July 21, 2015 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
Governor John Kasich is running for President.
“I am here to ask you for your prayers, for your support .. because I have decided to run for president of the United States,” Kasich told his kickoff rally at the Ohio State University.
Bless his heart, give him a prayer because he doesn’t have one.
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So that makes what 33% of the population of the United States running for President on the GOP ticket? There’ll be more candidates on the floor than on the stage. Chaos will reign. Wanna get popcorn? And a hot dog?
1Make mine a red hot!
Of course, like Scott Walker, anyone not explicitly on Kasich’s side was barred from “the show.”
2Ah, the late breaking entrants! Bless their hearts!
3maggie, it’s early yet; more than a year to go. The ever expanding Klown Kar flexed to allow the Outlaw Jersey Whale’s voluminous posterior and T-Rump’s ego, so climb in John. Lehman Brothers deserves representation, too.
4Micr, as entertaining as this boatload of Klowns might be, am thinking a drink might be in order. Not so sure about popcorn or a hotdog. Solid food might be a mistake for attending this circus, while it’s always advisable to remain hydrated in the summer. Never know when a candidate might want to shake our hands, so we need to be prepared to pi$$ on their feet.
5Folks, there are other hobbies. Quilting. Model train sets. Or you could do some great volunteer work. Your local animal shelter always needs more hands.
6@pkm
So are you thinking WT and 7up or Stoli and Red Bull?
7PKM, part of my job is to keep an updated rogues gallery of GOP wanna be-s. As I was looking at this a bit ago it suddenly struck me that there is a certain fascination here, the kind that some people find in ogling automobile accidents. That may only mean that I need a vacation.
8PKM & Rhea – LOL!
9What cracks me up is that Reuters refers to “US latecomer Kasich.” The election is well over a year away.
What’s happening to Presidential elections is similar to what happened to Christmas. Christmas now starts before Halloween. Presidential elections are heading for the point where they start before the votes for the last one are counted.
10Kasich may be the least objectionable GOP candidate, so he has not a chance in the world of winning the nomination.
11Micr, WT and water back, please. Seems appropriate to have something antiseptic and to bathe, when watching this Klown show. Almost six more weeks to this summer and a full one to follow, at that rate we might want to camp near a water fall and a truck of WT.
12OK, that does it. If it doesn’t cost too much, I want to declare myself a candidate for the Presidency. It will look good on my curriculum vitae that I ate least TRIED to save the country from the idiots, and also in my obituary (“Once ran for the Presidency of the United States.”) And it will give St. Peter something to laugh about when he calls up my entry while I stand there at the Pearly Gates, and I can imagine him looking down his (usually shown as large) nose, maybe with spectacles to look over for extra authority…”Were you SERIOUS? Did you REALLY think you’d be elected?” (which I imagine is a question aimed at anyone who ran, including those elected) And I will say “Oh, he…er…no. Just thought having another woman on the list might take some gender-specific heat off of Hillary while they laughed and sneered at me…”
13Micr-don’t ever suggest a Stoli with a twist to a Chinaman. You might be embarassed by the story you’ll get from him.
14I’d rather give him a quarter–so he can buy himself a clue.
15As long as I don’t spend $5000 of my own money (as if!) and nobody gives me that much (I think it was) it doesn’t cost me anything to say I’m running for President.
Well, except my reputation as a sweet, gentle, harmless little old lady (do NOT look at the swords in the hall. Or the plaque above them. Or, um, the collection of knitting needles going back to at least my great-grandmother…)
I have several essential qualifications (and disqualifications) for the office. I’m literate. I can think outside the box, including the ballot box. Though it’s a low bar to jump, I’m smarter than most of the GOP and some DEM candidates, with a more varied education. I’m a veteran…though the GOP will sneer at that, of course, I am quite capable of sneering back. I got sneered at by both sides during ‘Nam, so bring it on. My day is made by driving people I don’t like into frothing, spittle-flinging, impotent fury. I have a spotless record on the commonly thrown sin-tags (doesn’t mean I have no sins on my docket, as the deity I have the closest relationship with reminds me periodically.) No alcoholism or even drunkeness, public or private, no smoking, no drug taking, no sexual proclivities outside one single marriage. (“But how to you DO it?” “Privately. Next question.”)
