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Title: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Texacon on May 13, 2021, 07:53:20 AM
Well now, this is an interesting read.  Lots of information and somewhat longish, but I'm glad it was.  There are too many details that need to be gotten out on this.

This woman is a grifter ... of the left!  I hope they continue to send her money.

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Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t

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This is a story about Rebekah Jones, a former dashboard manager at the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), who has single-handedly managed to convince millions of Americans that Governor Ron DeSantis has been fudging the state’s COVID-19 data.

When I write “single-handedly,” I mean it, for Jones is not one of the people who have advanced this conspiracy theory but rather is the person who has advanced this conspiracy theory. It has been repeated by others, sure: by partisans across the Internet, by unscrupulous Florida Democrats such as Nikki Fried and Charlie Crist, and on television, by MSNBC in particular. But it flows from a single place: Rebekah Jones. To understand that is to understand the whole game. This is about Jones, and Jones alone. If she falls, it falls.

And boy does it deserve to fall.

Jones’s central claim is nothing less dramatic than that she has uncovered a massive conspiracy in the third most populous state in the nation, and that, having done so, she has been ruthlessly persecuted by the governor and his “Gestapo.” Specifically, Jones claims that, while she was working at the FDOH last year, she was instructed by her superiors to alter the “raw” data so that Florida’s COVID response would look better, and that, having refused, she was fired. Were this charge true, it would reflect one of the most breathtaking political scandals in all of American history.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rebekah-jones-covid-whistleblower-wasn-103039488.html

<<<SNIP>>>


Well worth the read.

KC
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: thundley4 on May 13, 2021, 04:09:32 PM
But it was known last year that she lied about every claim she was making. The MSM knew it then but they covered for her to hurt Desantis and President Trump.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on May 13, 2021, 05:56:07 PM
But it was known last year that she lied about every claim she was making. The MSM knew it then but they covered for her to hurt Desantis and President Trump.

Given that DeSantis is ridin' high in the polls and is most definitely not a squish (are you listening, Mittens?), Jones' efforts appear to be in the shitter with her employment opportunities.

I wonder if she collected unemployment.  :rotf:
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: SVPete on May 16, 2021, 09:27:02 AM
She's a serial fraudster. Maybe the DU threads-of-adulation for her need an, ummmm, update. Because you know the threads-of-adulation are there.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Texacon on May 16, 2021, 07:34:35 PM
She's a serial fraudster. Maybe the DU threads-of-adulation for her need an, ummmm, update. Because you know the threads-of-adulation are there.


I remember several.

KC
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: SVPete on December 10, 2022, 03:47:39 PM
Hero of the Left, Rebekah Jones, pleads guilty to computer crimes

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/12/10/hero-of-the-left-rebekah-jones-pleads-guilty-to-computer-crimes-n516856 (https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/12/10/hero-of-the-left-rebekah-jones-pleads-guilty-to-computer-crimes-n516856)

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You probably don’t remember her name, but you remember why she is famous: Rebekah Jones was the Florida Department of Health employee who rose to Left-wing stardom for attacking Governor Ron DeSantis for his COVID policies.

She was fired from the Florida Department of Health for insubordination and spent almost two years claiming it was because she was a whistleblower fighting DeSantis’ fraudulent COVID-19 reporting practices and his ineffective policies.

Well, on Friday she admitted to being a criminal. She hijacked the Florida Department of Health’s computer system, lied about it, and stole data from the system. She was a fraud and a liar.
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Jones was arrested last year–her entire campaign for Congress took place while she was under investigation and awaiting trial–and she resolved the case Friday by admitting her crime. She has a “deferred prosecution,” which is like a plea bargain but not quite. She admits her crime without being convicted in court, and if she abides by the agreement she will not be prosecuted. Frankly, I had never heard of such an arrangement, but I am not a lawyer.

If, as seems likely, DeSantis runs for POTUS, this guilty plea could complicate one of the MSM's likely avenues of attack.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: ADsOutburst on December 10, 2022, 03:50:22 PM
Hero of the Left, Rebekah Jones, pleads guilty to computer crimes

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/12/10/hero-of-the-left-rebekah-jones-pleads-guilty-to-computer-crimes-n516856 (https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/12/10/hero-of-the-left-rebekah-jones-pleads-guilty-to-computer-crimes-n516856)

Another one bites the dust. Good, but expect this to be reported by exactly zero major news outlets (other than Fox) for any significant length of time.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on December 10, 2022, 05:14:52 PM
Another worthless scrunt.

