This is how it's done
Hot Air,
by
David Strom
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
8/31/2023 10:52:49 AM
By far the best reason to support Governor DeSantis, or at least admire him as an outstanding governor, is that he is uber-competent when it comes to actual governing.
This is not a post explaining why I support DeSantis over Trump–that is, at the moment, a pointless exercise anyway. All I really want to do is highlight the fact that being a good leader requires something besides saying the right things, but actually accomplishing the important things. And how accomplishing the important things allows you to say the right things and move the ball forward.
DeSantis has proven to be an exceptionally competent governor,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Krause 8/31/2023 11:09:09 AM (No. 1546701)
DeSantis is smart, a good leader and works for the people. Totally opposite from Biden.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 8/31/2023 11:20:58 AM (No. 1546718)
Sounds like DeSantis should probably continue being an exceptionally competent governor of Florida, then.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
sunshinehorses 8/31/2023 11:27:05 AM (No. 1546725)
If DeSantis would run on his successes as governor and ignore stuff about Trump (and what the Republican committee is probably telling him to say), he would be a really viable candidate against Trump. I like Trump, but honestly he is getting too much baggage.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
billa57 8/31/2023 11:30:27 AM (No. 1546732)
Can you imagine an Andrew Gillum as Governor? It almost happened. He probably would have blocked the exits like that Hawaiin Governor did. Elections have consequences.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
planetgeo 8/31/2023 12:23:26 PM (No. 1546768)
Totally agree with this article. Competent governing is what this country desperately needs. And not just as state governors.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 8/31/2023 12:33:50 PM (No. 1546771)
After watching how the governor has handled this hurricane, I fully understand why Floridians love their governor. I believe he could also straighten out a lot of the mess in DC.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
SALady 8/31/2023 12:41:58 PM (No. 1546776)
Yes, he is a very popular governor of what has become a solidly Republican state. He has a state legislature that is controlled by the Republicans and gives him pretty much whatever legislation he wants passed. He has an attractive wife and children. He is super popular with his state's voters. He just gives off the aura of being super competent and a great leader. Even the media in his state was pretty supportive of him.
Sadly, I am describing George W. Bush when he decided to run for president. We all know how that turned out. He got to the sewer of Washington DC and discovered that not only the Demon-Rats, but also so many RINO Republi-Can'ts in Congress, wanted him to fail. It suddenly wasn't easy to get anything done with the entire uni-party establishment making his life hell day after day after day.
DeSantis should have stayed in Florida and worked on his conservative leadership resume for another 4 years. He should have been Trump's biggest cheerleader for 2024. If he had, he would have been the guaranteed frontrunner for 2028, and would have gotten the massive support (votes and $$$) of not only Trump's huge base of supporters, but also of Trump himself. This total lack of judgement, combined with the history of G. W. Bush, and all the campaign snafu's that he has done in this primary season, makes me think that he is not presidential material -- at least not yet.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Geoman 8/31/2023 12:57:36 PM (No. 1546783)
I still do not understand why Trump and those columnists who support him in the world of political punditry and on this site, believed it necessary to destroy DeSantis. In past elections, for example, it was sufficient to see one's favorite candidate achieve a clear majority of support, sufficient to garner their party's nomination, and put their focus on the general election. Currently, the majority of those purporting to support Trump, have blasted Trump's most current choice of political party affiliation, essentially calling for the elimination of the GOP, which does not ensure that Trump gets back into the White House but does ensure an up-hill battle to keep the House out of democrat control and remove democrats from their current Senate majority, things that are typically essential for a successful administration. It was a majority Republican Senate that twice kept Trump from being removed from office during the democrat's impeachment frenzy. Democrats are likely comforted knowing that if Trump manages to slip through their lawfare net, the third impeachment will be the charm.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Gnana1 8/31/2023 1:03:03 PM (No. 1546785)
Strom may be delusional. I do think rds exhibits some moments of verbally signaling he be a great governor. But he really isn't. Strom needs to check the record more closely. Plus a governor does not mean one is ready to be potus.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Phantomll 8/31/2023 1:11:04 PM (No. 1546789)
His statement in the wake of the hurricane is a classic and guaranteed to make the libs' heads explode: "You loot,we shoot."
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LadyHen 8/31/2023 1:14:25 PM (No. 1546794)
Yes, he is an excellent governor of a solidly red state. But anyone who thinks RDS will fare better in the DC big leagues and slay the hydra that is the Establishment because he managed hurricane emergencies well is smoking something illegal. I'd take a hurricane any day over the duplicity and mendacity of the Swamp. The hurricane is far less destructive and wasteful.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 8/31/2023 2:20:58 PM (No. 1546823)
#8 - Being critical of Governor DeSantis does not equate to being out to destroy him. There is universal recognition of his administrative and organizational skills, as well as his ability parry with the press. The main objection is his timing at this moment of great crisis in our country's history. Should our enemies be successful in keeping President Trump from the White House, there will never be another truly conservative, patriotic American president in our lifetimes. If the Deep State is able to take out The Donald with his intellect, instincts, persona and wealth; do you really think any other non-approved "Republican" candidate has a chance?
Trump's "baggage" is same "baggage" that is the same garbage that has been hung around the neck of true patriots since the communist infiltration of this country began. You can judge how great a threat Trump is to the ruling class by how much garbage they are throwing at him. Only the weak are frightened by it; true patriots see it as proof our hero is on target. Trump is also undertaking a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. The GOPe has become an enemy agent and cannot be trusted. Plus Trump has his legal difficulties brought to him by the Deep State. There's a lot on this great patriot's plate. He needs support from every American patriot that is aware and awake. Our second revolution is on the horizon.
MAGA REVENGE - TRUMP 2024
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
lynngirl122 8/31/2023 2:21:22 PM (No. 1546824)
Try living in Massachusetts with our Govenor Maura "Dimples" Healy just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 8/31/2023 3:34:57 PM (No. 1546853)
David Strom should read the article posted just above this one - - which informs us that the De Santis SuperPAC has just folded.
It's tough - - really tough - - to clue in the clueless.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mc squared 8/31/2023 3:41:19 PM (No. 1546858)
I'm a Trumpster, but if he doesn't make the primaries, I want to know who the anti -DeSantis posters would like to see be the candidate. I haven't seen any names.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Venturer 8/31/2023 8:24:21 PM (No. 1547003)
He should have just waited.
probably the dumbest thing he ever did was announce a candidacy for President against Donald trump. 4 more years and he was a shoo in.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
anniebc 9/1/2023 3:52:17 AM (No. 1547170)
It is a thing that good governors should remain in their positions to fix their states and not run for president. It makes the governorship look like a stepping stone. Let the average Joe citizens run for DC offices. We need to wreck politics and their machines that are destroying US.
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