Posted on 01/30/2016 8:44:14 AM PST by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
The battle to be the Republican choice for president has been nasty, brutish and anything but short. The hope among some Republicans is that the Iowa caucuses on Monday and the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 9 will promote a candidate who can appeal to the half of their electorate that doesn‘t support the two current front-runners.
Those two, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, are equally objectionable for different reasons. Mr. Trump has neither experience in nor interest in learning about national security, defense or global trade. Even unemployment figures, which he’s pegged at 23 or 42 percent (the correct number is 5 percent) don‘t merit his attention.
From deporting Mexican immigrants and barring Muslims to slapping a 45 percent tariff on Chinese imports, Mr. Trump invents his positions as he goes along. His supporters say they don’t care. What they may not know is how deliberately he is currying their favor. At a meeting with The Times‘s editorial writers, Mr. Trump talked about the art of applause lines. "You know," he said of his events, "if it gets a little boring, if I see people starting to sort of, maybe thinking about leaving, I can sort of tell the audience, I just say, ‘We will build the wall!’ and they go nuts."
Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, though a distinct underdog, is the only plausible choice for Republicans tired of the extremism and inexperience on display in this race. And Mr. Kasich is no moderate. As governor, he‘s gone after public-sector unions, fought to limit abortion rights and opposed same-sex marriage.
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Kasuck is the worst son of a mailman to run for President.
First belly laugh of the day.
#mailman
If the NY Slimes likes Kasich, then you know who to oppose.
Asking the NYT which is their preferred republican is like asking...
- a vampire about their favorite strain of garlic
- ISIS about their favorite cut of pork
- superman about his favorite piece of kryptonite
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Feel free to add your own
This is funny!
It is the Afro-Centrist Obama who even after 8 years stuck in the mud with his dogmas, still has no experience in nor interest in learning about national security, defense or the truth about global trade, the debt, economy, the constitution, who is only about ambition and in his almost eight years as President has helped to engineer a shutdown of the entire nation torn apart and has alienated virtually all chambers of government, the military, the majority of the American people and soon about to alienated the FBI next, and he is the very reason for the current Republican front runners.
I can only assume they chucked a dart at the wall and just endorsed whomever it hit.
A NYT endorsement will kill votes for any GOP candidate. Kasich is taking one for the team.
The fact that a republican cares what the ny times thinks is the problem.....
Kasich wont even get the Postal Workers Union endorsement or Vote. Did you known his Father was a Mailman?
Oh, but I demur. He's very interested ..... on the other side of the table. Interested in discovering every way imaginable to tear down the American People and enslave us to strange and enemy powers strong enough to bind us down.
That gets his blood racing.
Jeb Junior is in this race for one thing- VP. I pray that no one picks him. He’s a loser son of a mailman and that’s al he’ll ever be.
+1
Kasich will get a “ticket out of” NH.
Everything in the above New York Times sentence is a lie.
Trump NEVER SAID he wanted to deport immigrants... he wants to deport illegals. People who broke the law to come here. We are NOT a nation of criminals... and illegals. We ARE a nation of immigrants. There is a difference.
Trump's not talking about 'barring Muslims' he's talking about a temporary ban UNTIL WE Figure Out What The Hell Is Going On.
The 45% tariff has been disproved so many times it's not worth mentioning.
Makes sense why the New York Times likes the liar and quisling Hillary Clinton so much...
Well Trump should drop out now.
I half-listened to Kasich brag to Neil Cavuto about this on Faux this AM. It was a good thing I had finished my coffee already.
Even they know Jeb! is outa there, so, who else most reflects their views, and is the easiest to beat, but they think they can get gullible republican voters to vote for in the primaries?
I’m sure k-sick is thrilled. Maybe he can get 0bozo to endorse him too.
When Kasich first got into the race, I liked him enough. But he’s getting on my nerves.
My wish for Kasich is that he finishes ahead of Jeb Bush.
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