Back in 2006, John Kasich released a book called Stand for Something. The title seems pretty self-explanatory but I haven’t read this book so I can’t really say for sure. It just seems like he probably wanted people to know that he has some strong feelings about a few things and that’s willing to fight for them. One thing, however, that he obviously doesn’t give a shit about is littering. I know this because he brags about littering. He thinks telling people all about the time he threw a plastic CD-case out of the window of his car will convince them that he is a man of the utmost moral character.
While working at Lehman Brothers, Kasich took a risk and bought a hip-hop CD, in this case by The Roots. He found the lyrics so vulgar he said he pulled over to the side of the road and tossed the CD out of the car. No need for what he considered “offensive drivel,” he wrote.
We’ve all been disappointed in a musical album that we thought we’d enjoy, but only complete assholes deal with this disappointment by chucking the CD out of the window of their car. Why should we all suffer just because you don’t like hip-hop?
But Kasich also brags in this book about being so offended by the wood-chipper scene in Fargo that he attempted to get his local Blockbuster to take it off its shelves.
So, this seem to be a habit with the Ohio governor. He consumes some piece of art, doesn’t like it, and decides to punish everyone else to help himself feel better about it.
This is not in the same league as strapping your dog onto the roof of your car and going for a road trip, but it reveals a similar character flaw.
In this case, the flaw is an inability to see that your stupid story doesn’t make you look virtuous or good in a crisis. Your stupid story makes you look like some kind of freak.
