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From:john.podesta@gmail.com
To:
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Date: 2015-07-17 21:04
Subject: Re: Ohio Gov. John Kasich runs the risk of being perceived as a jerk: Brent Larkin | cleveland.com
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/21813
Reports of Kasich mistreating people — especially those whose stations
in life might not be as lofty — have been out there for years. If Kasich begins to climb in the polls, expect to hear from
some of those waiters, waitresses and other service employees with
grievances. Temperament's a legitimate issue in a campaign for the
White House.
http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/07/ohio_gov_john_kasich_runs_the.html#incart_river_mobileshort
During one meeting, which took place about 2 weeks ago,
the governor(John Kasich) grew angry when a major Republican Party contributor
pointed out that others had already formally launched their campaigns
and built expansive teams of political advisers.
“You don’t know what
you’re talking about,” Kasich snapped at the donor, who wished to remain
anonymous because the meeting was private. It was still early, Kasich
insisted and Bush, who had endured a rocky rollout, was “losing steam.”
Kasich’s temper has made it harder to endear himself to the
GOP’s wealthy benefactors. Last year, he traveled to Southern
California to appear on a panel at a conference sponsored by the
Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch.
At one point, according
to accounts provided by 2 sources present, Randy Kendrick, a major
contributor and wife of Ken Kendrick, the owner of the Arizona
Diamondbacks, rose to say she disagreed with Kasich’s decision to expand
Medicaid coverage and questioned why he’d expressed the view it was
what God wanted.
John Kasich's response was fiery. “I don’t know about you,
lady,” he said as he pointed at Kendrick, his voice rising. “But when I
get to the pearly gates, I’m going to have an answer for what I’ve done
for the poor.”
The exchange left many stunned. About 20 audience members
walked out of the room, and 2 governors also on the panel, Nikki Haley
of South Carolina and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, told Kasich they
disagreed with him. John Kasich hasn't been invited back to a
Koch seminar — opportunities for presidential aspirants to mingle with
the party’s rich and powerful — in the months since.
A Kasich spokesman, Chris Schrimpf, declined to comment on the episode.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/john-kasich-replace-jeb-bush-2016-candidate-119191
