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.
Sir.
upon reading the title, i elected to not participate in their mindless, self-promotion of lies and deceptions. i’ve better things to do with my life.
i love the site itself however!
I watched the whole thing. Casey is attractive and well spoken. Her voice and the Iowa Governor, Kim Reynolds’ voice are about the same pitch so it was tough at times to keep track of who was saying what. Reynolds’ accent reminds me of the police chief’s in “Fargo” at times.
Casey DeSantis never gave any credit to President Trump or even mentioned him. Casey DeSantis is an expert at talking out of both sides of her mouth. Spouting Reaganesque phrases about keeping government out of our lives from one side of her mouth and in the next breath she talks of government bringing everybody and their brother together. Apparently, to her way of thinking, government helps everything private run more efficiently. Yet, she can’t seem to grasp that when government gets involved in anything it ends up taking those things over and destroying them with rules and regulations.
It would be interesting to create a transcript illustrating her illogical and contradictory statements.
I had trouble with all this government involvement with the charities. That’s not why we fund government. And, isn’t this aiding and abetting illegal aliens and child trafficking, do they know who they are helping? Do they care?
I’m sure I heard her twice, if not three times or more, speak of charities almost not being able to do the job UNTIL Ron DuhSantis approved this and that and spent gazillions of taxpayer dollars and now those charities are as right as rain! AND sprinkled throughout the conversation were Reaganesque anti- big government quips.
Casey is intelligent BUT not as intelligent as she thinks she is. I doubt anyone calls her out on any gaffes.
Got to 4:33, so just over 2 minutes. It was Larry David Show level social pain to witness.
I understand now why Casey wanted to be an anchor and talk at people, but I prefer Kari Lake’s delivery.
Played for my husband later, and he asked if she ever stopped (no).
Walmart golf cart bona fides were cringe, but worst was “I have found…” near the end (I played at high speed in sections with bio breaks in between), discussing CDS’s super unique and insightful take on the market forces of school choice.
This is when it occurred to me that she might actually think she should be running, instead of “the governor.” We need better candidates top to bottom to squeeze out these weirdo loser swamp creations.
C’Mon, retirees! Please find out how to run for office and then do it! Iowa governor, anyone?
CDS also trotted out the made-for-TV 2022 FL numbers against fake democrat Charlie Crist (“You have to win more than just Republicans…”), and at least is aware of where her bread is buttered.
As for Ron, the Fox cringe stooge interviewer lobbed the lowest and slowest softball, essentially a Turing Test question (“Are you really a robot?”). RDS’ response is an insult to robots! Clearly he is running a routine answering donor questions with consultant answers.
Therefore, I conclude that RDS is human, albeit rather wooden and reminiscent of Pinnochio on multiple levels.
Ouch on both fronts, so they are a perfect match, although my money is on Casey in a cage match.
45 seconds. Fingernails on chalkboard. Trump 2024!
She just “knows” she would do a better job than Ron. He may be the most pussy-whipped presidential candidate ever. Now the spotlight’s on her and she is loving it. What is it about Jills?
I miss cool, elegant, really smart Melania… She showed her respect for and confidence in her husband by NEVER EVER doing anything like this.
7 minutes with Casey. Entertaining voice and mannerisms, expressive, but nothing of substance for a political interview. The interview was a staged Rah Rah session and not as interesting as a tupperware party.
Ron didn’t answer the question and is as entertaining as an accountant
Some accountants are entertaining. 😊
1m 19s
Well, I’m 78 and have learned to be patient. I watched 6 minutes, that was enough. She’s trying very hard but it’s not real.
I watched 4 1/2 minutes and was about to toss the towel……her nasal voice and the drone of her going on and on and on were annoying……but decided to fast forward a bit and try harder. I managed to land just prior to her playing the “cancer card”, which never fails to raise my hackles.
i, like many others, find her trying way to hard to be adored for her self image.
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I hate to admit, I don’t think I lasted one minute… Started tuning out when she rattled on about the kids , and forgot why I was staring at this, scrolled down and then remembered. Oops! Oh well, I’m fairly certain nothing of real import was following on there.
Ugh
5:48. I’m a Mom. I’ve experienced all of those things. I see that she is trying to connect with parents, but it seems forced and long-winded, all to say almost nothing.
Okay, 3:45 was my exhaustion point.
What a blabbermouth
One minute. No lie. And it was tough.
1 minute 14 seconds.
But because this is time I can not recover, and I have things to do.
DeSantis is my gov. and he has done a great job. But as of now, I am voting for Trump, in spite of Operation wARPsPEED. I doubt Trump will make the same mistakes the second time around.
8:29.
CDS is even more appealing than RDS. And yes, she’s full of it and boring as wallpaper.
That said, the RDS campaign is clearly using her to improve her husband’s appeal with the center-right ladies.
With all do respect, the target audience for this is Moms……mostly young moms. As a Dad and a man, I would rather listen to Kari Lake as she targets the fighter in men and women alike. As for Casey, she is targeting her group and I bet they loved it. Just my opinion. As for the camo pants……that was probably a stunt.
1 minute….
What’s wrong with Ron de Sanctimonious’s eyebrows….????
3 mins. Then Barfed. Whom is more Wooden?, AL GORE or Ron Burgundy? I mean DeSantis..
39 seconds. I realized she was trying to humble brag about her kids, but she actually resents them, and hates being a mom to young ones. Nope.
