The Ship Has Sailed

by MAX JOHNSON

According to the Columbus Dispatch

"I just want Ohio to be great; this is our chance," Kasich said during a luncheon at Brio Tuscan Grille at Polaris. "Please leave the cynicism and the political maneuvering at the door. Because we need you on the bus, and if you're not on the bus, we will run over you with the bus. And I'm not kidding."

This means you, NAMI, Bill Faith, Ohio Council of Churches, John Gallo, The Center for Community Solutions, Have a Heart Ohio Coalition, Lisa Hamler Fugitt, and the rest of you bleeding heart liberals. Some of these individuals need to think about retiring in order to avoid being run over by a bus. Thank God Kasich canceled the train or they would have been run over by the train. This unusually harsh tone seemed bitter, but why not? There is in fact no democratic opposition left in Ohio. The only difference between the Democrats and the Greens in Ohio now is that everyone knows exactly where the Greens stand on issues.

Other things that we have learned:

• Nancy Pelosi believes that the Democrats will come back. Why else would she want to be the minority leader? I like the strategy of all the Democrats voting for Michelle Bachman for Speaker of the House.
  
• The Blue Dog democrats were routed. I guess that it may be true that the only thing found in the middle of the road is a yellow line and a dead opossum.
• Both Waters and Rangel won big. So, that will allow the majority party to focus two years on corruption within the Democratic party. What happened to draining the swamp?
  
• The Corporate Party overwhelmed the Democratic Party at the state level all across America. The last time that there was anywhere close to that level of turnover was the 1974 post Watergate election. Amazing.
• Thank goodness for the tea party saving the Senate for the Democrats. Thank you O'Donnell, Angle, and Ken Buck of Colorado for your fringe beliefs.