Ron DeInsanis

The governor of the state of Florida, Ronald Dion DeSantis, just announced that the state is opening up all bars and restaurants despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and Florida municipalities and counties are not allowed to fine people for not wearing face coverings in the effort to retard the spread of the virus.

To add insult to injury, DeSantis (above) won't allow restaurants to operate under 50 percent capacity.  He wants the state to rev up full tilt boogie to get back to a pre-COVID normalcy.  He's even vowed that will be open for business when Super Bowl LV is played there in February.

Look, I want to get back to normal as soon as possible, because I'm getting sick - almost literally - of breathing in the smell of cloth against my nose, but it's too soon to open up anything anywhere in America as if the the virus were no big deal.  The second wave of the virus is already forcing lockdowns in Britain and Spain, and it's already coming down hard on the Midwest here at home.  Now is not the time to go into a reopening of eateries and drinkeries (I just invented a word).   But DeSantis doesn't care, except what Donald Trump thinks, and I'm sure the Trumpster will be pleased with DeSantis' declaration that the virus is behind Florida.  After all, Trump is a legal resident of the state and wants its slate of electoral votes again.

I am cautiously optimistic that Trump will lose in November, in spite of all the mischief he's made.  But I'm even more confident that because he's reopening his state prematurely, the virus will get so bad in Florida that DeSantis will be in deep trouble when he runs for re-election in 2022.

Unless Florida Democrats - known for blowing it over and over over and over - come up with another doozy of an opponent.

Amy Coney Barrett?  Relax, I'll get to her . . .