Friday, June 20, 2008

Steve Stivers is a Lot Like McCain?

Cliff Schecter thinks so and he writes it at Firedoglake.com. Here are some tidbits:

Republican state sen. Steve Stivers is an Iraq War vet who touts his "moderate" and "independent" credentials as he campaigns to hold onto a very vulnerable open U.S. House seat left open by retiring Republican Congresswoman Deborah Pryce.

.......Like McCain, he loves lobbyists so much, instead of simply having them run his entire campaign and policy shop, he chose to actuallly become one. But the comparison extends even further.

Like McCain, he has an R-rated history when it comes to behavior towards women, while he seeks to become a congressman representing the "family values" party (try not to laugh as images of David Vitter, Mark Foley and Larry Craig surely occupy your cerebrum). Heck, he has even one-upped McCain on the zealotry front, and voted against stem-cell research.....

You'll have to read the rest of this very interesting post at Firedoglake.com.