The DeSantis Campaign Is DEAD TO ME!

I’d still like to see him naked.

Ha ha!!!!

We will now be denied the second coming of Jackie.

It's not surprising at all. He has proven to be inarticulate and lacking in charisma during his campaign, and the donor class has decided that the even more intellectually limited Nikki Haley is a better prospect. Still, none of them will ever stand a chance against Donald Trump, who has been undeservedly turned into a political martyr by the neocon Repucrat cabal's corruption and shameless misuse of the legal system.

In short, the 2024 presidential campaign will be VERY eventful.

He'd canceled his major news show appearances this morning, so it was a given he'd pulled out before the primary. I guess he couldn't tolerate the thought of single digits in New Hampshire as an active candidate. This run has killed his political career. Florida is a shambles. And Eddie Munster is going to have to start flying commercial.

At one time, fuckable.

In Orlando, Mickey will be doing a show as Minnie tonight in celebration.

Fantastic news!

People are fine with his anti-wokism, they just didn't care for him too much. No charisma

Hey, Ron, told you not to fuck with the mouse

Holy shit, I was certain he'd at least wait until New Hampshire. Now back to Florida to plot his 2028 run, no doubt.

[quote] DeShoeLift calls it quits after coming up short in all perceptible metrics

Bye, bitch.

"Outside of Florida, no one cares about his anti-woke bullshit."

DL's numerous Log Cabinette Republicans and KKKlan Grannies seem to think if you appease neanderthals like DeSantis by going along with their anti-trans bullshit, they'll leave gay men and women alone. Such utter and complete bullshit.

The gloves still make me laugh, r3.

I guess his PAC’s “Don’t Back Down” message will now become “ We Backed Down But We Don’t Give Refunds”.

Somewhere his Teresa Giudice doppelganger wife is crying while wearing the gown she already had custom made for the inauguration.

Back to the swamp you go, Bootsie Pudding Paws; time to kiss The Loser's diapered ass.

How will Florida's school books depict your failed presidential candidacy, loser, now that the nation has "banned" you?

Worse luck next time.

His boots were NOT made for walking.

Imagine how angry and humiliated DeSantis is, and how he'll take it out those who don't support him.

Looks like Papa Murdoch left him high and dry. I really hope he's in piles of debt.

Andrew Gillum must be on ... um ... cloud 9.

[quote]Imagine how angry and humiliated DeSantis is, and how he'll take it out those who don't support him.

Bring it, bitch! We'll be waiting.

The powers pulling the strings want either Haley or Newsom, if Biden bows out

No one is bowing out, enough with your conspiracy theories.

R28, who the fuck is that?

A truth teller, that's who.

Jared Yates Sexton

[quote]Hoosier, Political Analyst, Muckrake Podcast, Author THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS @duttonbooks available now

Now he can run against Trump again in 2028.

Yeah, he can run against Diaper Don for prison librarian in 2028, R32.

R1 Having sex with Rhonda is probably akin to fucking an android.

He'll take it out on Florida now and fuck it up as much as he can in his remaining two years.

[quote] [R28], who the fuck is that?

He's a historian and author.

[quote] Jared Yates Sexton is an author and political analyst whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Politico, and elsewhere. He is the author of three books of short fiction, a novel, The People Are Going To Rise Like The Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage, an examination of the 2016 Presidential Election, The Man They Wanted Me To Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making, a dissection of American masculinity, and, most recently, American Rule: How A Nation Conquered The World But Failed Its People,

[quote] Currently he serves as an associate professor of writing at Georgia Southern University and is the co-host of The Muckrake Podcast.

This campaign was totally rigged.

Hah!

That's a shame.

[quote] America's Sweetheart Ron DeSantis is hanging up his heels and suspending his presidential campaign. Take a look back with us at his spectacular disaster of a campaign. Laugh at what was, enjoy what could have been.

I don't agree that it was his positions that hurt him with Republicans. The anti-"woke" stuff works elsewhere, too.

His main problem was that he's not Trump. MAGA at this point is a Trump cult. It doesn't matter that he actually managed to accomplish things that they (MAGA) like as governor. Just like it didn't matter that Vivek was good at debating and speaking MAGA positions better than Trump ever could. They want Trump and only Trump.

That's not to say that DeSantis ran a good campaign. No, he did terribly and came across like a fucking robot in clown shoes. But he never had a chance and the smart decision would've been to wait until 2028.

R38 see R14.

Next stop, Jenny Craig celebrity spokesman!

