Rep. Cynthia Davis Watch

“Legal is not necessarily the same as right. Pharmacists whose consciences will not
permit them to dispense emergency contraception need to be protected by our
government. We all must answer to God, and it is not appropriate to ask people
to perform acts that will traumatize them….Our government needs to secure the
rights of people to stay true to a higher law…” [State Rep. Cynthia Davis (O’Fallon),
Feb 2, 2006]

Wow. I didn't know giving out extra high doses of birth control pills was "traumatic." It's a little box, and it says "Plan B." It doesn't have a thing in it that a packet of birth control pills doesn't have, just a little more of it. The woman asks for it, gives the pharmacist the scrip, and the pharmacist hands back the little box that says "Plan B" on it and the woman says "Thank you." HOW FRIGGIN' TRAUMATIC IS THAT, CYNTHIA???? grrrrr 

Cynthia, I might also add that fundamentalist islamic terrorists are "staying true to a higher law", too.  How do you feel about that one?

I just reviewed the articles that quoted Cynthia Davis denouncing evolution. It is laughable that she used the Catholic Church's inquisition of Galilaeo in her arguement for ID!  If she sees herself as a modern day Galilaeo perhaps she needs to go back and read the account again. 

Cynthia never disappoints. The P-D has an article on her hearing on the evolution bill. 

All but one person who testified in favor of the bill were members of two families, both of which home school their children. Critics included a University of Missouri professor and a representative from the Science Teachers of Missouri, which opposes the bill.

The only fireworks in the otherwise sedate debate came after an evolution critic made an indirect connection between the Columbine school shooting in Littleton, Colo., and evolution instruction.

Ann Ihms, who traveled from her home in Indiana to testify, said the Columbine killers had a disregard for life that could have rooted from the view that humans evolved from lower species.

“What does that cause children to think?” she asked. “If I’m from a monkey I might as well act like a monkey.”

On her web site, Ms. Cynthia Davis lists taxation as her #1 issue.  Her motto is "Making a Difference for Missouri Taxpayers"

But according to official Secretary of State's Office records from the Blunt era, Ms. Davis' business, Back to Basics Christian Bookstore, Inc., forfeited its corporate charter for failure to pay over $500 in state taxes.

Thanks to Norman Pressman, afternoon lookout on the Cynthia Davis Watch, for this nugget.

I have to disagree with the characterization of midwives and the "rusty tools" comment. My second child was born in the care of a Midwife in a hospital. we had to go to Illinois to do it. I will tell you that a midwife spends more time with the mother than a doctor does, and doesnt show up just to "catch". Doctors are quick to point out how desperately we need them for everything, but then spend the absolute minimum time with their patients.

The premise of the law is that birth is not a medical procedure and therefore delivering a baby is not the practice of medicine. That baby is coming with or without anyone's help. It should be up the mom who she wants to deliver her. Having a midwofe deliver does not prevent a woman from seeing a Dr and making sure there are no complications.

Other than the fact that HB36 was sponsored by a republican - if you look at the states where it is legal for direct entry Midwives to deliver, it reads like the map of mostly BLUE STATES
(Alaska* Arizona* Arkansas* California* Colorado* Delaware* Florida* Louisiana* Minnesota* Montana* New Hampshire* New Jersey* New Mexico* New York* Oregon* Rhode Island* South Carolina* Tennessee* Vermont* Washington* )

Berfore making them sound like witches, I would suggest getting the facts. My first child was born in a hospital (birthing center attached to the hospital) The facility was excellent and the experience was great. However, my wife had to be given drugs to SLOW her contractions so they could WAIT FOR THE DR to arrive! My second child was born in a Hospital, by a Certified Nurse Midwife.

http://www.friendsofmomidwives.org/
http://www.mana.org/

Is the bill perfect, probably not. I personally think requiring certification by a national organization would help ease people's concerns about anyone being able to deliver a baby. I was personally upset to see the vote in the house go along party lines. This is NOT a partisan issue! I would like to see democrats attempt to make the bill better rather than try to kill it outright.

I think it's nice to hear republicans finally using the word CHOICE and woman in the same sentence..

Karl Unsworth
Bonhomme Township Democratic Committeeman

She has been apparently operating her "Back to Basics Christian Bookstore" for five years since the charter was disolved but that big liberal MATT BLUNT when he was secretary of state dissolved it for her failure to pay taxes and file reports.  The Charter number is 00473535 and you can go on to the Secxretary of State's website and confirm.  You'll also see that she through her accountant made a request to reinstate the charter but she obviously hasn't filed the tax returns or paid the taxes.

The PD editorial board weighed in on Rep. Davis ethics, or lack thereof, today.

