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.
Once I heard her speaking and the tone combine with the vapidity of the discussion, I couldn’t last 15 seconds
I lasted 1 minute and 19 seconds. Does she ever take a breath?
1:16
The proverbial “she talks a blue streak” in this case a word salad attempting to say “my kids are so adorable”. Gag.
RD – yep, nothing speaks of empathy like selling yourself to oligarch donors LOL!!
When she described how the kids were destroying the ceiling of the Gov Mansion, tells a tongue in cheek cringe joke about getting a credit card bill and it being priceless.
Side note: the whole thing seemed rehearsed. Imagine what those kids would destroy in the White House and how ‘cutesy’ it would be, to be made out as nothing . Puke.
These people are just so far removed from reality, like when Jessica S., gaffed on ‘Chicken of the Sea’!
Right? Magic marker, indelible, on the walls of the Lincoln Bedroom? Oval office?
It’s so sad how they treated Mrs Trump. Our previous First Lady is such a woman of pure class.
This woman reminds me of a girl I once knew who nothing personal, just wasn’t all that bright and grabbed a lot.
No matter, Desantis will never ever become president. They may install him but he will lose by 49 states. He has no concept of how to connect. Polls now for Desantis are simply “not trump” and voting for a man illusion. Once the debates begin he will drop like an anchor
Okay…..I lost before I began because I have had 3 whiskeys tonight and after this stressful experience, I just might have to have another one!
I lasted with Casey….Tracey…whatever..her cutesy name is..up to the middle of slime on the carpets and magic erasers on on the wallpaper…whatever.
Ron looked constipated…in other words; he was very uncomfortable and it showed…but remember I’ve had 3 whiskeys and dinner and watched a movie…and read several articles…and still going strong…unlike the DeSanctis’s…
And, yes Governor Kim Reynolds was the other ditz on stage to answer one of the prior Treepers question….now I know why Governor Reynolds is NOT endorsing President Trump.
Finally, thank you Sundance for this opportunity.
I can now admit, with pride, that I am a failure!
Stay Frosty!!!!!
I actually saw this earlier on Twitter and listened to part of the first story.
Probably about three minutes.
What struck me was she sounds very hard.
She used a lot of energy to explain why she would kick off a “mamas for DeSantis“ (in Iowa versus Florida) –
Without her children.
And the bottom line answer seemed to be –
They would cramp my style.
Great observation, that is exactly it. She can’t be the Diva if kids are tugging and interrupting her.
For Casey, I started to get a little nauseous at 3:48. For Meatball, at the end of the day, no sale.
Somewhere around 3 minutes, 24 seconds. What the heck is she on?
I departed at the point where one of her kids goes to bed dressed as a princess? All dressed up with pointy objects!
What? I am a grandmother of 3. No one goes to bed in a costume replete with a crown, and a magic wand, unless of course you do not know how to parent! The kid could put an eye out!! LOL!
Seriously, not impressed at all!
That is all. Carry on!
“A Christmas Story”
“You’ll shoot your eye out!”
Couldn’t resist. Your reaction is classic and hilarious as a reminder of that Christmas classic.
Love it! Thanks for that!
Maybe she’s a fan of the Dead…
Driving that train,
High on cocaine;
Casey D you better watch your speed….
Perzactly Mims!
Princess dresses are always scratchy, as I recall.
Perhaps if you are a real Princess they are more comfortable.
Silk
.
Someone stick a pea under the mattress, stat . . .
Sorry, but I couldn’t watch her as I’ve got some paint I need to watch dry.
Is it just me? From that distance, and with the high pitched voice, does anyone else see the similarities to Michael Jackson?
That being said I will cut her a bit of slack, as I know too well the devastating effects of a cancer diagnosis.
eddie from the munsters
She would pair well with Paul Ryan.
4:44
3:05
Who cares about her little child at a campaign function?
Your comment reminds me of the people who bring children to a wedding reception and the bride and groom specifically inform people to not bring their children.
Can one of you amazing Meme Makers put together Jill DeSantis as the Guitar singer -with a voice over-
from the guitar scene from “Animal House” ?
I think that expresses my feelings when she got to the duck comment
Hahahahahaha ha ha !!! Perfect!!! Indeed … she gave her love a story … that had no end. Thank you John Belushi.
I am in 13:20. Who put the $5 into her coin reader? and no ‘Ron’ even at this point. Where is this thing from? She never SHUTS UP!!!!!
The reason I listened for so long was to figure when the interviewer, Governor of Iowa, would speak…
I hate to say it, but the Governor of Iowa seems a few slices short of a loaf herself.
Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸
@alexbruesewitz
Team DeSantis deleted their anti-gay video after major backlash.
Team DeSantis isn’t cut out for this! They have completely destroyed Rod’s political future.
Cont…
6:17 when she took a breath.
Yes, you might have thought Casey’s monologue was over…
I lasted 7 seconds.
Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸
@alexbruesewitz
DeSantis’ social media army continues to attack
@Timcast. They are now calling Tim a “moron” for calling out the DeSantis campaign for stealing footage from his news company for a campaign ad.
The campaign should apologize to Tim for ripping his footage!
Cont…
Apologies – made it 36 seconds and then found my Famous Grouse scotch and cleansed my palate – twice. Good lord –
5:44 – did she ever take a breath? what was her purpose? was there a question? why was she talking to voters?
She sounded like a woman who has had three espressos and likes to make other moms feel inferior.
3:44 was trying really hard to wait for the meatball but the phoniness was over the top
9:34
3:10. I suffer no fools, and my perceptual skills are excellent.
Her full legal name is Jill Casey DeSantis. Another doctor?
And I’ve been calling the loud, shrill, social climbing wife of DeFraud…Brenda.
Okay, so it’s Jill.
What’s the difference really? The only Brenda’s & Jill’s I’ve ever known have been the overbearing type. Certain that every one of them have ended up being Lefty lunatics.
Degree in economics from the College of Charleston and well versed in the media, per wiki:
Early in her career DeSantis hosted the Golf Channel programs On The Tee and PGA Tour Today. She was also a local newscaster and anchor for WJXT, in Jacksonville, Florida. She held several positions there, including general assignment reporter, morning anchor, and police reporter.[9]
In 2014, DeSantis was a creator-moderator for The Chat, an hour-long round table panel discussion talk show that aired on Tegna‘s Jacksonville stations WTLV (NBC) and WJXX (ABC).[2] She hosted the daily local talk show First Coast Living as well as the weekly The American Dream program about entrepreneurs. DeSantis wrote and produced the television documentary Champion, The JT Townsend Story about high school football player J.T. Townsend. [10] She also won a regional Suncoast Emmy Award.[2]
In 2018 Florida Politics called Casey “one of the most recognizable faces on Jacksonville television, with long runs at two local news operations.”[11]
Any idea why her wiki has a picture of Melania posted? Strange that.
30 seconds
8 min mark, Bro, all that comes to mind is “adderall immediate-release” and solipsism. She thinks she’s slick.
You’ve definitely have her pegged.
I’ve been saying that the DeCeitful DeFraud couple are dying to become fabulously wealthy and have a seat at the globalist table. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Jill has visions of starting a new political dynasty…using their 3 kiddos.
77 seconds, and I’ll never get it back. At my age and after decades of watching political drivel, that is inexcusable.
Less than 30 seconds.
4min.
Reminded me of this:
Yeah, Hokkoda, about 1 minute on this for me too.
1:06
Love it!
Memories!
Yeah. Good times.
2:14. Now, I’m ashamed.
Watched all 44:10 of the first video and all 7:36 of the second video.
They are both good marketing videos for the unaware and ignorant Americans.
Casey DeSantis is a great speaker while Ron DeSsantis needs more training. Casey can sell; Ron cannot.
There is one topic I vehemently oppose: Slavery and Taxation
If anyone thinks those are two different things then it shows lack of understanding and brainwashing support of Democracy, Socialism, Communism, Marxism, etc…
If anyone listens to the message from Casey she repeats several times about “getting government out of the way”.
Most any “conservative” or “republican” or “libertarian” I’ve ever talked with doesn’t understand how much they support actions that are anti-freedom. Casey and Ron are no different.
The hard truth for Americans is that the People are the problem and like to blame others.
Most Americans expect someone else to take care of them or their problems. You think Social Security is a good thing because someone else is taking care of you… right?
I’m a die-hard American Texan. Don’t tread on me; I won’t tread on you; and we can be friends.
“Casey DeSantis is a great speaker”
Lemme fix this for you:
“Casey DeSantis is an effective con-artist” The People will smell her out, I believe, especially if she keeps presenting herself in such a manner, as the video SD shared, depicted.
The video is an example of marketing techniques that have been around for decades if not centuries.
The point of Sundance’s post is a challenge for how long one can watch; not whether one likes it or not.
This is a fun challenge because it should reveal to anyone (A) their level of emotional self-control and (B) their willingness to listen to someone they don’t agree.
Comments to this challenge show many who are emotional charged, who don’t want to listen to someone they don’t agree, and who want to express
The People continue to be the problem; not those running for office.
