not so sure. jeb had a losers energy because jeb was always on his heels, serving up a milquetoast episocopalian conservatism, which nobody had any taste for. desantis, even if he lacks the personal charisma, will give the chuds the atavistic, affective policies which they crave. he has a host of evil policies he's successfully implemented, and i think he has a simple rhetorical/positional strategy in the national, if trump can somehow implode before then.
yes. murdoch and the journal are signaling trepidation with trump; laura ingraham, of all people, is signaling trepidation with trump -- i wasn't sure they'd fold on him, and they still might not, esp if republicans win big in the midterms and trump can take credit for it; but desantis seems to be the guy who can make promises to business and promises for blood. a real jerk.
well, i may not have been maximally clear or cogent. i'm not sure they care about effectiveness, but a large part (all?) of the trump base, some of the cruelest, most selfish people on the planet, care about winning and being strong and contemptuous against their enemies. desantis has this/can project this, in a way that jeb never could hope for (because jeb was actually playing to the middle, while desantis plays "respectable" only insofar is he's not a literal caricature/circus freak like trump). from the limited speeches i've seen of ron, sure, not the fun character of don, but can certainly convey righteousness and sneering contempt, and that's just better for the moment than jeb, who was a walking wet sack of shit.
not so sure. jeb had a losers energy because jeb was always on his heels, serving up a milquetoast episocopalian conservatism, which nobody had any taste for. desantis, even if he lacks the personal charisma, will give the chuds the atavistic, affective policies which they crave. he has a host of evil policies he's successfully implemented, and i think he has a simple rhetorical/positional strategy in the national, if trump can somehow implode before then.
I'm surprised at people saying he couldn't win. Every sign I'm seeing points to surging fascism. If he gives the hogs what they want he can win.
yes. murdoch and the journal are signaling trepidation with trump; laura ingraham, of all people, is signaling trepidation with trump -- i wasn't sure they'd fold on him, and they still might not, esp if republicans win big in the midterms and trump can take credit for it; but desantis seems to be the guy who can make promises to business and promises for blood. a real jerk.
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well, i may not have been maximally clear or cogent. i'm not sure they care about effectiveness, but a large part (all?) of the trump base, some of the cruelest, most selfish people on the planet, care about winning and being strong and contemptuous against their enemies. desantis has this/can project this, in a way that jeb never could hope for (because jeb was actually playing to the middle, while desantis plays "respectable" only insofar is he's not a literal caricature/circus freak like trump). from the limited speeches i've seen of ron, sure, not the fun character of don, but can certainly convey righteousness and sneering contempt, and that's just better for the moment than jeb, who was a walking wet sack of shit.
(cool handle btw)