We have a flipflop by Republican candidate for Congress, Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist. Stivers, who has made huge efforts to get the votes of the far right 912ers, tea partiers, "patriot" groups, birthers, anti-birth control advocates, clearly flip-flopped on answers he gave to a 912 group survey.
Flyovercountry.org noted that "...Stivers folds like a cheap lawn chair..." This was in response to a question about Stivers supporting the repeal of the 17th Amendment. Stivers originally supported having members of the U.S. Senate picked by state legislators instead of by voters.
On February 11, 2010, I wrote about the the written survey that Stivers had filled out for 912ohio.com. This is part of my entry for 2/11/10 Ohio15thblogspot:
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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.
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.
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Stivers should be careful that he doesn't go too far to the right. Will voters support someone who wants to take away their right to vote for their own U.S. Senators? I guess voters need to remember that Stivers is really interested in taking your rights away from you.