Those running for office know that the People want someone else to do the work and be responsible.
Those running for office know that the People want to remain ignorant and let someone else tell them what to think.
Those running for office know that the People want to control others rather than learn self-control.
Those running for office know that the People are easily manipulated and divided because they are emotionally charged.
How can the People create Peace and Understanding and Love among each other?
1. The People should educate themselves about a single topic from multiple and different viewpoints.
2. The People should stay focused on one topic at a time; grouping multiple topics creates confusion and division.
3. The People should find a solution on a community level that is applied at the community level. (i.e. not federal or state)
4. The People should empower themselves by becoming indepent of money from outside their community. (i.e. federal and state programs)
5. The People should learn to work out differences in a peaceful way that doesn’t involve name-calling or labeling or judging.
I’m an American Texan. If we disagree on a topic then we should discover what we know or don’t know about that topic. Then take peaceful action to resolve any differences.
Not disagreeing on most of what you’re saying, but as to her Astroturf marketing gimmicks, worn out and wack for most of us at this point. I come from a sales background and understand the “angle” quite well, however, bullshit is just plain ol’ stanky bullshit. All pontificating aside. Fellow Texan.
The wife….4:14.
That includes clicking to YouTube so
I could enlarge to get a closer/larger
view of her face.
I am not sure if she has OD’d on Botox…
but her face is wrong.
No facial expression really.
No animation. The eyes don’t even have
any expression.
Stepford wife creepy weird.
Monotone voice.
For Desanctimonious…
forget about voters…..I have money!
Losers. Both of them.
I miss Melania. Just by smiling you can tell
she is authentic.
Stepford Wife. Stepford Husband.
And I always love President Trump’s stories about Melania too. Sharing his conversations with her.
Trump pulled Ron’s fat out of the fire.
RDS looks so aged. Just look at the wrinkles.Sad.
Next Treeper challenge: How many blinks did Ron DeSantis make in the video? Could we even count that fast?
Blinking has replaced the bobbling.
Which video were we supposed to test? Couple of blowhards (lasted about 45 sec)
Mrs. DeSantis:
1) take a breath once in a while, for crying out loud!
2) dump the “aren’t I just so together, hip, clever, and cool?” schtick.
Mr. DeSantis:
1) in public, try acting like a natural human being who has had interactions with other humans…if you’re at all able. You appear to have graduated from Mark Zuckerberg’s school of “How To Act Like a Human But Not Really Be One”.
2) at home, I recommend you wear industrial earplugs and a purchase a white noise machine to wear as a necklace.
I lasted 3 minutes. It was the longest 3 minutes of my life. I hope I don’t have nightmares.
I bailed out around the 23 minute mark i.e. I listened longer than I should have. That woman never shuts up! And to think some people are saying she is Ron’s “secret weapon”
One minute, 13 seconds. Narcissist. And her voice makes me cringe. I KNOW she must wear the pants. As for Ron, the more I look at him, the more robotic he seems. Just dead eyes maybe. And so arrogant. I think it may have been Sundance that once said Florida has many, many problems so RD may not be looking so good in a while to those that support him now. And insurances are skyrocketing there?
I watched the whole thing ! I know who is really running for president now, and it’s not really Ron! Sundance is there any mental anguish pay for this?
side note: for months on the way to church I noticed a DeSantis and Casey sign posted in someone’s yard. And then it disappeared after the “I’m not running for President book tour.”
Less than a minute.
Oh my, 1 minute 3 seconds. For lack of a better term she has diarrhea of mouth. Sorry, but yes it was that bad. I am not sure she even took a breath in all that rushed monotone utterance. She seems wired like she’s on something. Or maybe desperation, I am not sure for what.
Its probably just me, I had a different kind of upbringing. I am female who grow up in the middle of 4 brothers (2 older, 2 younger), all 1 to 1-1/2 years apart. Let’s just say I can build awesome treehouse and hold my own in a pinecone fight and I was never a girly girl. I never got into all the female drama either. My female friends are independent, tough, and direct like me. But, she is just plain weird.
I have a great deal of respect for working mothers as well as for stay at home mothers who put their families first. Both of which require a lot of sacrifice, independence, and toughness. However, she seems the type that wants to gain notoriety on the status of her husband. She reminds me of Hillary Clinton. I can’t go through that again.
For the most part women embarrass me. Mostly liberal women. you know, like the ones in the women’s march in DC screaming they did not want to be judged by their body parts while wearing a replica of a vagina on their head and screaming about how they bleed. Cringe.
