I love the juxtaposition of photo and title in this Cincinnati Enquirer piece. There a picture of total devastation in Moscow, Ohio from a tornado that touched down there yesterday, and that is paired with a Kasich turns down federal disaster aid headline. It couldn’t make it clearer that Ohio’s governor is a simple-minded demagogue who puts his ideology over any concern for his citizens.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said thanks but no thanks to immediate federal disaster relief Saturday, even as governors in Indiana and Kentucky welcomed the help.
Kasich did not rule out asking for assistance later, but his decision means tornado-ravaged towns in Ohio will not get federal aid now and are not eligible at this time for potentially millions of dollars in payments and loans.
The governor said Ohio can respond to the crisis without federal help and he would not ask federal authorities to declare the region a disaster area.
“I believe that we can handle this,” Kasich said while visiting a shelter for storm victims at New Richmond High School. “We’ll have down here all the assets of the state.”
[h/t to Zandar, via the Twitter Machine]
