Trump vs. DeSantis

Catseye3

Now I don't put much stock in Salon, but this is interesting.

Also, from Politico: "Although Murdoch’s breakup dazed some members of the commentariat, it shouldn’t have. Murdoch has no friends. He has no loyalties. He has no principles. And never has. His support of politicians has always been transactional and extractive. Now entering the final days of his political career, Trump is expendable, making the Post’s and Journal’s twin discoveries in the same moment of Trump’s crimes against the Constitution a convenient cover story for the orange man. Murdoch has always been a political cad, swooning and then dumping his political partners when a better-looking one comes along. Murdoch’s next fling looks to be Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, whom Fox News has slathered with positive attention in recent months."

More: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/25/rupert-murdoch-donald-trump-splitsville-00047748

Doctor Phibes

@Catseye3 said in Trump vs. DeSantis:

His support of politicians has always been transactional and extractive.

I'm certainly no fan of Murdoch, but this is just as it should be.

They're supposed to work for us, not the other way round. Obviously, Rupert Murdoch isn't one of 'us', but he certainly doesn't owe Donald Trump anything.

Mik

Actually, I find his ruthlessness refreshing. I've never minded dealing with people like that as long as I saw them coming. It's pretty easy to extract what value they offer by appearing to offer yours to them. It's a lot like hiring hookers - an unsavory but honest transaction.

This is where the street smarts I learned from my early reading of ghetto life and countless hours spent at a real pool hall came in handy.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump vs. DeSantis:

Rupert Murdoch ... doesn't owe Donald Trump anything.

Quite the other way around, as a matter of fact.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

FFS.

xenon

How do you take a person like this seriously?

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@xenon said in Trump vs. DeSantis:

How do you take a person like this seriously?

You don't.

He was always an obnoxious SOB, but he never seemed to be quite as unhinged as he is now. I always thought his comments during the primaries regarding his opponents ("Little Marco") the equivalent of the Italian "Busting balls."

Now, it just seems mean spirited.

I think he's smart enough to realize that he's become an albatross and just can't cope.

Or not.

Horace

I suppose he will be throwing tantrum haymakers until the referee calls it.

Copper

I hate to make a judgment before all the facts are in, but it looks possible that he is still a jerk.

This is a common condition for people from his neck of the woods.

jon-nyc

He was never not this guy.

I bet he still has Jolly’s vote. And Improv’s. And probably Copper.

Jolly

Depending on the circumstances, maybe.

It's all about the judges, baby.

LuFins Dad

Just Lame ol’ Donald being Lame…

jon-nyc

@Jolly said in Trump vs. DeSantis:

Depending on the circumstances, maybe.

It's all about the judges, baby.

This seems like a yes.

The spirit of the question wasn’t “are you with him until the end regardless”, rather it was “despite the fact that you have clear alternative(s), is he still your favorite”?