Has John Kasich had an epiphany?

[bulloney]

The former RW congressman is running for Ohio governor, trying to unseat Democrat Ted Strickland.

Kasich is running an ad frequently that takes place at the former DHL hub near Wilmington, in SW Ohio. DHL shut down the facility and left several thousand people unemployed.

In the ad, Kasich romanticizes to the days when a person's job could always be there to support the family. He recalls fondly how his father had such a job---AS A U.S. POSTAL EMPLOYEE!!! Knowing Kasich, does anyone see the irony in this?

When he was a member of Congress in the 1990s, Kasich was at the forefront supporting all of these "free trade" agreements like NAFTA and the WTO which have proven to create the instability of jobs in Ohio and across the nation. He was one of these "deficit hawks" who liked to slash social programs while remaining silent on making any cuts in our military budget.

In other words, he's a poster child for today's conservative political candidates.

He also spawned the career of Ron Christie, who was an aide to Kasich's Washington staff in the early 1990s.

Granted, things haven't turned around under Strickland, but do Ohioans want to revert to the Bush/Taft mindset that created this mess? Normally, I wouldn't worry, but between the RW media siding with any Republican regardless of that person's credentials and voters' chronic short memories, I can see Kasich getting elected. When he isn't living off the taxpayer's dime, he's screwing them out of their dime by working for a Wall Street business.

[rucky]

1. His only epiphany is that he realizes he has to pretend to care

in order to stand a chance.

[bulloney]

2. That's how he comes across in the ad.

If he acts as ruthless as Ohio governor as he did as a congressman, Ohio will be thrown back to the Stone Age. He'll cut taxes just for the sake of cutting taxes with no regard for the tax base. And you know what will be at the top of the cutting list? Any programs that don't serve the desires of his rich-ass friends.

[KharmaTrain]

3. Short Term Memories...

It's amazing the number of people who either forgot or just don't care who created the messes we're in now. Maybe it's due to the pervasiveness of right wing talking points over the past 30 years that creates the illusion that rushpublicans somehow are better with the economy than Democrats.

The irony you saw is just the surface. How much ya wanna bet if we go through Kaisich's voting record, we'll see he voted against funds for the USPS or for special perks that allowed corporations to outsource and offshore leading to the closing of that DHL facility. Unfortunately, the electorate lives in a "what have you done for me lately" mood. It's assumed that there is some quick, sure-all solution for 30 years of the destruction of the middle class and corporate domination.

Unfortunately many people will look in their wallets on election day and they'll blame those in office...forgetting they'll be opening the doors for those who did the real damage to go back for more pilaging.