It’s Ron DeSantis’ GOP Now
Issues & Insights,
by
Bob Maistros
Original Article
Posted By: RockyTCB,
11/9/2022 6:14:14 AM
"The Red Wave.”
If you’ve been watching Fox News and frequenting conservative websites the last few weeks (and this commentator admits he does more than his share of both), you were hearing how Republicans were going to have another one of those massive 2010-style seat pickups in the House.
Win 56 seats in the Senate.
Celebrate upsets in Michigan and even New York governors’ mansions.
Yeah, right. Fox News commentators (yeah, doing it again) in the wee hours of Wednesday morning were struggling to justify salvaging at least a “Red Ripple.”
Turned out to be a Red Puddle. Of blood.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
kreeger 11/9/2022 6:18:54 AM (No. 1328520)
It is time for DJT to retire from politics. He probably cost more votes than he gained. He was robbed in 2020 but he laid the groundwork for the steal by his very poor DOJ appointments.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
anniebc 11/9/2022 6:34:31 AM (No. 1328523)
You can't blame this on PDT; he is not God, he's not perfect, and he can't do everything. He's certainly done more than most Americans put together. This is about nothing done to stop the cheating. I blame the Republican Party machine after putting most of the blame on cheating leftists. They do what they do-kill, steal, and destroy; we do what we do to stop them-nothing. Florida is a good example of representatives doing something. DeSantis did the thing, and look at Florida. We the people talk and go to rallies. We depend on our representatives to act. They don't, so now it's our turn. What will we do?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rinktum 11/9/2022 6:39:31 AM (No. 1328526)
#1, Look, jettisoning President Trump is not a winning move. There are many people who are loyal to him and will not abandon him. To try and force him out would be a disaster. While DeSantis looks great, I am wary of exactly who is funding him.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MDConservative 11/9/2022 6:56:40 AM (No. 1328532)
When you don't win, you lose. The Trumpistas had better have a plan B in mind. Some here were warning about counting chickens before this election. Gonna double down on a losing strategy? Or was it all rigged to lose? It's time for an honest assessment, not pom pom shaking.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 11/9/2022 7:12:44 AM (No. 1328540)
#3 is correct, period.
Articles like this are not welcome.
Uniparty lies from questionable sources…
MAGA
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Adam 11/9/2022 7:28:17 AM (No. 1328553)
Exactly right. Elections aren’t won because of how many zingers you can coin or how sore a loser you are.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bpl40 11/9/2022 7:31:01 AM (No. 1328555)
This isn’t PDT’s fault. After two generations of chaos, fraud, cheating the hill is too steep. After this ‘success’ the Left will throw all they have and more at the ‘24 nominee. Only Donald Trump can face that. It’s not DeSantis’ time yet.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
on fire 11/9/2022 7:31:18 AM (No. 1328556)
GOP Establishment needs someone who will get back to deals for corporations. They don’t care about small businesses and mom & pop enterprises… there’s no big money to be made off of populism. DeSantis is their guy.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
chance_232 11/9/2022 7:40:17 AM (No. 1328565)
Trump motivates democrat voters as much as Hillary motivates republican voters. His presence alone invokes visceral rage among half the voting population. That's a fact, and a major one that must be considered. Half the population hates Trump and Republicans more than they love the country.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
AltaD 11/9/2022 7:41:27 AM (No. 1328566)
I voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 but it's time for him to move on. I'm grateful for what he did, and tried to do, while in office but DeSantis is the party's future.
