DeSantis was Asst. Urinalysis Coordinator in the Navy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the deranged anti-FL haters: why do you think FL is the fastest growing state? Why have so many people moved there? Do ya think they are all masochists looking for pain?

I will also add that conservatives I know from Blue areas in the Northeast and MD/CA also moved to Florida. Once Trump lost in 2020 and they saw Democrats sweep local + state governments, they were more likely to jump down to Florida for ideological reasons. It is certainly a draw for a subset of wealthier conservatives who can afford to maintain two homes.

Good for them - what do they plan to do when they are literally under water half the time?

Underwater and underinsured. Good luck insuring your home. trying to help my parents with this. I have zero confidence they will ever be able to collect on this policy we managed to buy should they need it.

The same could be said for people who own beach front homes in Delaware… morons living on the water isn’t unique to Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you clearly never served. Every unit has to appoint people various eoles in their drug testing program. There is no "Urine Corps" in the Navy. No one is branched as a Urinalysis officer. But most officers are assigned to participate in implementing their urinalysis program.

He also never claimed to be a fighter pilot. He graduated from Harvard Law and went into JAG.

This thread is embarrassing in like 100 ways.

For DeSantis, yes.

Actually, no. It is embarrassing for Democrats who think pointing this out is in someway a negative for DeSantis.
He has never claimed to be a pilot. Never.
And, the fact that this was one of his responsibilities is not surprising.

And, pointing something like this out just highlights the fact that DeSantis has served in the military unlike others in high office.

This whole shtick worked super well for John Kerry. And Mike Pompeo really burnished his record with his combat in Germany. DeSantis should definitely make a few more fighter pilot commercials.

Also Michael Dukakis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you clearly never served. Every unit has to appoint people various eoles in their drug testing program. There is no "Urine Corps" in the Navy. No one is branched as a Urinalysis officer. But most officers are assigned to participate in implementing their urinalysis program.

He also never claimed to be a fighter pilot. He graduated from Harvard Law and went into JAG.

This thread is embarrassing in like 100 ways.

For DeSantis, yes.

Actually, no. It is embarrassing for Democrats who think pointing this out is in someway a negative for DeSantis.
He has never claimed to be a pilot. Never.
And, the fact that this was one of his responsibilities is not surprising.

And, pointing something like this out just highlights the fact that DeSantis has served in the military unlike others in high office.

This whole shtick worked super well for John Kerry. And Mike Pompeo really burnished his record with his combat in Germany. DeSantis should definitely make a few more fighter pilot commercials.

John Kerry is the biggest poseur of them all. He is so full of himself and his insane plastic surgery face is crazy. No one can possibly take him seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the deranged anti-FL haters: why do you think FL is the fastest growing state? Why have so many people moved there? Do ya think they are all masochists looking for pain?

Demographics. The largest contingent of Americans in history are all retiring and they want no taxes + sunshine. The pandemic + stock market surge compressed that schedule so a bunch retired at the same time instead of drawing down slowly.

The older ladies and teachers at my son’s preschool all retired in March 2020. The average instructor age went down by probably 15 years within 12 months. Same thing happened across the country at daycares and schools. This partially explains the big teacher shortage; they took their pensions and moved

Makes sense. Not sure people with school aged children are that impressed with how he handles education. I would worry my kid would be an a disadvantage coming from Florida schools.

You'd be surprised. I know several people here and in NYC who moved down to near Miami during the last couple of years, all have kids and are happy with the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you clearly never served. Every unit has to appoint people various eoles in their drug testing program. There is no "Urine Corps" in the Navy. No one is branched as a Urinalysis officer. But most officers are assigned to participate in implementing their urinalysis program.

He also never claimed to be a fighter pilot. He graduated from Harvard Law and went into JAG.

This thread is embarrassing in like 100 ways.

For DeSantis, yes.

Actually, no. It is embarrassing for Democrats who think pointing this out is in someway a negative for DeSantis.
He has never claimed to be a pilot. Never.
And, the fact that this was one of his responsibilities is not surprising.

And, pointing something like this out just highlights the fact that DeSantis has served in the military unlike others in high office.

This whole shtick worked super well for John Kerry. And Mike Pompeo really burnished his record with his combat in Germany. DeSantis should definitely make a few more fighter pilot commercials.

John Kerry is the biggest poseur of them all. He is so full of himself and his insane plastic surgery face is crazy. No one can possibly take him seriously.

The point is that exaggerating your military service is not a political positive. And military service itself seems pretty irrelevant at this point in Presidential politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the deranged anti-FL haters: why do you think FL is the fastest growing state? Why have so many people moved there? Do ya think they are all masochists looking for pain?

