Tuesday, August 26, 2008

New Stivers Ad Doesn't Give the Whole Story

We knew it was going to happen. Right wing corporate lobbyist, Steve Stivers, had his first ad on TV for his run for Congress.
> The ad talks about the fact that he went to Iraq but it doesn't mention that he has the support of the far right wing Vets for Freedom who support 100 more years of war in Iraq.
> The ad doesn't mention that Stivers is so far to the right that he is against women's reproductive freedom, against stem cell research, and as a former bank lobbyist, he still panders to the banks.
> There was no mention that Stivers championed a bill that makes it virtually impossible for communities to fight against large factory farms (like Hi-Q's proposed 6,000,000 chickens in Union County).
>>> Most importantly, the ad does not mention that Steve 'Stivers took almost $10,000 from Halliburton, Exxon Mobil....' (see Buckeye State Blog). Here is what Buckeye State Blog said about Stivers:

....Steve Stivers took $5,000 from the Independent Petroleum Association of America, $2,500 from Dubai-based Halliburton, you know, Dick Cheney's old employer and the King of No-Bid Contracts, and $2,000 from ExxonMobil, one of the only oil companies to have yet to invest significantly in alternative energy....

The voters in our house are supporting Mary Jo Kilroy.

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Speaking of political ads......
The extreme right wing of the Republican fringe is running ads in Ohio sponsored by the American Issues group. Apparently, channel 6 here in Columbus, a Sinclair station, is still running the ads even though the Obama campaign has threaten to sue. By the way, channel 6, also ran the John Kerry smear video in 2004, so you know what kind of people they are.