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Trump is absolutely killing us. There were good primary candidates who could have fared much better than losers like Mastriano and Oz. There were independents who might have voted for our candidates but detest him so much they declined to vote for the party of Trump. As for showing him loyalty, I will show him the same loyalty he shows others, which is to say, none.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
spacer 11/9/2022 7:51:14 AM (No. 1328580)
Let the blame game begin. Since J6 Gopers and there hand wringers have closed their minds and eyes to the obvious voter fraud, citing one court case, without ever viewing the evidence, or state manipulating Gov after another as proof positive things are sweet and dandy. Well folks this is where we're at. A complete mentally ill corrupt moron has just been "elected" to the United States Senate. If you TDS republicans actually believe that is even remotely possible without voter fraud on a massive scale in a thoroughly corrupt State like Pa. then PT Barnum was more right than even he knew. Arizona is probably a better example of fraud, but hey lets not get down and dirty and call a spade a spade.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
andyboy 11/9/2022 7:58:04 AM (No. 1328587)
Trump is great and can win. Same for DeSantis. But anyone who thinks replacing Trump with DeSantis will reduce the Dems' and media's vitriol toward the GOP is naive. Once DeSantis is the #1 guy he will be labeled a fascist -- just like Trump was labeled a fascist, just like GWB was labeled a fascist, just like Reagan was labeled a fascist. See how it works?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
felixcat 11/9/2022 8:02:45 AM (No. 1328591)
Perhaps Bob, but you wait and see how the Left goes after DeSantis when he runs for President. Yes, he got a got of things done in FL, but being President and getting a lot of things is difficult if you don't have support of your party leadership and are attacked baseless 24/7. Trump still got a lot done for the USA.
Bob seems to assume that DeSantis will have the support of McConnell, et al when he runs but that presumes DeSantis doesn't go after their swamp. And DeSantis will face the entirety of the DNC media. As I said before, they will dig up some E-3 female sailor who will claim DeSantis as a Navy LT attacked her...blah blah blah.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 11/9/2022 8:24:53 AM (No. 1328620)
Looking forward to Trump announcing his candidacy.
MAGA/KAG/KMAGA/Uber Maga
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Solid_Oak 11/9/2022 8:53:27 AM (No. 1328647)
Trump is the big loser this morning. PA and GA Senate races should have been easy wins for the Republican given how poor the Dem candidates were, but not with Trump candidates like Oz and Walker. The reason the Dems did so good last night was because Trump is still viewed as the leader of the Republican Party, and nobody energizes the Dems and independents like Trump. If Trump cares about the conservative cause and therefore this country, he will fade into the background. But, given his ego, I doubt that he will. Looks like we are heading for trouble again in 2024.......sad.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 11/9/2022 8:58:24 AM (No. 1328650)
Wednesday morning quarterbacking with shouts of anger. When you don't fix the cheat the cheat still exists. Republicans before and after 2020 did nothing but complain, 2000 mules were still in the stall in 2022 so why act surprised? Donald Trump got two things wrong. In 2017 the businessman, Trump, entered Washington with too much trust and faith, for it he was stabbed in the back by uni-party republicans. In control with three branches of government and Ryan lost it, thank the RINOs. Trump changed the nation for the good even combating the onslaught of the democrats who controlled the FBI, military, CIA, ATF and every other government department you can think of. In the end Trump might have had five friends along with his family surrounding him before the FBI finished them off. Trump's second mistake was announcing that rally and having it walking distance to the capital. Pelosi and the FBI set the trap republicans walked into it. The rally should have been in a neighboring state driving distance to the capital. Two mistakes but I will support Trump first because I know he will approach Washington different getting the job done when he arrives there again. Leave DeSantis in Florida keeping it a red state leading by example his time to lead will come but I won't jump off the Trump train now.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
sanspeur 11/9/2022 9:00:11 AM (No. 1328652)
for giggles look who is behind DsS .Rovian gopE’s For eye opening check out Tree’s House .. Read it and weep
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ivehadit 11/9/2022 9:05:45 AM (No. 1328658)
You think Kari Lake isn't going to win AZ?
Looking at the House map of the US. SO RED. Hmmm.
There is a pre-planned narrative going on...just a little too quick in its response, imho.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
judy 11/9/2022 9:18:37 AM (No. 1328668)
Oh yeh it’s so easy for Fox & Newsmax to blame Trump…how about some blame on the real loser …Biden????