Odd, I can't see my comment.

Testing, testing

[quote] the smart decision would've been to wait until 2028.

The smarter decision would have been to stick it out a bit longer. He gambled on tRump being incarcerated, tainted by scandal and/or not surviving...and there is still time for any of these to come to pass

Does this help Haley in NH?

Did you accidentally ignore yourself, r44?

No, R47. If anything it's a bit worse for her.

Will Haley persevere until Super Tuesday?

R46 at some point, you have to know when to cut your losses and stop throwing good money after bad. Any Republican at this point is better than the orange, piece of shit lunatic, but the fever unfortunately hasn’t broke among MAGA and the rest of the party. And DeFatass can’t afford money wise to see how Trumps multiple indictments will translate to how if he will be punished and incarcerated.

The question now is who will be his VP choice.

[quote]Will Haley persevere until Super Tuesday?

Depends entirely on whether her donations dry up. I say big donors will abandon her after this Tuesday.

I think Trump wants JD Vance for VP. The female choices are not great.

Now Trump can concentrate on the total destruction of Nimbra.

Haley fans, prepare to weep.

A miracle might still happen and he might pick Haley for VP, which would be a formidable team-up. Maybe even enough to get them across the finish line, although I still believe sanity will prevail in the end.

It is interesting that he is doing this before the New Hampshire primary. I think the conventional wisdom is that Trump would be the second choice for any DeSantis voter. But I don't know if that logic holds up. I think that many, many "never Trumpers" were in DeSantis' corner. And with DeSantis out of the race, the only remaining option for the never Trumpers is now Nikki Haley.

If she gets close to Trump in New Hampshire then Trump's cloak of invincibility is going to collapse.

Hee Hee

R34, what an insult!!!

I think DeSatan and Scott endorsed Trump because they are confident he will lose the general election. They also might fear that Haley actually has a shot. Their 2028 presidential aspirations are enhanced if Joe Biden gets a second term. They can't run against an incumbent Haley.

Interesting thought

I suspect it’s more likely that they want to be seen as completely loyal to the cult leader going forward.

DeSantis is still a fat fuck!

[quote] I suspect it’s more likely that they want to be seen as completely loyal to the cult leader going forward.

Their advisors and donors are pulling the strings and guiding their actions. Republican donors have no loyalty to Trump, they want him to fall off the face of the Earth.

HA HA. I can only imagine the stress eating Fat Rhonda is doing right now.

I should've invested in pudding, I would've made a fortune!

DeSantis has been flailing for a while now - this was only a matter of time. Some MAGA voters would rather have him than Trump as they are weary of Trump's behavior, but they are a small number of people. Unless Haley has a very strong showing in NH, her campaign will hang it up soon. I'm skeptical that she'd even win her home state of SC given that Uncle Tom Tim Scott and Ladybird Graham have both endorsed Trump.

Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Fried:

[quote] "Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign is a dead, rotten carcass on the side of the road."

Ron Filipkowski

[quote] I guess the best part for Desantis is he doesn’t have to fake trying to smile anymore and he can just go back to being the hateful, angry little troll that he is.

[quote] He drops out on twitter, doesn’t have the class and grace to do it in front of his supporters who worked hard for him, uses a fake Churchill quote, then kisses Trump’s ring 6 days after ridiculing people who kiss Trump’s ring.

Mrs. Betty Bowers

[quote] I wonder how many Floridians died of COVID just so Ron DeSantis could not be president.

[quote] If only Ron DeSantis had been lucky enough to be a slave, he might have learned skills he could later use to run a competent political campaign.

"Next Stop, Tallahassee."

Now a word on poor Casey, who departed Florida on a private plane bound for her reign as FLOTUS, 2025.

Tonight, she returns home perched on the backseat of a southbound Greyhound Bus, the fate of many a poor Florida girl before her.

"Last stop, Tallahassee."

They all endorse Donald because his goons will come after them if they don’t. There is no room for independent thought in a Cult.

R67, I love Betty Bowers!

What's next - The Masked Singer or Dancing With the Stars?

[quote] What's next - The Masked Singer or Dancing With the Stars?

Only Fans

--Mistress Casey

I noticed his tongue is firmly up Dump's ass as he concedes. Disgusting.

He's done. The Never Trumpers hate him because he is too much like Trump and the MAGAts hate him because he spoke out against their Lard and Savior. The comments on social media about him from the potential Republican voters are hilariously hateful towards him.

