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hogwild  ·  3155 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What did you think of the debate today?

Was anyone else weirded out by how reasonable all of the things Kasich said were? It's like he didn't get the memo that they were putting on a madhouse show.

Does he have some horrible beliefs that I'm missing as context for why he's in the GOP?





aeromill  ·  3155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I didn't pick up on Kasich. What did you like about him?

hogwild  ·  3155 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The court has ruled, and I said we'll accept it. And guess what, I just went to a wedding of a friend of mine who happens to be gay. Because somebody doesn't think the way I do, doesn't mean that I can't care about them or can't love them. So if one of my daughters happened to be that, of course I would love them and I would accept them. Because you know what? That's what we're taught when we have strong faith.

    I had an opportunity to bring resources back to Ohio, to do what? To treat the mentally ill. Ten thousand of them sit in our prisons at $22,500 a year. I’d rather get them the medication so they can lead a decent life.

    Economic growth is the key. Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don’t seem to ever think that they get a fair deal. And that includes people in our minority community; that includes people who feel as though they don’t have a chance to move up.

Maybe it's just that he was standing next to a pack of clowns, but he seemed to be an actual adult. I was particularly surprised that anyone on that stage was willing to endorse much-needed prison reforms.