DeSantis’s indirect attack on Trump:
‘There is no substitute for victory’
American Thinker,
by
Thomas Lifson
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
11/21/2022 10:48:37 AM
Make no mistake: it is on between DeSantis and Trump in the contest for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Watching Governor Ron DeSantis’s speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition (video embedded below) over the weekend, I have no doubt that he is planning a run for president. Nothing he said could be called an attack on Donald Trump, but the implication of what he said is clear. First and foremost, the words he borrowed from Winston Churchill, “There is no substitute for victory,” can be seen as a response to what many perceive
Reply 1 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/21/2022 11:27:49 AM (No. 1339200)
I am surprised to see Lifson try to get into this MSM concocted “rivalry” and with such thin gruel.
Speaking of victory about a man who won the governorship of a state vs. one who won President of the United States and went on to great victories on that stage and the international stage? Seriously?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Kate318 11/21/2022 11:35:20 AM (No. 1339205)
Actually, Governor, there is a substitute for victory. It’s called vote fraud, and you should know that.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bad-hair 11/21/2022 11:41:37 AM (No. 1339209)
Deleted. Saying the same thing repeatedly on multiple threads is spamming..
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 11/21/2022 12:00:15 PM (No. 1339229)
With the fraud in place to steal elections neither man will see the interior of the White House in 2024 so why fight one another?
Pete Buttigieg can beat either one and never have to campaign like fraud Joe Biden did. Fear not if nothing is done to correct the cheat, we won't have elections we will have selections in the future.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
smokincol 11/21/2022 12:29:12 PM (No. 1339255)
if Ron DeSantis is going to pick a fight with anyone, I suggest he not pick a fight with our President what's the old saying: "it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog"
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Geoman 11/21/2022 1:32:45 PM (No. 1339316)
Churchill, as one of the most quoted figures in history, is also one of the most misquoted. Many of people’s favorite supposed Churchill-isms were not in fact said by him at all, perhaps like the "No Substitute" quote, which he may have said but is not attributed to him as it is Douglas MacArthur. Who knew that Gen. MacArthur, hundreds of military leaders, and thousands of sports coaches would all be reduced to Never Trumper status by repeating the quote. I'm ashamed of Lifson, a former adult in the room, coming off like a screechy democrat. At some point it might be healthy to realize that not every utterance made by a public figure has hidden meaning for or against Donald Trump. The victory of which MacArthur spoke wasn't remotely electoral but rather involved killing people and breaking things on a massive scale. Without men like Churchill and MacArthur, there would be no great political victories or political pontification by lesser members of the privileged class, born into power and wealth and mis-advertised as the great "fighters" of their time. One original Churchill quote, particularly resonates with me and it isn't remotely political: "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." I remember watching Churchill's funeral on B&W TV and asking my WWII veteran dad questions about the man. That led to learning a lot of interesting things, not only about Churchill but about the fickleness of nations, once their chestnuts have been pulled from a raging fire, and a different class of "leaders" take root.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 11/21/2022 2:01:38 PM (No. 1339336)
“There is no substitute for victory”, said by a man whose own second term came after suffering the defeat that followed his first.
Sounds more like DeSantis is predicting Trump’s victorious return, not throwing him shade.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
robertthomason 11/21/2022 2:38:59 PM (No. 1339363)
Hard to give any credibility to an author who attributes Douglas McArthur's quote to Winston Churchill. And more importantly, how is this directed against Trump? And who cares?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
MattMusson1 11/21/2022 3:35:43 PM (No. 1339405)
Trump is as inevitable as Gravity.
But, if the RNC screws Trump like the DNC screwed Bernie - it will destroy the GOP for a generation.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Gnana1 11/21/2022 3:59:31 PM (No. 1339421)
I have noticed that Ron DeSantis has very sizeable impression of himself and his abilities. 1) he would never had been governor of FL without Trump 2) he mimics Trumpism...brassness, direct, abrupt...Trump's personality is his own...he is one of a kind. Ron is mimicking him. 3) Those wins in FL that he is talking about were about Ron...they are about MAGA. Ron did not even mention MAGA 4) Ron is owned by the donor whores. He is NOT his own person. He has been and will continue to do as they say. 5) He is not Donald Trump...he is will not succeed. It is a mistake to jump out there at this point in time. He will go splat.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
anniebc 11/21/2022 3:59:42 PM (No. 1339422)
Good grief!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 11/22/2022 6:33:59 AM (No. 1339677)
Still trying to conjure internecine warfare, eh?
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