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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:15 AM Aug 2015

Kasich Was for the Iraq War Before He Was Against It

Gov. John Kasich told CNN he never would have taken the United States to war in Iraq.

Said Kasich: “I would never have committed ourselves to Iraq.”

But in November 2002, Kasich, then a former congressman, made a very different argument: “We should go to war with Iraq. It’s not likely that (Saddam) Hussein will give up his weapons. If he did he would be disgraced in the Arab world.”

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http://politicalwire.com/2015/08/17/kasich-was-for-the-iraq-war-before-he-was-against-it/

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Kasich Was for the Iraq War Before He Was Against It (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2015 OP

Oops. TwilightGardener Aug 2015 #1

Kasich was a founding member of ALEC and sold the State of OH $480 million worth of ... Botany Aug 2015 #2

whow-Kasich founding member of Alec. thanks for info riversedge Aug 2015 #3

John's dad was a union mail carrier for the USPS too. Botany Aug 2015 #5

Katich is scum CincyDem Aug 2015 #4

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

1. Oops.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:44 AM

Aug 2015

Botany

(70,516 posts)

2. Kasich was a founding member of ALEC and sold the State of OH $480 million worth of ...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:45 AM

Aug 2015

... bad paper to the state employees retirement fund when he was with Lehman Brothers.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)

3. whow-Kasich founding member of Alec. thanks for info

Reply to Botany (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:48 AM

Aug 2015

Botany

(70,516 posts)

5. John's dad was a union mail carrier for the USPS too.

Reply to riversedge (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:48 AM

Aug 2015

n/t

CincyDem

(6,363 posts)

4. Katich is scum

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:55 AM

Aug 2015

At the core, this guy is as evil as any/every other Republican choice. The scary thing about him is his ability to hide it in a way that the average bear on the street thinks "he's an ok guy - I could have a beer with him". Yeah - that got us Shrub.

I'm hoping that as his numbers rise, more and more of these incongruities begin to surface. My sense is that he's been, for the most part, very careful in managing his public statements for a long time to maximize his flexibility in a presidential run. He has always played the long game.

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