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Ohio’s Kasich touts education, broadband in speech

AP staff

The Associated Press

Feb 7, 2012

Kasich spoke for nearly 90 minutes in a rambling, unfocused address in the auditorium of an elementary school in Steubenville, the first time the speech has been given outside of Columbus.

A few protesters temporarily interrupted the speech about an hour and 10 minutes into it, as Kasich was talking about drilling for natural gas in eastern Ohio.

His speech also included a few comments that puzzled listeners, such as when he said that he “never looked back” when he left politics, presumably referring to his time in Congress. He was elected as a Republican governor in 2010.

He also referred to people in California as “wackadoodles.” And he had no sooner told the emotional stories of his first two courage award winners than he added, “We don’t want to see those on eBay, ladies.”

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