Head fake?

Thanks!

Morning, Teddy. What else do we know about Davis? Is he progressive? I’ve never heard of him but that doesn’t mean anything since I haven’t heard of lots of people in the house side. What do you think about Jackson, Jr.?

He seems like he would be a good addition to the senate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_K._Davis

Affiliation with Rev. Sun Myung Moon
In 2004, Davis was met with national controversy when he crowned the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in a religious ceremony at the Dirksen Senate Office Building honoring the controversial spiritual leader.[28][29] Moon declared himself the Messiah at the crowning ceremony, in which Davis appeared on the invitation as a sponsoring co-chair.[29] Davis wore white gloves and carried the crown on a pillow to crown Moon and his wife “the King and Queen of Peace.”[30] Davis told Christian Challenge that Moon declaring himself the Messiah “was similar to a baseball team owner telling team members that ‘we are the greatest team on earth’” prior to a baseball game. Davis said the peace awards were to “recognize people for promoting peace. Of course the highest recognition goes to the highest promoter and the highest promoter is Reverend Moon, so they come up with something higher than the certificates and plaques that other folks get.”[29] Salon later said that Davis was the only member of Congress in attendance who took pride in the ceremony. They also reported that Davis has accepted money from fundraisers organized by Moon.[1] When asked to name an initiative or program that Moon had promoted that advanced the cause of peace, Davis could not answer.[30]
In 2003, Davis gave a speech on the House floor and praised Moon, along with Congressman Curt Weldon. Davis said, “Many of my colleagues will join me and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon), co-chair, in giving tribute to some of the outstanding Americans from our districts. We are grateful to the founders of Ambassadors for Peace, the Reverend and Mrs. Sun Myung [Moon], for promoting the vision of world peace, and we commend them for their work.”[1]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_K._Davis

Position on Issues
Davis ran on a left-wing, progressive, Democratic agenda popular in the district including favoring Abortion rights, ERA, rights for homosexuals, single-payer health care, and federal involvement in nutrition/child care.[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_K._Davis

I like his issues but why is he hanging with the Moonies? That could be a problem.

Whoops ! I don’t like that at all.

Teach me to skim

That indicates a fundamental loose screw.

So when a Congresscritter gets appointed to the Senate, does their replacement in the house get appointed as well? Or is there a special election? Could take awhile for the dust to settle.

Yes, he is progressive, adamantly anti-war, outspoken for gay and lesbian rights and an important member of the Black Caucus…his appointment would deepen voice of the Black caucus in Congress and that would be a good thing. He stood with the other caucus members pleading for a democratic Senator to support the cause of the American vote. They and only one white male Representative had the good sense and courage to turn their backs and leave the travesty.

Go read the rest of the Wikipedia entry, not just the Moon bits. Then let us know what you think.

Of course, Blago could be doing this as a test to see how much (and what sort of) flak Davis would draw.

So what’s he doing with the Moonies?

Jesse Jackson Jr. might fit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Jackson_Jr

I don’t know!? and it is bothering… he doesn’t strike me a closet performance artist.
But if he is appointed who will be appointed to his Rep seat?

Davis may have been part of that nut job moonie corination, but have a look at moon’s gift to Bush…installed in the Lincoln Bedroom in 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Bedroom

On November 19, 2007, Davis was pulled over near 15th Street and Kedzie Avenue in Chicago by two white police officers. Davis was issued a $75 ticket for driving to the left side of the center yellow line. Davis, however, has claimed that he did not do anything wrong and that he was a target of racial profiling saying, “My only offense is driving while black.” He vowed to challenge the ticket.[32]

From Davis’s wiki. I wonder how that ticket fight is doing.

Davis would be a good choice, as would Jesse Jackson, Jr. I remember both from my time in Chicago and liked both then.

As an Illinoisan, I’m concerned about the pick’s chances of getting reelected. Both Davis and Jackson are relatively unknown downstate. Jackson is from a well-known family but that is at best a mixed blessing. Both are likely to be perceived as Chicago insiders. The view downstate is that Chicago always gets the carrot and the rest of us get the stick. Bear in mind there is a good chance Obama wouldn’t have been elected if his Republican opponent hadn’t self-destructed.

Personally, I have a fairly high regard for Jackson Jr.. If the choice came down to him and Davis, I’d go with Jackson.

I was thinking about that but didn’t know how it works in IL. It is a concern for Hillary’s replacement in NYS that the pick be known statewide. She did that bogus “listening tour” to convince people that she wasn’t a carpetbagger who was centered on NYC. IMO is also why they bought a house in the burbs rather than an apt in the city.

I’m always amazed that a person can establish residence in a state at the same time their intention to run for election becomes known and have a chance of winning. Particularly when it is a state as large and complex as New York. I also seem to recall there being some concern at the time that she would only use a Senate seat as a stepping stone to a White House bid.

Okay. I just have to say that when I skimmed the title of this post I read “Lanny Davis” and it really upset my day.

I do like his statement about tail-wagging, though:

“Any dog that doesn’t wag its own tail ain’t much of a dog.”

oh my, that would raise the pukometer.

There are three dependably progressive votes in the Illinois House delegation: Jan Schakowsky, Jesse Jackson, Jr and Danny Davis. All three are in the top 10 nationwide of progressive members of Congress. All three have far, far more progressive voting records than Obama by the way.

I agree.

No way there will be an appointment Obama doesn’t like. Barring new info, looks ok from here – maybe really good. Clearly he’s a progressive.

Interesting educational background, particularly hisPh.D. institution – I’d wondered what became of the University Without Walls.

Hard to assess creepy Moon stuff. First we jail him, then we crown him. Both about money and power. Also ideology? Who knows – maybe not so much. Worthy of note – Davis owned his conduct. Many, many others involved scurried from the light. It was not a secret event in a vacuum. Surely there was tacit leadership approval (or at least knowledge) at some level.

His affiliation with the W K Kellogg Foundation connotes rich and powerful backing. Foundation appears to be doing great stuff for kids worldwide. As always, difficult to know if things are as they appear.

It’s time for America to start looking a demographic makeup of Congress and government. Other countries such as Israel typically keep track of our makeup.

Americans need to DEMAND some semblance of demographic balance from the news networks, from the faces on TV, in the media, and especially from the political parties and candidates in government, in the press, etc.

Demographics is about ethnicity and we as a country have a need for balance and it is far more than black or white.

That means over-representation of some is as bad as under-representation of others…..whether it be Hispanics, Blacks, European non-Jews, Jews, Eastern Asians, native Americans, Middle Eastern Islamic, etc.

We need to maintain balance in our government and anything less is anti-American.