Ex-Democrat Artur Davis to speak at GOP national convention
There are a few moments in any national presidential-nominating convention that are designed for drama: the keynote address, the speech by the running mate and, of course, the speech by the nominee. But the GOP this year is trying to add another one in a Zell Miller-esque address by a longtime Democrat.
Democratic congressman-turned-2012 RNC speaker Artur Davis (Source: OfficialArturDavis.com)
And this longtime Democrat happens to be one of the first members of Congress to endorse Barack Obama for the presidency in 2008, the man who seconded Obama’s nomination at the Democratic convention in Denver: Alabama’s Artur Davis.
Davis’ switch to the Republican Party earlier this year was well-publicized, but I’m not sure anyone predicted he’d be a headliner at the 2012 GOP convention, announced alongside four people Mitt Romney reportedly considered as potential running mates: Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio. (U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack of Florida was also announced today.)
There have been rumors a Republican, perhaps Jon Huntsman, will address the Democrats’ convention in Charlotte. It would take more than Huntsman, in my view, to trump what the GOP gets with Davis.
Here’s what Davis said in a press release by the Republican National Committee:
The talk and inspiration moved so many of us four years ago, but unfortunately we haven’t seen the action to back it up. We were promised jobs and we got job-killing mandates and regulations. We were promised a fiscally responsible government, and we got trillion dollar deficits, debt that has never been seen, and small business burdened with new taxes, and threatened with more taxes. The time for talk is over. At the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Republicans take a step to undo the mismanagement and nominate Mitt Romney as the next president of the United States.
I believe the official term for that kind of statement from that kind of ex-supporter is “fightin’ words.” We’ll have to see whether Davis proves as effective a turncoat as Miller was. And/or whether Davis ends up challenging any liberal cable-news commentators to a duel:
– By Kyle Wingfield
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August 16th, 2012
7:20 pm
…and so is Victor…5′4″ or somewhere there’bouts.
@@
August 16th, 2012
7:22 pm
Consumer complaint.
What happened to the glue that held the cereal bag inside the box?
A dollup of glue. Is that too much to ask?
md
August 16th, 2012
7:28 pm
“What happened to the glue that held the cereal bag inside the box?”
Have to cut costs somewhere……the soap manufacturers whittle the bars down any smaller and we’ll all be left with the skinny little pieces the bars turn into after use straight out of the box……..
cc
August 16th, 2012
7:30 pm
Rafe Hollister, suffering through Oblamer’s ineptocracy @ 4:54:
I haven’t a clue what you are talking about?
cc
August 16th, 2012
7:33 pm
gm:
Some things never change . . .
It’s comforting to know that you’re your same old racist self! You are a stable force in an ever-changing world.
snoqualmiefalls
August 16th, 2012
7:33 pm
And what about Allen West?? Maybe, just maybe he could name all those “communists” in the Dem. Party on national TV!
How about it Mr. West?
@@
August 16th, 2012
7:34 pm
md:
Are you male?
@@
August 16th, 2012
7:38 pm
md, never mind, you don’t have to answer that.
I have issues with a particular male (my husband) and his love of bar soap. Shower gel makes my life easier.
Belly Laughs
August 16th, 2012
7:38 pm
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Hopefully “Walking Small” is not reelected in Clayton Cty.
Of course I do not live there, but most of what I have read and heard is that the dude was a train wreck the first time around.
@@
August 16th, 2012
7:46 pm
“A Time for Choosing” by Ronald Reagan
Awesome!
@@
August 16th, 2012
7:50 pm
Belly Laughs:
Victor is trailing Kembrough by a measly 5 points. There were eight candidates, two of them Victor’s lackeys. Together, they pulled about ?13%? of the vote. They’re now encouraging their supporters to vote for Hill in the run-off. In Clayton County, there’s always ringers thrown in the mix.
@@
August 16th, 2012
8:03 pm
Am I a beeyotch?
My friends tell me I am.
Yes, I’m female.
Belly Laughs
August 16th, 2012
8:11 pm
Dudley
Way out of line.
Read Kyle’s rules
@@
August 16th, 2012
8:17 pm
gm:
Hey Mr. Tom, how did this work out for Hermain Cain?
It was the media that destroyed Herman Cain.
Funny how the women and the media’s interest in said women disappeared once Cain withdrew.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 16th, 2012
8:19 pm
“Funny how the women and the media’s interest in said women disappeared once Cain withdrew.”