Maybe she and Briner could form a coalition and learn how to crochet. It's about all they're good for.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: ABC-2 on December 10, 2022, 05:25:57 PM
Another one bites the dust. Good, but expect this to be reported by exactly zero major news outlets (other than Fox) for any significant length of time.

Sorry guys, just can't resist it, I can't, I can't!!!  I love to listen to QUEEN!

Cue the music  ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpx3bUudMsA

And then MUST at least contribute one dish to Mr. ABC's making dinner tonight, my night off from making it!  :-)
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on December 10, 2022, 05:33:08 PM
Sorry guys, just can't resist it, I can't, I can't!!!  I love to listen to QUEEN!

Cue the music  ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpx3bUudMsA

And then MUST at least contribute one dish to Mr. ABC's making dinner tonight, my night off from making it!  :-)

Good for you both! (Unless he's making PBJ sammiches, of course).  :-)
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: ABC-2 on December 10, 2022, 08:02:05 PM
Good for you both! (Unless he's making PBJ sammiches, of course).  :-)

Ha! Ha! No darlin' he doesn't make PBJ "sammiches" ...

Is usually burgers or steaks on the BBQ , plus frozen curly fries in the deep fry, on Saturday nights, and "I" only cut up and make  fried onions to serve with it.

I simply have an extra glass of Merlot , and all is well! :-)
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: DefiantSix on December 10, 2022, 08:41:42 PM
Hero of the Left, Rebekah Jones, pleads guilty to computer crimes

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/12/10/hero-of-the-left-rebekah-jones-pleads-guilty-to-computer-crimes-n516856 (https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/12/10/hero-of-the-left-rebekah-jones-pleads-guilty-to-computer-crimes-n516856)

If, as seems likely, DeSantis runs for POTUS, this guilty plea could complicate one of the MSM's likely avenues of attack.

Why?

The leftist scum have never let facts interfere with a "good" narrative before. What in Dog's name would cause them to start now?
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: ADsOutburst on December 10, 2022, 09:02:42 PM
Why?

The leftist scum have never let facts interfere with a "good" narrative before. What in Dog's name would cause them to start now?

Right. I'm sure that to this day, there are democrats who still think DeSantis covered up COVID deaths.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: CollectivismMustDie on December 11, 2022, 07:13:00 PM
Given that DeSantis is ridin' high in the polls and is most definitely not a squish (are you listening, Mittens?), Jones' efforts appear to be in the shitter with her employment opportunities.

I wonder if she collected unemployment.  :rotf:

A number of washington squishes weren't when they were at the state level.

Desantis is not who he tries very hard to appear to be.

“I would be somebody who would be different. I think you see that I’ve been recognized nationally as being somebody who would be different, who would be a leader, who could be somebody like PAUL RYAN very quickly.”

https://twitter.com/DesimpsLs/status/1601063949109460992?s=20&t=hqpYyyuVhsIgpwPK19WQQg
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on December 12, 2022, 06:08:12 AM
A number of washington squishes weren't when they were at the state level.

Desantis is not who he tries very hard to appear to be.

“I would be somebody who would be different. I think you see that I’ve been recognized nationally as being somebody who would be different, who would be a leader, who could be somebody like PAUL RYAN very quickly.”

https://twitter.com/DesimpsLs/status/1601063949109460992?s=20&t=hqpYyyuVhsIgpwPK19WQQg

What any politician says 10 years ago could be vastly different from their intentions and performance today.

Based on what I'm seeing now, versus what DeSantis said 10 years ago, I'm encouraged by what he's done in FL and I look forward to the Repub primary fight, assuming DeSantis runs.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: CollectivismMustDie on December 12, 2022, 11:19:05 AM
What any politician says 10 years ago could be vastly different from their intentions and performance today.

Based on what I'm seeing now, versus what DeSantis said 10 years ago, I'm encouraged by what he's done in FL and I look forward to the Repub primary fight, assuming DeSantis runs.

COULD be, but in this case, isn't.

WASHINGTON DC – […] He has given nearly $60 million to federal Republican candidates and campaigns this election cycle. That puts Griffin behind just liberal billionaire George Soros, who’s given more than $128 million to Democrats, and Richard Uihlein, who aligns himself with far-right candidates and organizations, at about $62 million.

