Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Hubris

Hubris: Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance (The Free Dictionary).

John Kasich, Republican candidate for Ohio governor is getting some not so positive attention.

Cleveland.c0m:

...Republican John Kasich is also without a primary opponent. His hubris may prove to be his toughest foe.

He shunned The Plain Dealer's voter guide, refusing to provide biographical information or answer questions. The former congressman and Fox News personality doesn't want to waste campaign energy on such details right now. As he told The Plain Dealer recently, voters are too busy watching pro wrestling to focus on his ideas....

That might make a lot of people think that Kasich doesn't have time to answer questions for the people. Kasich is always too busy to discuss his plan to cut the state income tax, what cuts he'd make, or how he'd fill the state treasury without money from the state income taxes. Is Kasich just too busy to deal with the "little people?"

> The Kasich campaign also had a Scooby-doo moment when their internet ad showed up in an unexpected place.

Dispatch:

Around the time last month that federal agents arrested eight members of a Michigan militia for allegedly plotting murder and anarchy, an ad for the Republican candidate for Ohio governor appeared on the Northern Michigan Backyard Protection Militia website.

Why would John Kasich buy ad space at that moment, on a site that surely put him in unwanted company, in a state where nobody can vote for him?

The answer: He didn't - or, to be more precise, he did not intend to....

Perhaps the Kasich campaign should be more careful about where their ads are appearing.


**** There are some accusations about Republican congressional candidate, Steve Stivers, coming from supporters from the far right organization, Freedom Works.