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 11/9/2022 9:20:31 AM (No. 1328671)
I tuned into Fox sporadically while watching the Rangers-Islanders hockey game, and from eight o'clock on until ten, I said to my wife that I didn't see a Red Wave. It turns out that This morning, I saw that I was correct and thus concluded that Trump will not run. For some reason, the intelligent voting public decided to stick with Democrats in spite of the wrong direction the country was moving. What I can't believe is the polling, always slanted to the Democrats, called for a big Republican victory. How could they have been so wrong? Somehow, the Democrat machine pulled this off and I'll always have doubts about these results. Trump should fade into the background and leave it to DeSantis to take the slings and arrows for 2024. We are so screwed!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Jebediah 11/9/2022 9:26:31 AM (No. 1328682)
Trump will never allow this. He would rather we all go down in flames (and the Country as well) than vote for anyone but Donald J. Trump---he will wage an insidious campaign to "get" DeSantis, and if there is a primary and he "wins" (because the vote will be split with too many candidates and his 35% of the Party would die for him and support him,) he will lose the election because he is so disrespectful and petty. If he loses the Primary he would rather see the Democrats win. That is IT in a nutshell.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 11/9/2022 9:32:14 AM (No. 1328685)
We didn't watch Fox at all.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Jebediah 11/9/2022 9:34:09 AM (No. 1328688)
#3 poster is INCORRECT........ and #6 has no idea how many of us, Trump voters and supporters, are sick and tired of the drama, the belittling, the total nonsense. Even on the night of election, Trump was actively poisoning the well for us by belittling Republican candidates (as in Colorado) just because they won't fall in line with the stolen election idea...and I DO think there was corruption, by the way...not the least via the Press, Justice and FBI protection of Biden re: hHunter and Biden's own involvement). Trump pushed some weak candidates, by the way, at the expense of electable ones (in Pa. for example, and probably in Ga.) BECAUSE they bowed to him, and then gave them no $$$$$$$$$$---and they were such newbies they had no idea how to raise $ on their own. The Donald can't control his mouth or his wrath and will bring us all down---and not care!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
judy 11/9/2022 9:35:53 AM (No. 1328691)
Rick Santorum on Newsmax said Trump caused this??? Trump did not open borders, cause inflation, ignore crime, cause grocery bills to triple, cause high gas prices…..
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Daisymay 11/9/2022 9:45:06 AM (No. 1328706)
WHY is so bad for DeSantis to run in 2024. He will be among a lot of other candidates who will run. If Trump runs, and the American people think he is the guy to be President, they will vote for him in the Primary! Same for DeSantis! The only reason people are afraid to see DeSantis run is they think he will knock out Trump. If that happens, it's what the People want! I hate to already see the tearing down of Governor DeSantis because he won a huge victory in his State. He earned that victory by doing what the folks in his state (me included) have asked him to do. He has a good Head on his shoulders, good instinct, he's fearless and he acts and speaks like a Gentleman! We're proud of him!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Yuban 11/9/2022 9:46:01 AM (No. 1328710)
I am not thrilled that so many of you are ok with DT going after DeSantis on election day. Once again, his arrogance got the better of him. I am also not ok with him having Ken Copeland along for the ride or having Paula White with him. DT has a real problem with picking his help. DeSantis is a politician, so I can't trust him, but time will tell. This election proved the GOP is in bigger trouble than many thought.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Kate318 11/9/2022 10:36:04 AM (No. 1328759)
I find the GOP establishment snark and goading on this thread very disturbing. The one who “poisoned the well” is the Uniparty, and we all know how they did it.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Gina 11/9/2022 10:57:42 AM (No. 1328785)
If Trump runs he has my vote. If he does not run, my options will be open including a 3rd party candidate. I'm not voting for another establishment candidate -- I just won't do it again. The list of establishment candidates planning to run is long and it's very humorous that they think we will vote for them.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Roscoelewis 11/9/2022 11:30:02 AM (No. 1328813)
Amen
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
judy 11/9/2022 11:45:48 AM (No. 1328826)
My my I thought the Republican Party didn’t need Trump…they had Youngkin & DeSantis. Republican governors purposely left Trump out of their campaigns….now they blame Trump!,,
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