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Oh great Phase is here. - No one ever.You have been wrong and wrong and wrong yet you still act like you know someone something about this election.
I'm far from a electoral map guru, but the CNN talking heads were all worked up about how his success in Michigan and Hillary's failure could be an indicator that the rust belt states will go red in a Trump/Hillary election. That's a big deal, assuming they're right.
Ehh... I may not be an electoral map expert, but even I know that's extremely faulty logic.
I think this is about the fact he got 483,000 votes in the GOP primary to her 579,000 in the thr Dem one.
You mean the state that hasn't voted for a Republican presidential candidate since H W's first term?
Kasich is weak on immigration. Many voters on the Republican side want someone strong on immigration. It is really that simple.
The fact that Kasich is the governor of a swing state puts him at an immense disadvantage with conservative voters, IMO. Whereas Cruz/ Rubio get to pick/ choose what they support in the Senate, Kasich is forced to compromise with moderates/ liberals. Hence Cruz/ Rubio are able to maintain a degree of conservative purity that Kasich cannot.
And this is everything that is wrong with this country in once succinct paragraph. The best politicians at any level are those willing to compromise, it is key to democracy.
Kasich is a joke, he tried to shame Americans into being okay with illegal immigration just because the cheap labor is good for his donors, and that is 100 percent truth. He isn't a decent guy trying to compromise for the good of Americans, he is a calculating puppet trying to please his donors.
How could anyone think Kasich is an adult when he tried to get a movie removed from blockbuster shelf just because he didn't like it?
No. But it would go a long ways in explaining why he has a fundamental misunderstanding of the California budget, the process in which a budget is enacted, and the structural factors that influence income revenue the state receives, as well as economic factors at play.
Yeah it was a real #### show when they got that criminal Gray out of there. That ballot was open to anyone and it was a circus. Mary Kary, Gary Coleman were running, The candidates were junk. Arnold made some tough calls and ticked off about everyone. No one likes it to be their school, hospital or fire department that gets closed because there is no money.
Every poor person pays taxes. They may not pay income tax, but they pay sales tax, and gas tax, and social security and medicare, etc. And while the more fortunate among us can largely ignore the added costs those taxes impose, for the poor its a significant proportion of their income and of what they need to subsist. But hey, sometimes a VC has to wait a month to buy his new yacht, that's the real problem.
Saw those ad's this morning and the GOP can go #### themselves.bolzano said:
My sister in-law would be dead if not for Medicad. I am shocked at the attitudes of people in my social economic level on helping the sick and poor. Those are the ones who really need it.
At this point, you could make a reasonably convincing case for every candidate except Kasich being a secret Democratic plant out to destroy the Republican party.
Why? Because Kasich has no charisma and comes across as a Nixon type nervous wreck on tv. The hands chopping all over the place, the odds facial gestures... We have a lot of very smart people in this forum who look past all this and focus on the obvious intelligence and maturity of the guy, but we are the exceptions. People in general are heavily influenced by what they see, and Kasich just doesn't project very well. He doesn't draw you in. He doesn't inspire. He doesn't come across as a leader of men. Probably a great #2 guy, but not a leader imo. And that's why he is trailing in the polls.
Yep.....but boy..he looks like a beacon of light next to the other 3 clowns in his party and a rock star next to the democratic #### show.
He does stand out as the only adult at the table, no doubt. But he really hasn't been challenged yet because he hasn't been a threat. I'm sure there are some weak points that we haven't even seen yet because he hasn't been thoroughly vetted. I mean Jesus - he worked at Lehman Brothers from 2001 until the firm's collapse in 2008.
Little Marco is doing nothing but gumming up the Republican Party works...bolzano said:
I can't guarantee that this has affected Kasich's views, but when I met my wife her roommate worked for Kasich on Capital Hill. Christine had cystic fibrosis. Christine's father, who had been the VP of a small but growing company in Ohio was let go because Christine's medical bills would effect everyone's premiums. Her father ended up not being able to take jobs he was qualified for because doing so would leave the family ineligible for Medicaid.
I wouldn't call SS and medicare a tax. I believe a person making about $20K a year with a child pays zero income tax and actually gets back about $2,000 - $4,000 when they do their taxes. That's like welfare in my opinion, and more than offsets any sales or car taxes they would pay during the year. So I'm not sure your argument holds water that the poor pay a more significant proportion of their income.
LOL my oh my. Bernie would have have a field day with him......but it will never happen. Good point on the lack of vetting.
It clearly shows how bad the field is man. The other 3 guys are total clowns and are clearly toxic.
Why are you blaming a political party for what super pac is doing on behalf of a particular candidate? I mean...I can think of a million reasons to hate the GOP right now if you are a Republican. This isn't one of them.
Why are you blaming a political party for what super pac is doing on behalf of a particular candidate? I mean...I can think of a million reasons to hate the GOP right now if you are a Republican. This isn't one of them.
This is why I have grown tiresome of the FFA.
This is a product of Today's GOP party which does not represent moderate Republicans. This is the party right now. It is a super pac against Trump yet are runing slime ad's against a guy whop can actually win a monster state (Ohio)
