Universe Is Agog As Kasich Says 'Poor Caspar Weinberger'

Why this useless flack has a job on MSNBC is beyond me. On this Thursday's Jose Diaz-Balart Reports with Yasmin Vossoughian filling in as guest host, former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is now a regular contributor on the network, was asked about the latest Republican fishing expedition, otherwise known as an "impeachment inquiry," and Kasich did what Kasich does every time he makes an appearance on MSNBC, which is to try to "both sides" the issue and pretend Democrats are somehow equally as terrible as Republicans.

And as an added bonus during this segment, he also did some revisionist history about Iran-Contra felon Caspar Weinberger, and pretended he didn't do anything wrong, ignoring the fact that he accepted a pardon before his trial could commence. Had that trial gone forward, there was overwhelming evidence of what he did. He would have been convicted and sentenced to prison.

Vossoughian read a portion of Chuck Todd's latest equally useless bothsiderist column he wrote for NBC this week (more on that later), discussing the obvious when it comes to the game Republicans are playing now:

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