http://whitehouse12.com/2012/09/05/democrat-leaders-amend-the-party-platform-over-the-objections-of-the-party-faithful/
About the Jerusalem issue: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20120905_ap_democratschangeplatformtoaddgodjerusalem.html?c=r (same basic article):
"Some delegates were angered by the change.
"'There was no discussion. We didn't even see it coming. We were blindsided by it,' said Noor Ul-Hasan, a Muslim delegate from Salt Lake City, who questioned whether the convention had enough of a quorum to even amend the platform."
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"Even as Democrats worked to quell the political fallout from the omission, some Democrats in Charlotte were in open revolt. Angry delegates screamed and threw their hands in the air as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the convention chairman, declared the amendments approved.
"'The majority spoke last night,' said Angela Urrea, a delegate from Roy, Utah. 'We shouldn't be declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.'"
LESSONS WHICH SHOULD BE NOT A SURPRISE:
1. The only Muslim in Utah is a Democrat and opposes this change.
2. The "majority" at the DNC disagrees with the change.
3. The mainstream libertarian and Paultardian position on the matter is actually more in line with the "majority" Democrat position than with the GOP one.
1. The only Muslim in Utah is a Democrat and opposes this change.
2. The "majority" at the DNC disagrees with the change.
3. The mainstream libertarian and Paultardian position on the matter is actually more in line with the "majority" Democrat position than with the GOP one.
"Noor Ul-Hasan, a Muslim delegate from Salt Lake City, Utah, said she felt it went against the principle of the separation of church and state.
"'There are people who don't believe in God and you have to respect that as well,' Ul-Hasan said. She also questioned whether the convention had enough of a quorum to even amend the platform. 'There was no discussion. We didn't even see it coming. We were blindsided by it.'"
This reminds me of an event during my days counter-protesting treasonous "anti-war" jerks. A Muslim woman in her headsheet was holding a sign saying in effect, "Respect those who refuse to fight." Seeing as how Islam requires jihad, her carrying that sign was disingenuous garbage. Interestingly, that day some foreign visitors, including an Oriental Mooslim from one of those "stan" countries (don't remember which, and don't care) asked us in good liberal disingenuousness about our countering. I pointed out the disingenuous statement of the jihadiette, and he had no response.
(My only regret from the incident is that I didn't press the Mohammedan further and, shall we say, "draw the foul" and get his *** in jail.)
LESSON: Research "taqiyya" and "kitman"–Mooslims lie.
Here's the voice vote "approving" the change: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cEwnivdr0&feature=player_embedded In the judgment of the smartest person I know, the "No's" have it, in agreement with that armwaving Mooslim. Certainly there is no 2/3 majority in favor.
BTW, this is the sort of thing libertarians would do if they ever gained power. One explained to me (you know who you are) how they would manipulate and change rules to prevent opposition in such settings, even government ones such as Congress itself, from countering their agenda.
LESSON: Libertarians are actually NAZIS! (But not completely in a good way.)
