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I am watching a clip of DeSantis on Morning Joe.... (Original Post) madaboutharry May 2023 OP
MoRon DeSantis will not play well on the national stage. Murphyb849 May 2023 #1
What he is trying to do is very difficult. gordianot May 2023 #2
Stupid cardboard......sure enough sounds like the GOP these past 5 or so decades. jaxexpat May 2023 #3
Yeah, he makes Pence look charismatic by comparison Clash City Rocker May 2023 #4
I can't wait until he tries to add some 'sparkle' to his persona EYESORE 9001 May 2023 #5
If the word "woke" didn't exist, he'd have no platform to run on. Vinca May 2023 #6
And he still cannot define "woke." joshdawg May 2023 #10
All of this "effing" woke crap, is simply because maxrandb May 2023 #25
+1 2naSalit May 2023 #19
And the Florida legislature and supreme court serve at his beck and call dalton99a May 2023 #7
A noun. A verb. And "woke". Yavin4 May 2023 #8
My impression of DeSantis. " clears throat" Ray Bruns May 2023 #9
Yes! What a great response. joshdawg May 2023 #11
Did anyone ask him to define woke? Ferrets are Cool May 2023 #12
He can't define woke. Aussie105 May 2023 #13
But, if not one person asked him to define it, its shitty journalism. Ferrets are Cool May 2023 #17
this guy won't even sniff the presidency, newdayneeded May 2023 #14
His weirdness echoes with that of a lot of Americans. Aussie105 May 2023 #15
Cardboard at least is useful. niyad May 2023 #16
We know Margie the Kook likes it... Buns_of_Fire May 2023 #31
sooooo glad I wasn't drinking my coffee! niyad May 2023 #33
DeSantis is a troll doll who dreamed of becoming a real boy William Seger May 2023 #18
They elected trump. Turbineguy May 2023 #20
I was thinking... 2naSalit May 2023 #21
And he's ruining one of the most beautiful States in the USA. Florida, what happened to you? Joinfortmill May 2023 #22
He suggested Iowans move to DC rickford66 May 2023 #23
It truly is amazing that he got this far PatSeg May 2023 #24
He has all of the requirements to be a Republican national leader. Chainfire May 2023 #28
This is true PatSeg May 2023 #30
Yup. And the "cardboard" meme is brought to us by the same people Hortensis May 2023 #34
sdrump was the moron whisperer. stupid can win.. pansypoo53219 May 2023 #26
If I suck it in and stand up straight I can make 6 foot. Well over the hight requirement- Prairie_Seagull May 2023 #27
Asked about defending the Ukraine Freddie May 2023 #29
he always sounds slightly angry, almost hysterical, very self righteous BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2023 #32
How did he even get to be Governor? live love laugh Jun 2023 #35
His only accomplishments are whining and fighting with Mickey Mouse Emile Jun 2023 #36
He's trying so hard to act human spinbaby Jun 2023 #37

gordianot

(15,240 posts)
2. What he is trying to do is very difficult.
Wed May 31, 2023, 06:40 AM
May 2023

Having to manufacture outrage is not easy especially when you have to pick on your own states prime employer.

Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts)
4. Yeah, he makes Pence look charismatic by comparison
Wed May 31, 2023, 07:26 AM
May 2023

He also reportedly hates public events.

Bigotry may sell in Florida, but on a national stage, it takes more, even with Republicans.

EYESORE 9001

(25,941 posts)
5. I can't wait until he tries to add some 'sparkle' to his persona
Wed May 31, 2023, 07:31 AM
May 2023

He’ll evoke images of Mussolini. Which will appeal to the people he’s trying to impress anyway.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
6. If the word "woke" didn't exist, he'd have no platform to run on.
Wed May 31, 2023, 07:33 AM
May 2023

What an idiot. Woke this, woke that, be afraid of woke, I'll kill the woke, woke, woke, woke.

maxrandb

(15,334 posts)
25. All of this "effing" woke crap, is simply because
Wed May 31, 2023, 09:00 AM
May 2023

Glen Youngkin used this CRT shit to barely win the VA Governorship in the states 2021 election.

It still pisses me off. The fucking people of VA could still smell the teargas, smoke and blood of Jan 6 waifting across the Potomac, and went to the polls and elected 3 fascist fucksticks to our 3 highest statewide offices.

If you think I am hyperbolic to say; "fascist fucksticks", well, you may have heard of Youngkin, but just Google our LT. Gov. Winsome Earl-Sears and our AG Jason Miyares. Straight-up fascist fuckwads.

The reason VA is the only southern state not to have enacted draconian, misogynistic anti-choice laws is because Dems were able to hold a one-seat majority in the state senate.

Retrumplicans interpreted this win as their new "welfare-queens", "French-surrender-monkeys" cudgel to hammer Dems with.

