Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Steve Stivers: Flip-Flops on Issues

In a forum between Democratic Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15th) and Republican/Tea Party member Steve Stivers, a former "top" bank lobbyist, Stivers was exposed as flip flopping on issues.

Dispatch:


U.S. Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy came out swinging yesterday against Republican opponent Steve Stivers, portraying him as a sleazy flip-flopper with plans to impose a 23 percent national sales tax on goods and services.

In their first side-by-side public forum this year, Kilroy, a first-term Democrat, wasted no time in castigating Stivers for allegedly switching positions on three issues: a cap-and-trade system for reducing industrial emissions; a mandate on individuals to purchase health insurance; and repealing the 17th Amendment, which provides for the direct election of U.S. senators.

In his first campaign against Kilroy two years ago, Stivers expressed support for the concepts of cap-and-trade and the insurance mandate. In a survey months ago, the Republican said he would favor reverting to the pre-1913 method of state legislatures picking senators....

( Note:  The fact that Steve Stivers supports the repeal of the amendments and laws that came after 1913, shows his allegiance to the Glenn Beck-Tea Party-Far Right political platform.  Think about it.  What amendments/laws are the Glenn Beck-Tea Party-Far Right groups against?  I wrote about this on my Stubborn Liberal blog (2/13/10):  The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in 1920. Social Security was signed into law in 1935. The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. Medicare and Medicaid were part of the Social Security Act of 1965. The voting age was lowered to 18, and many other laws and rights were passed after 1909.....)


Stivers has lied about Mary Jo Kilroy, insulted her, and fabricated so much about her that it is sad.  Kilroy is not lying about her record or about her concerns for the people.  Kilroy has supported laws that create health insurance, help prevent families from going into bankruptcy because of medical debt, create jobs, want help financial help while going to college, seek job re-training, etc.  Stivers supports the rich bankers, most of whom do not live in Ohio's 15th congressional district.  Kilroy also supports the rights of women to decide about their own reproductive decisions.  Stivers has been for, then against, then for, then against women's reproductive freedom.  Kilroy has concerns about women and that is why she is supported by Emily's List.  Stivers, unfortunately, is only concerned about bankers and far right religious groups.

Kilroy has fought persistently for the everyday, regular, hard working people in Ohio's 15th congressional district.  Stivers, on the other hand, has sold his soul to bank PACs/executives, lobbyists, utility polluters, insurance company PACs/executives, mining PACs/executives, and others trying to protect their obscene profits at the expense of consumers.  Are you willing to support the rollback of these rights and laws that Stivers and his far right supporters want? Do you want someone like Stivers who has opposed consumer protection, opposed scholarships for the disabled, and supported pay day lenders?????

Our success and economic survival will be enhanced by Kilroy, who has demonstrated courage in the face of astroturfing groups opposed to health insurance.  Mary Jo Kilroy has stood up for the real people in Ohio's 15th district.  Stivers- - - - has defended banks.
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One more item---- Steve Stivers said he wanted to sell off the national parks!!!!!
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By the way, I'm concerned that a person who lies about where they live (Husted) is making up lies about Democrat Mary Ellen O'Shaughnessey.  Contact Husted's campaign office (614) 456-1229 or hustedforohio@hustedforohio.com  and tell him to stop the lies.

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Mike DeWine is running for Ohio Attorney General, but his ads show that he doesn't understand what the job involves.  We've seen Mike DeWine's work in the past, and we know how he supported the outrageous Bush economic policies that put us in this mess. Reject Mike DeWine again and force him to retire his continuous search for a political job.
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Mike Duffey is running for state representative.  He supported raising his own salary when he was on the city council. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Duffey, a Republican, thinks he is entitled to move into the Ohio Senate.  The Buckeye State Blog had a link to Liar Wire  on Mike Duffey: 

MIKE “DOUBLE TALK” DUFFEY
Mike “Double Talk” Duffey says he's a budget hawk, but on Worthington City Council he repeatedly supported raising taxes. He also increased spending and turned a budget surplus into a budget deficit. In fact, he even voted to raise his own taxpayer-funded salary while in office.

Oh, my.