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It's Monday, July 20th, 2020 from Slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pasca.

You know, there are certain phrases used specifically for their contradictory powers.

For instance, here's what I mean. You'll need an example.

Thomas Wolf said, you can't go home again.

Now, why is that ever invoked? It's to contradict the notion, right? It's always used in this way.

Thomas Wolf said, you can't go home again, but Jamie McMurtry of Grover's Corners is attempted to go home after killing all those possums or whatever.

Another one is, don't get involved in a land war in Asia.

It's never said before citing the example of the Kingdom Empire country that took the advice.

The human embodiment of this dynamic is former Republican Ohio governor and former Republican candidate for president John Kasich.

That's right. I said Republican, but here's what is happening.

Former Ohio governor John Kasich is expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention next month.

The Republican will speak on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

What I mean is, the only reason John Kasich's Republicanism is cited is to contrast it with whatever non-Republican thing he is doing, opposing Trump, favoring the auto-ballout, being a competent governor.

That sort of thing. Actually, I'm kidding on the last one. In all honesty, political party seems to be a pretty weak correlation to gubernatorial success, at least as I see it.

But what even is speaking at the Democratic National Convention?

He's bombing the Democratic National Convention. There is no Democratic National Convention.

It's a virtual convention, which is to say it's not a convention. It's a meeting over Wi-Fi.

That's fine, by the way, that's all fine. I don't want the Democrats to put anyone's life in danger or any candidate,

it's candidacy in danger by having a real-life convention. And I don't want Kasich to change his stance on opposing Trump.

I don't even want him to change his political party. You know, keep on being a Republican. Don't switch to Democrat.

He is a Republican, a 2015 and prior type Republican. And also, if he switched to Democrat, then some other Democrat opposed his Trump, don't they all?

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