It’s been a while since we had a genuine Treehouse challenge. So, today I stumbled upon an excellent opportunity for each Treeper to test their mental stamina, and the contest has benefits.
Yesterday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was asked on Fox News, essentially, why he could not relate to people [video segment below fold]. Ron responded by saying, essentially, ‘hey, who cares, did you see how much money we’re raising‘. People immediately started being snarky and discussing it. However, the real answer can be found in this Treehouse challenge below.
♦ Here’s the rules: (1) Watch the video below which is prompted to start at 2:14. (2) You cannot walk away for a break, you cannot pause the video, you must sit and watch it without the assistance of alcohol, medication or any other cognitive numbing substance. (3) How long were you able to watch the video? (4) Everything is on the honor system. (5) Respond in the comments with your honest answer of how long you were able to watch. (6) Whoever lasts the longest is the winner.
Turn off any other distractions. Get yourself mentally prepared. Ready?
Okay. WATCH:
Be honest.
How many seconds did you last before you just couldn’t take it any longer?
Respond with your honest assessment of your stamina in the comments.
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Here was Ron DeSantis being asked why he cannot relate to people.
One friend calls to talk 90mph, all about herself. There is no way to get off the phone, other than to walk away. Listening to Casey is like that experience. What a mess of anxiety.
30 seconds of Casey was all I could take. No wonder “Rob” looks glassy eyed all the time.
I’m not a Ron fan. Instead, I’m filled with pity for the man married to this woman. Hopefully, they live in a BIG house.
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Twenty-two minutes, all the way up to the hurricane response. Have never been a fan of DeSantis but I am a mom. I’m surprised by you, Sundance, with this challenge, kind of curmudgeon-y of you. Did not Mrs. Sundance find interesting the discussion about mom/parental rights in protecting kids? I found Mrs. DeSantis surprisingly well-spoken with equal parts cutesy mom stories and impressive knowledge of facts especially her knowledge of the Iowa governor (didn’t know the governor was a woman) and her accomplishments.
This doesn’t change my mind, however. I don’t trust anything right now and I won’t be voting DeSantis.
Scripted cringe
I can’t respond to the videos. I wouldn’t even take the challenge since both Casey and Ron make me sick. I’m in FL and I’ve been a private tutor for 25 years. The truth is: DeSantis is weak on woke. FL law bans gender insanity lessons thru grade 8 only. Lessons taught in 9-12 must be age-appropriate. FL State Board of Educ ruled teachers cannot “intentionally” teach gender insanity, UNLESS required. The latest medical “freedom” law allows FL officials to enforce int’l health policies in schools. DeSantis brags about putting in term limits for school board members. The limit is 12 yrs the count starts Nov ’22 no matter how long you’ve already served. I’m glad to hear you’re not voting for him.
That’s actually a big reason why I’ve never trusted DeSantis, even at the height of his “Florida is a free state during covid” period … because I had early on read teachers say that the teachers didn’t like him because he hadn’t done right by them. Always made me skeptical of him when he was supposedly doing great things.
“The truth is: DeSantis is weak on woke. FL law bans gender insanity lessons thru grade 8 only.”
Probably the first clue I had about DeSantis was “why only through THIRD grade” in the “don’t say gay” (sic) bill that set the leftists off so bad. So anemic. It was “good” but not. Not quite a sleight of hand move – or maybe it was.
And regarding that international law allowance, I cringe. I don’t trust the Hague or EU any farther than I can throw an Epstein.
6 minutes 30 seconds. Waiting to see when there’d be a semblance of seriousness–there wasn’t.
The bottom line is this is a women’s mom’s group. DeSantis was using female identity politics to bond with the Iowa governor and audience with all the family talk. She’s trying to appeal to suburban women she’s one of them.
In politics it’s two things, issues agreement and most importantly being endearing getting people to like you. I don’t think she was endearing, but instead attention seeking. .
Regarding the DeSantis interview question…
How long does it take a Fox talking potato head to ask a simple question?
A full minute.
That’s when I stopped watching.
I failed. I had to get a bourbon 1 minute in the viewing.
And early in the morning (9:33 am)tells you what it’s all about!!!
4 Minutes, 19 Seconds.
Her history is TV news talking head. Still rings true.
As for him, the blinking, subtle head bobbing are revealing.
Such circular speech, orbiting nothing.
“Such circular speech, orbiting nothing.”
Nice turn of phrase. Although I would actually almost give my right arm to any major politician today who could say or do “nothing” – as opposed to destroying everything he/she touches.
Now consider: Kari Lake was also a TV talking head. What a world of difference exists between these two women.
The iPhone stopwatch was started simultaneously the moment the video began. I stopped at 01:16:14. Nothing against the panel but for videos the speaker must be compelling immediately. That’s just how I roll given the totality of information needed to be absorbed each day / hour/ minute to stay on top of things. Some video posters have figured out the process. A one minute video that starts at the precise, relevant moment that catches and holds one’s attention is the sweet spot for me.
Golden rule of speechmaking and writing a good book. If you don’t grab them in the first 10 seconds their mind goes somewhere else.
You echo Rush Limbaugh’s info/time philosophy. That’s a good thing.
Well I broke the no alcohol rule and still only made it 20 seconds……
4:40
not a mom – hard to relate
17 LONG seconds. Both of them are annoying.
28 seconds. Pointing out that your child is the first baby born to a sitting governor in fifty years is a weird boast. At least to me. My amazing wife managed our home raising four children, we/she homeschooled all, k-12. The gov’s wife is going to need to do a little more to get to my wife’s level.
