Randy Turner has nice video of Rep. Bryan Stevenson (R-Webb City) from last summer in something of a Mike Gundy mode.
In the video, Stevenson happily describes his conservativism by claiming that he's "staunchly pro-life, staunchly right to carry, proud to be a born again Christian, proud to be the owner of a large firearm, and the holder of a right to carry permit." He also tells us that he's a licensed airplane mechanic and a licensed attorney. No word on if he owns a trebuchet.
Meanwhile, back in the present day, Stevenson is on a non-apology tour, offering up excuse after excuse as to why what he said wasn't meant to hurt anyone. (When you apologize, you generally acknowledge that what you said was wrong, not that you didn't mean anything by it.)
Among the excuses, he said he was part Cherokee and therefore couldn't be racist, and that he was factually correct in that the federal government illegally grabbed power from the states by waging the Civil War. At least he acknowledged slavery was and is wrong.
I wonder what new RNC Chairman Michael Steele has to say about this clown? It's pretty hard to believe that the Republican Party has truly gotten beyond race and the Southern Strategy when you've still got prominent members of the rank-and-file who are Confederate apologists.
According to Republican State Rep. Bryan Stevenson, the proposed pro-choice "Freedom of Choice Act" is the biggest federal power grab since the "War of Northern Aggression."
Mitt Romney, the son of Michigan governor George W. Romney, is beloved among Republican elites here in Missouri. Matt Blunt and Jim Talent both endorsed him fairly early. Jack Jackson, Jason Crowell, Gary Nodler, Bryan Pratt, Shannon Cooper, David Day, Doug Funderbunk, Dwight Scharnhorst, Neal St. Onge, and Bryan Stevenson have all endorsed him, too. And in a recent e-mail, Rod Jetton (h/t Arch City Chronicle) details how he was won over at a meeting with Mitt, just like "when you go to those time-share presentations." (That's a direct quote - I kid you not.) Ed Martin was won over with the answer to the first question of the meeting - his own - which was about the Iraq warabortionuniversal health careglobal warming Romney's Mormon faith, of course.
Romney has a record of moderate governance, working to balance budgets, preserve a woman's right to choose, extend health care to every citizen. Of course, that gives him no chance in the Republican presidential primary, so now he's running as the most conservative candidate in the race. Double Guantanamo! Slash taxes! No universal health care! Stay the course in Iraq!
In honor of his whiplash-inducing position changes, the Democratic National Committee is auctioning off a 'Mitt Romney Flip Flop Kit" on eBay. Details below the flip.
Mitt Romney, the son of Michigan governor George W. Romney, is beloved among Republican elites here in Missouri. Matt Blunt and Jim Talent both endorsed him fairly early. Jack Jackson, Jason Crowell, Gary Nodler, Bryan Pratt, Shannon Cooper, David Day, Doug Funderbunk, Dwight Scharnhorst, Neal St. Onge, and Bryan Stevenson have all endorsed him, too. And in a recent e-mail, Rod Jetton (h/t 