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You know, it does seem a bit... um... sus that all these big strong MAGA types are drinking Bud Light. I mean, it sounds a bit... you know... less serious and less manly, maybe than an alternative?

Maybe if the name were changed to Bud Jock that could amend matters.

Also, Dylan was so adorable in that Holly Golightly look.

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

DeSantis be onto somethin'. Why (fer a small fee), I'd show him how to combine his sorry-ass idea about a theme park (what 'theme"? Inhumanityille?) with the obvious need for more state prisons (he's on his way to criminalizing pretty much everything so he'll need the space). Prisoners work for free, or they don't eat (at least that's my play, and I think he'll go along because of course he would), so staff the theme park with 'em. There's yer 80% profit incentive right there. In fact, he could just nuke gay Disney and do the the theme park anyway.

Have his "people" call my people.

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I'm starting to suspect that the proprietor here is visiting midwest diners, and interviewing Real Americans for their opinions, then portraying those opinions as the positions of the Great Respected Politicians in this piece.

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

Amused, of course; too much content for these scumbags (by which I mean the entire GOP) is far from enough.

But the quote at the head of the post raises the question: Is America ready for a male POTUS who wears three inch heels?

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

I'm not a lawyer, but if I were one of Disney's corporate lawyers, I'd be thrilled that DeSantis has decided to single out the company for special discriminatory treatment over what is very clearly free speech. Last time I looked, "selective enforcement" was still illegal. Passing laws to specifically penalize one person or entity is also illegal.

And, of course, trying to damage the state's largest employer and one of its biggest tourist draws is just nuts. But I guess Florida Man don't care about actual governance when there's libs to be owned.

Meanwhile, the rest of the GOP is now in a headlong race to see which wildly unpopular policies they can showcase and implement. They'll be down to the rump 27% crazy vote in just a couple of years.

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Apr 18, 2023·edited Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

Another grade-A banger, Roy. The Cruelty is the Profit Point – grift, grift, grift.

Going after Disney, beer, supermarkets, a popular furniture chain. Republicans truly have their fingers on the pulse of what normies want from their politicians.

Even if he goes all in and tries to one-up Trump by shooting someone on Main Street USA at Disneyworld, I maintain DeSantis would be a goddamn fool to run in 2024, Trump will first flay and then beat him. And after all, Ron is only 44 years old! Every sane advisor should be telling him to keep his powder dry for 2028. Mind you, the way he’s prematurely aging he may look like the Crypt Keeper by then. Which could give him the gravitas he’s been lacking, LOL. But there’s no conceivable remedy for his lack of charisma.

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"Skiz-a-diz-phunga"

Jesus Roy , I'll tell you what- good thing you're the one writing this - why, if you were reading it , in your condition, you might could bust a gut laughing.

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

DeSantis is about to jump on the macho beer bandwagon and issue an executive order for mandatory genital inspection prior to purchase or consumption. The CEOs of Hooters and several Florida "breastaurants" are already on board.

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

First lol of the morning "— and I do mean he, though women may occasionally sip a light beer or two if they work as waitresses or lady detectives —" Welcome back, Roy.

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

Ah. So that’s why I don’t recall seeing him in heels.

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

Ordinarily, this reference would be cruel and unusual, but the subject of Greg Abbott frequently gets me to wondering, "where's Tommy Udo when you really need him?" https://youtu.be/3oesSyvh76g

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

Wingers announce their Contract On America.

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

Michel Doukeris, Brazilian CEO of AB InBev, parent company of Anheuser Busch, invited Senator Hawley to visit his office in Belgium to discuss his company’s policies. During his talk with reporters he called Hawley a “punheta,” exclaimed “porra nehuma” to Hawley’s proposal, and finished by saying, “nem fodemdo that xoxota is gonna tell me what to do, olho do cu!”

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

MASTRIANO: "And what I said about Wawa goes double for Sheetz. Take that, ya coffee drinkin' Yinzers."

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Apr 18, 2023Liked by Roy Edroso

I kinda like the prison idea. Makes the contrast clearer, you know? On one side of the highway there's Blue World, which is all friendly and welcoming (providing you've got the money to pay to get in, of course) on the other side is Red World, which is a fucking prison.

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I watched a little--mere seconds--of De Santis' press conference, and all I could think of was that he and Ben Shapiro would make a fine nerdy-chipmunk Batman and Robin.

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