Ardent Obama backer renounces Dems, joins GOP

Former U.S. Rep. Artur Davis condemns Dem path

Former Democrat Congressman Artur Davis (Ala.) has made it official. He is abandoning his longtime party for the GOP.  Davis confirmed the rumor on his website.

“Wearing a Democratic label no longer matches what I know about my country and its possibilities,” Davis wrote. He intends to switch his party registration to in Virginia, where he now lives.

Once considered a Democrat rising star, Davis has grown critical of the party in recent years. He  was the only black member of the House to vote against the Democrats on Barack Obama’s massive governmental takeover of America’s health care delivery system.

As one of Obama’s earliest supporters Davis served as co-chairman for his 2008 presidential campaign. Davis, who represented Alabama’s 7th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011, was notably the first member of Congress outside of Illinois to endorse then-Sen. Obama’s 2008 presidential bid. And it was Davis who seconded the official nomination of Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Now Davis condemns the path he believes the party is taking.

Renouncing the party “is no light decision on my part,” he wrote. “Cutting ties with an Alabama Democratic party that has weakened and lost faith with more and more Alabamians every year is one thing; leaving a national party that has been the home for my political values for two decades is quite another.” But “wearing a Democratic label no longer matches what I know about my country and its possibilities,” he said. Davis’ impressive bio can be read here.

This retreat from the Democrat party by such a longtime stalwart is further evidence of mounting opposition among Democrats to Obama’s radically liberal message and policies that are undermining our Constitutionally-based freedoms.

Constitution v. Sharia law: Muslim complaints shutter event

This took place in Michigan, not Afghanistan

In the middle of an event to extol the virtues of the U.S. Constitution and “American Laws for American Courts,” the audience learned first-hand how easy it is to lose their freedom of Speech and Assembly.

Amid shouts of “What about free speech?” from the audience, the Allegan Police Department ordered the event shut-down. School officials notified police that they had received a letter complaining about the event from Dawud Walid, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI). The letter asked the school to disallow the event despite an existing contract. CAIR was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism funding trial in U. S. history, U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation. Watch this startling video.

As a result, the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced yesterday that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR- MI), its Executive Director, the City of Allegan, the Allegan Police Department and the School District were named as defendants in this thirty-four page civil rights lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Michigan, this morning. The claims included constitutional and contract violations.

Read more about the shocking developments here.

Inform yourself. Knowledge is power.

Obama on ObamaCare: Remember when?

 “If things were that easy, I could mandate everybody to buy a house and that would solve the problem of homelessness.”

That was presidential candidate Barack Obama, criticizing then-opponent Hillary Clinton’s health insurance mandates — dismissing the unconstitutional concept before he ultimately imposed it on the American people.

Later in 2010, Congressional Democrats led by Nancy Pelosi, who famously urged passage of the nearly 2000 page bill with these words: “But we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it,” pushed the economically unsustainable, socialist monstrosity on America’s citizens

*H/T Media Research Center

Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse report: Obama’s eligibility

Authenticity of birth certificate at question

WND reports on today’s news conference which will reveal preliminary results of an investigation into Barack Obama’s eligibility to serve as president by Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse. The group is made up of three former law enforcement officers and two retired attorneys with law enforcement experience. Since September, members have been examining evidence concerning Obama’s eligibility under Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution, which requires a president to be a natural-born citizen.

This is the first time an official law enforcement report has addressed many of the allegations about the president who is the presumptive 2012 Democrat nominee.

The issues being investigated include Obama’s eligibility under the U.S. Constitution’s requirements, questions about his use of a Connecticut Social Security number that corresponds to a Connecticut address, although the president apparently had no links there, and the image of his purported birth certificate from Hawaii.

The investigation was undertaken at the request of the Surprise, AZ Tea Party, which sent this letter to Sheriff Arpaio last August.

The press conference is expected to attract reporters from major mainstream media affiliates, as well statewide networks, which have requested credentials to attend. It will be held today at 1:00 pm AZ time, (3:00 pm ET), and will be live-streamed by WND.

Last year the Arizona State Legislature passed HB2177 which would have required candidates for the presidency to submit proof of U.S. birth to the Arizona Secretary of State in order to appear on the state ballot. Gov. Janet Brewer vetoed the bill.

Hot Air covers more on the subject in this post today.

SCOTUS to hear affirmative action challenge

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race”

The U.S. Supreme Court announced today (scroll down to page 6) its intention to hear a challenge to the University of Texas’ affirmative action program. The program  has been used in categorizing applications after the automatic admission of all in-state applicants who graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class.