[…] While he’s supporting one of this cycle’s biggest culture warriors in DeSantis, Griffin said most hot-button issues — abortion rights, battles over sex education and LGBTQ rights — don’t define his interests. He wants to improve the diversity of the GOP and blunt the vein of populism that has complicated the party’s relationship with the corporate world — two things he’s consulted with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy about.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/11/06/desantis-megadonor-billionaire-head-of-citadel-investments-ken-griffin-explains-why-he-purchased-ron-desantis-for-2024-and-what-he-expects-from-his-investment/#more-239469

Don't let yourself be split between social issues and economics. THAT is exactly what griffin and his like want for you to do. Also, don't forget that desantis voted for the tpp while in congress, is endorsed by paul ryan, and has endorsed an anti-trumper who said he'd work against Trump and maga.

Ask yourself: Are hot button social issues worth selling out mainstreet America in favor of wallstreet America?

For my money, the answer is and will always be a hard no.


The uniparty is real, and they're banking on desantis to remove Trump when everything else fails.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on December 12, 2022, 03:40:58 PM
COULD be, but in this case, isn't.

WASHINGTON DC – […] He has given nearly $60 million to federal Republican candidates and campaigns this election cycle. That puts Griffin behind just liberal billionaire George Soros, who’s given more than $128 million to Democrats, and Richard Uihlein, who aligns himself with far-right candidates and organizations, at about $62 million.

[…] While he’s supporting one of this cycle’s biggest culture warriors in DeSantis, Griffin said most hot-button issues — abortion rights, battles over sex education and LGBTQ rights — don’t define his interests. He wants to improve the diversity of the GOP and blunt the vein of populism that has complicated the party’s relationship with the corporate world — two things he’s consulted with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy about.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/11/06/desantis-megadonor-billionaire-head-of-citadel-investments-ken-griffin-explains-why-he-purchased-ron-desantis-for-2024-and-what-he-expects-from-his-investment/#more-239469

Don't let yourself be split between social issues and economics. THAT is exactly what griffin and his like want for you to do. Also, don't forget that desantis voted for the tpp while in congress, is endorsed by paul ryan, and has endorsed an anti-trumper who said he'd work against Trump and maga.

Ask yourself: Are hot button social issues worth selling out mainstreet America in favor of wallstreet America?

For my money, the answer is and will always be a hard no.


The uniparty is real, and they're banking on desantis to remove Trump when everything else fails.

Griffin appears to be just another donor in a long line of them. DeSantis is like most politicians in one regard -- he's gotta dance to the tune of the people who write him checks.

Trump isn't quite like that, which earned him a helluva lot of animosity from just about everybody except truck drivers, gas station clerks, restaurant servers, corn farmers, and those of us who live in flyover country. But that doesn't mean Trump gets a free pass -- he's got to fight and win in the primaries and if he can't do that, he's done. Thanks, Don -- you did as well as you could've, with 3/4 of the country determined to see you fail. Enjoy your retirement.

CMD, I get the fact you're a DeSantis opponent. Nothing wrong with that. But insofar as the sway that Griffin holds over DeSantis in light of that long line of donors, that remains to be seen. But speaking of Griffin, are you saying he was paying DeSantis's bills in 2012?

Something tells me no.

Another thing -- DeSantis hasn't even declared, unlike Trump. What's Trump been doing since he announced besides losing yet another court case?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-formally-dismisses-trumps-case-for-a-mar-a-lago-special-master/ar-AA15bb9w (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-formally-dismisses-trumps-case-for-a-mar-a-lago-special-master/ar-AA15bb9w)
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: CollectivismMustDie on December 12, 2022, 05:40:00 PM
Griffin appears to be just another donor in a long line of them. DeSantis is like most politicians in one regard -- he's gotta dance to the tune of the people who write him checks.

Trump isn't quite like that, which earned him a helluva lot of animosity from just about everybody except truck drivers, gas station clerks, restaurant servers, corn farmers, and those of us who live in flyover country. But that doesn't mean Trump gets a free pass -- he's got to fight and win in the primaries and if he can't do that, he's done. Thanks, Don -- you did as well as you could've, with 3/4 of the country determined to see you fail. Enjoy your retirement.

