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Not-So-Genial Gene Robinson Kicks Ron DeSantis On His Way Out The Door
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 01/23/2024 1:10:13 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

What's up with these Morning Joe regulars who had cultivated something of a benign image suddenly turning nasty?

Yesterday, we noted BBCer Katty Kay with a mocking laugh as she suggested to Charlie Sykes that they do a DeSantis post-mortem, "before we consign him to oblivion and forget his name."

Today, it was Eugene Robinson's turn to turn mean. Though Robinson is an ardent liberal, he has something of an avuncular air about him. But both in his current Washington Post column, snidely entitled "The Nation's Gain is Florida's Loss," and on today's Morning Joe, Robinson took nasty swipes at Ron DeSantis as the Florida governor exited the GOP primary stage.

The show quoted Robinson's very strained analogy in his column [emphasis added], "I fear DeSantis will continue using the state as a stage to boost his MAGA profile — just like those awfully high heels on his cowboy boots."

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1 posted on 01/23/2024 1:10:13 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: miss marmelstein; patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; KC_Lion; ...

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


2 posted on 01/23/2024 1:11:30 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Kicking a man when he’s down is a true sign of a yellow coward


3 posted on 01/23/2024 1:21:48 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

“...avuncular air about him.”

Really? Dude looks more like a creepy pedophile. John Candy in “Uncle Buck” did a great job portraying an individual with an avuncular air about him.


4 posted on 01/23/2024 1:22:37 PM PST by chuckb87
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He didn’t say anything that Trump hasn’t already said about DeSantis.


5 posted on 01/23/2024 1:23:23 PM PST by JSM_Liberty
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To: JSM_Liberty
Difference is, they were in the ring so to speak. And Trump is a scrapper with a big mouth.

Trump buried the hatchet immediately and publicly. He didn't kick him while he was down, like this lot.

But I don't listen so much to what a NYC loudmouth says, as look at what he DOES.

6 posted on 01/23/2024 1:28:04 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Not so sure how deep Trump buried the hatchet.

It was reported that, upon DeSantis dropping out and endorsing him, Trump said he’d no longer use the “DeSanctimonious” label, but used it again today.


7 posted on 01/23/2024 1:40:02 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Sounds like a bitter tacky queen.


8 posted on 01/23/2024 1:52:23 PM PST by cabottrail54
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

No, he’s a tool. He’s always been a tool.

Avuncular my @$$!


9 posted on 01/23/2024 2:29:35 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: V_TWIN

And kicking a man who’s so short that you don’t know he’s down, is even worse.


10 posted on 01/23/2024 2:32:04 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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