Discussion for article #246582
John Kasich seems so decent and mature in comparison to the other foolish, bombastic, and untutorable fraternity boys still in the race. Kasich/Haley against Hillary/Warren (or Biden/Warren should a true bombshell blow Hillary off the tracks) would at least offer a chance of discussing and choosing among serious policy alternatives aimed at the real threats facing this nation. The list of threats includes the messages of Trump, Rubio, and Cruz as well as the men themselves. The Republican Party today has become nothing more than a shadow of its best former self (Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush). Sadly, no matter the age of who is chosen to front it, it has become the GOD (Greedy Old Demagogues) party. Easy for all to see. I personally doubt that God is pleased. He (or she) apparently doesn’t take careless impersonation well.
I confess that I am of two minds in regards to Trump. On one hand, my investment in popcorn futures has paid off handsomely; on the other, if he is elected, I will have to spend my earnings in Canada. Sigh.
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I could be wrong,but I haven’t seen him polling better than 3rd anywhere this coming Tuesday and most of the states have double digit thresholds a candidate must meet to win any delegates. Kasich could get skunked next Tuesday.
Add: A quick poll check shows Kasich polling 3rd in Massachusetts, no better than 4th anyplace else and in 5th behind Carson in.some. He should drop out after Tuesday to avoid being embarrassed by Trump in Ohio.
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Yeah…there isn’t going to be a Kasich/Haley ticket. Kasich isn’t going to be on the top of any ticket. And Warren isn’t going to be on the Democratic ticket, which despite your unwillingness to admit it, is going to have Hillary at the top of it. I mean seriously…still trying to prop up Biden as the Democratic candidate??
The only state on Tuesday that is in question regarding Trump is Texas. And if Trump wins that,Cruz no longer has any realistic map to Cleveland. Polling shows a slight Cruz lead to a statistical tie. Every other state shows Trump with a pretty hefty lead.
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Is this another case of, Yes! I won! I finished third!
Thanks Marco for starting this meme. I thought Republicans hated participation trophies.
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Don’t kid yourself. Kasich is just as crazy and dangerous as the others. He just hides it better.
And why are you praising Ronald Reagan? The Reagan Administration did incalculable damage to this country, both social and economic, for which we are still suffering.
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He’s getting skunked come Super Tuesday…
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If the current polling holds, he would pick up a few delegates in Massachusetts but zilch in every other Super Tuesday state.
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Kasich is running for Vice-President. That’s the only reason he’s still in the race. He’s being polite and refusing to bash anyone so he doesn’t piss off anyone.
For Trump, Kasich would be the ideal veep, since he represents the Republican establishment, has some moderate appeal, and can appear sane next to, well, you know. It’s a sad state of affairs wherein there are five guys still in the race, one of them is Donald Trump, and of the other four, only one of them looks sane next to Trump.
Trump, of course, will do something really rash like pick Caribou Barbie instead.
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“I mean, everybody has to do it the way they want to do it. Our way of
doing it — our campaign plan was ultimately to, you know, hold our own
in some of these places, and we will, I expect.”
“Here I stand, cock in hand, waiting for someone to love me.”
Your problem, Governor, is that you don’t fit the profile for today’s GOP. Your single digit outcomes in the primaries attest to that fact. But the longer you stay in the race, the easier you make it for Trump to keep winning, so keep on keepin’ on.
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it wouldn’t be surprising if he gets zip. Catch his face every time he says something stupid…when it happens, he definitely wants that misfire back.
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was he ever even investigated for his role as a lehman bros. exec? you remember. when they tanked the economy in 08’.
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Well yeah… there’s definitely room for his numbers to drop before this Tuesday. 
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and to Carson…
That statement was pitiful.
Yes John, the writing is on the wall!
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Kasich is only moderate by comparison to Robiot Rubio and C-Section Born Cruz. He was a foot solider in Newt Gingrich’s Contract on America. He voted to shut down the Federal Government numerous times. Kasich worked to impeach Bill Clinton while fully supporting Newt Gingrich’s activities related to nailing the help on the House Agricultural Committee. Kasich was a managing director of Lehman Brothers and drove it into bankruptcy. Then, Kasich was a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs – he enormously benefited from the bailout and was involved in the bank’s criminal activities related to interest-rate fixing, mortgage manipulations with MERS etc.
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Our plan is to lull our opponents into a false sense of security by losing every primary, by a considerable margin.
Diabolical.
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I wonder if it’s too late for Joe Wurzelbacher to jump into the race.
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