I have basically good table manners (an array of forks, knives, and spoons doesn’t intimidate me and since I don’t drink alcohol, there will be only one glass at my place) until it comes to baby back ribs and fried chicken. On those I revert to “usual practice” and come up for air covered with barbecue sauce or cream gravy or whatever messy condiment is available. I will give the last homemade brownie to someone else. I won’t steal French fries from anyone but my husband. Although if everyone’s leaning elbows on the table…count me in. Wouldn’t want to make anyone feel I put on airs. My clothes budget is small (jeans, T-shirts, denim overshirts, trail shoes, and socks I make myself….yes, a bonus: we could have the first ever President who _knits her own socks_!) I can roll out of bed and in nothing flat be decent (if not stylish, but then I’m almost never stylish) and ready to work for hours. Since I vowed some years back never to wear heels again, I won’t trip getting in or out of any official conveyance, from Air Force One to a helicopter to an APC. I am not intimidated by military insignia of the stellar form and am capable of holding my ground under pressure.
And so on. I should post my resume and platform within the week. Best of all…I have a cousin, four years older, who actually rose to be one of those persons with stellar insignia, four on each shoulder. Academy graduate. Blond, blue-eyed, jut-jawed, fighter pilot, etc, etc, etc. When I was an O-2 and he was an O-3, in different branches…well. I remember. It would be such FUN to have the old boy have to call me Madame President.
16Ya got my vote Elizabeth! Though, compared with the Klown Kar, you are vastly over qualified. Not to mention waaaay too decent.
17Elizabeth Moon for President! Your presence and decency at the debates would have the same effect on the other candidates as spraying Holy Water on the devils.
18I am beginning to think there is a virus rampant that is causing this otherwise inexplicable number of candidates. I have tried to come up with a name for it. Any suggestions?
19I’d vote for you, too, Elizabeth Moon!!
TO THE MOON AND BACK WITH LIZ!!!
LOL … that would be such a hoot, girl!!
20The Republican Mafia learned a legal way to get rich a long time ago. Get in politics, find a corporate donor and milk them while promising them lower taxes and less regulation.They reward you in the form of campaign contributions with about 30% wind up in your personal bank account. The higher up the power ladder, the more money they give you. Heck they know they can’t win but you make a bundle just pretending your running for President
21@epo
is that the one aboot the four little pigs??
22Just more work for Alfredo at the Dairy Queen looking up FEC reports.
Isn’t the clown car filled already? I guess always room for one more clown.
23I’ll vote for Elizabeth Moon for president. And if she writes her own speeches, they will be as good as the books she writes. (Can you tell I’m a fan?) And she can go all Heris Serrano on the Republicans and expose them as they really are.
24Good job, Elizabeth Moon! I believe you’re a little over-qualified, though.
25Elizabeth-
26Ravelry? (That’s how I found my way here.)
Elizabeth, you have my vote. Semper Fi.
I keep saying that if you take the assumed good qualities (and that’s a big assumption) of each R candidate and roll them all into one person you still wouldn’t have someone qualified to be POTUS.
27Here’s the good news. I will not ask for money. I will not accept any campaign contributions, nor do I intend to spend any money on the campaign (OK, maybe the amount needed for a round trip to Ellen’s ranch about 12 miles away a few times so we can laugh over what’s going on. If that counts.) Inasmuch as I plan to accept no money, and spend no money, I won’t have to deal with the FEC, which is all about money–who gave it and what the candidate or his/her committee spent it on. None of my friends want to work on a committee, so this saves them work, too.
Another good thing: I have existing contracts for books. BUT, I can fulfill those contracts before Election Day 2016 (with more than a month to spare) because I won’t be running all over the country begging for money and votes, and thus–if something goes totally pear-shaped and I win as a write-in candidate–I will be free to take up my duties on time, including the period between Election Day and Inauguration, without reneging on a contract, which in my mind is the honorable way to do things. I will be making occasional “Yes, I’m still a candidate” statement on my own blogs, but the total cost of those blogs, if that’s all they were for (and it’s not) will be maybe $400 for the next year and four months, for the websites on which they’re embedded. I bought a lifetime membership in LiveJournal years ago (ten? more?). Twitter is free. The blogs will continue to deal with the stuff they deal with now: knitting socks, the 80 acres, writing, and politics. It’s a mixed bag; it will stay a mixed bag.
I’ve just made The Announcement on my SFF.net newsgroup, which is here: http://webnews.sff.net/read?cmd=read&group=sff.people.elizabeth-moon&artnum=179764
28Be careful, Elizabeth. Even though you aren’t serious, be sure you don’t trigger real Federal election laws.
29Where do we contribute to JuanitaJeanPAC?
30AliceBeth, the Republicon disease is a form of a zoonosis they spread amongst themselves and innocent armadillos, goats, squirrels, and not so innocent acrylic hair pieces.
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