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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeathSentence has a new book coming out next week
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/25/politics/desantis-first-bookHis first flop was an attack on the African-American president
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday will release his book, The Courage to be Free, to much anticipation ahead of his expected plunge into the 2024 presidential race. But its not the first time DeSantis has dabbled in authorship to jumpstart his political ambitions.
As a little-known Navy prosecutor on the cusp of a bid for a Jacksonville-area congressional seat, DeSantis in 2011 released the audaciously titled Dreams from Our Founding Fathers. He has joked that the book from an obscure publisher that mostly dealt in childrens titles and a thriller series produced by a middle school principal received little acclaim and was read by about a dozen people.
Its an instructive window into DeSantis governing beliefs, which at times seem to collide with his current leadership style but may soon inform his platform as he seeks higher office. It shows the early seeds of his disdain for the media, strongly suggests Christianity is foundational to the Constitution and demonstrates his early willingness to buck establishment forces in his own party.
DeSantis also took great umbrage at descriptions of Obama casting his candidacy as one of singular historical significance and himself as a messianic figure. But his own closing message to Florida voters last fall came in a 90-second video that suggested he was made by God on the eighth day to be a fighter.
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DeathSentence has a new book coming out next week (Original Post)
malaise
Feb 2023
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Having a real hard time NOT suggesting banning this book, but we need to know the enemy.
Timeflyer
Feb 2023
#2
What is the over and under of the number of books DeathSantis' campaign will buy?
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2023
#8
cilla4progress
(26,525 posts)1. 1st step in his national campaign
Go get 'im girls and boys!
BTW - he's copying Obama's playbook and it's obvious for all to see.
Yeah...you ain't no Obama, deSantis!
Timeflyer
(3,756 posts)2. Having a real hard time NOT suggesting banning this book, but we need to know the enemy.
malaise
(296,102 posts)3. I'll sum it up
The constitution does not allow for any African-American let alone Obama to be President. DeathSentence will promise that he will not let that happens again.
ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)4. I hope everyone here plans on leaving a review for the book on Amazon
greatauntoftriplets
(179,005 posts)5. Confirms his racism and hypocrisy.
I'll read the reviews, not the book.
GreenWave
(12,641 posts)6. He could not spell mein kampf part 2.
so this was his title.
malaise
(296,102 posts)7. that makes sense
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,867 posts)8. What is the over and under of the number of books DeathSantis' campaign will buy?
yardwork
(69,364 posts)9. Does anyone ever read these ghost written Republican books?