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DeSantis has lots of good qualities and good positions but his bizarre culture-war obsessions make him look foolish and are absolutely destroying him on the national scene.

If he would just focus on a pro-business, pro-development message, it would resonate. Instead he largely comes across as a weird, awkward troll.

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>If he would just focus on a pro-business, pro-development message

Like funneling tens of millions of dollars of state funds directly into the pockets of his campaign backers, while spending tens of millions more state dollars filing petty lawsuits against Disney and Budweiser for perceived slights, with much of that money coming from state hurricane relief funds immediately prior to hurricane season.

I don't think the insurance companies are feeling the "pro-business" administration right now, either.

Well I'm sure the bad parts are his real beliefs and the wierd stuff is political posturing and he's good enough at newSpeak to hold two contradictory ideas in his head with no problem.

A state government small enough to fit in a child's shrinking future

That’s a great line!

Trump is still the wide favorite, but given the amount and degree of charges he's facing, unlikely to be able to serve in office from a prison cell. DeSantis is positioning himself as the viable Trump alternative to a base still primarily obsessed with culture war.

The national stage doesn't matter. Most people didn't vote for Trump and he still nearly got two terms.

If Trump can delay his prosecution long enough he could make it into office.

Right, then he could just pardon himself.

I really hate this timeline.

im not understanding..... how does "his" culture war "obsession" make him look foolish? we literally have people running around as females calling themselves men and vice versa. is that not the crux of foolery

this is akin to teaching 5 + 5 = 12 and being upset a governor is stepping in to fix the issue

People said the same thing about gay people. Hell, millions of Americans still feel the same way about gay people. But the rest of us are decent enough to offer kindness and acceptance, while ignorant people like you suffer verbal diarrhea.

there’s no issue to fix.

some people are born with different neurochemistry, and are happier to live as a man or a woman. who cares?

i know it threatens the patriarchical masculine worldview, but it doesn’t hurt anyone in reality.

Half of the insurance companies have pulled out of his state and he's spending tens of millions of hurricane relief funds to sue Disney and Budweiser while the Gulf of Mexico is 100 degrees.

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