Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) took aim at President Trump on Wednesday for stonewalling President-elect Joe Biden’s transition as the country passed the grim milestone of 250,000 COVID-19 fatalities.
Kasich is that old rare and sort of sad Reaganite. best exemplified by David Stockman. So earnest and optimistic that Conservatism and markets were going to make the world a great place. There is a touching naivete about these guys that leaves me sad.
To me, he’s always been dour and a sourpuss from a Republican perspective. He’s always been a scold of one sort or another. Just glad its aimed at his own party but he’s not above giving the same stinky rebuke to those on the left whenever it suits him.
I know, I just don’t think the Dems care for him much either. He’s a fair-weather friend, but scarcely. He’s also very mercurial and can change on a dime.
I have never bought into any of this “cult of personality” crap. I cannot think of a single GOP or Executive Branch supporter of Donald, or any of his entire family or personal connections that have any charismatic personality whotsoever. It’s all bullshit. The attraction to this maladministration and its personnel is solely a shared hatred and fear of women, POC, people with education and intelligence, LGBT+ any non-traditional sexual ID or attraction, foreigners of any stripe (please add other GOP targets here). It is pretty simple, really. It’s all about the terrifying prospect of the decline of the authority of the white, male-dominated aristocracy.