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Throughout this entire race I've been a loud proponent of Kasich being a strong VP pick despite me disliking him personally. I've often touted the state of Ohio being so pivotal that despite his flaws he should still be considered for VP. However I've been thinking about two things and after Indiana I've changed my mind. This change of heart has nothing to do with his potential strength he would bring but his temperament.
I got an inkling of it when Kasich backed out of the Salt Lake City debate because Trump wasn't there. There are plenty of reasons I'd have considered justified for not being there. Scheduling conflict, family emergency, candidate not feeling well; I'd even have been more forgiving if Kasich had said they'd plain forgotten about it. But when Kasich said he wouldn't be at the debate because Trump wouldn't be there it really made me question his purpose for running. He is voluntarily passing up a chance to get upwards of 50% screentime for three hours because Trump won't be there? That excuse was weak. For the entire race Kasich was pissing and moaning bout how he wasn't being given enough attention and if he really wanted to be president he'd get out there and make the pitch to the people: to the delegates. But he took a pass. This came across as a weak and feckless move and suggested to me that he really had nothing worth hearing.
The other issue is how he is apparently very dishonest and stabs people in the back. Recall that Rubio and Kasich were supposed to campaign on behalf of one another in their own respective home states. Rubio did just that. He told people not to vote for him in Ohio and that they should vote for Kasich. However Kasich didn't return the favor. He kept right on campaigning in Florida. In an interesting twist, Rubio's efforts quite possibly saved Kasich's ass in Ohio and got him his one and only win. But that was just foreshadowing to Kasich's next bit of dishonesty.
The Cruz-Kasich movement announced that they would forge a deal to stop Trump. Within days, Kasich backed out of the deal and eviscerated Cruz. He verbally put a knife in Cruz' back. Not only was this move potentially suicidal, it showed that he was a typical dishonest politician who will say one thing and then do the other. It's possible that what Kasich did had no real effect on the Indiana race: for sure Ted Cruz self inflicted wounds continued to mount. However it doesn't matter that Kasich's betrayal had no effect, what matters is that he did it. Kasich went back on his deal.
And that's why Kasich should not be Trump's VP. Kasich is like the story about the Frog and the Scorpion. Kasich is a turncoat. He might even turn on Trump before the general election just for giggles. He's unreliable as a partner.
I got an inkling of it when Kasich backed out of the Salt Lake City debate because Trump wasn't there. There are plenty of reasons I'd have considered justified for not being there. Scheduling conflict, family emergency, candidate not feeling well; I'd even have been more forgiving if Kasich had said they'd plain forgotten about it. But when Kasich said he wouldn't be at the debate because Trump wouldn't be there it really made me question his purpose for running. He is voluntarily passing up a chance to get upwards of 50% screentime for three hours because Trump won't be there? That excuse was weak. For the entire race Kasich was pissing and moaning bout how he wasn't being given enough attention and if he really wanted to be president he'd get out there and make the pitch to the people: to the delegates. But he took a pass. This came across as a weak and feckless move and suggested to me that he really had nothing worth hearing.
The other issue is how he is apparently very dishonest and stabs people in the back. Recall that Rubio and Kasich were supposed to campaign on behalf of one another in their own respective home states. Rubio did just that. He told people not to vote for him in Ohio and that they should vote for Kasich. However Kasich didn't return the favor. He kept right on campaigning in Florida. In an interesting twist, Rubio's efforts quite possibly saved Kasich's ass in Ohio and got him his one and only win. But that was just foreshadowing to Kasich's next bit of dishonesty.
The Cruz-Kasich movement announced that they would forge a deal to stop Trump. Within days, Kasich backed out of the deal and eviscerated Cruz. He verbally put a knife in Cruz' back. Not only was this move potentially suicidal, it showed that he was a typical dishonest politician who will say one thing and then do the other. It's possible that what Kasich did had no real effect on the Indiana race: for sure Ted Cruz self inflicted wounds continued to mount. However it doesn't matter that Kasich's betrayal had no effect, what matters is that he did it. Kasich went back on his deal.
And that's why Kasich should not be Trump's VP. Kasich is like the story about the Frog and the Scorpion. Kasich is a turncoat. He might even turn on Trump before the general election just for giggles. He's unreliable as a partner.