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.

I did watch the whole video. An then the one of RDS. And it occurred to me that we may very well be having the “two-for-the-price-of-one” Clintonian offer AGAIN!
The handlers are putting this talking machine front and center to counteract his wooden husband and to get both in the White House for many years to come.
They tried the same with the Obamas, but Mrs. Obama is too lazy to do her part.
Jill, on the other hand, is more ambitious and driven. She will do her part, and then some.
“… Mrs. Obama is too lazy…”
I know you’re referring to Mitch’s “public face”, but she has always put me off even worse than Barry does.
You unfortunately reminded me that Hilliary was the one who first proposed “Obamacare” back around 1994. Talk about 2-fer-one – as if one of Billiary wasn’t tough enough for the country to handle.
She is DeSatan’s BlackRock handler, so he has to listen to her Machine Gun Parcel tongue. But I do Not!
You mean Mr “Mike” Obama? Barry’s boyfriend?
56 seconds. The cringe and the try-too-hard to be relatable to the average mom is off-putting and insulting. It was like watching a Disney channel show geared towards tweens.
21 seconds. I couldn’t take any more.
2 minutes, 30 seconds
Lol, too busy this morning to “waste”, maybe too strong a word, time watching. Perhaps, later today.
41 seconds was all I could take.
4 minutes and 30 seconds!
Finished the whole vid. After half way I did speed it up to 1.5 though as it was getting repetitive.
It’s not really fair. I have an older domineering sister. I work with lots of passive aggressive and domineering women. Back in the day when I would get a new job there was always a group of women who would take turns trying to make an example of me. To show ‘the boss’ how little patience I have (they assumed) to listen to them rattle on and cluck incessantly about all of their personal behavior and family life. I’ve always been a good listener though. I spent all that time analyzing them like one would in a poker game. In the end they end up telling you far more than they should. I then used all that personal knowledge against them in how best to solve problems citing their own exp and stories back to them to prove my points.
In this case it’s an attempt to be relatable because Ron isn’t. She’s trying super hard to relate to as many people as possible all at once. The fast talking and speed speech is just a feature of the young and overly excited. The family stories about the little ones is great for moms. The trans points are the same everyone is making. Her facial expression when talking about ‘all the praise Ron is getting across the country’ tells more than the words she is using. She’s just covering all the positive points to boost Ron’s appearance because Ron is not relatable and he is not genuine so they sent in a woman to soften them up. Not surprising at all. Beyond being annoying I’d say overall she didn’t do a bad job hyping Ron but in reality I have a feeling this is more about her ambitions and her eventual run for office.
Casey wears the trousers and pushing Ron.
Sorry, less than 10 seconds…..
I didn’t watch. I’m a genius, right?
🤣 🤣
2 minutes or so.
“When I had the brilliant idea….”
Tapped out before even hearing the self described brilliance.
I accidentally made it to 4:05 minutes.
Then I moved the red dot along because it wasn’t moving. This thing more than 44:05 minutes long! Geez!
I lasted about 4 minutes,saved by a call,lol
10:38 nodded off…
Had to stop at full princess dress to go to bed.
About a minute. It’s like putting a fire hose in your ear.
Watched Casey & Ron maybe less than 2 minutes each. That was enough of Ron Desanctus & his Chatty Cathy wife. Got outdoors things to do before thunderstorms roll in. Trump all the way! MAGA!
Two things. Casey needs to be tested for cocaine use and Ron is doing exactly what the GOPe wants. He’s raising money from the billionaires and he will do their bidding, if he wins. For me, it’s that simple and I will never vote for him.
DeSantis bought and sold.
I made it through to the part where her daughter had to go to the bathroom and just stopped there.
God bless her she survived cancer.
She is a fast talker. But nothing of substance said or did I miss it?
Spitballing here, is she supposed to make up for Ron’s perceived flat personality? Is that the game plan?
Hyped up mommy in high heels, “right?”. 60 seconds.
I watched and listened for about five minutes, which seemed like an eternity. I gave up when I realized I was watching in a dazed state of mind, not listening to a single word.
I couldn’t watch any because I saw a one minute segment Laura Loomer posted of Casey on Twitter bragging about how her children had destroyed the governor’s mansion’s historic wallpaper with slime also including the ceilings. Please elect us, we don’t control our kids hahhahahhha. Where are those kids while she is out stumping for her weird husband?! When Melania and Ivanka did their own rally’s they were classy and talked about policy, how to make and keep America great. Casey thinking she will connect by telling stories about how she met Ron while he squirms and makes faces or how her kids are terrors is so off putting. I’m rooting for the end of Desantis.
WAY TOO MUCH ESTROGEN SPEAK.
This is in part why we are where we are. A few years ago we were told that America needed more women elected to Congress, almost all are radicals, AOC types and it shows.
Watched for a minute or two then jumped around a few times.
1st video… 2.38 way too much prattle no content ….
