The correct spelling is A-L-S-O R-A-N.
As I understand it, in flyover country that’s an offhandedly contemptuous way to say someone’s pathetically dumb. So bravo, Governor.
I was hoping that Kasich would go off on Trump, because now Todd, Brooks, Cokie, Stephanopolous, Will, and all the other stenographers will indulge in a nauseating orgy of proclaiming Kasich to be a really reasonable, moderate kind of guy who’s much more honest and authentic than Clinton.
I’m just surprised Trump didn’t take it to the next level. You know, "I can’t pronounce Kasich so I’ll just call him by the English translation…that would be loser. John Loser.
The Governor is a real bore,trying to come across as reasonable,IMO.
Yep. Until they do not steal the nomination for him, I’m going to maintain that he is still in this thing because they are going to steal the nomination for him.
Whenever I “hear” someone say something similar to " So, God bless him. And God bless you and our listeners."" I always think so who doesn’t he want God to bless? Unless you are blessing everyone,you are excluding some group(s). And it makes me wonder why…
That’s a real dog whistley way of saying, “He’s got an un-American name.” Particularly coming from a guy whose family’s attempt to Anglicize their name is well documented.
Well, the really nice touch then was Kasich saying “God bless” John Dickerson and “our listeners,” too. To make it more pointed, though, he should have said of Trump, “Bless his heart.” That’s how you really stick it to someone.
At least one of my Republican family members is holding out hope that Kasich will somehow come out of the convention with the nomination despite going in as a distant third-place finisher. But this family member is realistic enough to understand that this would mean millions of Trump and Cruz voters feeling cheated and voting third-party or sitting on their hands in November. The way he summed it up was something like “I’d rather lose with Kasich than win with Trump or Cruz…and they’d probably lose too anyway.” Basically he seems to have given up on the GOP winning the Presidential race, and is more concerned about “preserving the GOP brand.” Of course I keep trying to explain that the GOP brand already looks and smells like dogshit to a growing majority of Americans, but he isn’t wrong that the Trump-GOP brand is even more noxious.
And he used to go off on Ohio reporters for pronouncing his name “Ka-sick.”
While his politics smell of Southern Republicanism, Kasich was raised north of the Mason-Dixon and knows very little about other cultures than his own.
Why Bless you heart. 
The Armenian-American actor Mike Connors’ surname at birth was “Ohanian”. There has always been a notion to Anglicize surnames. Even Edmund Muskie had a different (non-British) surname. In terms of “racial” dynamics, the United States is long past the schisms among those identified as “white” that Trump seems to be trying to ferret out. The schism is BETWEEN “white” and “non-white”, not so much AMONG “whites”. Trump’s supporters of Slavic descent will pay little attention to this latest burst of derp from him.
Trump is simply being (as usual) an evil man. The only interesting thing about this entire story (from a political standpoint) is whether this in any way relates to Kasich’s potential as a running mate for Trump.
Exactly! Whenever you hear someone say "Bless his/her heart he’s/she’s…you know the next statement is going to be poetically vicious…like “Well, bless his heart, I didn’t think it was that hard to say…” “Bless his heart, I guess saying a name that has been in the public discourse for years is more than he can manage…” “Bless his heart, he must have trouble with lots of things…”
The correct spelling is Kasumpf.
So said the Donald who can’t spell “Drumpf.”
bless him
Trump and The Parting of the Red Consonants…Watch closely, God, you loser.
If Kasich knew about but refrained from making any reference to the original spelling of Trump’s name, then you have to give him marks for self-restraint. I don’t think I could have resisted the temptation!