Maybe we can re-word this to read: “once Cain got out of the race”? Just sayin’!
@@
August 16th, 2012
8:20 pm
Oh, I see…Dudley just wants to talk nasty. Where’s Debbie, Dudley? Why not share your “sweet” nothings with her?
@@
August 16th, 2012
8:21 pm
Good call, Tiberius.
Belly Laughs
August 16th, 2012
8:21 pm
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That can be said for all sides.
No one is worried about Ensign on NV after he resigned in disgrace for having an affair.
Vitter of LA story went away after admitting he went to the House of ill repute a few times.
Cain destroyed Cain. If Cain had been libeled he would have sued.
Was it all true, dont know or care. I doubt it. But the number of texts msgs he was sending and at the times he was sending the to that one woman, even you do not believe he was just “helping her”.
he was getting a “helping” alright
Belly Laughs
August 16th, 2012
8:24 pm
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The people who had most to gain from Cain going down where Romney, Santorum, Perry and Gingrich
Lets be honest here.
@@
August 16th, 2012
8:31 pm
Belly Laugh:
Was it all true, dont know or care. I doubt it. But…?
^^^ The word But negates everything you said prior to…
Hillbilly D
August 16th, 2012
8:33 pm
Those philandering politicians always get hoisted on their own petard. It’s best not to keep petards laying around, to be hoisted on.
Belly Laughs
August 16th, 2012
8:33 pm
In your mind it does and that is fine, BUT the records are what the record are……..
The media didn’t find those women on their own, someone tipped them off. Again, who had most to gain.
Internal politics is has dirty or more so than Party vs Party politics
@@
August 16th, 2012
8:35 pm
Dudley:
I voted for Bill Clinton. What more can I say?
schnirt
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right when needed
August 16th, 2012
8:35 pm
“If Cain had been libeled he would have sued.”
Belly Laughs, you obviously aren’t familiar with the virtual amnesty people have when hurling libelous or slanderous statements against those considered “public officials”, are you?
@@
August 16th, 2012
8:36 pm
Belly Laugh:
If you’re talking about Rick Perry, I never intended to vote for him. Never even entertained the thought.
cc
August 16th, 2012
8:44 pm
When reading names, do a name conjure up an image in your mind of the person? For some reason, it does that for me!
For instance, when I read the name “Dudley” . . .
Never mind . . .
cc
August 16th, 2012
8:47 pm
Tiberius:
“you obviously aren’t familiar with the virtual amnesty people have when hurling libelous or slanderous statements against those considered “public officials”, are you?”
You beat me to it! I’m running a little slow tonight.
Belly Laughs
August 16th, 2012
8:49 pm
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Not saying you voted for him. I was just naming a few people who at the time the story broke had much to gain from Cain exiting the race.
I thought two of the ladies stories were probably bogus or surely not to the extent it was portrayed.
The 3rd lady with the phone records and proof of where they stayed on trips, rent and car paid for. Wife didn’t know until story broke. Really? Her job wasn’t even one of travel. Just “every” now and then.
When he said he would fight it out then quit the next week, I was not surprised. Of course I’m not privy to all that info, but my speculation is that he quit because another shoe was going to drop. maybe I’m wrong, but too much smoke for me
And that isn’t just because he is a Republican. I don’t trust many of those scoundrels at all. Not say they all cheat, but imo they are not for the average Joe. Both sides sell a great shtick but there has been so much crap over the last 30 yrs on both sides to tell me most of them are there for themselves.
Nice chat
Got to run
cc
August 16th, 2012
8:50 pm
“Studley” sounds a bit pretentious, or like wishful thinking?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 16th, 2012
9:04 pm
If the lib media had paid as much attention to obozo as they did to Cain, he would not be the president and America wouldn’t be in ruins.
Just an observation.
Sign of DOOM for Obama in Virginia? « Public Secrets
August 16th, 2012
9:12 pm
[...] Does two make a trend? First former Democrat congressman Artur Davis endorses Romney and becomes a Republican. Now another African-American centrist Democrat crosses [...]
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 16th, 2012
9:16 pm
So how do you do the little blue name deal?
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August 16th, 2012
9:21 pm
Enter your comments here
@@'s test
August 16th, 2012
9:22 pm
Beats me.