1.38 on the second one no clue of reality totally bought into the political waste land of pretending
Two minutes. Non stop verbal diarhea.
All it needs for a finishing touch is some smashed fruit and vegetables on and around Joey.
I made it one minute. After 30 seconds, I was fighting, trying to not look around. The last 5 seconds were painful because I was trying not to quit. The sheer utter nonsense and there was very little pause. Good lord, is this how people are now?
It is all so staged…. so very staged…
4 min., 11 seconds
At least will never have to hear this pos take the oath of office for the president the United States I guess I win
She’s a valley girl
There is no cure
Valley Girl
Valley Girl
I lasted 30 seconds listening to that. She is a secret weapon- Replace the punishment of solitary confinement with Casey speaking on and on and the toughest terrorist will give up his momma!
12 seconds…that includes reaching for the off button…
priceless
Sundance, this is much less about the candidacy for president than it is about a woman talking TO other women.
My guess is more than half of your readership, like myself, are disqualified from commenting.
I feel like they’re about to find another bag of blow in the gov’s mansion.
I did not watch the video of Casey Biden. This was my third try watching the video of DeSoros. Thank you for starting it in the middle. It was less painful. Let’s start with DeSoros would not have won Florida if it were not for Trump. As far as fundraising… He started with $82 million from his governor run. (I guess he should thank Trump for that). Ken Griffin donated 5 million so that he could become treasurer of his new administration. Then you add in all the Billionaire Pacs money, which has nothing to do with anything that he has actually done for the people of Florida/USA. Jacksonville has the first Democrat Mayor thanks DeSoros and China is building a primate breeding facility on recreational land here in Florida. I wonder how much they donated to his campaign?
Okay I managed 15 seconds. She sounds like that guy who passed away a few years back- Billy something or other, he was on infomercials. Not genuine.
60 seconds. I feel dizzy
30 seconds. She’s the epitome of FAKE!
I made it 3 minutes and 18 seconds. This election is about her. She’s a Jill Biden, through and through.
6:03
And you owe me 7 IQ points.
(Your credit is good.)
I made it to seven minutes, twelve seconds. I am a stubborn person, and when I decide to do a thing, I usually stick with it. The problem is that we had been watching War Room, and while I’d turned down the volume, after hearing her prattle on like a jabbering moron for about seven minutes, I heard Trump’s voice and reflexively turned to look at the tv, and couldn’t help myself. Nothing Jill DeSantis said or could say could hold my attention any longer. She said nothing of consequence while I listened, and nothing of use, and her stream-of-consciousness approach to public speaking made my ears and eyes bleed the longer I listened and watched. Funny enough, as I was typing the above, the Trump speech clipped ended, and Bannon and Kassam lambasted the DeSantis campaign, particularly mentioning the Governor’s wife.
Sounds like she is the one running for office, she hardly takes a breath , covers all that jargon in seconds over a simply short question. Maybe that’s why Ron is not liked, we can tell when one is dominated.
32 seconds is all I could take, I have work to do, don’t want to be sick all day
At 4:44 I blacked out. Woke up in a padded cell and straight jacket.
3:20. The mailman came.
The Cain/DeSantis clip. Couldn’t get through the damn question.
51 seconds, smh
one minute 34 seconds…my God, does she even take a breath? I kept waiting for the usual break but she just kept stringing one well-rehearsed vignette after anther in an am zing dislay of nervous energy.
70 seconds. Inauthentic like I was watching a stand-up comedy routine except she was sitting down and the jokes and talking points were written for her and she had practiced getting it all in an allotted timeframe in front of a mirror.
Casey is exactly the kind of women and parents I have always found irritating. They are mostly surface talking to the bubble they live in always believing their own issues make them more relatable to all other women and mothers. NOT. Proudly speaking of spoiling your children (throwing slime and disrespecting the Florida People’s House) made her seem rather immature and silly. Self-important is not appealing. Nor are camo leggings with high heels at such a gathering. Sheesh!
Sorry she’s had cancer.. personally many have been there and worse. Stop trying to sell it. Hopefully it becomes a maturing, deepening experience.
I get exactly what Sundance was saying.. Too much sell and not enough substance… Kind of like her pandering husband.
These are very serious times.. I don’t need her over bubbly, head in sand, wanna be liked & relatable personality. My advice, go home, calm down, be grateful for all the little things and take care of your very young children. This is her time for that, IMHO.
Lord forgive me! 😉
She is the bubble headed bleach blond Don Henley sings about in the Dirty Laundry song with dark hair
Sorry she’s had cancer.. personally many have been there and worse. Stop trying to sell it.
Thank you.
Yes. There are millions of people fighting and dying from cancer. Having cancer does not make one a saint. Nor should it earn martyr votes. There are millions of people suffering from all kinds of diseases. Some you are able to heal your body and some are chronic and life altering.
And many from the mRNA jab
😂 tell her that!
Not in the process of connecting to the people??
60 seconds.
Will the winner be offered rehabilitation?
I hope so !