Stuart James Says Bernie Miller Made Last-Minute Party Switch

[FreedomAngel82]

Link: http://chattanoogan.com/articles/article_76418.asp

Snip: <Miller Says He Never Pledged To Run As Democrat
posted November 24, 2005

Hamilton County Democratic Party Chairman Stuart James said the Rev. Bernie Miller told him he was running for the County Commission as a Democrat, then he made a last-minute switch to Republican.

Rev. Miller denied he ever told Mr. James he was running for the District 5 seat as a Democrat.

Mr. James said Rev. Miller was introduced to a large crowd at the Democrats' Kefauver Dinner as a Democratic candidate for commissioner.

Rev. Miller said he only went to the dinner because he was invited, and he said he was surprised to find himself at the table of Sen. Ward Crutchfield.

Mr. James said, "Mr. Miller called me about two weeks before the Kefauver and said he was seeking the Democratic nomination for District 5. I congratulated him, and told him that under the circumstances I could not endorse either he or Commissioner Beck.

"I also told him that I would post his announcement for his candidacy on the hamdems.org website. He asked that I wait until his official announcement. I, thereafter, told him I would make the posting when he announced. I told him I would attend his official announcement, and that I would also attend Commissioner Beck’s official announcement. I told him I would do everything in my power to insure that he and Commissioner Beck would have a high voter turnout to choose the Democratic nominee.

"Mr. Miller was then invited by Sen. Ward Crutchfield to attend the Kefauver Dinner. Mr. Miller sat at the senator’s table. During the dinner I asked him if he wanted us to announce his candidacy, and after a brief discussion, we agreed we would announce his candidacy as a Democratic candidate for District 5. There were 534 people who heard the announcement.>

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[tnlefty]

2. He's also running as a democrat this time and I hope Mr. Beck

cleans his clock.

However, Stuart should've piped down about that whole party switch thingy considering that he did it and he's the one who put the New Democrats banner on the old headquarters on Patten Pkwy. He took some flack for that from some of us women.