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Newsom and DeSantis Give Each Other the Attention They Crave
Intelligencer (via MSN) ^ | August 3, 2023 | Ed Kilgore

Posted on 08/03/2023 3:16:05 PM PDT by Reno89519

Other than being large-state governors who have seen a future president in the bathroom mirror each day, California Democrat Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Ron DeSantis don’t have a lot in common. Newsom has led a state government totally controlled by his party to create something of a progressive laboratory on issues ranging from climate change to abortion rights to protections for undocumented immigrants. DeSantis, of course, has made his alleged conversion of Florida into a cultural and regulatory paradise for reactionaries – where “woke goes to die” – the signature of his once-formidable, now flailing presidential bid.

Both these highly ambitious politicians seem perpetually starved for attention. Newsom really wants to run for president, but is blocked from that ambition by incumbent President Joe Biden and incumbent Vice President (and fellow Californian) Kamala Harris. DeSantis seems to be wilting in the shadow of Donald Trump’s endless headline-grabbing legal problems and antics on the campaign trail and social media.

So the two governors are scratching each other’s back, as Politico reports, with each other tentatively agreeing to debating each other on Fox News. “Newsom’s office had sent a formal request offer to Fox News last week with proposed debate dates of Nov. 8 or Nov. 10. That request called for [Sean] Hannity to serve as the sole moderator for a 90-minute forum on Fox News that would not include an in-studio audience and would air live.”

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: attentionwhores; debate; desantis; desantis2024; foxnews; homosexualagenda; ihaveabraininjury; newsom; reacharound; rupertmurdoch; verysmartmove; veryveryverysmart
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This article actually has details and is worth a quick read: Hannity is apparent sole moderator with Newsom and DeSantis on November 8 or 10, currently without an audience.

The one-on-one debate is a very smart move. It gives DeSantis a stage aside from Trump and gives Newsom a stage as he prepares to step in as Biden successor for 2024.

1 posted on 08/03/2023 3:16:05 PM PDT by Reno89519
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To: Reno89519

Attention they crave....

Old Dr.Wayne W. Dyer joke.
People are so self-pitying about sibling rivalries they even figure “I am an only child but if I had a sibling my parents would have loved them more than me.”


2 posted on 08/03/2023 3:20:50 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Reno89519

Haha. Are he and newsom going to run some sort of fantasy presidential election?


3 posted on 08/03/2023 3:23:20 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: frank ballenger

Old Gruesome may be Justin Turdo’s next love interest.


4 posted on 08/03/2023 3:23:31 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Reno89519

Do you think they’ll pleasure each other?


5 posted on 08/03/2023 3:23:51 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: frank ballenger

Campaigns are won by being creative. We will have to see how this plays out but it will be enlightening, they will get direct coverage without Trump. Trump will surely try to troll them, the boorish bully left outside. The biggest question is whether Hannity will shut up long enough to allow them both to talk.


6 posted on 08/03/2023 3:24:49 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: Yogafist

Reality check is that when Biden and Trump are out of the campaign, DeSantis and Newsom are the likely leading candidates. Heirs in waiting if you will.


7 posted on 08/03/2023 3:26:14 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: Reno89519

I hate debates.

Here is a preview:

I know you are but what am I?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5P5eQiKNQs


8 posted on 08/03/2023 3:26:27 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Reno89519

That’s gotta be the Tongue in Cheek headline of the month .. lol !


9 posted on 08/03/2023 3:30:20 PM PDT by tomkat (SOTU = FUBAR)
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To: Reno89519

gay!


10 posted on 08/03/2023 3:36:11 PM PDT by Third Person
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"The one-on-one debate is a very smart move. It gives DeSantis a stage aside from Trump and gives Newsom a stage as he prepares to step in as Biden successor for 2024."

You are out of your tiny mind.

The next day, starting with Morning Blow, the MSM will use Ronlim's debate clips to destroy Ronlim -- for free -- and pimp Gruesome as a flawed but possible replacement for the Zombie, versus President Trump in the general election.

The fact that you cannot see this Faux script in BOLD LETTERS, like a goddamn parade float on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade -- with Ron's head taking his place at the top of the 4-story turkey float -- proves once and for all that Ron's inability to break out past 13% or wherever he is today, is precisely because his supporters are imbecilic.

I mean, you have to have a TBI or some sort of brain stem injury to not understand that Lachlan Murdoch took over FoxNews after the Fox sale, recently culminating in the firing of Chatsworth Osbourne Jr.

11 posted on 08/03/2023 3:36:54 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: Eleutheria5
"Do you think they’ll pleasure each other?"

AAAAHAHAHAHAHAAH...just the tip!

12 posted on 08/03/2023 3:38:04 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: Yogafist

Deep State got the POTATUS, didn’t it.


13 posted on 08/03/2023 3:38:12 PM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: StAnDeliver

I have a brain injury. Educate me. What the heck are you talking about.


14 posted on 08/03/2023 3:41:13 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Reno89519
The biggest question is whether Hannity will shut up long enough to allow them both to talk.

LOL! Sean Hannity is insufferable in this regard.

He has a particular talent at interrupting his guests right as they’re about to say something important or enlightening and then totally derailing the conversation.

I used to listen to his radio show but I found myself screaming, “STFU SEAN!!!” too often.

15 posted on 08/03/2023 3:44:17 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: Reno89519
The one-on-one debate is a very smart move.

This isn't going to go the way it's playing out inside your head.


Reno89519

REALITY

16 posted on 08/03/2023 3:50:54 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Reno89519
Hannity, Newsom and DeSlasher?


17 posted on 08/03/2023 3:55:31 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Reno89519

I’d rather watch LGBTQIA+USWNT disorder gals kicking a ball..

And I wouldn’t watch that even if they were in my yard..

Enjoy!


18 posted on 08/03/2023 3:57:24 PM PDT by delchiante
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To: Reno89519

There is NO difference between Newsom and DeSatanist, both are deep staters


19 posted on 08/03/2023 3:57:30 PM PDT by Rattlesnake_Snook
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Hannity is an ugly woman. Listening to him is like listening to a political radio Disney. What a phony he is, just like DeSlasher.


20 posted on 08/03/2023 4:00:20 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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