* We haven't seen much of Steve Stivers recently. Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, is a Republican congressional candidate again. To most voters, Stivers really messed up early in the campaign. There was that doctored photo suggesting that Stivers had been endorsed by the tea party group. Then, through a 912 group questionnaire, Stivers revealed that he wanted to repeal/eliminate the following:
1. Repeal the health care reform bill
2. Repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution
3. Repeal the 17th Amendment to the Constitution
4. Eliminate the Department of Agriculture
5. Eliminate the Department of Education
6. Eliminate the Department of the Interior
7. Eliminate the Department of Housing of and Urban Development
8. Eliminate the Department of Transportation
9. Eliminate the Department of Energy
More recently, Stivers has been attending cocktail parties in DC and Ohio, thrown in his honor by bank PACs, insurance PACs, and other related financial services PACs. As a matter of fact, Stivers has been so busy schmoozing with these well-funded PACs that he has yet to answer questions about the BP oil spill in the gulf. (Stivers is a BP stockholder.) Stivers, who once cared about the environment, no longer believes in global warming or has interest in protecting the environment. Why the sudden change? It all goes with his right wing, pro-banker, pro-corporation profits thinking. Stivers has learned that if you protect bankers and their greed, you'll be rewarded with campaign contributions.
John Boehner personally recruited Stivers to run for Congress. Need I say more?