Demographics. The largest contingent of Americans in history are all retiring and they want no taxes + sunshine. The pandemic + stock market surge compressed that schedule so a bunch retired at the same time instead of drawing down slowly.

The older ladies and teachers at my son’s preschool all retired in March 2020. The average instructor age went down by probably 15 years within 12 months. Same thing happened across the country at daycares and schools. This partially explains the big teacher shortage; they took their pensions and moved

Makes sense. Not sure people with school aged children are that impressed with how he handles education. I would worry my kid would be an a disadvantage coming from Florida schools.

You'd be surprised. I know several people here and in NYC who moved down to near Miami during the last couple of years, all have kids and are happy with the schools.

Agree. Several of my friends have moved to Florida or Texas. Kids in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you clearly never served. Every unit has to appoint people various eoles in their drug testing program. There is no "Urine Corps" in the Navy. No one is branched as a Urinalysis officer. But most officers are assigned to participate in implementing their urinalysis program.

He also never claimed to be a fighter pilot. He graduated from Harvard Law and went into JAG.

This thread is embarrassing in like 100 ways.

For DeSantis, yes.

Actually, no. It is embarrassing for Democrats who think pointing this out is in someway a negative for DeSantis.
He has never claimed to be a pilot. Never.
And, the fact that this was one of his responsibilities is not surprising.

And, pointing something like this out just highlights the fact that DeSantis has served in the military unlike others in high office.

This whole shtick worked super well for John Kerry. And Mike Pompeo really burnished his record with his combat in Germany. DeSantis should definitely make a few more fighter pilot commercials.

John Kerry is the biggest poseur of them all. He is so full of himself and his insane plastic surgery face is crazy. No one can possibly take him seriously.

The point is that exaggerating your military service is not a political positive. And military service itself seems pretty irrelevant at this point in Presidential politics.

Yes but DeSantis isn’t exaggerating his experience. The Top Gun parody is not actual meant to tell people he was a pilot. It is tongue in cheek. Dukakis was unwittingly hilarious in the tank. He didn’t mean to be but he was. Backfire! And Kerry basically lied about what he was doing with the swiftboats and it was yet another instance of Kerry amplifying his own credentials. He was trying to evoke JFK in every way and it just didn’t work because he is fundamentally smug and unlikable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the deranged anti-FL haters: why do you think FL is the fastest growing state? Why have so many people moved there? Do ya think they are all masochists looking for pain?

I will also add that conservatives I know from Blue areas in the Northeast and MD/CA also moved to Florida. Once Trump lost in 2020 and they saw Democrats sweep local + state governments, they were more likely to jump down to Florida for ideological reasons. It is certainly a draw for a subset of wealthier conservatives who can afford to maintain two homes.

Good for them - what do they plan to do when they are literally under water half the time?

Underwater and underinsured. Good luck insuring your home. trying to help my parents with this. I have zero confidence they will ever be able to collect on this policy we managed to buy should they need it.

The same could be said for people who own beach front homes in Delaware… morons living on the water isn’t unique to Florida.

Are Delaware insured getting their policies cancelled? Are the insurance companies going out of biz?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. All of this handwringing about a guy who has an amazing record. I think he will dispense with Trump with ease. The loud Magas— the people at CPAC— make it seem like republicans want Trump. Most of us don’t. We are excited for DeSantis or Haley. So the real question is whether DeSantis’s record of monitoring urinalysis or working as a JAG will an issue in a competition with Biden. Fully confident that DeSantis will handle Biden in a devastating and yet completely respectful way. He will let Biden make a fool of himself and just remained poised as it happens. Cannot wait.

DeSantis will first have to "handle" Trump before he can "handle" Biden. Don't be so sure that Trump won't prevail.

Yeah thanks. Voted for trump twice. He is done. He is a net negative now. He needs to go away and most of us feel that way.

Since you seem so sure that most Republicans agree with you about Trump, can you explain why the Republican establishment as a whole--not just a handful of people--won't disavow Trump?

It isn’t necessary to have a war with trump. He still motivates a lot of people.

I get that Trump motivates people so they don't want to cut him loose, but Trump also has the ability to inflict serious damage on DeSantis and whomever else he tussles with during the primaries. And if he doesn't prevail in the primaries, he will spend his time attacking the GOP establishment and their anointed candidate. He will keep communicating with and riling up his base (the folks who are in his cult of personality) and will draw votes away from the GOP candidate. He will not fall in line and support the GOP candidate who will go up against Biden. So as much as you'd like to dismiss Trump, he is not going away. He will burn it all down if he has to.

