. . .and unfortunately, much of the highway is still a two lane road. If this guy isn't careful, he'll have a head-on collision with himself.
We look forward to some more interesting moves from Brian Davis and his Campaign That Can't Shoot Straight as he tries to steer his way out of his latest "straight shooting."
Just in from the Walz campaign:
Brian Davis Flip-Flops on Funding Highway 14
His website calls for “elimination” of earmarks, while he tells Owatonna newspaper the exact opposite( Owatonna , Minn. ) – In an interview published yesterday in the Owatonna People’s Press, Republican Congressional candidate Dr. Brian Davis completely reversed his long-standing opposition to the use of ‘earmarks,’ or spending on specific projects directed by Members of Congress.
Davis, who has previously said that Congress should “eliminate the practice of Congressional earmarks,” has now taken exactly the opposite position. The Owatonna People’s Press reports that Davis committed in an interview that “he would secure funding [for Highway 14] ‘any way possible,’ whether it’s a stand alone bill or through federal earmarks.”
“Dr. Davis has flip-flopped on some big issues before, but this one really takes the cake,” said Chris Schmitter, campaign manager for Tim Walz. “Over the last 14 months, Dr. Davis has repeatedly said he doesn’t believe in funding transportation projects like Highway 14 with Congressionally-directed spending. But with three days to go before the election, Dr. Davis has decided he doesn’t believe that any more.”
“There’s nothing harder than getting a straight answer out of Dr. Davis,” continued Schmitter. “He said a new 23% national sales tax is ‘a good idea,’ before backtracking and saying he doesn’t necessarily support it. He says he’s proud of southern Minnesota ’s farm and ranch families, but refuses to say if he would have supported the Farm Bill they rely on. Who knows what he’ll change his mind about next?”
As of this morning, Dr. Davis’s website still says he believes “we need to eliminate the practice of Congressional ‘earmarks.’”
Davis’s Website Calls For End To Earmarks. "There are three simple steps Congress must enact. First, Congress should pass a new federal Taxpayer Bill of Rights, limiting the growth of spending. Second, we need to eliminate the practice of Congressional 'earmarks'. Third, the President must be given line-item veto authority to cut out wasteful Congressional spending." [briandavisforcongress.com, accessed 2/05/08]
Davis Said We Need A Line Item Veto To Eliminate Earmarks. Davis said, "We should make sure that government lives within its means….We need first off on a national level, a line item veto. That's where when someone say like Tim Walz puts an earmark, or one of his buddies puts an earmark, into a bill late at night. The president has to decide whether to sign the whole bill or not and there is some extra spending in there it gives the president a difficult decision right now. It'd be nice if the President, whether it's a democrat or a republican, or an independent, could go in their and just cross it out and make it much easier." [Winona Youth GOP Debate, 2/7/08]
Davis Criticized Congress For Failing To Eliminate Earmarks. "Davis says one of his biggest complaints of the current Democratic-led Congress is its failure to eliminate pork-barrel spending. Democrats campaigned on a pledge to clean up earmarks and wasteful spending, yet pork barrel spending continues, he said." [Rochester Post Bulletin, 8/16/07]
Davis Says He Would Use Earmarks to Fund Highway 14. "Davis said Highway 14 is impractical to drive on currently and would consider it the most important transportation issue he would improve. He would secure funding 'any way possible' whether it’s a stand alone bill or through federal earmarks." [Owatonna People's Press, 10/31/08]
A Republican friend tells us that Brian Davis supported his claims of support for gun rights by telling the GOP activist base that he would go down to Lake Charles, Louisiana, to shoot skeet with a friend. We had no idea that people in that region had such a different definition of straight shooting.
Photo: Highway 14. Photo by Minnesota Public Radio. Does Davis even know what lane he's driving in when it comes to his own positions?
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