The current NY Times headline basically castrates the bastard:

"Implosion Complete, DeSantis Falls in Line Behind Trump"

R6, he actually looks human in that photo. As opposed to the pathetic, whipped puppet he is today. If he weren’t such a colossal piece of shit with way more power than he can responsibly wield, I’d feel sorry for him.

Pshaw. Let donald and ronald wallow in their loser empathy.

First thing tomorrow morning, Casey will be pounding on the door of Ross Dress For Less trying to return thousands of dollars of lightly used merchandise.

Let's revisit this classic from The Onion

[quote]Donald Trump, who has been undeservedly turned into a political martyr by the neocon Repucrat cabal's corruption and shameless misuse of the legal system.

Thanks Mr. Bannon!

"In a matter of weeks, Ron will bend the knee and endorse Donald Trump."

R82, Gavin was right. How embarrassing for DeSantis that he had to bend the knee for Trump today. Trump has been insulting DeSantis for months. Trump even called DeSantis a "son of a bitch" back in July:

Where will white gogo boots fit elsewhere in this campaign?

Thanks for the memories, Rhonda, we'll never forget 😂

Gavin Newsom called it 7 weeks ago in his debate with DeSantis:

"In a matter of weeks, Ron will bend the knee and endorse Donald Trump":

Casey was pumped full of hormones to give birth to three toddlers in quick succession to make them look younger on the campaign trail- then got cancer.

[quote]Gavin Newsom called it 7 weeks ago in his debate with DeSantis: "In a matter of weeks, Ron will bend the knee and endorse Donald Trump":

I mean, technically it would also be a matter of weeks if he dropped out and endorsed Trump in March or even later. It would be more impressive if he said "by the end of January" or something like that.

"Do we get a refund on all the money we sent him?"- The Deplorables

Wasn't he mainly propped up by rich donors? Small-time deplorables never abandoned Trump.

@r88, Even more impressive if he had given the exact date and time, because we would know that Newsom is psychic and then beg him to tell us when Trump would choke on a hamburger 😏

Ron finally letting his heels down

[quote] The copy of the 1938 ad reads as follows: "Men with the spirit of youth pioneered our America ... men with vision and sturdy confidence. They found contentment in the thrill of action, knowing that success was never final and failure never fatal. It was courage that counted. Isn't opportunity in America today greater than it was in the days of our grateful forefathers?"

r93 A complete doofus, even in defeat.

Rhonda the plagiarist got his final quote from a "woke" Bud ad 😂

It would be funny to pay Randy quaid to mate with his wife while she’s wearing a Rhonda face mask while he speaks mockingly to the camera (he already did that to another person)

[quote] DeSantis is cruel without any charisma."

🤣🤣🤣

Better link

Broke Never Back Campaign

"Tippy-toed tyrant"

Have the Villages been more for Trump or Rhonda Santis?

Fuck you, you fucking loser!

[quote]For Ron DeSantis, we might amend that to say, “The cruelty was pointless.” Rarely in American politics has a civic leader, a governor no less, used his official power to marginalize, demean, and endanger so many — in the naked service of career advancement — only to fall so spectacularly flat.

^ Great article on the timeline of a horrendously cruel man. I only hope it all comes back on him tenfold what he did to others. Perhaps God has another oak tree, like the one that put Greg Abbott in a wheel chair. Maybe this time God will have better aim 🤨

Inside the final hours of Ron DeSantis' ill-fated campaign

Well this didn't age well... Where did he come from? His lack of gravitas, appeal and charisma were numbing. He fell on a plan to out-repulse Trump and it backfired on him. Now he'll go down in history as a joke.

And I think the 2018 and 2022 Gov. elections were hacked, as all of Florida's elections are. Some dark forces were grooming him for the bigtime- with Putin's help.

on the upside he dropped a ton of lard for this quixotic quest

^ Right now, somewhere in Tallahassee, there's a sad little boy on his third case of pudding cups... He'll gain it all back

Do you actually live in FL, R107? I do.

I'm willing to believe that racism had something to do with his first win over Gillum. Crist turned out to be a weak candidate, with Ron being a proxy for venting Biden hatred among the highly-enthused MAGAs. Moreover, it's commonly mentioned the Democratic party needs to get its act together. Combine that, and that's his big win.

I don't see much of a future path for him after he leaves office in three years. He's unpopular enough here that even if a Senate seat opened up he'd lose if he tried. He'd be slaughtered if he tried Prez again, just not up to that.

BWWWWAAAAH.