Gents, we all know that around here, Floriduh Man is, by definition, the butt of an awful lot of great jokes. That’s because the jokes really just write themselves. There is something about Floriduh that just attracts the crazies. I’m not sure whether it’s the humidity, the swamps, the alligators in those swamps, the attack-helicopter-sized mosquitoes, the horseflies, or the crazy half-naked college freshmen that swarm the place every year, but Floriduh really is the gathering place for quite a lot of the rednecks in the USA, as the following news headlines will attest:
However, there are times when I think we really do underestimate the power of Floriduh Man.
One of my readers from, rather appropriately, Florida, sent me a link to an absolutely brilliant story about the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, and what he did earlier this week:
A crowd supportive of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chanted “Let’s Go, Brandon” as the governor prepared to sign a package of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate bills Thursday in Brandon, Florida.
DeSantis signed four bills from the COVID-19 special legislative session into law, which will require private employers to allow vaccine exemptions including, but not limited to health or religious concerns; pregnancy or anticipated future pregnancy; and past recovery from COVID-19. The legislation also prevents schools from requiring students to be vaccinated, strips the surgeon general’s ability to mandate vaccines, and takes steps for Florida to exit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
“Nobody should lose their job due to heavy-handed COVID mandates and we had a responsibility to protect the livelihoods of the people of Florida,” DeSantis said.
The crowd chanted “Let’s go, Brandon” after state Attorney General Ashley Moody celebrated the bill signing being held in her “hometown” of Brandon.
And that, gents, is how you do it.
That, right there, is God-tier trolling. It’s up there with what His Most Illustrious, Noble, August, Benevolent, and Legendary Celestial Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus Astra, the First of His Name, the Lion of Midnight, the Chaddest of Chads ever to Chad across the world stage, may the Lord bless him and preserve him, has done to his critics in the past.
I’m not in the habit of making political endorsements, especially of Republicucks, of which Florida has produced some of the cuckiest over the past 20 years. Remember Charlie Crist? How about Jeb frakkin’ Bush? Floriduh has a severe doofus infestation to go along with its mosquitoes – I hasten to point out that this is due in VERY large part to the Damn Yankee carpetbaggers who keep heading south for the winter, though, so it’s not entirely Floriduh’s fault.
But, that aside, Ron DeSantis might just be an interesting candidate for POTUS in 2028 – assuming that the USA is still a “thing” by then, which I’m willing to bet it won’t be.
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Desantis has done great things for Florida. I would move there (from Pennsylvania) but for those damn (year-round) mosquitos.