Chris Redfern lacks basic logic and math skills

A story from the Dayton Daily News on John Kasich’s reaction to the Ohio budget deal highlights just how lame Chris Redfern really is these days.

First Kasich’s statement:

“Today’s agreement is strictly stopgap and turns a blind eye to the massive shortfalls we will be facing during the next budget cycle,” Kasich said in a Thursday press release. “We better have new leadership and new ideas in place by then. Our state’s future depends on it.”

Kasich said “it has been clear to me that the people of Ohio understand that raising taxes is counter-productive to job creation and economic growth.”

Redferns brillant retort?

“John Kasich has no relationship with the truth, Redfern said. “Once again, Kasich is offering attacks on Gov. Strickland’s leadership while failing to propose any alternative of his own. Shockingly, he also criticized his own party, since the Republican-controlled Senate supported the budget.”

This is nonsensical. What does truth have to do with criticizing the budget without providing your own alternative? This is called a non sequitor for those scoring at home – something Redfern specializes in (I am surprised he didn’t bring up Lehman Brothers).

But the last bit is so confusing that the DDN felt compelled to highlight reality:

Republicans provided five of the 17 votes needed for Senate approval; Democrats provided the other 12.

Can Redfern handle basic math? Just because the Republicans are the majority in the Senate doesn’t mean any bill that passes is somehow approved of by all Republicans.

There are 21 Republicans in the Senate and 5 voted for the budget deal. Basic math tells you that a majority of Republicans voted against it while every single Democrat voted for it.

This is the leadership of the Democratic Party folks.  Kasich offers a stinging rebuke to the leadership of politicians in Columbus and all Redfern can come up with is meaningless boilerplate that doesn’t even make sense. Lame.