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tenderfoot

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15. But I thought the GOP was about helping people

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:34 PM

Dec 2016

Trump's a man of the people... that's what some people say...

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Gov. John Kasich signs bill blocking Cleveland's $15 minimum wage proposal [View all] think Dec 2016 OP

Yet they keep electing them... (*sigh*) Nictuku Dec 2016 #1

SlowHio's Sea of Tea is only growing. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #10

Actually, the final vote tally gave Lorain County to Hillary. LeftinOH Dec 2016 #23

Sorry Ohio, but you asked for this still_one Dec 2016 #2

Cleveland and Cuyahoga County OH are reliably Democratic, LeftinOH Dec 2016 #24

I know it is. Ohio was also one of the states which instituted strict new photo ID requirements, still_one Dec 2016 #25

Try living in Delaware or Pennsylvania or Connecticut or New York yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #29

You are right. Pennsylvania is one of the worst still_one Dec 2016 #32

We finally got it in MA (aside from requesting an absentee ballot, of course-total PITA, that). MADem Jan 2017 #47

This says it all ... aggiesal Dec 2016 #36

For sure. nt oasis Dec 2016 #37

Yeah, The GOP doesn't like Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #3

Indeed... think Dec 2016 #6

GOP - The party of big gov't... Can't let the local people run their own lives keithbvadu2 Dec 2016 #40

Right? so much for Local Control instead of centralized power... Volaris Dec 2016 #44

And they love local control Loric Vilesilencer Dec 2016 #46

You get what you vote for working class Americans Yavin4 Dec 2016 #4

Welp, to the blue collar Ohioans who decided they would vote Republican... Sorceress Dec 2016 #5

To the Pain!!! Volaris Dec 2016 #45

And this was supposedly the reasonable Republican! hrmjustin Dec 2016 #7

This is the meta...doesn't Ohio need to go 88mph first? forgotmylogin Dec 2016 #8

I thought Republicans were in favor of local governmental control? gratuitous Dec 2016 #9

The city did not want to enact the proposal. former9thward Dec 2016 #19

But Kasich didn't even want the people to vote for themselves gratuitous Dec 2016 #20

Yes, but the city officials are Democrats. former9thward Dec 2016 #21

And yet, city officials didn't block the measure, Kasich and his legislative cronies did gratuitous Dec 2016 #22

Another post hoc ergo prompter hoc fallacy. LanternWaste Dec 2016 #31

Maybe you should read the article. former9thward Dec 2016 #33

Republicans are for local control...until it doesn't serve them hollowdweller Dec 2016 #11

They are also for less regulation awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #34

Why don't we hike the Federal minimum wage already? nt Quackers Dec 2016 #12

At this point, I expect a bill in Congress to LOWER the minimum wage Txbluedog Dec 2016 #30

I do, too. Seriously. nt MADem Jan 2017 #48

Because the rich don't want it raised awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #35

Republicans are planning to give lumps of coal to everyone this Holiday. Coyotl Dec 2016 #13

and yet lower class white fools think the repubs are their friends; oh, the ignorance. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #14

But I thought the GOP was about helping people tenderfoot Dec 2016 #15

It just amazes me how stupid these GOP voters are. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #16

And people thought Kasich was some kind of moderate DeminPennswoods Dec 2016 #17

Well, apparently that's what they voted for. Vinca Dec 2016 #18

Hopefully the people of Ohio will vote Kasich out still_one Dec 2016 #26

He is term-limited and will probably run against Sherrod Brown for Senate in 2018 Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #38

Wow. They are really afraid that the Ilsa Dec 2016 #27

I expect to see the minimum wage abolished at the Federal Level Bettie Dec 2016 #28

Gotta love those big government conservatives. aidbo Dec 2016 #39

So much for small government Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #41

Effing loser judesedit Dec 2016 #42

In Ohio, we are all about local control ladym55 Dec 2016 #43