Trump surrounds himself with snakes like Lindsay Graham as his advisors
He doesn't listen to them though. Unfortunately, DeSantis backtracked somewhat on his anti-neocon position and started repeating childish slogans like "Putin is a war criminal" and Graham's mentor McCain's "Russia is a gas station".
His position remains the same. He is against U.S. intervention
He condemned Putin even when the whole thing started last year. He said it now again and said the gas station line because like it or not that position plays well with the median general election voter.
Our very small board generally contains people who would fit on the most right wing slice of the entire American electorate. DeSantis can't win any national election by solely pandering to people here.
The anti-war, isolationist, non-interventionist position is the one aspect of populism that appeals to pretty much everyone outside the elite, even across party lines, and yet it is the first one that DeSantis seems to have backpedaled on. Whatever he's doing, it's the opposite of trying to appeal to the mainstream voter. A significant amount of Trump's continued popularity stems from the fact that he is the only President in the past century who didn't involve the US in yet another war, and actually took steps to end ongoing military involvement overseas.
He condemned Putin even when the whole thing started last year. He said it now again and said the gas station line because like it or not that position plays well with the median general election voter.
I don't mind the gas station line, though very childish, because he used it as a reason to not want to escalate. What does concern me is where he gets this sort of stuff.
Our very small board generally contains people who would fit on the most right wing slice of the entire American electorate. DeSantis can't win any national election by solely pandering to people here.
You underestimate GOP primary voters. If he's going to win the primary, he has to not be a neocon. I was hoping the primary would become a race between who would be the most anti-neocon and anti-woke. Unfortunately, it seems that DeSantis is not challenging Trump for the crown on that one.
Trump is running to DeSantis's left when it comes to still defending lockdowns, bragging about the vax and praising Democrats like Charlie Crist.
That Crist stuff is retarded and he really needs to cut it out.
However, bragging about the vaccine is just good GE politics, which you earlier accepted as a reason.
The race is between a constitutional conservative who knows how to win and a narcissistic man with his own cult.
DeSantis got no more than Marco Rubio. By that logic, Rubio is the man.
That said, DeSantis has been a very, very, very good governor. In 2008 or 2012 anyone supporting either Trump or DeSantis would be absolutely thrilled with the other guy.
It should be a very simple choice but we have more Trump cultists in the base than I would ever like.
Rather few actually. The only one I've seen is the Imp.
Trump is running to DeSantis's left when it comes to still defending lockdowns, bragging about the vax and praising Democrats like Charlie Crist.
Bad news for you -- I listened to his Waco rally the other day and he didn't bring up the vax and shit all over lockdowns and the governers who implemented them "when they weren't forced to".
May be slight revisionist history but it really doesn't matter. DeSantis has no shot against Trump without some monumental blunder by Trump.
He doesn't listen to them though. Unfortunately, DeSantis backtracked somewhat on his anti-neocon position and started repeating childish slogans like "Putin is a war criminal" and Graham's mentor McCain's "Russia is a gas station".
His position remains the same. He is against U.S. intervention
He condemned Putin even when the whole thing started last year. He said it now again and said the gas station line because like it or not that position plays well with the median general election voter.
Our very small board generally contains people who would fit on the most right wing slice of the entire American electorate. DeSantis can't win any national election by solely pandering to people here.
The anti-war, isolationist, non-interventionist position is the one aspect of populism that appeals to pretty much everyone outside the elite, even across party lines, and yet it is the first one that DeSantis seems to have backpedaled on. Whatever he's doing, it's the opposite of trying to appeal to the mainstream voter. A significant amount of Trump's continued popularity stems from the fact that he is the only President in the past century who didn't involve the US in yet another war, and actually took steps to end ongoing military involvement overseas.
I don't mind the gas station line, though very childish, because he used it as a reason to not want to escalate. What does concern me is where he gets this sort of stuff.
You underestimate GOP primary voters. If he's going to win the primary, he has to not be a neocon. I was hoping the primary would become a race between who would be the most anti-neocon and anti-woke. Unfortunately, it seems that DeSantis is not challenging Trump for the crown on that one.
Trump is running to DeSantis's left when it comes to still defending lockdowns, bragging about the vax and praising Democrats like Charlie Crist.
The race is between a constitutional conservative who knows how to win and a narcissistic man with his own cult.
It should be a very simple choice but we have more Trump cultists in the base than I would ever like.
That Crist stuff is retarded and he really needs to cut it out.
However, bragging about the vaccine is just good GE politics, which you earlier accepted as a reason.
DeSantis got no more than Marco Rubio. By that logic, Rubio is the man.
That said, DeSantis has been a very, very, very good governor. In 2008 or 2012 anyone supporting either Trump or DeSantis would be absolutely thrilled with the other guy.
Rather few actually. The only one I've seen is the Imp.
Bad news for you -- I listened to his Waco rally the other day and he didn't bring up the vax and shit all over lockdowns and the governers who implemented them "when they weren't forced to".
May be slight revisionist history but it really doesn't matter. DeSantis has no shot against Trump without some monumental blunder by Trump.
Sucks for you, eh?
Fuck off azov nazi supporting vermin. Ukrainians are nazi scum and the ones who were murdering their own people and using hospitals as bases.