Okay, let’s cut her a little slack.  After all, she only “attended” the great college of Nyack at Nyack.  Apparently, she didn’t graduate and thus she didn’t get to those advanced courses in truth.  You see, Nyack at Nyack specializes in truth.  Per its web site:

 

“Nyack College is committed to the PURSUIT of truth in God’s Word and God’s world. The pursuit of truth in God’s Word provides the conceptual framework within which we interpret God’s world and humanity’s place in it. The pursuit of truth in God’s world requires that we investigate and be responsible stewards of the physical world and that we foster and cherish human intellectual and cultural achievements.

Truth is whole. Thus we seek to INTEGRATE truth in God’s Word with that discovered in God’s world.

Truth must be COMMUNICATED with clarity and precision. For this reason we seek to cultivate the ability to read carefully, think critically, and speak and write clearly.

Truth must be internalized and APPLIED in personal attitudes, behavior, and in service to others. Thus we seek to educate and develop the whole person.

Nyack College’s holistic approach to truth is foundational to its commitment to PREPARE students for service. This preparation occurs in its liberal arts and professional programs. We acknowledge a special responsibility to prepare vocational and lay Christian workers who communicate truth in ways consistent with God’s Word and relevant to God’s world.”

 

So, she didn’t make it to those classes.  How can we now blame her for not pursuing truth, for not integrating truth into her world, and for being unable to communicate truth or applying it to her public service?  The poor woman wasn’t properly prepared to handle truth.   She can’t recognize it, can’t follow it, can’t find it, can’t speak it, and can’t apply it because she missed out on those all important Nyack, Nyack truth courses.

This just in from the Missouri Democratic Party:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                        For more information contact:

Monday, April 25, 2005                                                                     Jack Cardetti: 573-636-5241

GOP Lawmaker Pays Personal Tax Debts with Campaign Funds

~Rep. Cynthia Davis’ Illegal Activity Reported to Ethics Commission, Possible Income Tax Evasion Reported to Department of Revenue~

Jefferson City, MO --- The Missouri Democratic Party today filed an ethics complaint against Republican State Representative Cynthia Davis of O’Fallon for using campaign money to pay her own property taxes on a Jefferson City residence. The complaint argues that on multiple occasions Rep. Davis has illegally converted campaign funds to personal use, including paying her real estate taxes, purchasing an automobile, and making deposits into a personal bank account.

On Jan. 8, 2004, Cynthia Davis for the House Committee paid the Cole County Collector $1,084.33 for real estate taxes on a residential property in Jefferson City, according to the committee’s April 2004 Quarterly Report filed April 15, 2004.  Ms. Davis’ 2003 and 2004 Personal Finance Disclosure Statements lists that residence as being owned by Ms. Davis and her husband Bernie.

Missouri Campaign Finance Law (Section 130.034 RSMo.) strictly prohibits converting any campaign contribution to personal use. The law is designed to prevent the theft and illegal use of campaign funds. Purposeful violations of this provision are punishable by up to one year in jail.

In addition to paying her property taxes with campaign contributions, the ethics complaint also details other instances when Rep. Davis converted campaign money to personal use, including:

·        On July 7, 2002, Cynthia Davis for the House Committee purchased an S-10 truck from a Bryan Luckey of Hannibal, Missouri for $2,850.00. There are no other expenditures (except for licensing and sales tax expenditures) related to the purchase, operation or use of vehicle, until a single entry for “motor fuel/travel” on December 1, 2004.  During that intervening two and ½ year period, there were no expenditures for basic motor vehicle expenses, including gas, oil, repairs, personal property tax payments or state mandated insurance. This inexplicable lack of other auto expenses strongly suggests that this vehicle has been converted to personal use by Ms. Davis or others in violation of Missouri criminal law. 

·        On January 23, 2003, Cynthia Davis for the House Committee paid the Missouri State Credit Union $250. In violation of the law, no purpose for this expenditure was provided.  Furthermore, Missouri State Credit Union is not the official depository of the Committee.  These facts, coupled with the above pattern of activity, strongly suggests that no legitimate committee purpose for this expenditure exists and that these monies were converted to the personal use of Cynthia Davis or some third person.  Under these circumstances, a criminal conversion of campaign funds has occurred. 

Because the criminal conversion of these campaign funds would constitute income to Ms. Davis, the Missouri Democratic Party has forwarded this complaint to the Missouri Department of Revenue’s Criminal Violations Bureau, which investigates income tax evasion. The bureau is asked to investigate whether real estate and personal property taxes paid by the committee were illegally deducted on Ms. Davis’ personal income tax return.

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Rumor has it that State Representative Cynthia Davis is about to fall off the high moral pedestal upon which she has built her political career.

Stay tuned to Fired Up Missouri for more details on this cautionary tale of a good girl gone bad.