CMD, I get the fact you're a DeSantis opponent. Nothing wrong with that. But insofar as the sway that Griffin holds over DeSantis in light of that long line of donors, that remains to be seen. But speaking of Griffin, are you saying he was paying DeSantis's bills in 2012?

Something tells me no.

Another thing -- DeSantis hasn't even declared, unlike Trump. What's Trump been doing since he announced besides losing yet another court case?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-formally-dismisses-trumps-case-for-a-mar-a-lago-special-master/ar-AA15bb9w (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-formally-dismisses-trumps-case-for-a-mar-a-lago-special-master/ar-AA15bb9w)

If that's what you get, then you misunderstand completely. I am an opponent of the establishment GOP, of which I am thoroughly convinced that desantis is a part. I don't come to that conclusion lightly. MAGA/America First = Main Street. Establishment GOP = wall street. As in outsourcing jobs. As in the "we need more workers" blind eye turned toward illegal immigration. Their interests. Not ours.

That "long line of donors" are the very same bunch that were pushing Jeb! who nobody wanted:

"Ron DeSantis is backed by the same assembly of political insiders, donors, corporations and financial backers that supported Jeb Bush.  The professionally republican class know what they have in DeSantis, and he is brand organized, packaged & managed to deliver on their intents."

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/10/14/florida-governor-ron-desantis-wins-coveted-paul-ryan-endorsement-for-2024/

I like everyone else want to see our interests represented in dc instead of given lip service along with 'well, we're not as bad as the dems are'. I'm neither taken in nor offended by any cult of personality here. My stance is 100 percent purely based on the rational self interest of MAGA/America First policy making versus globalist policy making no matter how it's camouflaged or described using soft fuzzy globalist-splaining.
 
Tribalism or cult of personality has nothing what so ever to do with this, particularly given that both are contrived and perpetuated distractions to keep your eye off the ball. I refuse to swim in that shit anymore. So should we all.


You should spend some time reading the treehouse. Sundance brings the receipts.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on December 12, 2022, 07:50:37 PM
If that's what you get, then you misunderstand completely. I am an opponent of the establishment GOP, of which I am thoroughly convinced that desantis is a part. I don't come to that conclusion lightly. MAGA/America First = Main Street. Establishment GOP = wall street. As in outsourcing jobs. As in the "we need more workers" blind eye turned toward illegal immigration. Their interests. Not ours.

That "long line of donors" are the very same bunch that were pushing Jeb! who nobody wanted:

"Ron DeSantis is backed by the same assembly of political insiders, donors, corporations and financial backers that supported Jeb Bush.  The professionally republican class know what they have in DeSantis, and he is brand organized, packaged & managed to deliver on their intents."

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/10/14/florida-governor-ron-desantis-wins-coveted-paul-ryan-endorsement-for-2024/

I like everyone else want to see our interests represented in dc instead of given lip service along with 'well, we're not as bad as the dems are'. I'm neither taken in nor offended by any cult of personality here. My stance is 100 percent purely based on the rational self interest of MAGA/America First policy making versus globalist policy making no matter how it's camouflaged or described using soft fuzzy globalist-splaining.
 
Tribalism or cult of personality has nothing what so ever to do with this, particularly given that both are contrived and perpetuated distractions to keep your eye off the ball. I refuse to swim in that shit anymore. So should we all.


You should spend some time reading the treehouse. Sundance brings the receipts.

 :lmao: Sure.

Haters gonna hate. Not that I have a problem with haters. After all, ya gotta have something to hate, right?

I'm just not convinced of your obvious hatred -- at least not yet. Let's leave that alone for now, mmmkay?
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: CollectivismMustDie on December 12, 2022, 09:29:20 PM
:lmao: Sure.

Haters gonna hate. Not that I have a problem with haters. After all, ya gotta have something to hate, right?

I'm just not convinced of your obvious hatred -- at least not yet. Let's leave that alone for now, mmmkay?

Hate doesn't come into it, because there's no hate in it. Playing the hate card is nothing but a dodge, and it's a DU level dodge at that. As in beneath us, or at least beneath me. If that's how you define hate, you have more in common with the DUmmies whos definition of hate is situational and fluid,  than you have with most of us who define "hate" as actual hate regardless of situation. It's about recognizing who's bought and paid for and by whom, and who isn't. Simple as that.

