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Smiley/OCD

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I doubt it. The debate moderator is not going to be constantly hammering DeSantis with questions about this while they ask more "legitimate" questions to the other candidates. DeSantis will no doubt have the same opportunity to opine on China, Russia, geopolitics, etc. as the other candidates.

This is assuming this topic is a negative for him, which is not a foregone conclusion.

DeSantis won re-election in a landslide after he started fighting with Disney. This was in a formerly purple state and he even won Miami-Dade County. Social media, which does not represent the average voter, may get a kick out of all this legal maneuvering and King Charles and all that stuff, but DeSantis seems to have connected with voters who don't normally vote Republican by standing against values these voters think are too far-left. There's a chance he may do it nationally and you might miss it if you only hang out on social media, Reddit and pro-Disney echo chambers.

And if DeSantis does make it out of the primary, it's not going to matter what push polls say about Americans being so aghast over what DeSantis has done in Florida. What matters in presidential politics is what a relatively small handful of voters in swing states think and online chatter does not generally reflect what they think.

And this is a guy that turned a swing state dark red.
You’re right to a certain extent…yes people have short memories but as a NJ resident, Chris Christie had close to an 80% approval rate after super storm Sandy…he should’ve been able to punch his ticket to the nomination. Then Bridgegate happened, along with other blunders in the state and he left office with the lowest approval in decades…think that didn’t affect his presidential dreams?
Rudy GIuliani’s approval rating was in the high 80’s after 9/11. He should’ve been able to punch his ticket to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but events and his ego killed that dream.
I’m a realist, and I’ve seen too many times how the perceived invincible ones fall by the wayside…history just might repeat itself…
 

Dranth

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And this is a guy that turned a swing state dark red.
Florida has been drifting more and more conservative over the years as it attracts a more conservative group but they have always leaned conservative. At least in my lifetime. If you look at it, Florida has voted for the democratic candidate in presidential elections 5 times since WWII. That is 13-5 in the last 80 years, not all that purple if you really look at it.

No question DeSantis has been popular in the state but I think people over estimate the whole "he changed a swing state" narrative. Put a competent opponent against him and I bet he still wins but by much more narrow margins.
 

BaconPancakes

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That and airlines letting people bring every service animal imaginable on their flights.
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peter11435

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Should Disney get away with this - probably not. It sets a bad example for the future.

It's like Hyatt getting bought out by Marriott and at the last minute Hyatt coming up with something through their lawyers saying your can't fired anyone for five years.
No. Think of it like this. Disney currently has a two year contract with Iger to be CEO. If Disney were purchased by Apple tomorrow that contract would still exist and Iger would still be entitled to everything in that contract. Apple could not simply invalidate the legally executed contract just because they don’t like it. They would be held to the terms of the contract.
 

Parker in NYC

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I was thinking about that...how there are so many lawyers in this thread...but then it occurred to me. The lawyer profession is a very large percentage of the small subset of people that can now afford a disney vacation (according to most on this site at least). So it should surprise no one that so many lawyers could be on a disney fan page.
And epidemiologists and economists and financial advisors and respiratory specialists.
 

GoofGoof

Premium Member
Should Disney get away with this - probably not. It sets a bad example for the future.

It's like Hyatt getting bought out by Marriott and at the last minute Hyatt coming up with something through their lawyers saying your can't fired anyone for five years.
That actually happens all the time with hostile takeovers. In corporate world it’s called a poison pill and the intent is to either avoid the unwanted takeover or at least protect existing workers.

As far as getting away with things…..should a Governor get away with punishing a corporations for speaking out against one of his policies? I think we are long past caring about setting bad precedent.
 

EPCOT-O.G.

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These weren't posted immediately, I did see somewhere that they were on the Orange County Register website the whole time though. I'm not sure about that. The contracts have some info about public record and that RCID wasn't going to post them or something like that, I can't remember exactly what it said.
Time stamps show not posted until March 6.
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el_super

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It's really not like that at all. I can see why it would seem that way to a layman, though.

There is a a closer analogy with the DisneylandForward initiative. That's a case where Disney is asking the city government to basically abdicate their responsibility toward zoning and planning to allow Disney to build whatever they want.

I understand there is a difference between a duely elected city government and the board appt by the governor, but it still sets this precedent that a corporation can work to elect a friendly government with the purpose of setting up the corporation to act without the input of the electorate. I do not care for that idea at all.
 

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