re: #137 ObserverArt

Morning.

Sunday local politics shows are interesting in Columbus today.

First I did not know the Pat Tiberi has decided not to run again for his Ohio 12th District Congressional Rep seat he has held since 2001. That is not my district but it is a big part of Columbus. It is the former seat of John Kasich.

I guess he has decided that as a moderate almost invisible party loyalist he has no future in conservative crazy Washington.

I am honestly shocked he is giving it up. He’s 55 so he could have had a few more terms in him. It is kind of scary that he seems to be saying he can’t work in a Republican Congress. Hell, he is pretty much a rubber stamper. Not good. Another sign of the issues in the GOP.

Need more indication of Republican craziness? Mary Taylor, John Kasich’s Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, is running for Ohio Governor and she and several other Republicans running for the office are running away from Kasich. Basically they are saying Kasich isn’t a true representative of the Republican party.

Think about that. Kasich is being seen as not a true Republican (of today).

Yeeesh! We have a huge mess. I thought the Republicans were crazy. They are crazier than I ever thought. Freaking Bannon may be right. He may be the “face” of the party.

I had the distinct pleasure of having Kasich and then Tiberi as my reps when I lived in Ohio. Yeah—it was quite a pleasure. Tiberi must be either planning to run for something bigger or got a well-paid lobbying job. I haven’t kept track of him since I left Ohio in 2003, but I was not impressed.