A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s Governor is grousing about gerontocracy during his latest presidential campaign swing.
“Father Time is undefeated. Father Time just simply works his will,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in Red Oak Saturday at a Never Back Down event.
“That’s the reality of the situation. I think if the Founders could be here today and they could witness this and then go back to Philadelphia in 1787, I think they would have put an age limit,” DeSantis said, referring to Joe Biden.
The Governor, who had previously said the leading candidates’ advanced ages were a “legitimate concern” for voters, went on to offer a more categorical dismissal of octogenarian candidates.
“I don’t think the presidency can be successfully discharged by somebody that’s 80-years-old. This is nothing against 80 years old. I’m the Governor of Florida for Pete’s sake,” said the man who once compared the state to “God’s Waiting Room.”
“I’ve got a lot of great 80-year-olds, but the reality is you’ve got to go, and the only way we turn around this country is to have a vigorous, energetic, no nonsense, strong president ready on day one to just blitz this bureaucracy, blitz through everything we need to with the Congress and just not stop for eight years.”
The Governor then made a reference to former President Donald Trump’s light campaign schedule.
“You’ll get eight years out of me where I’m in my prime. I’m rocking and rolling and we’re going to get the job done and you’re going to see that in the campaign. I think you’ve already seen it,” DeSantis said.
“You know, I’m the one that’s here for 56 counties. You know, I’ll do more counties today than some of these other guys will do in the next month.”
13 comments
Shelby justice
September 16, 2023 at 1:10 pm
How about taking your present job seriously. We don’t need your wife on the campaign trail. You seriously have no clue as to what is going on in our state. What a disappointment
Tom
September 16, 2023 at 1:35 pm
Being younger means nothing if you’re an unlikeable clown but you’ll figure it out.
Rick Whitaker
September 16, 2023 at 1:40 pm
ron, you sound desperate and defeated. why don’t you throw in the towel and save face by quitting now. i guess your fragile ego won’t let you. the people of florida do appreciate you being out of town. ron, you are a punk’s punk. i’m pretty sure you don’t know what that means. it’s bad, real bad.
Richard Russell
September 16, 2023 at 2:42 pm
With the exception of the corrupt senile POS in DC, the last two senior aged Presidents (Reagan and Trump) were two of the best Presidents in our history
Tjb
September 16, 2023 at 3:17 pm
Is this you Russell?
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Silly Wabbit
September 18, 2023 at 4:34 pm
You kwazy.
Silly Wabbit
September 18, 2023 at 4:35 pm
Stewpid, too.
Silly Wabbit
September 18, 2023 at 4:36 pm
(Cooked stupidity.)
My Take
September 16, 2023 at 3:43 pm
Energetically pushing disasterous policies is NOT what we need.
My Take
September 16, 2023 at 5:44 pm
Ròn DeSShorty — The Fit Fascist
Old man desantis
September 17, 2023 at 3:43 am
He’s 50 years old.
I bet he dies before Biden does lol
Old man desantis
September 17, 2023 at 3:43 am
He’s 50 years old.
I bet he dies before Biden does lol
PeterH
September 18, 2023 at 1:05 pm
There is an excellent article in today’s Washington Post about an excellent South Carolina teacher who offered stimulating lessons on justice and race to her high school age students! She fears what could happen in the coming school year now that restrictive legislation has passed.
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