I'm done placing hope faith or trust in ryan/mccain/mccarthy/romney/mcconnell/mcdaniel types only to be disappointed later when lucy pulls the football away yet again. Some of the best times in my life have been flat on my back, but that isn't among them.

If you enjoy the lucy football thing, by all means, ignore the facts of who is funding desantis, what their stated and known agenda is, and revel in it when the football gets pulled and you wind up flat on your back. Again.

Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on December 13, 2022, 05:53:58 AM
Hate doesn't come into it, because there's no hate in it. Playing the hate card is nothing but a dodge, and it's a DU level dodge at that. As in beneath us, or at least beneath me. If that's how you define hate, you have more in common with the DUmmies whos definition of hate is situational and fluid,  than you have with most of us who define "hate" as actual hate regardless of situation. It's about recognizing who's bought and paid for and by whom, and who isn't. Simple as that.

I'm done placing hope faith or trust in ryan/mccain/mccarthy/romney/mcconnell/mcdaniel types only to be disappointed later when lucy pulls the football away yet again. Some of the best times in my life have been flat on my back, but that isn't among them.

If you enjoy the lucy football thing, by all means, ignore the facts of who is funding desantis, what their stated and known agenda is, and revel in it when the football gets pulled and you wind up flat on your back. Again.

Getting a little steamed, eh?  :rotf:

That's nice.   :stoner:

Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: CollectivismMustDie on December 13, 2022, 09:52:23 AM
Getting a little steamed, eh?  :rotf:

That's nice.   :stoner:

Steamed? Hardly. What I wrote about desantis was as cold and clinical as it could be. I am , however, mildly amused, now.

I think it's DU-grade humorous when someone such as yourself takes a poor, amateurish swing, misses, and ends that silliness with 'lets not fight', as if you have a say.

But you do get an A+ in arguing like a lefty, so there is that.

 :rotf:

Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on December 13, 2022, 03:56:25 PM
Steamed? Hardly. What I wrote about desantis was as cold and clinical as it could be. I am , however, mildly amused, now.

I think it's DU-grade humorous when someone such as yourself takes a poor, amateurish swing, misses, and ends that silliness with 'lets not fight', as if you have a say.

But you do get an A+ in arguing like a lefty, so there is that.

 :rotf:

Sigh. I just don't buy your argument -- simple as that. You reach for Griffin as if he's the only donor on the planet for DeSantis.

Fail.

Now go stand in the corner until you can learn to play nice with others.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on December 13, 2022, 04:06:07 PM
It's a poll, so on its face it's not much to crow about, but I still laughed:

Quote
DeSantis beats Biden, Trump loses badly

A new poll confirms what many of us would expect: GOP voters have soured on Donald Trump, as has the majority of the country.

USA Today reports on a poll they conducted with Suffolk University, and the news is quite bad for Trump.

Super bad. Super duper you aren’t going to like this at all bad, former President Trump.

By 2-1, GOP and GOP-leaning voters now say they want Trump’s policies but a different standard-bearer to carry them. While 31% want the former president to run, 61% prefer some other Republican nominee who would continue the policies Trump has pursued.

They have a name in mind: Two-thirds of Republicans and those inclined to vote Republican want Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president. By double digits, 56% to 33%, they prefer DeSantis over Trump.

“Republicans and conservative independents increasingly want Trumpism without Trump,” said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center.

That’s a huge drop for Trump, and a huge bump for DeSantis. Even I am surprised by DeSantis’ 23 point advantage over the former president. And I have been a DeSantis fan forever.

Before Trump supporters get all angry and claim that this heralds the return of the GOPe, that’s not what the poll says at all. Republicans have embraced the Trump agenda, but just don’t see Trump as the standard bearer who can get it done. It’s pretty hard to argue that he can when the same poll shows that Trump would lose badly to Joe Biden, but DeSantis would handily win the same race.

Among all voters, Trump has fallen further behind President Joe Biden in a hypothetical head-to-head. Now, Biden would win a general-election matchup by 47% to 40%. (Because of the effects of rounding, Biden’s margin is a bit wider than that indicates, at 7.8 points.) In October, Biden also led but by a narrower margin, 46%-42%. …

While Biden now leads Trump, he trails DeSantis in a head-to-head race, with DeSantis at 47%, Biden at 43%.

