Ohio Republican candidate John Kasich caught telling a true story in governor's debate

You know how politicians often tell stories about the precocious thing their young daughter said about the economy when no other witnesses were around? Or the unfortunate woman they happened to meet who needs precisely the kind of program the pol is selling to his audience that very night?

And if you're like most Americans, you take that convenient yarn with maybe three ounces of salt, despite Michelle Obama's healthy food warnings about too much of that substance.

Well, here's a delightful news gem called to our attention by a loyal Ticket reader, Ohio's Jon Keeling, one of the nation's top local politics bloggers over at Third Base Politics.

It concerns this week's Ohio gubernatorial debate between former Republican Rep. John Kasich and the Democrat incumbent, Ted Strickland. As is the case in many races all across the country for the Nov. 2 elections, polls show the Democrat is currently trailing the Republican.

But that's not the fun story. The fun story is that during the Tuesday debate Kasich began to wax on about, you know, an older couple he'd recently talked with in a Bob Evans restaurant and how they had a pad out and were going over their challenged budget because of the bad economy that hasn't been stimulated by you-know-whose hundreds of billions of you-know-what.

Now, that story is obviously as phony as an assertion that some healthcare legislation will cover more people for less money. So a Democratic blogger in Ohio called Kasich on it. He wrote: "Someone please send me a photo of the Ohio couple in the Bob Evans with the napkin and I'll personally apologize to Congressman Kasich the next time I'm at his country club."

Well, order up some humble pie while you're there, Anthony, because CNN's John King did better than that. He produced a film clip of Honest John Kasich talking to that very couple. (See video below.) And, look! There's the pad on the table.

Would you like ice cream on that piece of pie?

And thanks again, Jon!

--Andrew Malcolm

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Comments

[WinManCan]

It was a set up by his campaign workers. If you believe it was real I've got a bridge in Brooklyn. Come on its politics and nothing is real.

[Steve.]

Another example of the left falsely accusing someone on the right of using a tactic that the left uses all the time. ALL THE TIME.

The real surprise here is that the truth is brought forth on CNN. Good job CNN.

[alc]

Did the CNN guy actually suggest that Kasich might have planted this couple in the restaurant? Wow. And he looked a little tounge-tied at the end. Hard to put the main-stream media liberal spin on this one.

[Bill Peschel]

Because, of course, no one is out there wondering how to make their dollars stretch, because Joe Biden said "this is the summer of RECOVERY."

[Pettyfog]

WinManCan: Projection!!!

I met Kasich five years years ago, at that same restaurant. He wasnt running for anything; goes there all the time. It's his local and yes it is just a humble 'family restaurant'. There is a Wolfgang Puck Express just 2 miles away. And several Panera's.

Reply here and I'll tell you where to send your 'Sale negotiation Ernest Bond' cashier check for $10,000.

[mac691]

I was most surprised that this couple was struggling with their family budget. I expected to seem them dancing on the table for all the hope and change and jobs that had been "saved" by the stimulus. Not to mention all the added benefits by the Obama administrati0n that only costs this couple their liberties, their money, their future money and their children's money. (did I leave out their grandchildren's money?)

[Nick in Virginia]

@WinManCan,

My question is, how much did YOU pay for that bridge, and how long have you owned it? Before I even consider buying it from you, you have to make sure it is up to building code, and show me all the relevant permits and inspector approvals.

THEN maybe we can talk about it. In the meantime, I have some videos of John Kasich to watch.

[richard40]

I always liked John Kasich. He has consistently been one of the few repubs that was actually serious about cutting spending, instead of just talking about it. Glad to see he is winning.

[PTL]

"The truth. The truth. You can't handle the truth."