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Elon Musk is slso having a bad week. I'll need two miniature violins!

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Was that the Starship Twitter today? 💥

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He’s the top of my list of the Tim Pawlenty/Scott Walker award for the most underwhelming presidential front runner of 2024.

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I believe Fred Thompson is still my favorite.

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But at least Fred could act...Great as the sub commander in Red October and as the DA for a few seasons of Law & Order.

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I think DeSantis' slide really started when he pandered to the Neo-Isolationist Right on Ukraine.

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Or when people outside of Florida realized that he is an emotionless technocrat.

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DeSantis' fall from grace has been stunning. I can't remember anything like this. I know you mentioned Scott Walker and Fred Thompson, but at least they fell off after they entered the race.

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Is there any difference between the photographs of the Wannabe-Mussolini smiling or looking out into the crowd?

I don't see it.

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Yeah I know some are but other times I just wonder

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Bite your nose spite your face...

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... <<. cutting off his nose *to spite* his face >> That is the correct usage

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My mother's was a variation:

Cut off your nose to spite your face. ;)

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Ponder this: Trump & DeSantis are the two best that can be offered by a major political party. There is something really wrong with this picture, huh?

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What is life in this country?! No one looks competent

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Go down a few levels of government.

Our local Dems and Repubs here in northwest Indiana work together to get things done. None of the foolishness seen at the state and federal levels.

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Wow, Chris, that last sentence is one of the wimpiest bits of punditry I can remember reading in a long time.

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Cillizza: "It reeked of pure personal animus — and DeSantis cutting off his nose despite his face."

You mean he's cutting off his nose "TO SPITE his face"

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I’ve wondered whether he will go the way of Scott Walker back in 2016.

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He’s doomed and deserves it

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DeSantis is "cutting off his nose to spite his face"...not "despite his face."

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I call it Karma for all his trash legislation against “wokeness.” Next to Trump he’s a real amateur at Republican politics.

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As far as a DeSantis presidential run announcement goes , if you stink as an amateur, you will stink even more as a pro. Build a state prison next to a place filled with 1000's of children? What is his campaign slogan going to be? "I am not a idiot, I just play one on TV?".

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What’s incredible is that there’s not a credible challenge from any Republican to a guy who spent 2 months brainwashing his supporters into coming to DC to partake in a coup attempt. Republican politicians and their voters are both a blight.

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