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Thoughts About Ron DeSantis
March 10, 2023 at 4:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 144 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2023/03/10/on-ron-desantis/
"SNIP........
Peggy Noonan: I dont think normal people have more than an impression: a blank face sitting behind a square desk signing bills. Often he is surrounded, sometimes oddly, by grade-school children
Hes tough, unadorned, and carries a vibe, as Ive said, that he might unplug your life support to re-charge his cellphone. His supporters shrug: Hes not warm and cuddly. I dont think voters are looking for warm and cuddly, but they do want even-keeleda normal man or woman whos a leader, who has guts and a vision of where the country needs to go.
As I watched the Reagan Library speech I thought: This candidacy is going to have power. He wasnt inspired or eloquent but plain-spoken and brisk; his address was workmanlike, from notes, but all together it packed a punch.
.......SNIP"
Applegrove:
It is not 'normal' to carry a vibe that says 'he might unplug your life support to re-charge his cellphone'.
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)Slick but not bright. Void of positive values.
2naSalit
(86,061 posts)But not just him
RandySF
(57,659 posts)I may get in trouble for this, but he REALLY sets off my "gaydar" and he looks miserable in that closet.
louis-t
(23,199 posts)A guy who wants to keep track of the people who aren't nice to him? People who don't fawn over him have to register with the state? That's fucked up.
bigtree
(85,919 posts)Ron DeSantis in Iowa:
Awkward and arrogant. Thin smiles. Swings and misses.
Devastating read.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/us/politics/desantis-iowa.html?unlocked_article_code=LLV0b56sbuC3zJZfjtEUwqi1lR24XkOWnYaWrqByNR_tlZ1igBhB94MeYuC_EXIYAyeo9jK-ZvFKf2J3yYxaUhY3SEhWhd7kQbmcdXStR59ecQwPaCnTOQj367n8qJX3GzM_dwf_L1EF4fH4aSUnW0ey1qztySFXFo2wQK6dKckqQE99WtMQwSDJGbTttyKfECkz3WwCorQqdbI7LIFswU2yb_m-SymXYup6NaVvPS73BznR8sVwQpemTc6n4oI5QxDv2MS7b_A_pnhFR0WsupPePoQM5PqyzhJkHgcVWnPsKLGmmbeGScx5S614aGYD3AqYhgVo52wZ0h0&smid=tw-share
global1
(25,168 posts)the country have the same vision.
I don't think that is the case with DeSantis.