Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Which parts of Ohio's government will Kasich destroy?

John Kasich still doesn't get it.  The Kasich campaign brought some people to distract voters from Kasich's lack of real plans and policies.  Kasich has enlisted Indiana's Gov. Mitch Daniels, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and now, massive, rude, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.  John Kasich cannot detail which parts of the state structure he'd dismantle, if he is elected governor.  Kasich won't tell us which university programs he'll eliminate to fund his tax cuts, if he wins election.  Kasich won't tell us how much he'll cut from the total education budget.  In an effort to take the voters' eyes off of Kasich's lack of specifics, he offers up distractions - like Christie, Bush, and Daniels.  Frankly, Ohio voters don't care what those right wing Republicans have done.  We're interested in knowing what parts of Ohio's government Kasich will destroy.

 Ed Schultz of MSNBC has criticized N.J. Gov. Chris Christie's verbal attacks on citizens.  (Visit  Huffington Post to see a video of Ed talking about Christie.)  Christie is a large, pompous bully. Kasich admires him, and wants to emulate him. (It might also be that in an effort to refuse to answer questions himself, Kasich tries to hide behind Christie and others.  Kasich is known as a poor public speaker, especially in debates, and has refused to answer certain questions from the media on - How did the state's public retirement funds lose over $400 million by investing with Kasich's Lehman Brothers?   How did he get a bonus even when the retirement funds lost money?  Why won't Kasich release his tax returns like Strickland did? )


Tell Kasich to stop trying to distract voters from his lack of a specific plan on how he'd govern, if elected.  From the beginning, Kasich has talked in generalities and platitudes, but he has not revealed what part of state services he'd eliminate,  which state parks he'd sell off, and what state programs he'd privatize.  Is he afraid that voters can't handle the truth?

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David Pepper, Democratic candidate for Ohio Auditor, is even winning endorsements from conservatives.  His Republican opponent, Yost, has attracted a lot of negative attention over his spending and behavior during previous elections when he tried to prevent the recounting of votes.