Oh, I was going to share this last night…. but had to savor it and laugh all morning.
The insufferable Steve Cortes, the guy who put up such a noisy and indignant fuss when he joined the Ron DeSantis team, has just left (or been booted from) his position as spokesperson for the DeSantis Never Back Down superPAC. Oh, the just desserts are too rich to savor at one sitting.
This guy burned every bridge and is now left to wander the political landscape as a nomad muttering to himself.
“Well, bye.”
“Why, Ron you look as though someone just walked over your grave.”
Tombstone reference again so apropos, Doc!
That look is reserved for Former President Trump administration backstabber and Never Back Down leader Kenneth Thomas Cuccinelli II who shived President Trump with a vengeance.
Wasn’t Cuccinelli cheated out of an election as well?
Curly Bill makes an appearance!!
So…do we lose his selfie-lunch pictures?
Cleaning up my twitter feed one firing/resignation at a time…😁
Never back down …
just make a few left turns until you’re going the opposite direction!
😆😆😆
“Never back down!” Well that was shorter than “Jeb!”
😀 😀
Kind of like GHW Bush saying, “Read my lips, no new taxes.”
DeSantis backed down pretty quick when he backed Russia instead of the Tribe on Ukraine!
I keep hearing in my head “The Party’s Over” by Willie Nelson.
“Turn out the lights
The party’s over
They say that all
Good things must end
Call it a night
The party’s over
And tomorrow starts
The same old thing again”
Yeah, but with Dandy Don Meredith singin’!
Yep…..
Bribes are temporary
Losing yourself is forever
Soon to be joined by… Ron DeSantis.
What is even funnier is Cortes was with Bannon who is/was actively supporting Trump, and skipped out on the Bannon/Trump campaign to go to Sanctimoniouus.
Cortes is an “influencer” and they are paid well to influence people!
Well, he must be terrible at his job… didn’t influence me😉
The ‘job’ is a scam.
People trying to monetize the fact that lots of other people ‘follow’ them.
Pay me, and I will ‘influence’ my ‘followers’ on your behalf.
I agree, Jim in TN. This “influencer” schtick is exactly the definition of “schtick” – a gimmick.
It is a creation of the “woke” luring the ignorant and the naive to drink “their” kool aid.
Just part of a broader self delusion, regarding high tech, the internet, etc.
They THOUGHT that by controlling “Social media” they could manipulate public opinion in any way they wanted.
They ignored the concept of credibility, trust, etc.
Sundance is THE most viewed blog, and between CTH, TGP and War Room they have more eyes and influence than all of MSM, BECAUSE they have maintained credibility, while MSM gleefully shredded theirs.
Believe your own hype at your peril, mf’ers…Cortes being a prime example.
I wonder who he influenced. Poll numbers dropped about 10 points since he signed on.
Actually Cortes got influenced by the Swamp Rats money offer and most likely a promise for a job appointment in a perceived Meatball administration.
Now the only influence he has is with the likes of George Conway and his Lincoln Project losers.
Satan is the prince of “Influencers”
Bannon SAYS he is backing Trump, but is he?
He who?
So……….Steve Cortes Backs Down and exits his doomed job as Desantis is about to leave the Presidential race.
“Oh he…..WILL back down.
Yes he….WILL back down.
You can stand him up at the gates of unemployment, and he WILL back down…..
Hey yeah, he found the easy way out!
Hey yeah, he just backed down.
Yes he just backed down.”
Sorry Tom Petty….
Louder please, for those of us in the cheap branches.
TwoLaine just to dam funny thanks
R.D.
🙂
🤣😂🤣😂!!!!
LOL
Cover by Lara Trump
Exquisite! Although personally, I prefer the Johnny Cash cover to the original, but this one is spot on!
And I’m FREE….free fallin’
Steve Bannon’s voicemail….
“Come on Steve….pick up..”
Oh no. Steve already made himself very clear to Cortes.
