So now centrists are the radical ones?
Exactly.
Prior to Reagan: Centrism = Center. Post-Reagan: Centrism = socialism (radical).
Prior to the Reagan moment in history, the Republican party had a fairly long stretch of centrism (even Reagan had a moderate side. He made deals with Tip).
Eisenhower was one of the best presidents in US History. He used big government to build infrastructure which had an immense multiplier effect. He was proud of Social Security. He didn't try to dismantle the New Deal or the rising wages of the middle class.
Kasich is an Eisenhower Republican - and he marched into Washington and balanced the budget under Clinton's nose. Nobody else on that stage has done something like that. Not even close. Problem is: Kasich won't play ball with the far right. He won't give them fake "straight talk" like Trump. He is honest and he has a track record of getting Liberals to bend over and spend less. But because he won't fabricate himself into a far right bumper sticker, he is treated as a radical liberal socialist.
He was the only real Republican on that stage. He is the only person on that stage who balanced Washington's budget. Nobody else comes close. I cannot believe you guys are going to **** up another election when you actually have a good candidate that could destroy Hillary.
Funny how it's always the people on the left so concerned about the future of the GOP. In spite of losing the last two presidential elections because of centrist candidates, their opinion is that we need more of them.
Oh, I'm sure you are just trying to help us out. Nothing would give you more satisfaction than seeing a Republican of any kind win the next presidential election. Thank you so much on behalf of all Republicans for your advice.
Keep this in mind - Newt Gingrich had he had Romneys money heading into SC and FL Primarys he would have been the GOP nominee and won the Presidency. newt Gingrich is a centrist and not a far right conservative at all. He wouldn't have won due to his debate skills also he would have won becuase he is the most qualified candidate in that entire election and Obama would be the kid in his classroom.
Now replace Gingrich with Kasich. Kasich is by fat the most qualified candidate of anybody in the last 100 years. I wasn't joking when I said that. Gingrich doesn't even come close. Kasich worte a litter to the President Nixon and got invited to the white house at age 19. He ran for congress at age 29 and won. He was reelcted the next 18 straight years. He was the house budget chairman of the house in 997 and the cheif architect of the projected 5 trillion surplus when he left congress in 1997. He then ran for Ohio Governor in 2010 after strickland fucked OHIO with a tireiron. He then wiped out a 8 billion deficit and got a 2 trillion surplus in just 1 term and added 1 billion into the rainy day fund. He then ran for r-election in 2014 and won but what was shocking to ANY political mind in the world is that he won with both GOP and LIBERAL support in the 100% liberal districts of cleveland. He obliterated his counterpart who was a strong opponent.
The most important thing out of all of this is that not 1 time in John Kasich's entire political history has John Kasich EVER lost an election. This man knows how to win and trust me he's not nervous at all right now. He playing the long game. Meaning he's the tortus in the rign right now and the polls are meaningless. The moment Trump and Carson get destroyed on policy when their tax policies and immigration policies and foreign policies are fully vetted they will collapse and now that Bush is collapsing and will be put at the kiddie table the only 2 centrist candidates left are Kasich and Rubio HOW IRONIC!!! Ge you think the Ohio and Florida reps will team up and give the GOP Ohio and Florida to seal the deal on the Presidency? Lol..
No the reason why the left is trying to destroy Kasich and Rubio is for this reason. They both as a team will gurantee the GOP the Presidency in 2016, and that means ALL of Obama's and the dems congressional socilist policies and the socialist agenda of the last 50 years will be blown up and forced to restart.
In the General Election with Kasich and Rubio the liberal media will be EVIL with how they try to destroy these two candidates. These candidates have the ability to give the GOP the WH for the next 16 years.
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