Senator Tom Davis Cordially invites you to an Oyster Roast
Posted on March 23, 2010 • No Comments
Senator Tom Davis Cordially invites you to an Oyster Roast in honor of Senator Mick Mulvaney Candidate for Congress.
Saturday March 27, 2010 at 6:30pm at 206 Marsh Point Road, Seabrook, SC
March on Washington with Beaufort County
Posted on September 14, 2009 • 3 Comments
Here’s a clip of the short speech I made in DC last Friday evening to the 120 Beaufort County folks who made the trek to our nation’s capital:
I rode to DC with my constituents because I believe our federal government has embarked upon a course of action that is deforming the relationship between Americans and their government.
There is hope; no need to throw in the towel just yet. As Adam Smith said, “there is a lot of ruin in a nation,” and a country has to travel long and hard in the wrong direction before the damage becomes irreversible. But too many people fail to even realize we have taken a wrong turn.
Our elected officials have failed us, and there’s plenty of blame to go around. I am angry not just with the current administration and governing parties in Congress, but also with Republican leaders who have in recent years voted for massive new entitlements. That said, however, the Obama Administration has certainly stomped on the accelerator.
If you share my concerns, or if you simply like participating in lively political debates, I invite you to become a “friend” of my Facebook page, where I periodically post stories of interest (well, at least of interest to me!). You can also follow me on Twitter.
Tom
Ready for a march: Health care debate paves way for conservative populist revolt
Posted on August 18, 2009 • 8 Comments
Published Tuesday, August 18, 2009 in the Beaufort Gazette
By Tom Davis
There will be a march in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12 to protest recent federal government actions — runaway spending, unsustainable borrowing, trillions of dollars in debt being passed on to future generations, attempts to nationalize health care and enact a ruinous cap-and-trade bill, the bailouts — and I will participate alongside thousands of other South Carolinians.
America’s tradition should always be one of expanding individual liberty, but in recent years, we have seen our federal government veer dramatically from the principles on which it — and this nation — was founded. And what we have seen in the past 200 days has been shocking. Our elected leaders seem hell-bent on deforming the relationship between the citizen and the state.
I’m glad to see senators and congressmen so shaken by the raw town-hall meetings held in recent days to debate the proposal to nationalize health care (one-sixth of our nation’s economy). These politicians are not used to dealing with outraged individuals who have finally had enough, and their education on how far the policies now being pushed in Washington have drifted from the American mainstream is long overdue. (more…)
Reflecting on Yesterday’s Events
Posted on June 25, 2009 • 22 Comments
As a friend of Governor Mark Sanford’s for 30 years, and having worked for him as his former chief of staff, I am both saddened and shocked by yesterday’s events. My thoughts and prayers are with the governor, his wife and their children during this difficult and heartbreaking time… Here are links to a few additional thoughts on yesterday’s events, Good Morning America and Larry King Live.
Tyranny in the Legislative State
Posted on June 4, 2009 • 42 Comments
My first year as a senator in the South Carolina General Assembly confirmed for me why I decided to seek public office in the first place – our state’s government is badly structured, badly managed and badly in need of reform. I believe this now more than ever.
What I no longer believe, however, is that I should frame my concerns diplomatically in order to avoid “offending anyone” in Columbia. It is clear to me now that the legislature is almost entirely to blame for our high unemployment rate, our low graduation rate and our declining prosperity as a state.
I campaigned on changing this failed system, as did many others. But in spite of the best efforts of a growing group of reformers in Columbia, change didn’t happen this year, and the public deserves to know why.
This year’s budget fiasco provides the perfect opportunity to explain that. (more…)
