I just heard Kasich say on TV that the President of the US is “the father of the American people.” And here I almost thought he wasn’t a creep.
Creeped Out by Kasich
Opinions, art, debate
Opinions, art, debate
I just heard Kasich say on TV that the President of the US is “the father of the American people.” And here I almost thought he wasn’t a creep.
Clarissa's Blog 
Well, some people on your website (not you and definitely not me) have stated that we need a “grandfather figure” as President.
As the saying goes about the U.S. system of government: “He’s your uncle, not your dad.”
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I apologize for not making it clearer sooner that my governor is repellant in every way. Obviously I have been too indrect when writing abut him, else you wouldn’t have been so surprised by his comment.
This metaphor, as government as a some sort of family structure, is misleading and pernicious. It is where people get the crazy notion that the federal government’s financial aspects are just a very big version of any family, any street, any town, USA’s balance sheet.
As if a family can print its own money and that there is anything like the government’s priceless assets in any family’s hands (how, for example, you put a value on the highway system or the military? These things are not bought and sold). Metaphors can be very helpful in creating understanding, but not this one.
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Yes, you were right this entire time, the fellow is creepy and dumb. It’s just that one wants to believe that not everybody on that stage is totally unhinged. But it’s an illusion, they’re all totally unhinged. I should have believed you from the start.
And yes, the inane metaphor of balancing the federal budget like a family budget drives me nuts with its sheer idiocy. God, I hate it.
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Did I not tell you he resembles this fictional character?
People love family metaphors and love applying them to corporations and governments, but if you poke at them too much the “family” is dysfunctional.
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