Thulsa Doom
August 16th, 2012
9:22 pm
Gov. Doug Wilder has some influence in VA. As critical as he was of Biden you know its not good for Obama. Not good at all.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 16th, 2012
9:25 pm
Big
Small
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 16th, 2012
9:26 pm
Well, that didn’t work.
Sam
August 16th, 2012
9:26 pm
Will the last Democrat to leave please turn out the lights.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 16th, 2012
9:27 pm
Yeah, the Urinal uses some weirdo HTML.
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August 16th, 2012
9:41 pm
Thulsa:
Governor Wilder may have been there although it appears to be for a panel discussion following the fundraiser.
The event, to raise money for the Romney campaign, was previously scheduled with Jindal. Ryan, who on Saturday was announced as presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s running mate, has been added to the program.
Gov. Bob McDonnell will also attend the fundraiser, which takes place just before he and Jindal are scheduled to participate in a panel discussion at the McDonnell administration’s K-12 Education Reform Summit. Also on the panel are former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise.
http://politics.blogs.timesdispatch.com/2012/08/14/ryan-jindal-raise-money-richmond/
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 16th, 2012
11:13 pm
There’s going to be a time for choosing come November.
Do what’s right for America, or do what helps the Democrat party.
Artur Davis decided doing what’s right for your country was a higher priority.
Vote American.
Gina
August 16th, 2012
11:26 pm
I use to work for Waffle House Corporate Office, and they don’t pay as well as you would think. Everyone in the corporate office has to work in a restaurant once a year. You have to work there 10 years before you get 3 weeks vacation. You only get 6 holidays a year, and they have no sick leave policy–it depends on what your supervisor decides.
Hillbilly D
August 16th, 2012
11:44 pm
You have to work there 10 years before you get 3 weeks vacation. You only get 6 holidays a year, and they have no sick leave policy–it depends on what your supervisor decides.
That’s a better deal than I had all those years working in car dealerships. It was 10 years for 2 weeks vacation, 5 holidays (and they were trying to cut that back), no sick leave, the normal shift was 10-11 hours, and the only way to get a raise was to change jobs.
Old Timer
August 17th, 2012
12:12 am
Let’s face it folks–Obama had no experience at anything in the real world when he was elected. He was an astute, good looking, good talking black man to many. He has in three years driven us down the road to to the beginning of a has been nation. He has no answers to the nations problems, only temporary vote related fixes. if re-elected in the near future you 1960-70 generation and after folks are going to have a rude awaking. I am too old to worry anymore, but my children, grandchildren will have to–along with you and ours. Prevaors of entitlements need not reply as time is limited.
Lil' Barry Bailout - Vote American
August 17th, 2012
6:30 am
Gina: Everyone in the corporate office has to work in a restaurant once a year. You have to work there 10 years before you get 3 weeks vacation. You only get 6 holidays a year, and they have no sick leave policy
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You didn’t have to do any of those things. You chose to. Grow up.
Joel Edge
August 17th, 2012
7:05 am
“Davis proves as effective a turncoat as Miller was.”
That’s just insulting, Kyle. Correct as far as the use of the word, but insulting from the connotation. We need more Democrats willing to stand up and do the right thing.
iggy
August 17th, 2012
7:30 am
“You have to work there 10 years before you get 3 weeks vacation. You only get 6 holidays a year, and they have no sick leave policy–it depends on what your supervisor decides.”
Vacation policy – normal.
6 holidays a year – normal.
No sick leave – abnormal.
As Meatloaf once sang…
“But there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you
Now don’t be sad (Don’t be sad)
‘Cause two out of three ain’t bad”
AU Liberal in ATL
August 17th, 2012
8:13 am
Poor Artur. He’s still angry about not being elected governor of Alabama. Never ending anger will drive you nuts. Artur and Zell are perfect examples of that.
RW-(the original)
August 17th, 2012
8:16 am
So how do you do the little blue name deal?
That was a trackback from another blog. Basically you set up your own blog and then link to a story here and if trackbacks are set up a snippet of your post will appear here with your name in blue.
gm
August 17th, 2012
8:41 am
The bigest Uncle Tom since Clarence Thomas, this idiot gets mad at Obama administration for not supporting him in his race for gov in Ala, so he loses big, did he really think the tea party right wing were going to vote for a Black guy in Ala?
What a coward instead of lashing out at the whites who did not vote for him he lashes out at Obama, he thinks by being a black uncle tom whites in Ala are going to vote for him ha, ha, ha, did you learn anything from uncle Hermain Cain?””””’