I am so fucking sick of democrats not realizing that every fucking vote, from President, to Dog-Catcher, to Chair of the local HOA, matters as if their very lives are at stake!

dalton99a

(81,516 posts)
7. And the Florida legislature and supreme court serve at his beck and call
Wed May 31, 2023, 07:35 AM
May 2023

The scumbag is very good at wielding power



Ray Bruns

(4,098 posts)
9. My impression of DeSantis. " clears throat"
Wed May 31, 2023, 07:43 AM
May 2023

“Argle bargle woke. Argle bargle drag shows. Blah blah blah woke left.”

Thank you

Aussie105

(5,401 posts)
13. He can't define woke.
Wed May 31, 2023, 08:26 AM
May 2023

It needs to stay some mysterious force that threatens the very existence of the USA, a threat to national security, and a threat to world order.
It eats away at the very fabric of space and time.
(But Ronnie will stop it! He said he would!)

Defining 'woke' would just make him look like the empty carboard of a human shell he really is.

'Woke' simply means that you can think for yourself, and are aware of the possible implications of your thinking and actions.
As well as that of others.

Seems dangerous to me!

Save us, Saint Ronnie!

newdayneeded

(1,955 posts)
14. this guy won't even sniff the presidency,
Wed May 31, 2023, 08:26 AM
May 2023

he has to be the most unlikable candidate ive ever seen. Not just unlikable in the obvious policy sense, but in plain weirdness.

Aussie105

(5,401 posts)
15. His weirdness echoes with that of a lot of Americans.
Wed May 31, 2023, 08:29 AM
May 2023

As it did with Trump.

Don't discount him so easily.

William Seger

(10,779 posts)
18. DeSantis is a troll doll who dreamed of becoming a real boy
Wed May 31, 2023, 08:37 AM
May 2023

... who hasn't yet learned that being a mean-spirited bigot is a shitty way to spend your life.

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
21. I was thinking...
Wed May 31, 2023, 08:50 AM
May 2023

Rather than cardboard, which is a very good description, my perception is that of a dry, faded corn husk that once served as the wrapper for a tamale. I would have gone with husk but cardboard works quite well.

Reminds me of a protest I might have "helped" with once upon a time. There was a protest over land development in a pristine area and when it was getting fired up some interesting "chill" tactics were employed. One was to assemble a small crowd of life size cardboard people in and around the machinery so that when the crew arrived at first light, they would be a bit spooked for a few minutes, maybe the rest of the day.

rickford66

(5,524 posts)
23. He suggested Iowans move to DC
Wed May 31, 2023, 08:55 AM
May 2023

where they'd actually have less control over their lives and the crowd loved it. Do MAGAs ever think thing through ?

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
24. It truly is amazing that he got this far
Wed May 31, 2023, 08:56 AM
May 2023

He really DOES have no personality, no oratory skills, no charisma, and a god-awful message. Why on earth did he go into politics?

Chainfire

(17,549 posts)
28. He has all of the requirements to be a Republican national leader.
Wed May 31, 2023, 09:52 AM
May 2023

He has proven that to us in his leadership of Florida. He has no ethics, no morals, he is hateful and Nazi blood runs through his veins.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
30. This is true
Wed May 31, 2023, 10:45 AM
May 2023

but even though Trump had a horrible personality and ridiculous stage presence, at least he HAD a personality and he did put on a show. In every other regard, yes DeSantis is a perfect republican leader. Too bad the right-wing package didn't come with a personality. What works on the state or local level just isn't going to sell nationwide.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
34. Yup. And the "cardboard" meme is brought to us by the same people
Wed May 31, 2023, 11:31 AM
May 2023

who've declared his candidacy dead at least three times now.

Might be useful to watch this dreadful person in an attempt to understand the appeal. He's advertising his vicious potential to the red-in-tooth-and-claw with some establishment smashing and persecution of target groups, and I notice he looks like he could be a strongman leader. Without the white boots, of course, or being on the same stage as tRump.

I think the MAGAs will elect whoever seems their best/only chance to smash "socialism/wokism/liberalism/Democrats," and also that they can be convinced of anything they want to believe.. So until they settle on their best chance and it isn't DeSantis, he's in this. And he obviously knows it.


Freddie

(9,267 posts)
29. Asked about defending the Ukraine
Wed May 31, 2023, 10:11 AM
May 2023

And he managed to get “woke” into his response. What a f**ing idiot.

Emile

(22,789 posts)
36. His only accomplishments are whining and fighting with Mickey Mouse
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 05:19 AM
Jun 2023

Whiny ass republican voters eat that shit up.

spinbaby

(15,090 posts)
37. He's trying so hard to act human
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 07:31 AM
Jun 2023

No amount of coaching can make this dude seem like a normal human being. And he keeps trotting out his Stepford wife in a princess dress like that somehow makes things bet.

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