The Florida governor, who last month sailed to a second term in the Sunshine State, has significant standing nationwide. Two-thirds of Republican and Republican-leaning voters, 65%, want him to run for president in 2024. Just 24% hope he doesn’t.

Trump appears to have lost his magic touch, and I suspect that a lot of that has to do with having been out of the limelight for a while. Trump’s political success had been driven by his ability to stay in touch with his supporters both on Twitter and more importantly in rallies. While he still has Truth Social and has done the occasional rally, for the most part he is much more isolated and besieged than he has been in the past.

He has never excelled at developing a circle of advisors–he has been uniquely awful picking aides–but now he has lost the most competent of them and is surrounded by 3rd tier players. Ivanka, a smart and capable advisor, doesn’t support his political ambitions, leaving him nobody to keep him grounded. The result is that the always hyperbolic Trump now appears unhinged to the majority of people. Every time he speaks he loses support.

As always, most of the criticism leveled at him is grossly unfair, but the difference today is that people are tired of defending him. Just enough of the criticism hits close to home–nobody wants to defend Ye or Nick Fuentes because they are awful–and Trump keeps forcing people to make excuses. It is a losing battle.

You can see the result–Trump loses badly to Biden, but DeSantis wins pretty handily. And since DeSantis is smart, articulate, competent, and fights our battles, it is a no brainer to support him. Hence the poll numbers.

Trump earned enormous loyalty from people. And I mean that–he earned it. He faced the united opposition of Hollywood, the press, the entire federal bureaucracy including law enforcement, the intelligence community, and corporate America and won significant battles. He has earned our thanks.

But it sure looks like the sequel “Trump III, the campaign” would be a box office flop. Investing our life savings into the project would be a big mistake.

CMD -- looks like your mission isn't going anywhere, at least with the voters.  :whistling:
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: DefiantSix on December 13, 2022, 06:11:25 PM
It's a poll, so on its face it's not much to crow about, but I still laughed:

CMD -- looks like your mission isn't going anywhere, at least with the voters.  :whistling:

Every last poll is questionable - no matter who they favor, or what they say - so long as the imbeciles of the eGOP refuse to face the 800 pound Dominion Vote Tabulators of Plenty gorilla in the room.

They continue to be relegated to second fiddle status because they continue to be too chicken shit to engage in the fight, hoping the damned alligator eats their cowardly asses last.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: Eupher on December 14, 2022, 05:28:33 AM
Every last poll is questionable - no matter who they favor, or what they say - so long as the imbeciles of the eGOP refuse to face the 800 pound Dominion Vote Tabulators of Plenty gorilla in the room.

They continue to be relegated to second fiddle status because they continue to be too chicken shit to engage in the fight, hoping the damned alligator eats their cowardly asses last.

Agreed -- the polls have proved to be markedly inaccurate, of that there is no question.

The entire "modern" way of voting, which includes all the crap we're hearing about -- widespread mail-in balloting for people who are either too lazy to get off their butts and go to the polls on election day, or simply don't want to fight the crowds; ballot harvesting, any method other than paper-driven ballots -- will yield cheating in some way. The Dems have it down to a science. Just look at Maricopa County's results over the past few elections. Breakdowns just always seem to happen where likely Repub voters are concentrated.

Katie Hobbs is at the center of that one, of that I have no doubt.

But until the Repubs can figure out how to beat the Dems at their own game, Maricopa County is what you're going to see time and time again. There will never be a return to the "old" way of voting -- not in this day and age. So the smart thing to do is beat them at their own game.
Title: Re: Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t
Post by: CollectivismMustDie on December 15, 2022, 09:08:36 AM
Sigh. I just don't buy your argument -- simple as that. You reach for Griffin as if he's the only donor on the planet for DeSantis.

Fail.

Now go stand in the corner until you can learn to play nice with others.

Reading and/or comprehension fail, or blatant misrepresentation...you'll have to tell us which it is. I pointed out that in addition to griffin, all of jebs backers are there as well. I also pointed out his endorsement by paul ryan, his endorsement of an anti-Trump douchebag, and i may as well throw in his 5 days of silent invisibility after the maralago raid.

Don't make the mistake of thinking you can start shit with others and then decide for them that they aren't going to throw it back in your face with interest, because put simply - you can't.

Now YOU go stand in the corner until you can learn to read and comprehend and/or not misrepresent the words and sentiments of others.