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gordianot

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6. That deep thread of crazy in the GOP is petrified in their bones.

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Sun Sep 13, 2015, 06:49 PM

Sep 2015

Talk to the most sane Republican you can find on some level a stance on wild wedge issue emerges. All of them can tell you (in the words of my barber) "what they are against, seldom if ever what they actually want to see done".

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Kasich will be the Republican nominee.... [View all] ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 OP

Example of not being a bat shit crazy Republican ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 #1

Worse governor on choice issues. So, he is just as crazy as others, Mass Sep 2015 #2

1/17 chance yesterday, and 1/16 today, so the odds are improving! They are all crazy..degrees of Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #3

Kaisich, is too sane in this environment. I don't think the Republicans want an establishment Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #4

Carson polls well Kotya Sep 2015 #13

Not right wing enough. RDANGELO Sep 2015 #5

That deep thread of crazy in the GOP is petrified in their bones. gordianot Sep 2015 #6

No, Kasich WOULD be the Republican nominee IF the Republican grass roots were SANE... stevenleser Sep 2015 #7

No way whatsoever. In the debates he spoke about being tolerant towards gay people, and trying AlinPA Sep 2015 #8

He fails the official nuttiness litmus test. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2015 #9

his assignment will be to collect Ohio's electoral votes as the "favorite son" nt msongs Sep 2015 #10

Sadly, I think Trump, and he'll actually be dangerous. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #11

And just today on "Face the Nation" Kotya Sep 2015 #14

It is gonna be Kasich Botany Sep 2015 #12

Not enough hate in what he has said about being tolerant and helping people get health insurance. AlinPA Sep 2015 #16

Pray it isn't Kasich ram2008 Sep 2015 #15

Kaisch would be a harder nominee to beat than Jeb Gothmog Sep 2015 #17

Kasich will be the VP nominee n/t doc03 Sep 2015 #18

I said that from the moment he entered the race NV Whino Sep 2015 #19

Agreed. Kasich will be the one. alcibiades_mystery Sep 2015 #20

Absolutely dzhuboi Sep 2015 #21

Bumping this... malaise Apr 2016 #22

Because it is going to happen, more likely every day ghostsinthemachine Apr 2016 #23