The First Republican in the Lantern

The Lantern finally featured a Republican on the cover in a positive article. You can read the whole article here. Some of John Kasich's comments echoed my thoughts exactly:

"'In politics, money is everything," he said. "Raising money involves a lot of suck up, and I'm not very good at that."

But Kasich said that even a candidate like John Kerry with virtually limitless resources still needs to show some personality.

"'He wasn't likeable. Nobody liked John Kerry," he said. "He was most likeable the day after he dropped out of the race."

However, I cannot quite imagine what he was thinking when he made these insane comments:

When asked about the war in Iraq, Kasich said, "I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on over there, although I've come to the conclusion that it's bad there and getting worse."

"I don't even know why we're over there, do you?" he said.

He compared the insurgency in Iraq to an infestation of cockroaches, with small numbers of fighters being killed or captured in one area only to reappear in stronger numbers somewhere else.

Why is it that everyone forgets the bad things?