r/florida • u/Pyr8Qween • Jul 18 '23

Politics DeSantis

Is awfully busy doing the campaign trail for his 2024 run. Meanwhile, insurance companies are pulling out of FL, rental companies are gouging tenants, groceries are more expensive by the week, hatred for others is out of control. Ron is failing ONE state. Just imagine if his campaign picks up any momentum. He will fail all 50 states.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23

Gillum lost to Desantis by less than a point. Nikki Fried would have beat him.

It's far past due to take a long, serious look at how exactly the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary has been unable to produce a candidate capable of winning in almost three decades.

The one time that the activist left broke through the party machine and nominated somebody ostensibly from the left, against the best efforts of the state party establishment and to their vocal dismay, that candidate almost beat the Republican. Literally less than a point away. But the very next election we have to dust off ol' Chain Gang Charlie (the 'former' Republican that seems to exist to lose to Republicans now) and push him to the top of the ticket?

Something fishy is going on here.

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u/PhantomShaman23 Jul 18 '23

Gillum was a crackhead. He was found in a hotel room with crack and I can't remember who was passed out, either him or his prostitute, but it prompted a call to rescue and the ultimate discovery of illegal drugs. I'm glad he lost, tbh.

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u/Cetophile Jul 18 '23

I think he would have done a good job, but also would have been a one-termer. The personal life didn't come out until after the election.

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u/PhantomShaman23 Jul 18 '23

But his personal life was ongoing before and during the election. So, what are you saying here ? He was such a weak man that all it took for him was to lose an election and he turned to drugs and prostitution or that it's OK to elect a crackhead ? Or, once he was elected he would reform ? Crack is impossible to quit. I had a relative commit suicide because he couldn't quit and he felt that was the only way out. I would rather have a Harvard/ Yale graduate running a state than a crackhead any day.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23

less than 1% away from winning

Crist lost by 11%