And fox will be forced to cover it all to make the money! ( If they are still in business)

Pro tip. My family is R (Fox) and my husbands is L (msnbc and cnn). MSNBC and CNN feature trump WAY more than Fox. Way way more. Fox has definitely moved on.

OMG this is the truth. I was in a place where I was subjected to watching CNN for several hours and all they did was talk about Trump. For the two hours straight I had to sit in that room. Holy moly.
I’ve said this repeatedly, it’s democrats that are keeping Trump alive, not Republicans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the deranged anti-FL haters: why do you think FL is the fastest growing state? Why have so many people moved there? Do ya think they are all masochists looking for pain?

Demographics. The largest contingent of Americans in history are all retiring and they want no taxes + sunshine. The pandemic + stock market surge compressed that schedule so a bunch retired at the same time instead of drawing down slowly.

The older ladies and teachers at my son’s preschool all retired in March 2020. The average instructor age went down by probably 15 years within 12 months. Same thing happened across the country at daycares and schools. This partially explains the big teacher shortage; they took their pensions and moved

Makes sense. Not sure people with school aged children are that impressed with how he handles education. I would worry my kid would be an a disadvantage coming from Florida schools.

You'd be surprised. I know several people here and in NYC who moved down to near Miami during the last couple of years, all have kids and are happy with the schools.

Agree. Several of my friends have moved to Florida or Texas. Kids in school.

for starters, they actually slap a warning lable on "Beloved" and "I know why the cage bird sings" that say "community members object to the book for high school students". No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. All of this handwringing about a guy who has an amazing record. I think he will dispense with Trump with ease. The loud Magas— the people at CPAC— make it seem like republicans want Trump. Most of us don’t. We are excited for DeSantis or Haley. So the real question is whether DeSantis’s record of monitoring urinalysis or working as a JAG will an issue in a competition with Biden. Fully confident that DeSantis will handle Biden in a devastating and yet completely respectful way. He will let Biden make a fool of himself and just remained poised as it happens. Cannot wait.

DeSantis will first have to "handle" Trump before he can "handle" Biden. Don't be so sure that Trump won't prevail.

Yeah thanks. Voted for trump twice. He is done. He is a net negative now. He needs to go away and most of us feel that way.

Since you seem so sure that most Republicans agree with you about Trump, can you explain why the Republican establishment as a whole--not just a handful of people--won't disavow Trump?

It isn’t necessary to have a war with trump. He still motivates a lot of people.

I get that Trump motivates people so they don't want to cut him loose, but Trump also has the ability to inflict serious damage on DeSantis and whomever else he tussles with during the primaries. And if he doesn't prevail in the primaries, he will spend his time attacking the GOP establishment and their anointed candidate. He will keep communicating with and riling up his base (the folks who are in his cult of personality) and will draw votes away from the GOP candidate. He will not fall in line and support the GOP candidate who will go up against Biden. So as much as you'd like to dismiss Trump, he is not going away. He will burn it all down if he has to.

And fox will be forced to cover it all to make the money! ( If they are still in business)

Pro tip. My family is R (Fox) and my husbands is L (msnbc and cnn). MSNBC and CNN feature trump WAY more than Fox. Way way more. Fox has definitely moved on.

OMG this is the truth. I was in a place where I was subjected to watching CNN for several hours and all they did was talk about Trump. For the two hours straight I had to sit in that room. Holy moly.
I’ve said this repeatedly, it’s democrats that are keeping Trump alive, not Republicans.

ok sure. he will be the GOP nominee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so, not a fighter pilot as he’s been saying.

This guy is like a Simpson's character come to life. But tragic. As well as funny as hell.

Perfect! Good call. What a tool he is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. All of this handwringing about a guy who has an amazing record. I think he will dispense with Trump with ease. The loud Magas— the people at CPAC— make it seem like republicans want Trump. Most of us don’t. We are excited for DeSantis or Haley. So the real question is whether DeSantis’s record of monitoring urinalysis or working as a JAG will an issue in a competition with Biden. Fully confident that DeSantis will handle Biden in a devastating and yet completely respectful way. He will let Biden make a fool of himself and just remained poised as it happens. Cannot wait.

DeSantis will first have to "handle" Trump before he can "handle" Biden. Don't be so sure that Trump won't prevail.

Yeah thanks. Voted for trump twice. He is done. He is a net negative now. He needs to go away and most of us feel that way.

Since you seem so sure that most Republicans agree with you about Trump, can you explain why the Republican establishment as a whole--not just a handful of people--won't disavow Trump?

It isn’t necessary to have a war with trump. He still motivates a lot of people.

