
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To: TBP

you’re talking to a moron from Buffalo NY ...


121 posted on 05/18/2023 7:14:07 PM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Again, what you are claiming is not factual.


122 posted on 05/18/2023 7:14:48 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: moovova

Trump: DeSantis is a terrible governor who is wrecking Florida and he wouldn’t have been governor except for me.

Trump supporters: DeSantis is Establishment, owned by Paul Ryan and the Bushes, and he ought to wait and lead the MAGA movement in 2028. Unless he wants to be VP.


123 posted on 05/18/2023 7:16:32 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

I must be over the target.


124 posted on 05/18/2023 7:16:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nope. Nowhere close to it.


125 posted on 05/18/2023 7:27:44 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

DeSantis’s actual record is anti-woke, anti-Establishment. Trump is more RINO, more Establishment than DeSantis, and he keeps attacking DeSantis from the left.


126 posted on 05/18/2023 7:28:42 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

So was Joe Manchin’s.


127 posted on 05/18/2023 7:29:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What? You’re making no sense.


128 posted on 05/18/2023 7:30:06 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

What the hell does that have to do with anything. I referenced you pro war Ukraine propagandist that are constantly posting propaganda that flies in the face of reality. To the point where Bagdad Bob would be embarrassed. But not you, you lack even the slightest semblance of shame.


129 posted on 05/18/2023 7:55:33 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: JoSixChip

But you’re not telling the truth. And you obviously didn’t read my post.


130 posted on 05/18/2023 8:05:32 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Boogieman

The Media helped Trump all through the 2016 primaries. They then turned on him big time, and had wanted him only because they thought he could not beat Hillary. Surprise. Now, they want him again and (other than in this article) bash Desantis as Florida’s Hitler or something, because they see Trump as the one person Biden could beat. Why? Because he has developed such high negatives, just like Hillary. Look, both Trump and Desantis are good men. Let the contest play out. The enemy is Biden and the Orwellian future his re-election will most certainly bring about.


131 posted on 05/18/2023 9:37:28 PM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine )
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To: JayGalt

My point is, after DJT’s done, we got no one.


132 posted on 05/18/2023 10:36:47 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (Ron DeSantis. The latest GOPe champion in a long list of winners. Jeb! Mitt Romney, and John McStain)
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To: TBP

Well if he starts swinging at President Trump that will do it for me.


133 posted on 05/18/2023 10:45:14 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: TBP

I never wrote him in


134 posted on 05/18/2023 11:36:34 PM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: Dilbert San Diego; Chgogal

He is probably expressing the same sentiment as I

I voted for DeSantis as GOVERNOR……NOT to immediately pivot and run off campaigning for President


135 posted on 05/18/2023 11:41:04 PM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: SPDSHDW

That is true but I am content to wait & see whose star rises during the 2024-2028 term. That’s a long way off and we have much work to do as a Nation.


136 posted on 05/18/2023 11:57:00 PM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Do you trust someone who breaks a contract with you?


137 posted on 05/19/2023 2:11:25 AM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

How long are you planning on repeating that lie, Erik?


138 posted on 05/19/2023 3:38:37 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: TBP

The problem with DeSantis is that he’s poor. He has to get the well-heeled billionaires to support him. That means he’ll be owned on many crucial issues. I hate for it to come down to this, but I doubt he’ll be able to break the deep state. The oligarchs support the deep state.


139 posted on 05/19/2023 7:59:07 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: thefactor

Why do you have to be so ray sis? Knock it off with the “you people” stuff.


140 posted on 05/19/2023 8:46:31 AM PDT by Kickaha (See the glory...of the royal scam )
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