Today's lesson, courtesy of the Kansas City Star:

Quote of the week: “I have a friend who wanted a C-section for no reason — just because she wanted it. But then you've got other women who have gone to the hospital (to give birth), and the experience they've had after they're undressed and poked and prodded (with) tubes and tools in every opening there is, and it feels very similar to being raped.”

— Rep. Cynthia Davis, an O'Fallon Republican, arguing in favor of a bill to legalize the use of midwives in Missouri

This woman is a stark raving idiot.  Now she's got a bill in on midwifery.  She told the Missouri digital news that "nothing in Missouri law should encroach on a woman's right to choose."  Of course, she doesn't mean choose what to do with her own body.  She means choose to have someone come to your house with some rusty tools and some candles and have you give birth on the kitchen table.  What century are these people living in???

P.S.  According to Cynthia, if the midwife screws up and kills your baby, you can't recover any damages unless unless you prove willfull misconduct or gross negligence.

Since I asked for this forum, I feel an obligation to keep feeding stuff on my candidate for GOP kookiest of the kooks -- Mrs. (don't call me Ms.) Cynthia Davis.  I went back and looked at her election profile for 2004 in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.  You can see the whole thing here.  I was totally shocked.  Here are some highlights.  If I didn't know Cynthia, I would think these were satire (questions and answers are quoted in black, my comments in red):

"How should the state ensure that poor families and children can obtain health care? 
The state could go a long way to help poor people by putting a limit on how much people can collect from a malpractice lawsuit. We should change the laws to that doctors and nurses can be rewarded for being Good Samaritans. The answers will be found in creating clinics that are operated by churches or other charities where people can receive free or low-cost treatment that will be for everyone who needs help, not just those who are on the Medicaid program."  SAY WHAT?  Help people get more health care by limiting their damages -- you mean more dangerous health care.  And I guess I should get my angioplasty down at the local church.  Maybe we can convert the parsonage to a surgical center or something.

"Do you support the death penalty, and if so, under what circumstances? 
I support the death penalty for those who commit first-degree murder. Unfortunately, we are currently executing millions of people who are totally innocent with their only problem being that they are unborn. This condition of our state is a far worse problem than the execution of the guilty."  Wow.  We actually don't have the death penalty now for ALL first degree murder.  Not sure what abortion has to do with the question unless she supports the death penalty for abortion.

"Critics from all sides of the political spectrum have criticized the tax system as unfair. Do you agree, and if so how would you change it? 
The tax system is unfair in many ways. The only way to have a fair tax is to have a flat tax or a poll tax. Both of these ideas are a long way off from every being implemented, so for now we will just have to make the best of the situation and I will continue to push for tax fairness."  Nope, this is not a typo.  I cut and pasted it directly from the web site.  She just said she's for a poll tax.  I don't know what to say about that really, except that it is one of the most regressive, reactionary statements I have seen in a decade.  We outlawed poll taxes in the 60's, acknowledging that they were racist and unfairly discriminated against the poor.  Cynthia seems to think only rich people should get to vote..  She also seems to think that a flat tax would be fair.  Apparently she is against progressive taxation, which is pretty much ingrained in America these days.  Anyone who had Econ 51 knows that a flat tax is really a regressive tax.  If you take 10% of $30,000, the middle class earner is left with $27,000.  If you take 10% of $300,000 the wealth taxpayer is left with $270,000.  That's why we tax the wealth at a higher percentage.

There are other disturbing answers, but I thought these were a good start.

Well, that textbook bill would pretty much cut out 95% of the science textbooks in the general market, unless one has the "Texas version" to cover their creationism mandate. I would like to know if Rep. Davis is financially cozied up with any of the "Christian" publishing houses?

"My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating. And he knows when to stop working." --Harry Truman

Find 'em right here: http://www.house.mo.gov/bills051/spon/spn019.htm

I tried to pick the two most insane, but it ultimately ended up in a tie betweem HB 34 "Eliminates the requirement that course materials and instruction on
human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases include discussion
of contraception methods"

and

HB 35 "Requires that all biology textbooks sold to the public schools of the
State of Missouri have one or more chapters containing a critical
analysis of origins" (READ: Creationism belongs in science textbooks)

We can't have Missouri students being too informed, now can we?

Here's another conversation starter, the link to Cynthia's column "he ain't heavy."  This is the piece I assume sharbomo was posting about recently.  Cynthia seems to think the song "he ain't heavy" has something to do with the right to life cause.  If she listens closely, she may get kicked out of the GOP club because the song actually uses the word "WELFARE."

Congradulations on being names Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World".

I'll get us started with a picture of Cynthia, Laura Bush and some other Republican moms.  Does anyone else think its weird that they all are leaning to the right in this photo?  Do you think they are required to stand like that?  Perhaps Mrs. Bush is leaning to get away from Cynthia who is hogging the photo.