…because he’s one of them, in many ways. These papers practically fawn over Kasich, while slandering conservatives. For starters, the Boston Globe:
He has a record of pragmatic Midwestern conservatism, and has demonstrated an aptitude for the horse-trading and coalition-building that’s so lacking in today’s Washington. (It’s no small irony that one of Kasich’s finest accomplishments as a congressman — joining the bipartisan deal to impose a 10-year ban on assault weapons — is one that he barely mentions now.)
Well, how ’bout that. Then, of course, we have the infamous New York Times:
…he has been capable of compromise and believes in the ability of government to improve lives. He favors a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and he speaks of government’s duty to protect the poor, the mentally ill and others “in the shadows.” While Republicans in Congress tried more than 60 times to kill Obamacare, Mr. Kasich did an end-run around Ohio’s Republican Legislature to secure a $13 billion Medicaid expansion to cover more people in his state.
Lovely… and telling. Moving on to Iowa, here’s the Quad City Times:
John Kasich is the poster-child for all thinking Republicans left behind by a party overrun by an irrational, seething fringe. The Ohio governor is the antithesis of the shrill, bigoted screaming heads dominating the Republican Party field. He should carry the GOP standard heading into November’s presidential election, if re-injecting reason into GOP rhetoric is of any concern.
Kasich won’t wage the dehumanizing ground war against immigrants looking for work. Kasich sees immigrants as human beings, supports bolstering U.S.-Mexico border security, while providing a much-needed pathway to legal status for the 11.5 million people already illegally in the U.S.
And in New Hampshire, the Keene Sentinel:
While in Congress, he voted for an assault weapons ban and favored background checks at gun shows.
In Ohio, he stood out as a Republican governor willing to implement the expansion of Medicaid services through the Affordable Care Act. Criticized by his former tea party supporters for the move, Kasich said two things that are indicative of his leadership style. He noted the program would be paid for mainly by the federal government, including with money Ohioans had sent to Washington and deserved to see return to the state. More to the point, he noted it was simply the right thing to do to help those most in need in his state. While opposing the ACA, he acknowledges that any reworking or replacing of that law needs to include continuing to care for those Americans who have gained coverage through the program.
…and the list goes on. In nearly every editorial supporting him, they laud his ‘pragmatism’ (read: selling out to the left) and trash conservatives at every turn. As I explained a couple of months ago, Kasich is no conservative, as evidenced by his demeanor, debate performances, and rhetoric. The betrayal on the 1993 Clinton ‘assault weapons’ ban is enough to exile him from consideration for the Presidency, no matter what good works he’s done as Governor. His (at best) checkered record on federal mandates, his failure to press for right-to-work legislation, his support for amnesty for illegal aliens (made exponentially worse by how he demonizes anyone interested in enforcing immigration law) and his embrace of Medicaid expansion all make him an absolute non-starter for conservatives. Let’s hope he’s out of the race after New Hampshire, the state he’s placing all his chips on.
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I’m guessing rebuttals aren’t allowed here.
What response? You’ve got three comments on here. The one that begins “Not in Kasich’s case” is near the top of the comments list.
My detailed response to the article has been repeatedly deleted. It’s called censorship.
Why was my response deleted?
No mention of his NRA A rating and endorsement? Want video?
No. It doesn’t matter. He passed the assault weapons ban. That was the most impact he has ever had on public policy. And it came in a moment when he drew out a shiny, sharp dagger and stabbed gun owners in the back, and twisted it. No 2014 endorsement for re-election as Governor of Ohio is going to fix that.
So, you want revenge for something that happened 23 years ago.. mmkay.. I recall Bush using this tactic on Reagan. That was long ago too. But, ok..
NO. I don’t want ‘revenge’.
I just understand that you can’t trust someone with the highest office in the land after he stabbed us at the moment we needed him MOST. He’s never apologized.
I’ll also say I don’t approve of his moralizing and arrogant tone when it comes to defending the welfare state.
Of course they do he is the best Democrat running in the race, he has been awarded by unanimous acclimation this presidential campaign cycle the Jon Huntsmans Jr. “I’m just waiting for the part to come back to me” award. Presented this year by fellow Utahn Sen. Orrin Hatch who took time out from his busy full time Senate schedule of bashing Mike Lee to congratulate this year’s selection.
‘Compromise’ and ‘pragmatism” always mean agreeing to what the Democrats want done.
Yes, Jeanine. “Compromise and pragmatism” also mean rolling over and playing dead when Democrats inevitably violate terms of the compromise. Democrats have an infamous track record of lying and backpedaling, and they can do so for two major reasons: First, is the media which is totally in their court, and second is the plethora of “compromising and pragmatic” Republicans such as Kasich who passively accept their political treachery.
Not in Kasich’s case. In his case he got Bill Clinton and Congressional Democrats and Republicans to support welfare reform and a balanced budget. Compromise for Kasich means getting liberals to support conservative objectives. He has succeeded at that, unlike Members of the current Congress, who have failed to achieve similar outcomes.