Monday, January 14, 2008

Kilroy vs. Same Old GOP Talking Points (Stivers)

Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy is running for Congress for Ohio's 15th Congressional District. Kilroy lost to Republican Deborah Pryce by only 1,000 votes. This election year should be different.

On the other side, the Ohio GOP has Steve Stivers as their mostly likely candidate for Ohio's 15th. Stivers is running on the usual Republican talking points (Stivers website):
--- economic development and job development (Pryce never helped us. Why would he?),
--- limited government (George W. Bush has actually expanded the federal government!),
--- lower taxes (Does he mean lower taxes for his buddies at corporations?), and
--- securing our borders (How does he intend to do this?).

Stivers served in the military. Does he support Bush's Iraq policies?

The Stivers website states that ".....Washington, D.C. is broken." Is it because of the failures of the Bush administration? I noticed in the photos on his website that all the people in the pictures are white. Does Stivers know that there are many different races and ethnic groups in the 15th district?

I'll be watching this race and I'll keep you informed.