Thursday, February 11, 2010

Steve Stivers & the 9/12 Project

Republican candidate for Congress, Steve Stivers, filled out a "9/12 Candidate Survey" and his responses are posted online at 912ohio.com. The survey is divided into several sections. Here are a few of the responses Stivers gave to the 9/12 group:


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4) Name one or more federal departments or programs that you would introduce legislation to phase out or eliminate. Explain your position.


Stivers' response:
This is a hard question, because only four Departments perform Constitutional roles. (State, Defense, Justice & Treasury), so you could eliminate the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Interior, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy and other to return to a constitutionally pure government.

One example I would eliminate is the Department of the Interior - The Department of the Interior is responsible for managing land owned by the federal government.... The Interior Department should be abolished, and those lands that have recreational or historical value should be sold or given to private conservation groups......


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4) Man-made global warming is a scientific fact and immediate action to lower CO2 emissions is necessary to prevent an environmental catastrophe.

Stivers checked Disagree.


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7) Do you believe the Bush administration was justified in using enhanced interrogation techniques as they did?

Stivers checked Yes.


8) Do you think water-boarding is torture?

Stivers checked Undecided.



Clearly, these responses by Steve Stivers prove that he has moved far more to the right. Why is Stivers trying to appeal to this fringe group? Does he support their all of their issues and extremist views?

You can download the Stivers survey at http://912ohio.com/mtc/pdf/912Survey-Stivers.pdf to read the rest of his responses.