The DeSantis-Haley Debate (January 10, 2024)

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more succinct demonstration of Republican philosophy in a real world setting.

I thought Florida was all about the pastels.

Thanks for this @Spoons

One poll.

That link shows that the lies were a flyin.

I was sure that there was a lot of BS flying around last night. Glad that it was all fact-checked.

Thanks for the link. I like how detailed it is; the authors really did a good job on it.

Politifact has a similar one, if you prefer them.

From the debate: If you believe in climate change, DO NOT vote for a Republican. Things mentioned by both were “drill, baby, drill,” get rid of the EPA, cancel all electric vehicle progress, China is still polluting, so why should we do anything? And the list goes on and on.

Why do they want to bring back memories of Palin? Is she so loved by MAGAheads?

That’s not what they mean by that.
They’re certain that we could relieve ourselves of requiring the use of foreign oil, if we produced more at home. It’s a shortsighted INDEPENDENCE thing.
It is another expression of “Can you believe how expensive gas is???”

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I was thinking of Donne a couple of minutes ago and re-read his poem “The Flea” to consider how the current book banning plan would affect classical literature. And yes, cancel culture would ban one of my favourite poems.

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It is.

But DeSantis is about anything but Florida.

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(I do look forward to his returning and inevitably trying to play like he Did It All for Florida. Not even Republicans will believe him.)

I think the suckers will buy it.

Both go to their corners. Haley gets smelling salts and a bucket to spit in. DeSantis’s cut man is working on his left eye.

Sadly this is likely to be true. And there are way too many suckers among the Florida GOP electorate.

Even so, DeSantis has lost some of the sheen of inevitability that he enjoyed once he announced his candidacy. A lot of his defenders must know they can’t, anymore, present those “God created a fighter” memes without being laughed out of the room.

This angers me:

Ron DeSantis:

“Now, every booster you take, you’re MORE likely to get Covid because of it.”

Posted this in a BBQ thread, too.

Where? I feel the need to express myself fully on this.

Thanks. Off to let my inner screech monkey out.