Thursday, July 13, 2023

J.B. Pritzker is everything the Corporate Media is trying to make Ron DeSantis into

Earlier, this month Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced "Rebuild Illinois", a 40+ Billion Dollar Infrastructure plan for the state.

"Over the next six years, we're investing over $40 billion to improve all modes of transportation across our great state," Gov. JB Pritzker said at a news conference in Springfield. "And that means better roads and bridges, modernized transit and aviation, and expanded and faster passenger rail service. It even extends to improved river ports, new sewers and water infrastructure and a huge upgrade to bicycle and pedestrian accommodations." 

More than half of the plan, $27 billion, will go toward road and bridge projects, including $4.6 billion in the current fiscal year. That will fund repair and reconstruction of 2,866 miles of roadway and 9.8 million square feet of bridge deck on the state highway system, along with another 738 miles of roadway and 1.1 million square feet of bridge deck in systems maintained by local governments.

Governor Pritzker is able to pull this much money because ever since he inherited the Governorship from G-Droppin' Bruce Ruiner,  J.B. has fixed the State's credit, plugged budget gaps, and created a budget surplus and revenue boom.  On top of this Illinois, now stands as a destination for medical care for Women.  J.B. also stands as an ally and protector of the human rights of the LGBTQ community which Republicans are on the cusp of advocating be relocated to concentration camps.  Governor Pritzker's family history makes him especially attuned to the rising rhetoric of violence stemming from conservatives and Republicans across the Nation.

Yet, Governor Pritzker is seldom highlighted on National News.  Instead the Corporate Media so very much wants Ron DeSantis to be the next President.  The Media is fascinated with propping up these talentless rightwing Governors and making them happen.

You may not like it, Lib
Scott W. Walker the next President!
It must be Phony Cowboy Ronnie Raygun nostalgia, as he's the last Republican Governor to actually have charisma.  The Media celebrated a "Victory" by declaring the component and diligent Al Gore boooooring and pushed W as the next Reagan.  And the Media was almost right, because W(orst POTUS Ever) did outdo Reagan's time in office for domestic crimes and war crimes  Since then just look at the dweebs, buffoons, bigots, and villains the Media has latched onto and tried to make into the next Reagan;  Bobby Jindal, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Scott Walker, even Jeb!  I guess the media was able to make Fash Happy Glenn Youngkin seem normal as the Moms 4 Hitler and rightwing media apparatus played up his wholesome red LL Bean fleece image.

Of course, what's true is the so-called Liberal Media works overtime to make Republicans palatable; whitewashing their racism, waving away their authoritarian actions, looking past their incompetence, downplaying their criminal actions, and pretending their pugnacious stupidity is leadership.

Quiet Competence, like from the Obama Presidency or the current Biden one, is so boring.  Remember how crazy those 2017-2021 years were???  You never knew what that Trump was gonna do!!!  And his Covid response?  His fomenting an insurrection?  Wow, what a news bonanza!  Oh and remember how awesome it was to be riding along on Bradley Fighting Vehicles in Iraq blowing away Iraqis after W, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, and that whole cast of DC characters lied us into Two Wars!  Dick Engel and Lara Logan sure do remember and pine for those days of killing and torturing Muslims and other brown people!   So of course the Corporate Media is going to ignore the job J.B. Pritizker is doing in Illinois, or Gretchen Whitmer's job in Michigan or even Governor Gavin Newsome's job in California.

So, that leads us to Ron DeSantis who is on a Nationwide tour to plump up his Presidential aspirations.  The problem is DeSantis is viscerally unlikeable, hasn't actually accomplished anything, and is so fixated on his Anti-Woke villainy, that he can't seem to understand that the more people see of him the less they like and that his Florida Fash-tastic Follies don't appeal to anyone.  And MAGA sees him as nothing more than a tiny twerp imitation of Trump.  DeSantis is beginning to get that unshakeable stench of Loserdom all over his white rubber boots.  Even Faux News anchors are asking DeSantis why he's so unlikeable and so off-putting?

I know well-to-do white women in my town are yearning to vote for DeSantis but, he's currently behind in polling to Trump by 30 points.  His campaign busted out his bigoted wife to try and invigorate his flaccid and failing campaign.  But, it's looking likely DeSantis 24 is Scott Walker Redux.

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