I get that Trump motivates people so they don't want to cut him loose, but Trump also has the ability to inflict serious damage on DeSantis and whomever else he tussles with during the primaries. And if he doesn't prevail in the primaries, he will spend his time attacking the GOP establishment and their anointed candidate. He will keep communicating with and riling up his base (the folks who are in his cult of personality) and will draw votes away from the GOP candidate. He will not fall in line and support the GOP candidate who will go up against Biden. So as much as you'd like to dismiss Trump, he is not going away. He will burn it all down if he has to.

I don’t dismiss him. Your analysis of him is spot on. As I said, he has become a net negative. He is a take no prisoners kind of guy and he will absolutely lash out at anyone and everyone that challenges him whether it’s good for the Republican Party or the country or not. And republicans know it! He is definitely the old guy who yells outrageous stuff all the time and so he is going to end up ignored. Yes some people still want him but they want to win more than they want him. He wants him to be president more than he wants a republican to be president. He feels like he got a raw deal and frankly I think he did with Russia collusion hoax and COVID happening. But that’s the way it went and now he is a has been. He doesn’t know it but he is. But like Barack, and Bill Clinton, he fires people up. So he is going to be a helpful motivating tool and then once DeSantis declares in May, he will just rail agains DeSantis and I suspect DeSantis will do what he does which is to obliquely reference trump but not fire back until the debates. And then I think DeSantis will just rise above as the most poised, intelligent, forward looking, hopeful, candidate.

HOPEFUL?! You listen to Ron DeSantis and come away feeling HOPEFUL?! Good gd.

High income Republicans also have PTSD from Trump. So yeah, they are “hopeful” when they listen to DeSantis - they hope he can dispense of Trump and then beat Biden. Because right now they feel like a bunch of losers.

I guess I can see that. I thought PP meant the content of what he has to say, because the man is a walking dystopian dialogue generator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one has linked any evidence that DeSantis claimed to be a fighter pilot. The only "evidence" is a pic of DeSantis in a flight helmet.

And that makes sense because when he was assigned to a SEAL team, he was deployed to Fallujah. Helicopters were a major form of transportation in that theater and it would make sense someone deployed with SEALs would have needed to like, get on a helicopter and be able to use the comms through the helmet.

I understand OP might be a bit dumb and think anyone in a flight helmet is 1) a pilot (not true) or playing dress up as a pilot, and that 2) all pilots are fighter pilots. You'd have to believe both of these's things to reach OP's conclusion.

His dumb Top Gun video

https://deadline.com/2022/08/desantis-top-gun-maverick-ad-1235098536/



To be fair it's less offensive and weird than the one where he literally said Gd wants him in office

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. All of this handwringing about a guy who has an amazing record. I think he will dispense with Trump with ease. The loud Magas— the people at CPAC— make it seem like republicans want Trump. Most of us don’t. We are excited for DeSantis or Haley. So the real question is whether DeSantis’s record of monitoring urinalysis or working as a JAG will an issue in a competition with Biden. Fully confident that DeSantis will handle Biden in a devastating and yet completely respectful way. He will let Biden make a fool of himself and just remained poised as it happens. Cannot wait.

DeSantis will first have to "handle" Trump before he can "handle" Biden. Don't be so sure that Trump won't prevail.

Yeah thanks. Voted for trump twice. He is done. He is a net negative now. He needs to go away and most of us feel that way.

Since you seem so sure that most Republicans agree with you about Trump, can you explain why the Republican establishment as a whole--not just a handful of people--won't disavow Trump?

It isn’t necessary to have a war with trump. He still motivates a lot of people.

I get that Trump motivates people so they don't want to cut him loose, but Trump also has the ability to inflict serious damage on DeSantis and whomever else he tussles with during the primaries. And if he doesn't prevail in the primaries, he will spend his time attacking the GOP establishment and their anointed candidate. He will keep communicating with and riling up his base (the folks who are in his cult of personality) and will draw votes away from the GOP candidate. He will not fall in line and support the GOP candidate who will go up against Biden. So as much as you'd like to dismiss Trump, he is not going away. He will burn it all down if he has to.

And fox will be forced to cover it all to make the money! ( If they are still in business)

Pro tip. My family is R (Fox) and my husbands is L (msnbc and cnn). MSNBC and CNN feature trump WAY more than Fox. Way way more. Fox has definitely moved on.

OMG this is the truth. I was in a place where I was subjected to watching CNN for several hours and all they did was talk about Trump. For the two hours straight I had to sit in that room. Holy moly.
I’ve said this repeatedly, it’s democrats that are keeping Trump alive, not Republicans.

Totally!