This Carbon Based Life

By David Glenn Cox

In the first six weeks of his Presidential campaign Ron DeSantis took in $20 million dollars, while Donald Trump took in $18 million. I know that sounds like lots of money, but it’s not. For a national Presidential campaign, it’s bus fare, lunch money and chump change.

Ron DeSantis has been accused of looting his state campaign fund and moving the money into his Presidential campaign fund. That’s a campaign violation but is akin to Al Capone’s parking tickets. Even if Desantis is found guilty in 2025 0r 26 he’d only pay a fine. And what does he care, after all its other people’s money.

But as an illustration of the paltry haul. The last time around Donald Trump the high plains grifter had nearly a billion dollars in his war chest. He then spent it all before the election and still lost. $18 or $20 million is barely lunch money. A house divided against itself cannot stand said Abe. And the money debacle shows the Republican division.

The Party is divided over Trump with some big money donors sitting this one out. They understand Donald Trump cannot win a national election and even if he could, the results would be disastrous. On the other side of the coin, many see Ron (The great pretender) DeSantis as a pitifully weak candidate. Donald Trump with his poor, poor pitiful me vendetta against the world and Ron DeSantis with his grievance politics. Both losing strategies in a difficult world.

Trump is a known quantity and if he wins the Republican nomination, he will unite the Democrats like no other candidate could. Reactionary Ron suffers from high negative numbers. The harder he tries the more he is disliked. Asked why his campaign is struggling DeSantis points to the media and whines, “They’re picking on me!” He could have said, “we aren’t struggling we’re just getting warmed up. It’s a long campaign, you have to expect some rough patches. See the difference?

The tough guy who whines when things don’t go his way. We have nothing to fear but fear itself, except when the media is picking on us. Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask why the media picking on me! Can Ronnie motivate the great teeming unwashed Republican masses by running on social issues? If Ron DeSantis cannot catch up with Trump stick a fork in him, he’s done anyway.

Reich’s Fuhrer Ronnie is scared shitless of Donald Trump. Ron will only shadow box with Trump and won’t dare take a real swing at him. He could come out on the campaign trail and praise Donald Trump to the heavens and then say. “You know with all of Trump’s legal problems maybe it’s time we take a new path. It’s time for some fresh blood and new ideas! Out with the old and in with the new! Donald Trump has had his turn at the plate, and he’s struck out. It’s time to move on to create a new vision for America.” Instead, we get “Momma! They’re picking on me!”

The Republican Congressional follies with Hunter Biden’s laptop and Tiktok. Secret witnesses and puff the magic dragon politics leaves the public cold. Almost guaranteeing the end of the Republican House majority. Leaderless and rudderless revenge politics that preaches to the choir and is a clear loser. Vote for me I balled up the military. I went after Hunter Biden. I called Lauren Boebert a “little bitch.”

And the proof is in the pudding. The Minnesota GOP recently reported that they have $53.81 in the bank with outstand debts totaling $335,781.36. The Colorado Republican Party also says it’s broke and has been evicted from their offices. The Arizona GOP has 50K in the bank. In Michigan, the testicle kicking punches thrown and ribs broken GOP brawl was over you guessed it, money.

That’s always a bad sign when the Party meets to get organized, and a fist fight breaks out. The Ron DeSantis (Don’t Back Down) Super Pac says it has $130 million on hand and most of that money comes from Ronnie’s controversial and potentially illegal funds transfer. ($82.5 million) Criminal? What do we care? We’re Republicans! We can just blame it on the media!

The Trump campaign was outraged that anyone would dare imply their member was bigger than Don’s. Pointing out that they took in $35 million in the first quarter. Plus, Trump has built in advantage of never paying his bills which help his funds to go a little further. But a recent filing shows a Trump Super Pac paid Melanoma Trump $155,000 dollars in 2021. But by this point who is really surprised by that?

The payment was issued to “Designer’s Management Agency” and who is that? Why that’s where Mrs. Trump is listed as client. But will Chicken Ronnie say anything about that? Cluck, cluck, cluck and scratches at the ground. No Ronnie only fights shadows without names.

A DeSantis campaign manager boasts, “Joe Biden’s leftist policies are destroying the country, and Republicans are excited to invest in a winner ready to lead America’s revival.” But it’s only whistling past the graveyard. No bucks, no Buck Rogers. It’s easy peasey to kick at Joe Biden but they must defeat Donald Trump first. And they aren’t going to get there by pointing fingers and name calling raging at Joe Biden.

Here is the difference in approach, Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said. “DeSanctimonious’ fundraising numbers comparison is as fake as his high heeled boots.“ (Former) President. Trump raised $28.3M in his first two quarters as an announced candidate, and $35M in this most-recent quarter.”

Trump’s people have no problem with calling Reich’s Fuhrer Ronnie a sawed-off runt. And Chicken Ronnie says cluck, cluck, cluck and scratches at the ground. Chicken Ron is a gutless wonder too afraid to actually fight Donald Trump for the nomination. And so becomes a dead man walking.

“Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.” ― Mark Twain