Texas’ “top 10 percent” law was passed with the intent of facilitating diversity on campus after a federal appeals court in 1996 banned affirmative action in Texas’ public universities. In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court — in a majority opinion written by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor for herself and the Court’s four liberals — approved of certain types of race-conscious admissions practices in higher education for the purpose of achieving a diverse student body. In response, the University of Texas reinstated affirmative action, this time to assess applicants who would not be automatically admitted under the top 10 percent law.

Texas student Abigail Noel Fisher was one such student. In Fisher v. University of Texas, she argued that she was unconstitutionally denied admission based on her skin color — which is white.

In the intervening years since the previous decision, the makeup of the court has changed. Justice Samuel Alito has replaced O’Connor, who reveled in her well-honed “swing vote“ position. In 2007, Alito joined with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas to strike down affirmative action programs in public high schools in an opinion that wisely concluded, “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

Once again, Obama’s former U.S. Solicitor General and current Justice Elena Kagan has recused herself, due to her participation in the early stages of the case in her previous post.

US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg: Unfit to serve

 

As Egyptian officials prepare to prosecute 19 American democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 79, visited Cairo University. During an interview on Al- Hayat television, she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not use the  U.S. Constitution as a model as they arrange to write a new Constitution.

“I would not look to the U.S. Constitution, if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012,” she said.

“I might look at the constitution of South Africa. That was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, have an independent judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done.”

She encouraged them to enjoy the opportunity to participate in the “exceptional transitional period to a real democratic state.”

She then pointed not only to South Africa’s Constitution, but to Canada’s 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the European Convention on Human Rights. “Why not take advantage of what is else there in the world? I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others,” Ginsburg added.

Justice Ginsburg’s comments are not foreign to her overall philosophy. She has previously stated that she weighs foreign law as well as U.S. law when forming a legal opinion.

Schweikert campaign on Quayle decision to enter CD6

U.S. Reps. David Schweikert, Ben Quayle and Congressional territories:

Chris Baker, spokesperson for the David Schweikert for Congress campaign, has issued the following statement this afternoon regarding Ben Quayle’s decision to switch districts and run against David Schweikert:

“The United States Constitution allows candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives to run wherever they choose without regard to residency. Today Congressman Quayle chose to exercise that right when he announced his decision to run in Arizona’s 6th District. That is his right to do so. While it is unfortunate for Republicans that Congressman Quayle has decided to abandon his own district to run in Congressman Schweikert’s district, we are confident based upon our polling and the incredibly positive response we have received to David’s candidacy, that David will prevail in this primary.”

GOP candidates debate tonight: Mon. Jan. 23, 2012

If  you can stand yet another spectacle of Republicans doing the job for the Democrats

Time: Monday, January 23, 2012, 7:00 pm AZ time — 9:00 pm ET

Where:  University of South Florida

Live Stream:  on nbcpolitics.com and nationaljournal.com.

Sponsors: NBC News, National  Journal and Tampa Bay Times

Moderated by:  NBC’s Brian Williams, including a panel with National Journal’s Beth Reinhard and the Tampa Bay Times’ Adam Smith.

Participants: Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.

NBC News Senior Vice President of Specials Mark Lukasiewicz released a statement saying in part “We look forward to hosting a substantive and stimulating forum for the candidates to make their case to the voters in this crucial state and the whole country.“

Many of the rest of us are growing weary of the incessant lobbing of personal jabs and attacks by and at the other GOP candidates on the stage. The appalling lack of focus on the need to defeat the worst president in our lifetime  is maddening.

Solyndra: Financially and morally bankrupt

Bankrupt solar panel manufacturing company Solyndra, which Barack Obama gave a boost of half a billion dollars, has little regard for the taxpayer dollars it received in the form of stimulus money.

This CBS News report is guaranteed to sicken.

Obama supporter and key fundraiser — Oklahoma multi-billionaire — Democrat George Kaiser, was a major investor in the failed company. In qualifying for the subsidized bailout, the company’s much touted “green energy” advanced technology took a back seat to its political connections.

2012: A New Year that matters

Seeing Red AZ sends sincere best wishes for a satisfying, productive, safe and healthy new year to our loyal readers.

As we embark upon this New Year, there is no better time to renew our acquaintance with America’s founding documents: The Declaration of Independence, our U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Then get ready to help change the course of history by sending Barack Obama back to Chicago, as we elect a Republican for president, increase our majority in the state legislature, and make sure we keep the U.S. House in safe GOP hands and retake the senate. Together we can do it!