Active Users:486 Time:22/12/2024 06:00:00 PM
He really underperformed Tom Send a noteboard - 12/02/2024 11:54:04 PM

He came out very strong and then just lost steam the farther he went. I am disappointed because I was hoping someone younger would enter the race, and DeSantis has really done a good job as governor despite what the Left has tried to do to tarnish his reputation (the so-called "Don't Say Gay" law actually just says no sex ed for kids through third grade, which as far as I'm aware was pretty much the standard until very recently).

I will say one other thing, though. You've said a lot about Trump having the mentality of a three-year-old and so forth, but do you actually know anyone who personally knows Trump very well? I now know several, and all of them, without exception, have said it's a persona, an act, etc. I'm not saying he was efficient or understood the way politics differs from running a business, but he's certainly not stupid.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

*MySmiley*
Reply to message
a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” - 09/02/2024 02:41:32 PM 343 Views
I have suspicions about all of this, honestly. - 09/02/2024 03:38:56 PM 133 Views
yeah, me too - 09/02/2024 04:03:45 PM 131 Views
I'd take her in an instant. *NM* - 09/02/2024 05:42:29 PM 57 Views
Many would, but that wasn't my point. - 09/02/2024 05:48:40 PM 125 Views
Oh. That's amusing. *NM* - 09/02/2024 08:28:36 PM 53 Views
I'd immediately vote non-Democrat if she were the nominee - 11/02/2024 10:39:43 PM 123 Views
Oh, I think she's unqualified. But Biden is declining rapidly, and Trump is insane. *NM* - 12/02/2024 02:32:33 AM 53 Views
The border is key for many - 12/02/2024 05:41:44 PM 114 Views
Yeah, this is bad. - 09/02/2024 05:11:36 PM 128 Views
Re: Yeah, this is bad. - 09/02/2024 05:45:41 PM 127 Views
I never really understood the obsession with Michelle Obama... - 09/02/2024 09:46:41 PM 126 Views
Re: I never really understood the obsession with Michelle Obama... - 09/02/2024 10:59:29 PM 119 Views
It is literally that shallow - 10/02/2024 12:16:09 AM 122 Views
??? - 09/02/2024 11:00:42 PM 120 Views
I am Elizabeth, and Elizabeth means me! - 09/02/2024 11:21:59 PM 136 Views
Ok, weird - 09/02/2024 11:31:01 PM 133 Views
Oh. Yes. There have been some changes. - 10/02/2024 03:39:42 PM 124 Views
I see what you did there *NM* - 09/02/2024 11:41:47 PM 59 Views
people are going to go a little mad about this aren’t they? - 09/02/2024 06:22:50 PM 112 Views
It's news that the DOJ is making the case - 09/02/2024 10:57:24 PM 128 Views
There's a difference between the occasional slip of the tongue and the assessment in this report. - 09/02/2024 11:24:15 PM 125 Views
This has been going on for a long time - 12/02/2024 02:22:42 PM 106 Views
It's probably going to be Vivek Ramaswamy or Tim Scott or - 12/02/2024 05:33:45 PM 100 Views
Yeah, Noem certainly has been gunning hard for that position as well. - 12/02/2024 06:40:23 PM 119 Views
Because in the Cult of Leadership that is Trumpism - 12/02/2024 07:06:47 PM 132 Views
This is an excellent point that is often overlooked. - 12/02/2024 09:16:09 PM 116 Views
Yes, there are many similarities - and some interesting contrasts too. - 12/02/2024 11:33:55 PM 110 Views
On immigration, legal or otherwise - 13/02/2024 07:12:49 PM 147 Views
Such countries do often have pretty poor governance, yes... - 13/02/2024 10:31:51 PM 109 Views
Re: Yeah, Noem certainly has been gunning hard for that position as well. - 12/02/2024 07:42:39 PM 124 Views
Hah. Good point. *NM* - 12/02/2024 11:14:11 PM 96 Views
The fury those hypocritical evangelicals arouse in me is unhealthy. - 12/02/2024 08:27:25 PM 112 Views
It is remarkable how DeSantis looked for a minute like he'd claim Trump's throne... and then, didn't - 12/02/2024 11:11:29 PM 113 Views
He really underperformed - 12/02/2024 11:54:04 PM 118 Views
The Board of Education expanded it through 12th grade last year. - 13/02/2024 01:35:00 AM 107 Views
Bill Maher said pactically the same thing - 09/02/2024 11:52:54 PM 128 Views
Yes - 12/02/2024 02:25:20 PM 114 Views
That was a pretty damning report. - 10/02/2024 03:38:04 AM 139 Views
Meanwhile, Mexico now shares a border with Israel - 11/02/2024 10:45:35 PM 147 Views

Reply to Message