Thursday, December 24, 2009

Cong. Danny Davis, running in a contested 7th CD Dem. Primary, on Abortion, ACORN and Rev. Moon: on Cable in Chicago and Rockford, and Streaming

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Jeff Berkowitz: Even a partial birth abortion—you think that should be legal?

Cong. Danny Davis (D-Chicago, 7th Cong. District): I believe that a woman should have the right to decide what she does to try and protect her health and how she views it. [Watch the show here]
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Jeff Berkowitz: Rev. Moon. Did you crown Rev. Moon?

Cong. Danny Davis: No [laughing], I didn’t crown anybody.

Jeff Berkowitz: But, you brought a crown to Rev. Moon?
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Jeff Berkowitz: …I very much want to thank Cong. Danny Davis, running for re-election in the 7th Cong. District. He’s been a good sport. A lot of [politicians] won’t come on this show. He’s an incumbent. He’s got challengers. And, he deserves a lot of credit for coming here…Cong. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) , in the 10th CD, we couldn’t get him here when...
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The "Public Affairs," show featuring Cong. Danny Davis (D-Chicago), who is running for re-election in a five candidate 7th CD Democratic Primary, airs throughout the City of Rockford (and in surrounding areas) tonight, Dec. 24, at 8:00 pm on Cable Ch. 17. The surrounding areas reached by Ch. 17 include Byron, Cedarville, Cherry Valley, Loves Park, Machesney Park, Mount Morris, New Milford, Portions of Ogle County, Oregon, Polo, Stillman Valley, Winnebago, Portions of Boone County and Poplar Grove.
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Next Thursday night's "Public Affairs," show in Rockford features Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate State Senator Kirk Dillard.
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The Public Affairs show featuring Cong. Davis also airs this coming Monday night, Dec. 28, 2009, throughout the City of Chicago at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21
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You can now watch the show with Cong. Davis here.
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Jeff Berkowitz: …I very much want to thank Cong. Danny Davis, running for re-election in the 7th Cong. District. He’s been a good sport. A lot of [politicians] won’t come on this show. He’s an incumbent. He’s got challengers. And, he deserves a lot of credit for coming here…Cong. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) , in the 10th CD, we couldn’t get him here when he was running as an incumbent, but we got Danny Davis and we appreciate that. You’re a good sport and you’re participating in democracy.

Cong. Danny Davis(D-Chicago, 7th CD): And, I’ll be re-elected on February 2nd .

Rev. Moon

Jeff Berkowitz: Rev. Moon. Did you crown Rev. Moon?

Cong. Danny Davis: No [laughing], I didn’t crown anybody.

Jeff Berkowitz: But, you brought a crown to Rev. Moon?

Cong. Danny Davis: No, I brought it to [the show ends].
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Public Affairs with Jeff Berkowitz, featuring Cong. Danny Davis, taped on December 13, 2009
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Rev. Moon, the Messiah and ACORN

Jeff Berkowitz: Didn’t [Rev. Moon] say he thinks of himself as a Messiah?

Cong. Danny Davis: I don’t know that he did or not. I haven’t heard him say it.

Jeff Berkowitz: If he did, would you then be more reluctant to bring him a crown, or his wife a crown?

Cong. Danny Davis: I don’t think he ever said anything about Messiah, to my knowledge. And, the ceremony that was taking place was really describing Rev. Moon and his wife as true parents. And, I think that there were people who are Moon haters and people who would deny other people the right and the opportunity to express themselves in the way that they do, just like there were people who just thought that we need to stop doing business with ACORN. Well, fortunately the courts decided—

Jeff Berkowitz: You voted against that?

Cong. Danny Davis: I most certainly did.

Jeff Berkowitz: Congress voted to defund ACORN, but you voted against that.

Cong. Danny Davis: I voted against it.
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Partial-Birth Abortions.

Jeff Berkowitz: …Third-term abortions, late term abortions, should they be banned? They are banned now. Congress has said you cannot have late term abortions, partial birth abortions. Right? Congress has said that and the Supreme Court has affirmed it. Do you disagree with that?

Cong. Danny Davis: I think that women have a right to determine to the fullest extent how they protect and deal with their health—

Jeff Berkowitz: Even a partial birth abortion—you think that should be legal?

Cong. Danny Davis: I believe that a woman should have the right to decide what she does to try and protect her health and how she views it.
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Post-game comments, December 13, 2009.
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For more about the Public Affairs show with Cong. Davis, including additional partial transcripts and links to shows with some of Cong. Davis' opponents, please go here.
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More than 118 of our shows from the last two years are posted on the Public Affairs YouTube page . Now streaming are our most recent shows w/Cong. Danny Davis, Patrick Collins, former Chairman of the Illinois Reform Commission; Democratic Primary candidates: for State Comptroller, Raja Krishnamoorthi; for U. S. Senate, David Hoffman; for 7th CD, Chicago Ald. Sharon Denise Dixon; [24th Ward]and for State Comptroller, Clint Krislov.
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. *************************************************************