“Give me another chance”
It does occur to me those influencers who periodically recycle the trope about PDJT havong such a poor track record of picking people,…by my count Bannon is 3 for 3, on loser backstabbers, IIRC.
I believe that Steve, while building War Room, got snookered by a few people. PDJT, early in his admin, got snookered too.
Sadly, I can remember standing in line to go to a Romney/Ryan rally. Yuck. I need a shower just thinking about it.
Do you really think that Bannon got snookered.
Check his academic/military background.
Either he is the stupidest graduate / officer ever to live OR ….
Per Dutchman “by my count Bannon is 3 for 3, on loser backstabbers, IIRC.”
Dutchman said that BANNON picks loser backstabbers. I was saying that we’ve all gotten fooled by others.
Exactly.
What network are you leading?
You and Dutchman are pretty tight, aren’t you! I’m hanging loose with Bannon always.
And how many did the President have? Do we wanna talk Omarosa, Tillerson, Bolton, Pence, Haspel, Sessions, Mattis, Chao, Mulvaney, Kelly, Priebus, Pompeo, Coates, Haley, etc……….
You see how that game can be played?
A nest of cornered rats
A nest of cornered rats
See how they scurry
See how they scurry
They all ran after Trump to take his life
He is now turning around and will cut off their tails with a carving knife
Did you ever expect to see such a sight in your life
As a nest of cornered rats?
Hilarious, Sundance!
“…This guy burned every bridge and is now left to wander the political landscape as a nomad muttering to himself…”
😄
Jeb & Karl Rove will pick Cortes back up, dust him off & send him off to rally around Kemp or Youngkin.
Karl Rove should have been done after Romney lost big time, but he’s still with us, just like the compromised Bush family.
That is brilliant
He stabbed War Room host Steve Bannon in the back and got his just deserts!
That he did !!!!! He and DeSantis deserve each other.
I read a tweet yesterday that that background, sun rising and Trump grin, should be merged with. Something about how they missed the days when they could get up, have their coffee, read President Trump’s tweets, and go about thei day knowing World War III was not imminent.
So good
-watched it twice. 🤣
Retired Magistrate here: The guy looks like a real goofus; just like the rest of Ron the Con’s “I’m not really running for President, but yea, now I am” campaign.
It really is something, they started out with complete Astroturf and never let up?
Good riddance.
Never Back Down*
*But it’s okay to back out.
** Or to go when the going is good. (Except when you are jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.)
He’s doing the side-step shuffle off to Buffalo….!
As long as he does not shuffle in to Ontario.
Never Back Dumb.
I knew this was coming when he all but endorsed President Trump again the other night.
Cortes actually did that? Is ‘Cameleon’ his true middle name?
He did.
Steve Desesperanza Cortez.
Just another swamp creature leaving because the easy money is drying up.
Steve Cortes is another one I used to like. As soon as he joined team DeSantis though, I blocked him on Truth. There is simply no way I’m ever going back to voting whatever candidate the GOP tries to shove down my throat.
Ditto. I even felt bad when he got booted from Newmax for refusing the jab. Now just another unemployed grifter in the corporate Republican swamp.
Lost his dignity but kept the tan 😆
A guest on Morning Joe any day now..
Hope the $$ was worth it, Cortes. Too bad, I liked him. He was my VP pick for Bannon-Cortes 2024 ticket. Lesson learned
I hope so.
Screw Cortes. With this republic with one foot in the Abyss and the other on a banana peel this unit means nothing. How many distractions need summoning at this point? St. Joseph, does it ever end?
He should go for a swim in the Gulf of Mexico and not come back. And a lot more of these chaos agents
Some are destined to lead, some to follow, others to get out of the way. There’s a second rate accounting firm cubicle waiting for you big guy!
Love that picture of President and Mrs. Trump sharing a big giggle.
“… muttering to himself.” LOL
Buh Bye Steve.
I liked Steve before I hated Steve.
