(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Trump eviscerates a gutless DeSantis - how much more humiliation can Ron take? [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-28 Ron Desantis joins Dick Cheney as a medical paradox. Cheney remained heartless despite a heart transplant. And Trump eviscerated a viscera-free DeSantis. Yet the gutless wonder persists. The tragic disembowelment was prompted by Ron’s appearance on the Thursday night edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins . DeSantis may see a warrior when he looks in the mirror, but America sees a peevish, lift-wearing, ineffectual specimen. And in his interview with the host, he only enhanced his reputation as the ‘not quite as boring as paint drying’ candidate. How this Florida man won his gubernatorial election in a walkover is another mystery offered to America by the Sunshine State. (Side note: Florida Democrats need to figure it out.) In his mind, Ron seems to be living in a fairytale world where he is the all-wise King with his devoted Queen, his heir, and two snow-white Princesses. This lack of reality allows DeSantis — when asked by Collins if he was sanding off the sharp edges and moderating his tone — to reply: “I don’t think I’ve changed. I think I am what I am. I think I’ll run the same now, like I will, next November.” It takes magical thinking for anyone to believe Ron will be running for anything next November. He went on: “But here’s the thing. I’m more reliable on policy than Donald Trump. And Republican voters, I think, are starting to see that. And we’ll show that. I’ve delivered more on American First principles than anybody in the country, and not just this most recent legislative session all through my time as governor. So, we’ll see that.” I will grant DeSantis his claim that he is more reliable on policies than Trump. But that is to damn with faint praise. A bar drunk is more reliable on policy than Trump — if you even give Trump credit for having policies. Sadly for DeSantis, if there are Republican voters who see Ron as more reliable on policy than Don, they are not telling pollsters they will be voting for him next November. In the latest 538 average of polls, Trump is running 43% points ahead of the floundering DeSantis. And even in Iowa, where Ron has bet his dwindling resources, he trails the MAGA godhead by 32% points . A smart candidate would have rolled up their sleeves and done the work to to improve their chances. But Ron, for all his Ivy League education, is not an intelligent man. Whoever wins the swing states will win the presidency. And while his anti-Disney, LGBTQ-persecuting, curriculum-whitewashing, beating up on teens, book-burning agenda is crack cocaine to the MAGAs, he is going to have to seduce independents in Michigan and Arizona. And in 2020, they showed no interest in Trumpian extremism — so why would they vote for the store brand? Worse for DeSantis were the optics of the interview. Collins assumed the alpha position as she literally looked down on him. The internet says Kaitlan is 5’ 7”. So for some reason, his handlers were OK with him sitting in a lower chair — or whatever the cause was. Ron also did his impersonation of a bobblehead doll. He needs to stop wasting money on private jets and instead hire a behavioral professional to work on that. Because the minute you see his chin yo-yoing, you cannot unsee it. DeSantis’ monotonic dullness and discomfort was meat for the Trump campaign. They lit into the sapless aspirant with joyful abandon. DeSanctus Campaign Gets Spanked on CNN “In an inexplicable decision, Ron DeSanctimonious showed up on CNN last night for an interview that turned into a microcosm of his entire campaign thus far—uninspiring, pathetic, short-sighted, and embarrassing. Things got so bad that DeSanctus bobbed his head around, nervously fidgeted, and wildly flailed his arms as he realized the interview was not what he or his team had expected. It also didn’t help that Ron was sitting so low in his chair that he resembled a child looking up at his mother as he was getting thoroughly spanked. If you did not know DeSantis, you might feel pity for a man so clearly out of his depth and ill-equipped for the national spotlight. But we do know DeSantis. So instead, we relish the schadenfreude engendered by the arrogantly sadistic buffoon. Here is DeSantis doing his best — sadly. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/28/2202240/-Trump-eviscerates-a-gutless-DeSantis-how-much-more-humiliation-can-he-take?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/