And your wife did it with 10% of the budget afforded to this one.
5 minutes
What is wrong with her. A blast of incomprehensible babble. She must think the world is obsessed with her kids and that she is supermom of the universe.
I wonder if she is/was on some kind of medication. Really incoherent. It took a lot to stomach 5 minutes of that.
3 minutes 34 seconds 🤮😭😵💫
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I don’t think Casey ever took a breath.
Ron interestingly opens with: we raised a lot of money therefore I have support, but we will use that money to get the support of actual voters. Not long after that my mind went numb.
Yeah that’s not fair, 35 seconds, it’s for women not men. Just like a bunch of dudes talking hunting, or fantasy football, it only was to bring the women under the tent.
Ever listen to Ebonics?
Women under the tent? Under the bus maybe since she, obviously, believes herself to have a corner on the parenting skills market.
I lasted about 5 minutes but Good Grief! that lady’s annoying.
Without knowing about the challenge, my wife happened to watch the Casey interview last night. She turned it off after about three minutes because she couldn’t take Casey’s nonstop blathering about Madison.
I didn’t even start the video…went straight to comment section [which I love]….0:00 seconds
60 seconds. That is all it took to realize nothing substantive was going on in her cranial region.
Kind of listening while eating my breakfast, not really engaged. Just empty chatter, no substance regarding the challenges we face. RDS avoids the “why”. Keeps talking about Florida. The vermin in dc will show him who’s boss, especially when chucky schumer and his merry band of ‘rats filibuster or block with their majority what he wants to do. dc isn’t Florida, that’s a whole different ballgame.
Ronda spent 6 years on the Hill, he knows what is expected of him.
I could only take about 4 minutes. My reaction? STFU!!!
1 minute and 14 seconds.
Good Lord. That woman can talk a dog off a meat truck!
15 seconds
Jeeze Louise, 22 seconds. Jill’s voice is like fake nails on a chalk board.
Literally 15 seconds,,my mental stamina is deficient
After 12 seconds, I was unable to abide by the rules. A couple of skips forward for 2-3 seconds each and it finished me.
45 secs. Ouch.
I lasted with “It’s all about me, Mama” for a minute and 7 seconds just to see when she would change. She didn’t, she just kept talking to the Pelosi look-alike. With Daddy, I just can’t take listening to the fundraising. Seriously, you think you have the highest favorability? As governor, maybe. As a potential president? Really?????
I let the video keep playing as I was typing and the barf factor kept rising. Bad as he was, SHE was worse. That sing-songy let me brag on my diva again moment was more than I could take. When she said her youngest went to bed in her full princess regalia, all I could think about was a child in search of guidance from a parent!! Look at the children.
Do you see any of Trump’s children as divas, princes or princesses? Then look at Joe Biden’s children. One is a crackhead and one is his shower buddy! Now throw in the DeSantis children–at least the youngest who is in control of the household. Which “leader” is capable of leading the country like he leads his children? Need I say more?
I am happy to report that I lost this big time as I was only able to last about 15 seconds. That I cannot ever get back.
2 min. She is a talk-a-holic. Can’t stop.
Stopped at 6 min. 1 second
A little over a minute before I realized she reminded me of an amalgam of every crazy ex-girlfriend that I or my close friends ever had…
When Casey was talking about the 3 DS kids driving the $200 Walmart golf-cart to Miami, my finger involuntarily hit the FF button.
3-4 minutes, I think.
Seconds before rethinking the direction of my life? about 20. Correct me if I’m wrong, but did she ever inhale?
13 seconds. Good Lord give me the strength to forget that I did that!!!
Less than 4 minutes. But honestly the last minute I was answering a text message on my phone and even as background noise, she was annoying.
15 seconds for her, could not force myself to watch him,,
I lose.
0 seconds.
Misery
( of losing the uhhh…treeper r d ‘challenge’ )
likes company. : )
Sometimes, less is more better.
Life is good
Watched the entire piece. Not a DeSantis for prez fan, but listening to a non-senior talk about politics was welcome.
It was much easier to watch with the sound turned off !
4 mins. 34seconds
Whatever her faults may be, she strung together more coherent speech in 30+ minutes than Biden*, Harris and Cringe Jean-Pierre have in their lifetimes… combined.
It’s amazing how fast she recovered from “Cancer”
/s
Did she really have it? Asking for a friend…………
I have my doubts about Casey having cancer based on what she has said and reasons expressed in another reply.
Sympathy and pity are another way to get attention and unite gullible people.
29 seconds, she is a Karen. What’s with the speed talking?
I made it to 7 min 40 sec. , and it was painful, but I had to confirm my theory about all the “pretending” going on in our society. She pretends to be smart and the perfect mother. She fails on both counts. RDS pretends that he answers questions, but actually avoids them. They both are phony in all respects. Melania set the standard for being 1st Lady and Casey, Moochie, Hillary, and Jill are not even in the same ballpark, let alone the game.
It’s called cocaine! Adderall?
Offense against questions that redirect her script.
“I’m kinda like the duck on the water…..” 9 seconds!! Did I win?
2 minutes, I wanted to stop sooner but didn’t hoping I would “win the prize”. Amazing she didn’t even take a breath.
Immature.