Melanie Trump, for me, was the most perfect first lady ever. She had her own successful career, raised her son, supported her husband in his work without taking over. Graceful, eloquent, kind, and intelligent. I enjoyed how she used fashion to relate to and show respect for every country they traveled. She was an asset to President Trump and to our nation. She is pure class. I will never forget when she traveled with him to a “Hanger Rally”. He asked if she wanted to say something and she gracefully stepped forward and simply recited the Lord’s Prayer. Golden!
Then there is this woman. Please, NO!!!
Logotrhea is the word you’re looking for
s/t/r/
Extra point for the alternative ‘rrheah!
24:59
A, Iowa Governor has a bit of a babyish voice.
B, Casey….. weirdly contrived, breathy and boring momalogue. She’s trying VERY hard to be relatable. Unsuccessfully, in my case.
OK, so now…how many could actually take a Breathalyzer?
Me.
If you had any doubt that Fox News is supporting DeSantis, just listen to the interview by blabber mouth Will Cain.
That WAS embarrassing.
Listened up to her telling about children in Walmart riding cart heading to Miami. Her talking 100 mph hurt my head!! I didn’t think I could dislike these people anymore but by her using their children as tokens for votes, likability or whatever simple disgusts me. Mr & Mrs Wannabee are as plastic as their children’s Walmart toys.
Yeah, the security for toddlers might be better than the White house with drugs.
Oh, maybe SHE is on something.
She’s either on something, experiencing bipolar mania, or both…. no question.
Had a long hard day helping a friend hold the first day of her estate sale.
I took your challenge and knew I could make it all the way through; I am a zombie in front of the monitor right now.
But I did not.
First, I was surprised the story was all about Mrs. DeSantis, or more specifically up to the 10 minute mark it was all about moms getting together to chit-chat about kids and grandkids and how they play, and how they live in the governor’s mansion, and ‘Oh, isn’t life so much fun having kids, but getting to dump them off with grandparents when you need to,’ kind of stuff.
What does that have to do with anything about Ron and his run for the presidency? Ron has no personality and the fake smile of a water buffalo, so they’ll send Casey in for him instead?
So around 10:15 I felt a tad bit angry, feeling like I was being played by the ‘You have to agree with mom’s fighting for their kids’ schtick.
But I kept watching, believing I might not make it to the end after all.
When Casey started talking about what “we’re” going to do, and continued on that “we’re” going to do this and “we’re” going to do that I thought, “We’re”? Who is “we’re”? You, Casey, are going to be the mouth piece for your husband, and the smile that he just can’t seem to bring to his face without looking like he’s pooping in his pants at the same time?
When, oh when, was the spouse’s name ever included on the ballot for President?
So, I completely failed the challenge and stopped watching at exactly 13:13. Very apropos numbers for ending this project.
Funny thing is — or pitiful would be a better word — I started off the challenge very much at peace and in an almost vegetative state, and right now my heart is beating and I’m pretty wound up.
Getting played is never a good thing.
OK, now I’m going to read what others said and how they did.
Ha! Great assessment! I was able to make it about 13 minutes, yet CASEY never mentioned the name RON!!!!!
SD, please let us know who won.
And is there a Stupid Human Prize?! LOLOL!!!!! TY, SD!
36 seconds (at the girl on fire comment.) I really can’t stand pandering phonies.
(I feel like Kramer in the Seinfeld episode “The Contest.”).
Yep, Mr and Mrs Stepford
Yes, my assessment a few pages back. Stepford Wife. Stepford Husband.
The Firm. John Grisham.
Sort of like listening to Kamala in some strange way.
Yes!!
Excellent observation!
Seems like a friendly and okay looking couple; about as average guy as you can find. Wouldn’t mind him as my Store Manager; or better yet District Manger (you hardly see them at all;) working at the grocery store. Just can’t be sure how he would be able to deal with the very serious criminal issues in this country. Maybe he would be a better fit in some kind of Supporting Role?
They are kind of like twins from different mothers.
4 minutes. 4 minutes of nothing. I don’t know maybe I just don’t understand why talking about nothing seems to attract some women voters. An election is about a job hire, not what makes you seem nice, comfortable, etc. I want the best doctor, plumber, electrician and mechanic. The same goes for politicians, I want to hire who will get the best results that are my opinion about their job responsibilities. I don’t care if they rough around the edges or a smooth talker; I certainly know I don’t want any BS. When someone says nothing I know they are full of BS and don’t care about me the voter.
To many brains have been turned into mush over the last 5yrs and will fall for anything and believe nothing.