Jerusalem change made to party platform, over loud objections
Democratic delegates narrowly reinstated to their party platform Wednesday the position that Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing an omission that had angered some Jewish organizations and drew criticism from Republicans that President Obama was distancing the United States from Israel.
The amendment to the platform, which essentially returns to the platform language in the 2008 version, was introduced by former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland. It was put to a voice vote by Antonio R. Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles, who had to call for it three times before determining that the amendment had two-thirds majority.
The vote far from clear, however, and left many delegates on the floor angry over the outcome – some booing and shaking their fingers at Villaraigosa.
That sure didn’t sound like 2/3 of the delegates to me. They must be using Obama rules.
The Crawdad Hole 
Donna Brazile must have been counting the votes.
Or her mother.
jimgeraghty@jimgeraghty
Wait, Democratic conventioneers vocally rejected God THREE times? Were silver pieces involved?
Snap!
Heh!
But it was Peter who denied Jesus 3x before the cock crowed (no money involved); Judas betrayed him for 30 piece of silver right off the bat.
Speaking of cocks crowing , I just heard “Obama personally intervened to change the platform ” oh sure , after it was all over the news , did he think no one would notice ? Also heard they used the lower the microphones on the nays and up the the ones for the yeas and tell the yeas to YELL really loud , because that amendment did not pass !
Ha!
Really? So why have his spokespeople scrambling all over themselves trying to avoid saying it?
You should see Paul Begala right now on CNN. Ari Fleisher is all over him.
Spin, spin, spin. Bunch of bullshit — they can say whatever they want, but the video speaks louder then they do. This all boils down to Obama’s incompetence & not managing his platform committee properly, all of which could have been entirely avoided. And if he can’t manage his platform committee, he certainly can’t manage a country with people who don’t automatically agree with him.
Guess who ran/chaired the Platform Committee.
Corey Booker.
All the empty chairs in that arena must have voted Aye!
honk!!!!
I have no idea if this is the real Chuck Woolery, but I hope it is:
lol! This whole thing just gets better & better. Right after the booing clip, CNN pairs Judas Richardson with Sununu…and asks him about Bill Clinton’s speech! I laughed so hard I scared the dog!
Thou shall not think for thyself.
What a contrast. Sandra Fluke was tolerated at the RNC, and invited to debate.
great piece today Lola!!!!
People don’t get permanently tossed out of R gatherings unless they are yelling and disruptive. Asking her to put the sign away is their prerogative. Kicking her out is just cowardice.
It was Obama’s personal request… Just like adding Jerusalem to the platform.
I have been reading about Romney being cheap with money.
He must be thrilled with how much the democrats save him in TV ad by just using their words and actions.
No actors to hire. No crews. Just videos that do show the difference between parties
i hope they make hay over it. what a fucking trainwreck.
elizabeth warren and the cherokee people
why are the DNC letting her speak
I was just coming to post that SooperMexican has coined it “Godgate” — hilarious!
Love it! JWF’s calling it a Holy War at the DNC.
Now THIS is political theater. They were never going to change the platform. But they need something to show Jewish voters, which they are bleeding from the jugular, that they were still on their side. They had nothing before, now they have a take-away and a give-back. They act like Jewish voters are toddlers who can be easily fooled. We’ll see if that’s true come November.
Romney has effectively split the Jewish vote, and Dems are panicked about it.
Oh i don’t know , for some reason I think they put it back in because it was creating such a furor on the news . and I also think they do not discriminate against the Jews . They think we are ALL STUPID !
AND in “couldn’t have planned it better” news, right on cue Mitt is on FOX (in a PRE-taped interview — I know because it was teased on Megan Kelly’s show earlier) talking about why USA needs to support Israel, the $16 trillion deficit & 47 million people on food stamps.
So, I see you went to the movies with Obama! 👿
and many more Democrats that were supposed to show up at Bank of America Stadium …
between this and the backtrack calender and the poster of him as Jesus, the democratic party has lost it’s mind.
Yes, they booed GOD
…why am I LAUGHING SO HARD as I type this??
Welll, is Bill getting ready to lose any goodwill and respect he has regained by standing up there and committing treason by bald face lying to the American people about the loser-in-chief? Is he just a cheap drugstore politician worth only the value of the payoff? I pray tp GOD he’s not. Man-up Bill, you love this country. Prove it! 👿
Cant wait for the headlines , Democrats BOO GOD AND JERUSALEM what PR …still laughing here ..
Hubby is an atheist, and even he says that booing God was like the stupidest political move ever.
LOL!
Lawrence O’Donnell – “These things happen all the time”
HAHAHAH yes the Democrats BOO GOD AND JERUSALEM all the time omg it just gets better …
Bwahahaha:
Godgate! I love it! That clip of the vote is surreal. And hilarious. Expect the same – attempted – result in November.
the Godgate debacle might overtake the empty chair as a symbol of the democratic party
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/09/05/undocumented-immigrant-to-speak-at-convention/
nothing like having an ILLEGAL immigrant speak at a national convention
According to the article, her parents brought her here as an 8 year old when THEY entered the country illegally. I don’t think she had much of a choice, and if she were deported at this point she likely would be a stranger in a strange land. I actually feel really sorry for children who end up in this situation. Not to mention what happens when parents like this end up having more kids and you wind up with a family that is half undocumented and half US citizen. There are just no good solutions here.
Bereket Kelile @BKelile
Looks like they put God and Israel into the convention the way they put Obamacare into law #DNC2012
Retweeted by Jennifer L
Ha! Governor Brewer just affirmed by Federal court. Let me see your papers! 👿
rain, bedbugs, root canal, twisted ankle, can not give away enough free tickets, so speech moved indoors, no balloons, having Monica Lewiski’s rabbi speak after Bill Clinton, deny God 3 times and get a video while doing so, insult Israel, have an Illegal immigrant as a speaker.
and it is not over yet
Yep, Big Dawg has yet to speak 😉
UFB. I thought the DNC was taking place in Charlotte not Crazytown. I guess they can blame the light turnout on all the progbots who couldn’t find the wormhole to Bizarro World.
Somehow or another – and I cannot figure out just how he did it – but Bush is absolutely at fault for this Godgate mess.