{"id":14734,"date":"2012-08-29T18:19:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T18:19:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-08-29T18:19:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T18:19:18","slug":"artur_davis_the_best_speech_of_the_night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/08\/29\/artur_davis_the_best_speech_of_the_night\/","title":{"rendered":"Artur Davis: The Best Speech of the Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Four years ago, Artur Davis was the first congressman outside of Illinois to endorse Obama. He delivered a nominating speech at the Democrat convention in Denver that nominated Barack Obama. Now, four years later, Artur Davis shows up at the Republican convention<\/a>. Mia Love <\/a>was great and Ann Romney was great, don\u2019t misunderstand. But I think this speech that Artur Davis delivered last night was just a home run. I only have three excerpts, three sound bites of it, but they are enough to get the point across.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Artur Davis saying that Obama is a mistake that has to be fixed…<\/p>\n

DAVIS: America is the land of second chances, and I gather you have room for the estimated six million of us who got it wrong in 2008 and who want to fix it.<\/p>\n

CONVENTION: (applause)<\/p>\n

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DAVIS: Remember, my friends, the president saying of negative politics and untrue ads, “Not this time”? Who knew “not this time” just meant, “Not unless the economy is stuck and we can\u2019t run on our record”? … Remember when the president said of his own election, “This is the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal”? Who knew the plain English version of it was, “Middle America, get ready to shell out 60 bucks to fill up your car.”<\/p>\n

RUSH: Artur Davis. Damn right you go after that! “This is the moment the rise of the oceans began to slow, and our planet began to heal”? We don\u2019t need to heal the planet; we need to heal America! Here\u2019s the next sound bite from Artur Davis, where he looked straight in the camera and spoke directly to Democrats like him.<\/p>\n

DAVIS: To those Democrats and independents whose minds are open to argument, listen closely to the Democratic Party that will gather in Charlotte and ask yourself if you hear your voice in the clamor. Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you! When they say, “We have a duty to grow government even when we cannot afford it,” does it sound like compassion to you?<\/p>\n

CONVENTION: No!<\/p>\n

DAVIS: Or does it sound like recklessness? When you hear the party that glorified Occupy Wall Street blast success — when you hear them minimize the genius of the men and women who make jobs out of nothing — is that what you teach your children about work?<\/p>\n

CONVENTION: No!<\/p>\n

DAVIS: Do you even recognize the America they are talking about?<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s a great question. Who can possibly relate to the America these people talk about? And here\u2019s the next bite where Artur Davis… It\u2019s not “Arthur,” by the way. A lot of people think it\u2019s a misprint out there and that his name is “Arthur.” It\u2019s not. It\u2019s “Artur.” A lot of people think that there was a misprint on his birth certificate and so he was stuck with it, but no. That\u2019s his given name: Artur Davis.<\/p>\n

(interruption)<\/p>\n

Oh, that\u2019s right. Aw, damn it! Aw, gee. Oh, I blew it. Oh, no. I\u2019m gonna get a demerit from the RNC over in Tampa. Oh no! (sigh) They\u2019ll send somebody out to rip me. I just said “birth certificate.” Oh, well, I can\u2019t take it back. We\u2019ve gone past the delay, so I can\u2019t delete it. Is it too late to delay it? It\u2019s too late to delay it. Aw, damn, I\u2019m stuck with it. Well, okay, I\u2019ll take the heat. Artur Davis, the last sound bite we have…<\/p>\n

DAVIS: My fellow Americans, when great athletes falter, their coaches sometimes whisper to them, “Remember who you are.” It\u2019s a call to their greatness at a moment when their bodies and spirit are too sapped to remember their strength. This sweet, blessed, God-inspired place called America is a champion that has absorbed some blows. But we bend, we do not break!<\/p>\n