Democrats are so worried about how the narrative on the governor’s race has changed since Hurricane Ian decimated some of Florida and Ron DeSantis didn’t completely blow it by tossing paper towels into the crowds.
Sure, his response has been sufficient. So far. Isn’t he doing exactly what he is supposed to? He’s military. They are good to have around in a crisis. And he is surrounded by people who are used to responding to hurricanes. Our search and rescue task force, for example, makes him look good.
Even President Joe Biden, who stood by him at ground zero to discuss relief efforts, has praised DeSantis’ quick and thorough response.
Yes, it’s true that hurricanes win elections. But the guv could get more votes out of his latest commercial with Casey DeSantis talking straight into the camera about how her husband responded to her breast cancer diagnosis last year.
The 60-second spot, titled “That is Who Ron DeSantis Is,” starts pretty typically for a bio. He grew up here, he worked his way up, served in the military, fought in Iraq, married her and fathered three children. Then the piano music fades and all you hear is Mrs. DeSantis’ voice, cracking a little.
“If you want to know who Ron DeSantis really is, when I was diagnosed with cancer, and I was facing the battle for my life, he was the dad who took care of my children when I couldn’t,” Florida’s First Lady says emotionally. “He was there to pick me off of the ground when I literally could not stand.
“He was there to fight for me when I didn’t have the strength to fight for myself,” she adds. “That is who Ron DeSantis is.”
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The ad stops you in your tracks. Even if you weren’t paying attention to it at first, you are by the end. I’ve seen it happen to people. Casey DeSantis is sitting cross-legged on the sofa, in a pair of jeans and an old sweater. You feel like you are talking to a friend.
Who wouldn’t want to get to know that Ron DeSantis? He should run for office.
A recent Suffolk University poll had DeSantis leading the 2022 race for governor, topping challenger Congressman Charlie Crist, 48%-41%.
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I don’t think the political spot with DeSantis wife was unfortunately. I think any husband will do the same in a similar situation. Didn’t change my mind. Bad choice.
To Nick A.
I understand your concern about what your children are taught at a public school. You have your standards and you wish them applied to the public schools.
But remember that we live in a divided society, 50-50, and the other half may have standards that are different from yours, and why should they have to live by YOUR standards in a free society?
My answer is that you should be able to send your children to the school that best reflects your values and preferences, and so should the other half of the citizens be able to send THEIR children to the school that best reflects their values and preferences.
The ONLY way that you can accomplish peace and satisfaction from all corners is to dismantle completely the public school system and replace it with a totally private education industry.
Yeah, Sergio, banning the books that try to teach toddlers about penises and vaginas and drag queens way before they are ready. That is a Marxist deconstructionist approach (look up in Wikipedia the Frankfurt School of Social research that got its foothold in America in the mid 1930’s). THAT is the seed of the Left in America. Their goal? to bring down the moral structure of America that had been so successful as a basis for building the country. These pseudo-intellectual rascals (Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse, among others) penetrated both US high culture in the Ivy League colleges and US popular culture through Hollywood and the Hippies. They are still at it, but people are waking up to their insidious ways, Poor Ladra is in this way over her head on this and she unconsciously takes the Frankfurt School ideas as some kind of an innovative, and therefore enlightened way to organize (destroy) society around Marxist materialist values.
You nailed it about the ad and so did his advertising agency. He’s hitting all the heart strings.
Plus its bullet proof. The dems can’t counter without it blowing up in their face.(plus the fact Perez is also citing her cancer in her ads) I’d love to know the creative team team who put that together
My wife has suffered twice of breast cancer. It is only normal that I was there to support her emotionally and physically and deal with our four children.
My wife soon headed back to work, deal with her two post surgeries, and continue to do mother work for four children.
If Mr. DeSantis did different from what I did twice, he sure is not a fit individual.
That said, we don’t need to get this pity commercial for political advantage.
Mr. DeSantis continues to confirm to me that he is another narcissist, bully politician who easily falls below decency when it comes to those vulnerable people like immigrants trying to get their lives in order in this country of immigrants and other segments of the population.
Shame on you Mr. DeSantis!
Politics has evolved into a blood sport. One of DeSantis’ tricks is to give taxpayers’ cash to certain groups, like teachers or first responders, all while railing against socialism. Who wouldn’t want to vote for someone who provides gifts?
This morning CNN posted a nice “roundup” of a dozen ideas to repair our democracy: https://cnn.it/3CXDRfm . I wish more of our candidates and elected officials would support these kinds of ideas that aim to bring us together instead of dividing us.
Is this the same DeSantis who is banning books from our libraries, muzzling and intimidating our teachers, using migrants as political props, and advocating for an abortion ban?
No, thanks, I’m not voting for the man.