Democrats Efforts To Reinsert 'God' And 'Jerusalem'

[brotherplanet]

Personally I was glad it was not originally in there. A born-again Christian friend of mine once complained that Obama doesn't go to church. I responded by saying, "I'd rather he do that then fake it like Clinton did every Sunday. Besides, Bush was born again and he sucked. Going to church doesn't mean you're going to be a good president."

Besides, why the hell do people still believe this shit? You might as well believe in Zeus.



Democrats Efforts To Reinsert 'God' And 'Jerusalem' Into Platform Met With Loud Opposition


CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A rare unscripted moment at the Democratic National Convention here Wednesday resulted in an embarrassing moment for the party that is certain to be used in Republican television ads over the next two months.

After they took heat for omitting any reference to "God" in their platform, and for eliminating language from the 2008 platform that identified Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Democrats tried to add the language back into their party platform with a voice vote.

A source informed on the deliberations told The Huffington Post that President Obama personally interevened to strengthen the language. Speaking with HuffPost, a senior Obama administration official also confirmed the president's involvement.

But when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villagairosa, the convention chairman, came to the podium to ask for the approval of the delegates, those who shouted opposition to the language change were as loud, if not louder, than those who voiced their support.

Villagairosa, in what quickly became an awkward moment, asked for the voice vote three times in all. After the second time, he paused for several seconds and looked behind him for guidance from a convention staffer -- possibly a parliamentarian -- before turning back and asking for a third vote.

Even though the no's were again as loud if not louder than the aye's on the third vote, Villagairosa said he had determined that two thirds of those present had voted in favor. Boos filled the arena in response.

Within minutes, Republican National Committee staffers had uploaded the video to YouTube and were circulating it on Twitter.

The party platform's section on Israel, which broke with previous years' precedent by removing the explicit reference to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, had sparked furious outcries among Republicans and the pro-Israel crowd.

Sources told The Huffington Post on Tuesday that the response took party officials by surprise, since the language of the platform had been carefully orchestrated to emphasize America's close ties to Israel and to avoid wading into controversial "final-status" issues, like the designation of Israel's capital.

Two sources also told HuffPost that officials with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the bipartisan and staunchly pro-Israel interest group known as AIPAC, had vetted the draft and signed off on its provisions.

AIPAC-linked sources later vociferously denied the report, telling reporters that the organization had initially proposed language that included Jerusalem as the capital, and that their officials never reviewed the "full Middle East platform."

The source informed on the internal party deliberations said the latest change to reinsert the Jerusalem language was made in order to calm the controversy, not to change the intent of the passage.

"Democratic party officials were and continue to be exceedingly comfortable with the original language," the source said. "The original language was stridently pro-Israel, and they felt that this controversy over the Jerusalem wording was distracting from their overall message."

But a second party source said that top leaders in the party were "pissed" when they found out about the exact wording of the platform, and had spent Wednesday pressing for the language to be changed.

The Jerusalem addition to the platform is below in full:

"Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel. The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths."

This post has been updated to include comment from a senior Obama administration official.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/0 ... tions-2012

[FullMetalWhackit]

This was actually sort of funny. When the chairman took a vote of the delegates on the amendment to reinstate the "God" language and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel back into the platform and the room clearly opposed it, yet he proclaimed it passed with a two thirds majority.

[Charles Bukaki]

Just another shining example of how incompetent elected officials can be. The guy taking the vote is the mayor of Los Angeles and he couldn't get through one simple motion without having it repeated twice before making the completely wrong call.

Does anybody really expect assholes like this to actually make things better when they're elected?

[roxxxtar]

Just another shining example of how incompetent elected officials can be. The guy taking the vote is the mayor of Los Angeles and he couldn't get through one simple motion without having it repeated twice before making the completely wrong call.

Does anybody really expect assholes like this to actually make things better when they're elected?

Yes. They're called democrats.

[Charles Bukaki]

this is just one example, it's not like the democrats have the market cornered when it comes to incompetence.

[KneelandBobDylan]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/demo ... ction.html

So quit your bitchin'.

[FullMetalWhackit]

Here it is. Starting at :58. Good stuff:

http://youtu.be/cncbOEoQbOg