Posted on 06/13/2023 7:44:40 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Some unknown political consultant told Ron DeSantis it would be a great optic to show up at a Rodeo in Oklahoma and announce his presence. The event atop the bleachers came replete with grand trumpets to announce his entry.
The cringe-factor was already off the charts when Top Gov grabbed the microphone and announced, “Hello Oklahoma, great to be wit ya. Greetings from the free state of Florida, we appreciate what you do here“… and things went rapidly downhill from there as the audience turned to see King Meatball, deliver his prose. [video below]
This latest exhibition takes place as the Daily Mail notes donors are increasingly apoplectic as the “awkward” and “gaffe prone” campaign strategy rolls out – seemingly under the control of Casey Desantis.
[Via Daily Mail] – Ron DeSantis’s campaign wants him to meet and take more questions from ordinary voters to overcome fears about his temperament, DailyMail.com has learned.
The 44-year-old has so far shied away from Q&A sessions on the road, despite being a standard feature of U.S. politics. The Florida Governor, who is currently in a distant second place behind Donald Trump in opinion polls, has also evaded media scrutiny at his public events.
He recently exploded at one reporter in New Hampshire who door-stepped him and asked why he failed to take unscripted questions from the audience, raising doubts about his temperament.
And during a campaign event in Iowa last month, footage of DeSantis laughing manically about the cost of running a vintage Porsche triggered online jokes.
Now, three DeSantis staffers have said they have concerns about the Navy veteran’s presentational style after being overshadowed by his wife Casey at rallies.
They are now figuring out ways to overcome his rigid appearance as he makes trips to more diners and meets with smaller groups of voters in his bid to nail down the Republican nomination.
‘He just needs to chill out a bit and be less stiff,’ one source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said. ‘He always looks awkward and needs to get out and meet more people.’
Another senior member of Team DeSantis fumed: ‘If his wife is a former TV reporter and she can’t teach him, who can?’
A third source said that they even had to coach the Florida governor on ‘when to smile’ when trying to interact with ordinary Americans. (read more)
Keep in mind, ABC News reported last month that Ron DeSantis will skip the exploratory committee phase and go straight into full campaign mode. However, the best part of the information provided from within the DeSantis operation is this, “The team has been paying close attention to how to help manage the governor’s facial reactions in the upcoming debate.” Too funny.
Nothing screams authenticity quite like taking political lessons in controlling your facial expressions. However, given the outcomes, as represented in the Iowa appearances, the face control classes didn’t work out too well. Casey must be big mad.
The problem DeSantis has is a matter of authenticity. In the big picture, authenticity is an outcome of believing in your message. President Trump is exceptionally authentic because his America First message is his. President Trump believes his message. Juxtapose this with the brutally inauthentic Ron DeSantis, and you’ll find the outcome of a candidate who is selling the message created by others.
The Florida governor is a manufactured outcome of consultants, advisors and brand image managers who create the message that DeSantis has to sell. The result is something very weird, inauthentic and cringe. WATCH the Twitter Video:
🐊Rob #DeSantis interrupted a rodeo🤣 pic.twitter.com/v9ZBpifOZY
— miguelifornia (@miguelifornia) June 11, 2023
I have no sympathy for them. They are doing it to themselves; but I told you this would happen.
And George would have a lot of company.
There are only two things I can think of that I really want if somehow something happened to move the needle on my finances substantially. One is a very live spring fed, cold, clear creek in my backyard. The other is more solitude than I have now. A place where I can’t hear another person or automobile, quiet.
I get bothered when someone turns in the driveway to turn around or stays there too long. I surely could not make it with public office or any prying eyes no matter my lilly white innocence.
George would have a lot of company in not even wanting to try to be elected for anything.
“All hat and no cattle”. Thank you, Texan.
Things are getting exciting again...
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True enough. But thank God we had a "savior" like George Washington in the Revolutionary War and as President in the early years of our republic.
Different times require a different sort of person. One of the things I respect President Trump for is he'd rather NOT take the job as President. But he feels it's his duty to do help Save America and is risking his life and much more to support We the People in this dark hour of our Nation.
Every generation requires a George Washington, a Winston Churchill, and countless veterans of foreign and domestic wars to step up.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote a terrific piece about the magnetism of George Washington which I turned into a little meme. Click here to see and read the meme full screen. See if you think Emerson's words still ring true today...
I agree that each era needs a unique influencer.
Trump isn’t perfect, but he WAS perfect to defeat Hillary. A laughed-off underdog to which many of us gave our full support.
Trump today isn’t the same influencer he was in 2016. He wasn’t even the same in 2020.
The leftist media and weaponized fed has done an outstanding job of vilifying Trump, and not only damaged his chances at reelection, but also laid a “plausible” narrative for any shenanigans used to defeat him. (see: 2020)
Our best bet is a unifier with broad appeal. Broad appeal comes from unifying issues, such as combating the tranny agenda and wokeism. DeSantis has done both in spades, and hasn’t been hammered in the media as Satan for the past 8 years.
Yes
Our first broad president:
BUagagagahahahahahahahahaha!
Sorry. Give me Trump. I do not need any of your
DeSantis has done both in spades…..laughable comment.
Amazing how no DeSantis supporter ever mentions his immense supporting cast.
He doesn’t engage the public.
I’ve wondered why, if he’s such a “great unifier”, why he didn’t announce his candidacy for President to 1000s of supporters, Republican-Democrat-Libertarian, in an arena or football stadium in Florida.
Why doesn’t he have people lined up along the street waiting for a chance to see him go by?
Why isn’t he in Florida doing his job instead of at a wall at fundraiser taking orders? With a Soros ally, no less
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/12/desantis-wall-street-fundraiser-ex-soros-exec.html
With the supporting cast DeSantis has a 15yr old could do what does.
DeSantis is taking on the woke left. That has broad appeal.
Trump ignores them, and instead attacks those on the right who he fears.
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