John Kasich’s anti-police statements are not new

The recent news about Kasich calling a police officer an idiot multiple times for giving him a ticket is just one example in the list of disrespectful and downright strange things Kasich has said about police officers recently.

Back in December Kasich made two statements about officers ‘sneaking’ and ‘hiding." During an press conference with the Highway Patrol Kasich said:

“You got some patrolman sneaking in the weeds somewhere getting you going 2 miles an hour over the speed limit. We don’t want that in Ohio.”

And talking about the new IG Randy Meyer:

“He’s not going to be a traffic cop hiding in the bushes.”

And back in November Scott Pullins published a letter that discussed a Kasich campaign appearance in which John belittled the important work of police officers in Genoa Township: When asked about cutting the income tax, he replied that he would eliminate it as he reduced government. He gave Genoa Township as an example. He said that they employed 28 policemen and the last time that there was a crime in the township, one squirrel stole a nut from another one and ran up a tree. There is no need for that many police; he’d cut them. (Apparently he doesn’t see having police as a deterrent.)

In John Kasich’s strange view of the world it seems that police officers are lazy, over-paid union thugs who spend their days hiding in the weeds and pouncing on unsuspecting, hardworking bankers whose only crime is being late for game of golf.

They warned us - we didn't listen!

If you are surprised by Kasich’s latest gaff – calling a police office an idiot multiple times at his EPA meeting last month – then obviously we missed all of the warnings we were given during the campaign.

John Kasich has acted again and again like a selfish, arrogant jerk who thinks he deserves special treatment from everyone.

He has done a 180 since being elected.

Makes me think of the man who had a dilemma. He had to decide which of two women to marry.

One was beautiful, vivacious, desirable, but not to bright. The other not attractive, but she was a singer, with a voice like no other, a nightingale.

He decided on the vocalist.

They got married, went to a secluded, hotel in the mountains.

He woke up the next morning, looked over at his new bride, not attractive, but with a beautiful singing voice, and said .............. "Sing, dammit, sing."

"Sing, King John, Sing."

Kasich Called Police Officer an "Idiot" After Getting a Ticket

By Julie Kent

Ohio governor John Kasich is already facing backlash by taking on the state's unions, and now has enraged police officers after today's revelation that he called a Columbus police officer an "idiot" last month for giving a traffic ticket in 2008.

According to court records, Kasich was pulled over on January 8, 2008, heading northbound on Rt. 315 for not moving over for a stopped emergency vehicle with its lights flashing. Kasich pleaded guilty and three days later he paid the $85 fine.

The "idiot" comment came up during a staff meeting that Kasich held with most of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's employees on January 21.

Kasich said:

"Have you ever been stopped by a policeman who's an idiot?"

"I had this idiot pull me over on (Route) 315. He says, 'You passed this emergency vehicle on the side of the road and you didn't yield. I said, 'I didn't... officer, are you kidding? I didn't see... where the heck was it? The last thing I would ever do would be to pass an emergency... Are you kidding me?'

"He says, 'Well, I understand, give me your license... goes back to the car, comes back, gives me a ticket. He says, 'You must report to court. If you don't report to court, we're putting a warrant out for your arrest.'

"He's an idiot. We just can't act that way. And what people resent are people who work in government who don't treat the client with respect."