I do not believe a word of this. Hell, I could say that Trump tried to 'entice' me multiple times to be the Vice President. Who can tell if I am making it up? Again, I do not believe this is an accurate report. It is a CNN fantasy piece.
This is simply Kasich's way of attempting to salvage any dignity at all after receiving one single vote at the convention. Trump would have nothing to do with him. Kasich is like the jilted girlfriend who insists that she is one who wanted to break-up. He still wanted me, but I said no.
He's a loser. And I do not believe that Trump would offer him a dog-catcher position, much less anything else.
I can tell you that he
did approach me.
It was a fairly long conversation, spread over many days.
In the end, I too, ended up turning him down.
Trump had a few firm positions that I could not accept. I will list a few:
1. He said that he would need to attract a substantial segment of the so called "middle" to win a national election in 2016. To that end, he said that he would not be bending over in his rhetoric to what he termed the "farthest right of the right."
2. He told me that he planned to talk directly to the people of the nation. He would forego the usual speechwriters and consultants that wanted to pour over each word of his public addresses. He said that he planned to speak in everyday, common English that pipe-fitters, nurses, cab drivers, and the like could easily relate to. (He felt strongly that the soaring campaign conservative rhetoric of the past few cycles fell on deaf ears, that people tuned out that type of message before the speaker got past "Hello South Carolina!")
3. He indicated that he would be bold, that he would stake out positions early on that would not only disarm the usual attacks of the Democrats and media (yes, he was redundant), but also may temporarily alienate some of the tried and true GOP base. He said that he would clearly state that he is against abortion, while speaking out in favor of "women's health" issues and even suggest that PP "did some good work" (even though he knew that the non-abortion business is a small fraction of their billings). He let slip to me in an unguarded moment how he would relish signing the first set of funding bills that completely eliminated any funding for PP; and at the same time shared (again) about how his personal experience with friends that parented a child that society would have overwhelmingly aborted, completely turned about his personal views on this national scourge.
He even suggested that his campaign would attempt to slip in a "good word" here and there about the 0bamas! (What a dunce!!)
4. He said that he would hold rallies in large venues all across the nation, not only during the primaries, but through the general election. He plans to speak directly to the people at each event, welcoming up on to the stage many of the groups that assemble to cheer him heartily with homemade signs: Hispanics for Trump, Gay Men for Trump, Bikers for Trump, Veterans for Trump, Women for Trump, and the like... I sighed.
5. He confided in me that above all else, he understood that in order to begin to halt the decline that he has sadly watched for decades, he had to do and say all that he could to actually
WIN the election. (Imagine the audacity of a plebe that thinks that actually WINNING is more important than lofty speech and rhetoric that hold true to PRINICIPLES!)
Needless to say friends, I turned him down cold. I told him that his strategy was a sure loser, that he would be lucky to not be forced out after Wisconsin voted. I am not ashamed to say that my judgements about this New Yorker proved to be spot on, I am sure that Mike Pence wishes that he had the same wisdom and foresight that I have!
