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[theweaselking]

Hey, remember when John Kasich's brand was "I'm the sane Republican"? I don't blame you if you forgot, "sane" never polls more than 2% among American Republicans, so you could totally be forgiven for forgetting John "sanity is a rounding error among my target audience" Kasich.

Anyway. Kasich has decided that sanity is off-brand, and as "the only sane Republican" in September 2016, he's decided his best course of action is to attack Daniel Radcliffe. Yes, the English actor who played Harry Potter. Because Radcliffe has said "I am an adult who tries to understand the world and deal with it like an adult" and Kasich apparently considers attacking that something that will win him votes in the USA.

Kasich isn't WRONG, by the way. He's deeply stupid, but not wrong.

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[harald387.livejournal.com]

He's also not running for office right now; he was in New Hampshire endorsing one of the Republican gubernatorial candidates and the remarks were made after his speech, not as part of any public remarks.

I mean, still stupid. But not exactly an 'I'm trying to get votes by bashing atheism' moment.

The article might as well be "Reporter overhears politician saying something dumb at bookstore."

[skington.livejournal.com]

It's a very... Republican view of Christianity. Daniel Radcliffe has been really successful, God did it, therefore he should be grateful and believe in God. (All rich people are rich because God meant them to be, apparently, so shut up, you poors.) Presumably for Kasich's point to have any logical merit he has to also believe that Radcliffe would have a better reason to be an atheist if he hadn't been successful, which casts an interesting light on Republicans' use of religious imagery when talking to low-income voters.

Anyway, Kasich's brand was "I'm the sane Republican... compared to that shower of nutcases". He's never been even a centrist Republican, let alone a moderate.