I have spoken on stage about homeschooling. As such it was almost impossible to get around talking about my children one way or another. But I made it a point never to say anything that would truly embarrass them. I even checked with the older ones before a talk if I was unsure. Obviously hers are not that old yet but I’d be thinking about the day when they could be listening to old videos. And all I can say is Good Luck Mama Jill.
Both Meatball and his wife have nasal voices that will preclude them from the White House. They sound like two elementary school hall monitors. My prediction: Meatball will be so damaged by this White House run, he will be challenged (and beaten) by Suarez for GOP primary for Governor of Florida.
Does the woman ever breathe or finish a sentence? 8 minute mark and an alarm went off on my cell in the other room. Will finish listening while playing a game.
When even someone who says he likes Mr. DeSantis says that the Governor is not connecting this early in the campaign, then there is definitely trouble for that campaign.
46 seconds. Ouch.
About 2 mins. I can’t stand her voice. Reminds me of Hilary Clintons stabbing tone
I made it to the 8 minute mark, before I had to 🤮
3 minutes 12 seconds
Vapid conversation is the hallmark of suburban women. It is why I have always been the outsider in upscale suburbia.
About two minutes, I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt and see if the verbal diarrhea would evolve into something substantial.
I didn’t make a minute. I despise people who talk like a rain of bullets about nonsense. Pardon me but who cares about your baby spitfire? What does that have to do with your husband being fit to assume the Presidency? Attempting to humanize robot Ron demeans our intelligence & demonstrates how truly desperate the campaign is at this point.
Why can’t you connect with people…did you see how much money we raised?
I’ve been attacked more than anyone…..lol…after that lie could I believe anything Ron says?
I admit I didn’t hit ‘play the clip’.
With over 1.5k comments, I couldn’t be the first one to notice “First Lady Casey DeSantis hosts…… in Iowa”, could I?
Also you couldn’t blame Team DeSantis to trot out Mrs. DeSantis to stump for Ron, she brings the human touch (re: their family life, their kids, etc.) to ‘The Governor’. It runs the risk of the stuff getting stale soon, then what would Casey be stumping for? She couldn’t/shouldn’t talk about policies (domestic and esp. foreign), and that only leaves her with safe topics like discussing weather.
You’d do better if you watched a bit of the video.
I couldn’t time it… but I dropped out at the end of tug, tug, tug… gotta go to the bathroom, great guvnah.
I could regale an audience with stories about my kids when they were small or even stories about them as adults & my beautiful grandkids too. That doesn’t make their dad a good presidential candidate.
She is aiming for relatability, which apparently her candidate hubby lacks. When one is described as “aloof” and not liking having people near them, they should skip politics. She’s pushing him. It shows.
Meanwhile, her rapid fire delivery is more like someone auditioning to do standup in a lounge show in Vegas than a potential first lady.
OMG! That plastic, egotistical motor mouth is supposed to carry him to victory? I have heard Jill Casey described as his new “secret weapon”. People also use weapons for suicide, folks..
3:37 just past the perincess to bed stuff and into the pouring rain in New Hampshire.
Can you imagine living with this obnoxious pushy abrasive woman?
I made it to the 10:49 mark. Motor mouth is right! I hung in there waiting for her to take a breath.
That woman has a great career ahead as an auctioneer, or maybe singing those Gilbert & Sullivan patter songs, “IamtheverymodelofamodernmagorgeneralI’veinfodrmationvegetableanimalandminneral ….”.
I got to 3:12 something about second daughter being a princess lost me after that. these people are not interested in anything but themselves!
DeSantis dodged the main question about why he was not connecting with voters. He responded with how much money he’d raised. He did show something that has been reported; irritation. He is touchy. Said to be quick to anger. Notice how interviewer (Cain?) tried to butter him up before asking that first question. DeSantis was still playing defense.
Forgot to set my timer but I figure about 45 seconds. That included scrolling in to see what her t-shirt said.
3:07
Sometimes, it’s important to….
HAVE A POINT!!!
2 minutes
I lasted to 3:28. Clearly a political trying to act like a normal Mother. Nauseating
Jesus, Mary and Joseph. “Casey” is so banal and she’s either on speed or I had YT running at 2x. She is not an asset.
Meatball is hilarious. So much money! Billionaires love me!
Maybe 60 seconds, and that was only to see if it improved. It didn’t. On another note, did she ever take a breath?
OK mommy take a break , reminds me of the old book wifey where she had not had a conversation with adults for so long , finally was accompanying her husband to a corporate dinner party . Emotional disaster struck her like lightening when she realized sitting next to the CEO cutting the meat on his plate as she has been doing for her 3 stair step children.
Conversations to people below your waist in single digit years takes its toll .
She seems nice …
About 70 seconds
I didn’t even get to .ooo1 second. Just the screenshot made me sick.
I made it to 9:21
No mind numbing or reality altering substances used
When started talking about the slime….my mind said…..they have so much disrespect for the People’s Governor’s house and my stomach turned.
I’ll admit it. I only lasted 21 seconds before my mind was screaming, ‘get out of here’.
4 minutes 30 seconds. I have a very high pain tolerance.
I could just look at Melania and sit through whatever she was saying. Casey ain’t even close.
3 minutes 38 seconds, I kept thinking surely she was going to say something worth listening too? Nope, had it at the crucial interview question and the predictable kid had to potty mark. Not an ounce of authentic anything as far as I’m concerned. Nails on a chalkboard.
Less than 60 seconds on either video clip. Both are dun dun dung.
About 4 minutes but I lost interest after 20 seconds and made myself watch the duration I could stand.
That’s what I did, too
I made it to 4:33. Do I win a prize?
It was really boring.