✅🎯💥👁️
Cortes got wrapped up in the ‘grifting whoredom’ of Ken Griffin’s $M’s. I’m sure he cashed his chips, but now what for Steve? Obscure retirement?
Humanity is full of fools…
Sanctuary, sanctuary….
Cortes was a pretty good presenter of economic data. But sometimes we get faced with critical choices and opportunities, and he…
🎵🎵You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find
You get what you need🎵🎵
And I needed a good laugh!! Found it!
ISRAEL DO NOT GO WOBBLY – The coming offensive (Re-Post)
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2023/10/israel-do-not-go-wobbly-coming.html
Republicans are always very good at forming a circular firing squad!
Never Back Down*
*Exit by another means!
Apperently they meant one should “back UP”,..never down?
*balked out? bailed out? Or booted out?
I don’t care how he exited- the end result remains the same.
That’ll learn him ! or maybe it won’t, as the saying goes: “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”
sad because he got himself kicked off Warroom due to his defection from Maga…but deserved and Steve did it forthwith. His financial information was valuable
Oh so sweet. Yep, he’s burned many bridges. I suppose Faux News might be interested but I’d guess he’s going to have to change his support to “Birdbrain” Nikki or Red Vest Glen to get back in with the donor class.
Will be intersting which traitorhe’ll upport next in desperation for more geift.
Love the photo of FLOTUS& POTUS.
Cortes launched his own show? Bwahahaha
wander the political landscape as a nomad muttering to himself. LOLOLOL Is he in a housecoat carrying a chair and an ashtray?
Eating government cheese, and living in a van down by the river!
Sad!
He gambled, he lost.
🙌🏼 Preach 🙌🏼
Losers always Lose 😂🙌🏼
Love that picture of President Trump and affectionate First Lady Melania laughing in tandem. Joy to the world!
THis fool did burn all bridges that matter. .
WE still should show some appreciation for his excellent political expertise he provided that helped lead to the collapse of the DeSantis campaign.
No we before we toss him into the Ash-bin of political history we need to remember that everyone he advocates with ,supports or in any way associated with is our mortal enemy.
He is now a human form of an enemy scumbag barometer.
Never Back Down Steve Cortes backed the wrong horse. There’s no do over in my book.
But some people may be more forgiving and they will also buy into the same people selling snake oil next time around.
Always disliked fast talker Steve
Didn’t even know who the dude was until he became a deSimp. So to me, he never had more influence than a deSimp. Pretty bad Steve.
Cortes, just another slut in the RINO party. He sold himself to lobbyist Ken Griffin. Most importantly, he has lost his dignity.
Cortes is the face of the sell-outs.
IMHO, Steve Cortes was convinced by someone in the Uniparty with lots of cash in his pocket that Donald Trump was all but certain to cave in to the many lawfare attacks the Uniparty was bringing against him and to abandon the MAGA movement.
Donald Trump will never abandon the MAGA movement regardless of what kinds of lawfare pressures are being brought against him.
Steve Cortes now has to deal with a basic fact of political life. Trump will not cave under any circumstances. If Cortes has any common sense left at all, he will take whatever cash he’s gotten from this misadventure and retire to his farm in The Land of Ignominy, wherever that place is.
I think right now that’s East Tennessee…I hear the QVC show is looking for a host…he could model My Slippers
It’s a shame he went against Trump. A shame all of them did. Some careers are literally over from this move.
Now we need to unite and get back to stopping these fools and telling Americans of the economic collapse headed our way due to the Biden regime.
It was all about the “Mo-mo” and the money ran out.
“He will continue to support Governor DeSantis in his personal capacity.”
The governor can sleep well tonight, secure in the knowledge he is safe from being overwhelmed by support.
The Washington Post described Ronnie and Casey as “a power couple.”
Then you see the image above of Bella Melania and POTUS, no definition needed.
Indeed.
Donald and Melania’s truth shines too brightly to be mischaracterized by any measure.