The Rise of the DeSantis Democrats
Free Press,
by
Olivia Reingold
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
12/20/2022 9:27:43 PM
Miami - It’s almost 11 p.m. on a recent Friday night at ONE Gentlemens Club, and it’s dead except for the girls in their thongs, sitting on pleather couches, waiting for someone to give a lap dance to. No one can talk to anyone else. It’s too loud for that, what with the electronic drum, the incessant rapping. The rap is supposed to inspire twerking—and tens. Tonight, no one’s twerking.
Tory Williams is alone at the bar in fishnets and boots. She should be mixing drinks.
“Did you vote in the recent election?” I write in my notebook, then pass it to her.
She nods.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Dreadnought 12/20/2022 9:28:47 PM (No. 1361332)
Wow. This reminds me of Saleno Zito's work.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 12/20/2022 10:23:18 PM (No. 1361349)
Real, actual, live, sane JOURNALISM.
I thought it was essentially extinct. How refreshing. And #1 is correct. Zito is another skilled practitioner of this nearly dead art.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
msjena 12/20/2022 11:29:47 PM (No. 1361382)
No Democrats are going to vote for DeSantis. He is just as demonized among Democrats as Trump, just not at publicly. Florida is now considered like purgatory.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Aubreyesque 12/21/2022 12:19:40 AM (No. 1361397)
This one smells of bait and switch. I have been impressed with what DeSantis has done with Florida. We ALMOST have someone like him...except Abbott has not been as good at hiding the RINO wolf under his [tightly clad] conservative sheepskin. However if DeSantis is going to court the attention of the likes of Mitch the Chinese Eyotch and bask in the gaslight glow of Democrats, I feel really safe sticking to Trump. His overweening fault so far that I have seen has been misplaced trust in people who were dealing dirty to begin with. For all I know, Mitch will take DeSantis to a nearby cemetery and give him the Lestat Good Morning Kiss.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Californian 12/21/2022 1:54:41 AM (No. 1361418)
Magic 8 ball says,
"DeSantis becomes Hitler day after wins primary"
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
smokincol 12/21/2022 2:47:12 AM (No. 1361434)
stand by for the slings and arrows
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
geo11 12/21/2022 3:28:00 AM (No. 1361438)
DeSaintus is not MAGA. He is the Jeb Bush of 2024, backed by Wall Street, Mitch McConnell, and Paul Ryan. He is a pretty governor but doesn't have a chance to become POTUS. Trump's base will not forgive him if he challenges the MAGA King.
Democrats want DeSaintus to run to divide Republicans and ensure a Democrat win.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 12/21/2022 5:40:05 AM (No. 1361472)
#7, I have been posting on this site for a long time. I was not a Trump supporter right away as I couldn't make up my mind with Scott Walker or Ben Carson. With that said, I voted for Donald Trump. I have my concerns with him running again in 2024. For one reason. He will have one term. Please don't paint me as someone who won't vote for Donald Trump but I will take a serious look at Ron DeSantis. I am getting tired of people bashing DeSantis to lift up Trump and I am equally tired of people bashing me because I am not on Trump's bandwagon right away. . .
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 12/21/2022 7:25:18 AM (No. 1361537)
No worries, folks, regardless of who you support. We have the luxury of having two quality candidates for president on the back burner who can show biden the cheater the door.
Each of us is passionate about the future of our country, or what is left of it, whereas the left and the deep state have other interests. And these interests are not ours. It is not possible to please everyone with our own opinions. Afterall, we right-minded folks prefer to think for ourselves and not be told what to think and when. The latter is communism. As regards the former, all opinions remain welcome here.
signed,
Another seasoned L.com commenter
P.S. - by the way, an interesting piece by Reingold
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/21/2022 7:38:43 AM (No. 1361547)
If the cheating machine is still in place, it will not matter who the GOP runs as a candidate. The top democrats must be crushed, humiliated and imprisoned before the next election or we will be crowning brainless Kamala or the other brainless governor goodhair from the great state of California and the downfall of America will continue until 2028, if we last that long.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
3XALADY 12/21/2022 8:13:09 AM (No. 1361588)
I doubt our votes will EVER mean anything again.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Daisymay 12/21/2022 8:29:42 AM (No. 1361600)
#7. The only people who can divide Republicans are Republicans! Those who are so Small Minded and Hateful that their Candidate was not chosen to run for President that they will take their Marbles and go home are the ones who will allow our Party to be Divided. I think we should, once again, allow the Majority of Republicans to choose their own Candidate and then ALL of us should get in line and vote for that Person! Since when is one Group, in our Party, allowed to force everyone to vote for their candidate, Or Else? If DeSantis runs, and beats Trump, then that's the will of the People! If those 70 million Trump Voters then decide not to vote at all, it only says they care more about their guy winning than saving our Country from four more years of Democrat Rule. I can't imagine any Republican wanting that to happen!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 12/21/2022 9:34:39 AM (No. 1361680)
Well said #12. It is bad enough to see the infantile behavior coming from the Democrats but we don't need to have it on the other side.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
felixcat 12/21/2022 10:09:55 AM (No. 1361710)
Perhaps #13 but with too many Republicans caving to the Democrats, not sure how DeSantis or anyone can save this country. I think the people who are dividing Republicans are Republicans like McConnell, et al. who did not fully support the pro-conservative and pro-American policies of Donald Trump that Republicans always claim to support. Don't blame us.
BTW - one of my concerns about DeSantis is as a veteran, like too many Republican veterans in Congress, is he going to 100% blindly support the DoD and foreign interventions like Ukraine?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
felixcat 12/21/2022 10:23:21 AM (No. 1361725)
Apologies but my post was a reply to Poster #12.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Zigrid 12/21/2022 11:21:21 AM (No. 1361778)
I'm confused by this article...are you telling me that desantis is a viable candidate because of his following among democrats?...that doesn't bode well for his chances against President Trump...if the democrat elite are trying to make MAGA followers desert President Trump...they are fools...WE will never desert him...until he says he's finished...and I don't see that happening any time soon....
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Citoyen 12/21/2022 11:24:01 AM (No. 1361781)
DeSantis is certainly the most impressive governor in the country. To win the presidency the nominee must peel off some of the self-identified Democrat voters. The author gives Reagan credit for doing so but weirdly doesn’t praise Donald Trump for doing the exact same thing. Trump won because he appealed to disaffected Democrats. DeSantis can do that as well.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 12/21/2022 1:01:04 PM (No. 1361877)
I think everyone should relax and take a deep breath. The primaries and the 2024 election is a long way off and anything can happen. The only person who knows the future is our Lord God. Governor Ron DeSantis and President Trump may not be competing against each other in 2024, so all of our pontificating was of naught. So the only Person who holds the future, again, is God.
After the 2022 election and the shock of the loss of the Senate and the poor showing in the House, we're letting go and letting God sort everything out. (God has a plan and it may not be ours) In the meantime, we will pray, watch, support, give and do what we can to help the MAGA conservatives win. So bottom line, Trust God, pray, but work like the devil is coming down the road! Because he is.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
wayneright 12/21/2022 2:44:42 PM (No. 1361962)
This trick again.
And you will all fall for it.
Again.
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