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cal04

(41,505 posts) Tue Jul 21, 2015, 11:53 AM Jul 2015

Gov. John Kasich is in for 2016. Here are some of the high points of his career

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The Truth About John Kasich
Enacted sweeping tax cuts that devastated Ohio’s poor:
Signed a budget that included restrictive anti-choice measures
Dealt a blow to labor by supporting pro-business legislation
Pushed through charter school reform while ignoring failing schools:
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/07/21/3669240/kasich-announcement/

John Kasich is no moderate - he's been pushing #SocialSecurity privatization since the 1990's
http://amarillo.com/stories/1999/06/10/usn_LA0746.001.shtml#.Va5rjYtjjEV

John Kasich Halted A Successful Renewable Energy Program That Saved Consumers Over $200 Million
John Kasich’s Treatment Of A Renewable Energy Program In Ohio Undermines His Economic Credentials
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/21/3682780/kasichs-clean-energy-mistake/

John Kasich’s Unabashed Support Of Common Core Is Stark Contrast To Jeb Bush
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/07/21/3682868/john-kasichs-unabashed-support-common-core-stark-contrast-jeb-bush/

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Gov. John Kasich is in for 2016. Here are some of the high points of his career (Original Post) cal04 Jul 2015 OP

another loser in the clown car. spanone Jul 2015 #1

Thanks. The MSM hype about him is that he is a very moderate Repug. MoonRiver Jul 2015 #2

Kasich is a typical GOP nominee Gothmog Jul 2015 #3

Sorry, America--Ohio goes bonkers now and again Maeve Jul 2015 #4

To quote another GOP candidate, he's a looooooser. Vinca Jul 2015 #5

In the process of destroying Ohio's home care system KamaAina Jul 2015 #6

spanone

(135,891 posts)

1. another loser in the clown car.

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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 12:04 PM

Jul 2015

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

2. Thanks. The MSM hype about him is that he is a very moderate Repug.

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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 12:05 PM

Jul 2015

Welcome to the clown car, governor Kasich.

Gothmog

(145,631 posts)

3. Kasich is a typical GOP nominee

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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 12:50 PM

Jul 2015

It will be interesting to see if he can make the debates that take place in his home state

Maeve

(42,290 posts)

4. Sorry, America--Ohio goes bonkers now and again

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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 12:52 PM

Jul 2015

We may be a swing state, but this is a swing-and-a-miss!

Vinca

(50,313 posts)

5. To quote another GOP candidate, he's a looooooser.

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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 01:00 PM

Jul 2015

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

6. In the process of destroying Ohio's home care system

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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 01:00 PM

Jul 2015

thereby forcing Ohioans with disabilities into nursing homes, in violation of SCOTUS' 1999 decision in Olmstead v. L.C. that guaranteed the civil right of people with disabilities to live in the community.

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