You have to wonder about the “logic” of what you’re about to see. The headline here, “Newsom Continues Tough Guy Act” is perfect. For Newsom. This works brilliantly to his benefit. Why that isn’t patently obvious to Sean Hannity and his interviewee, tonight Ron DeSantis, is a wonder. Frankly, I’m almost wondering if Rupert Murdoch likes Newsom better than he likes Trump, crazy as that sounds. All that is happening by shining the spotlight on Newsom’s “act” is that the act is getting publicity. And as Bela Lugosi said back in the day, “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” So by all means, give Newsom some free air time here. It worked for Trump in 2016, maybe this will put Newsom in the White House in 2028.
Ugh. Of course he'll be a fox host when he's kicked out of politics.
— Challenge Your Beliefs (@ChallengeBelief) August 26, 2025
I think it’s a great idea that DeSantis becomes a Fox News host. Maybe he and Lara Trump can do a show together and maybe they can both sing. Think of it now, a kind of Sonny and Cher show for politics in Hell. Maybe that could be the name of the show Politics In Hell, why not?
It’s the Peter Principle in action, truly it is. DeSantis is no dummy. He went to Yale Law School. He’s probably a competent lawyer. And he’s okay in local politics, state politics. No argument there. But swinging for the national politics fences is a totally different level of game. DeSantis does not have what it takes. Newsom does.
I would love to see a DeSantis/Newsom debate. That would be entertaining. Especially if Ron goes heavy on the blue eye shadow and the high heels that night. I remember DeSantis’ heels one night. They were so high and his leg was pitched at such an angle that he looked like one of those space aliens that hopped like grasshoppers in that Charlie Sheen movie, The Arrival.
DeSantis says he’s 5’11” and he’s actually 5’6″. It’s one of many lies that the man tells. I don’t know what it is with Republicans and height. Trump claims to be 6’3″ and he’s probably 5’10.” Nothing wrong with being 5’10”. Nothing wrong with being 5’6″ for that matter. There’s plenty wrong with feeling that you have to lie about everything, though.
Maybe DeSantis will run for president again in 2028. That would lend some entertainment to the Republican primary. And will there be a primary? Or, will J.D. Vance simply be the anointed one and that will be that? I seriously doubt it. Vance isn’t going to just slide into the top slot. Marco Rubio and Ron DeSantis both will have something to say about that.
Rubio might be the GOP candidate in 2028 although it’s been rumored at this time that the “smart” ticket would be Vance/Rubio. I don’t see Rubio playing second fiddle to J.D., I truly do not. I think it’s a lot more likely that the big money donors will back Rubio and say thank you for your service, J.D. and J.D. can go back to being a senator. Or maybe J.D. will become a Fox News host.
But however this would shake down, if Vance is not the golden boy for 2028 and the odds are extremely likely that that will be the case, watching Vance, Rubio and DeSantis slug it out for the number one slot will be hysterical. That is one Republican primary I won’t miss a minute of. You know why? Because in 2028, unless Trump truly has done a coup d’etat by then and is huddled in the White House bunker, surrounded by guards and threatening to start WWIII if anybody tries to make him leave, the GOP candidate will have to be responsible for two things:
- Convince the MAGAs that they’re the next Trump;
- Convince the rest of the country that they’re nothing like Trump and the old Republican party is back.
Good luck with that. 2026 is going to be an existential election and so will 2028. The country is going to go through a lot of pain as the cancer of Trump is excised and the body politic puts itself back together somehow.
Still waiting for Rubio to be deported since NEITHER of his parents was a LEGAL U.S. citizen at the time of his birth. They were legal residents (though not the political refugees Marco tried making them out to be during his 2016 Presidential run) but not citizens. Maybe someone needs to put in a call to the Gnome ICE queen about the “illegal” at State.
DeSantis is anything but okay with state politics. He’s a fascist, mini Trump. His administration currently is going after crosswalk colors, demanding they be only black and white. They are sneaking out at night to repaint any that are different.
Meatball Ron as a singing act with Lara (real life Muppet Janice) would be comedy gold
Maybe he’ll wear his white go-go boots on the show.
Nancy Sinatra could sing these boots are made for walking. She looks better in white go go boots. They have the charisma of flattened roadkill stinking in the sun. If the fervent support of trump’s cult were converted to electricity, neither Vance, the Florida nazi gov, or the illegal in the state department could light a pen light. Snake head drops dead in the middle of his gazillionth lie…cult withers and implodes like Sauron’s tower in Mordor. The orcs scatter.
Ah, the manly men of the republican party, in their high heels, bronzer, eyeliner, and girdles.
So strong, so macho.
I didn’t know about the crosswalk colors. I know they banned rainbow pride lights on bridges.