Follow link to see the video. They took a verbal vote 3 times. You tell me if there was a 2/3 vote in the affirmative.
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Delegates and members of the Democratic party booed after former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) discussed God and moved to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles, had to ask for the Yea and Nay vote several times before declaring the motion passed.
C-SPAN cameras captured the dissatisfaction among members after the motion passed.
09-05-2012
DarrinS
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Shoulda just left their platform as-is.
09-05-2012
SnakeBoy
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:lmao Damn that video was funny.
09-05-2012
SnakeBoy
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Who was the chick that came out and told him to give a big fuck you to the half or more that opposed?
09-05-2012
MannyIsGod
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I can only hope they were booing the gigantic waste of time but then again thats pretty much the entire function of the convention.
09-05-2012
DMC
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Good. It's about time people start putting fiction where it belongs.
09-05-2012
DarrinS
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I like the look on the girl's face who is holding the "Arab American Democrat" sign. She's thinking "..the fuck is this?".
09-05-2012
Spurminator
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Yes. They were booing God. Because another name for God is "Our Faith and Belief in God is Central to the American Story and Informs the Values We've Expressed In Our Party's Platform."
I believe He called Himself this somewhere in Leviticus.
This is in no way an oversimplified soundbytey way to report what really happened and you are in no way a moron for falling for it and reposting here.
And the Jerusalem part is obviously very important. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
09-05-2012
Borat Sagyidev
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Can't believe people waste so much time on a imaginary man in the sky.
This country will move forward when Abrahamic religions are considered that they are, destructive.
09-05-2012
SnakeBoy
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Reports are now that Obama personally got involved to make this happen :lol
09-05-2012
Juggity
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Well, it was a nice try to keep it out of the platform but for the time being religious interests are still too strong in this country. Over the next fifteen or twenty years that will change, but for now it's definitely a necessary evil to include that message in the platform.
Quite frankly, religion doesn't belong in politics and it doesn't belong in government at all.
09-05-2012
DMX7
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Rightfully so.
09-05-2012
mavs>spurs
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athiests unite
09-05-2012
Bartleby
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Worshipers, get on your knees
09-05-2012
Jacob1983
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Didn't Republicans boo the golden rule when Ron Paul mentioned in one of the debates?
I can only hope they were booing the gigantic waste of time but then again thats pretty much the entire function of the convention.
Yeah, now that they've become taxpayer-funded coronations instead of a (small r) republican nomination process, we might as well not even have them, tbh.....
09-06-2012
DUNCANownsKOBE
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I like when Republicans pretend to care about Israel for no reason simply because that's what Republican talking heads tell them to do :lol
09-06-2012
Clipper Nation
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Originally Posted by DUNCANownsKOBE
I like when Republicans pretend to care about Israel for no reason simply because that's what Republican talking heads tell them to do :lol
Oh no, they care about Israel, firstly because it's a convenient excuse for Islamophobia and more undeclared religious/oil wars in the Middle East, and secondly, so they can hold the "anti-Semitic" smear over any Republican who doesn't fall in line with the warmongering agenda, tbh...
09-06-2012
coyotes_geek
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Originally Posted by DUNCANownsKOBE
I like when Republicans pretend to care about Israel for no reason simply because that's what Republican talking heads tell them to do :lol
Welcome to red team, here's your bundle! Tax cuts, pro life, no gay marriage, Israel...........PUPPY!
You can hope, Manny but, Democrats (at least those who write the platform and serve as delegates) are just a bunch of Godless Jew haters.
Go Team Go!
:cheer :cheer :cheer
All that water you're carrying must be awfully heavy, Y:lolni.....
09-06-2012
Yonivore
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Originally Posted by Clipper Nation
Go Team Go!
:cheer :cheer :cheer
All that water you're carrying must be awfully heavy, Y:lolni.....
Well, you tell me what it means when the exclude God from their platform and remove the reference of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and then, when they get called on it and try to jam it back in, the delegates boo, hiss, and jeer.
I say it means the Democrat who wrote the platform and many who are attending as delegates are a Godless bunch of Jew haters.
09-06-2012
Yonivore
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The Republicans already have the ad...
09-06-2012
Clipper Nation
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It tells me that at least ONE side realizes that religion and the petty shit that comes with it has NO place in the governance of a large, diverse nation, tbh....
09-06-2012
Yonivore
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Originally Posted by Clipper Nation
It tells me that at least ONE side realizes that religion and the petty shit that comes with it has NO place in the governance of a large, diverse nation, tbh....
God != Religion and, American voters know the difference.
09-06-2012
Yonivore
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And, in doing so, they managed to piss off both Israel and the Palestinians.
“The principle that Jerusalem should remain united and is the capital of Israel has been enshrined for a long time,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
“It concerns me. It concerns every Jew,” said Chanina Sperlin, Executive VP of the Crown Heights Council. “It’s a big mistake leaving that out of the party platform.”
Many Palestinians were also annoyed. They want Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state.
“The debate surrounding this, it’s not so much about the peace process and a peaceful solution in the Middle East, but it’s more about scoring points, whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, and that’s unfortunate,” said Muneer Awad from the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
09-06-2012
Spurminator
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:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer
09-06-2012
Yonivore
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Originally Posted by Spurminator
:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer
Well, once again, Republicans are on the right side of this argument and, I hope they beat the Democrats about the head and shoulders with that video for the next 60 days.
Villaraigosa's expression is priceless.
09-06-2012
ChumpDumper
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Originally Posted by Yonivore
God != Religion and, American voters know the difference.
Belief in a god is religion, you colossal idiot.
And what has Israel ever done for the US to justify our cowering to its demands?
09-06-2012
FromWayDowntown
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Originally Posted by Yonivore
You can hope, Manny but, Democrats (at least those who write the platform and serve as delegates) are just a bunch of Godless Jew haters.
What a fascinating use of a parenthetical.
09-06-2012
Spurminator
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villaraigosa's expression is priceless.
i know right? I totally laughed my ass off! Stupid dem!!
09-06-2012
Clipper Nation
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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
Belief in a god is religion, you colossal idiot.
Not quite... could also be agnosticism, tbh.... that being said, we all know that whenever God is invoked in politics, it's always in a brazen attempt to pander to Christian evangelical voters, tbh....
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And what has Israel ever done for the US to justify our cowering to its demands?
Buddy up with the corrupt Getting Old Party establishment, tbh....
09-06-2012
DUNCANownsKOBE
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Originally Posted by Clipper Nation
Oh no, they care about Israel, firstly because it's a convenient excuse for Islamophobia and more undeclared religious/oil wars in the Middle East, and secondly, so they can hold the "anti-Semitic" smear over any Republican who doesn't fall in line with the warmongering agenda, tbh...
That's my point, they only pretend to care about :cryIsrael:cry because of ulterior motives. In some instances (Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush) it's to get the Jew vote. I have several Jewish friends who are smart people but turn into neocons when the subject of :cryIsrael:cry gets brought up.
09-07-2012
Oh, Gee!!
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perhaps the boos were expressed to show dissatisfication with the party's perceived kowtowing to the Tea Party types who falsely accuse our president of being of a Muslim?
