President Obama Hands Republicans A Gift; Jewish, Palestinian Leaders Fume

[Purveyor]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CBSNewYork) — A big flip flop by the Democratic Party has replaced what was perceived as a big snub to Israel.

It was a stunning development. The party had dropped the assertion that Jerusalem was the capital of the Jewish state, but on Wednesday evening the Democrats had a change of heart. The vote went down just before 6 p.m. and it was quite contentious on the floor. It needed a two-thirds majority and it took three votes to get it, CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reported.

And even after the vote, many thought the crowd of delegates on the floor was split 50-50, rather than delivering the two-thirds majority needed.

The Democrats caved, changing the platform language to reflect that they now regard Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It came about as a result of intense political pressure,” CBS 2’s Kramer reported.

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[Purveyor]

1. The rw blogs are already hyping the 'booing' in the hall after the supposed 'passage' of this

platform change.

It will dominate tomorrows rw hateradio fest if not msm.

Stay tuned.

What a fucking blunder.

[budkin]

6. Bill Clinton's speech will overshadow it

You know it's going to kick ass.

[Purveyor]

15. Now, I'm thinking you are right. Good. eom

[southernyankeebelle]

2. Nothing is going to happen with these platforms. Why do people go nuts. Same way with

the republican platforms.

[liberalmuse]

3. It's the symbolism.

They should have left well enough alone and left the platform as is. Didn't anyone trying to push this due to pressure listen to Deval's speech last night?

[southernyankeebelle]

13. It was a wrong move. But they corrected it.

[SoonerPride]

4. Who cares?

this is a big nothing

[totodeinhere]

11. A lot of people who have passionate feelings about that part of the world do care. n/t

[progressivebydesign]

5. Hello MSM. Mitt SAID that the RNC Platform is NOT his platform. Where the fuck where you on that?

You have a republican candidate that has said openly that he does NOT agree with his party's platform, and it's like crickets... ****

Frankly, I don't see this as "caving" or "flip flopping" I see it as a Party that actually IS Democratic, like the name says. they realized that many in the Party were unhappy at the omission, and they took a VOTE. How utterly spineless, right? WRONG.

Unlike the Bullshit RNC platform that would horrify most of the true conservatives, the Democrats have a platform that the majority of Dems can support, and IS inclusive.

This is another bullshit story...

[kelly1mm]

7. A VOTE????? Are you serious? The rules require a 2/3 vote for an amendment. NO F'ing WAY

that there was a 2/3 voice vote. Just watch the video. Frankly, I don't care about the language. I do care about the absolutely BS way they rammed through the amendment without the consent of the delegates.

[davidpdx]

8. Yeah it seemed the same way to me

[jenmito]

9. I disagree. I think Obama did it for ONE reason-FLORIDA. n/t

[flamingdem]

10. Exactly. nt

[apnu]

12. I don't understand why its important for us to name capitals in the party documents.

Wikipedia's entry on Isreal already tells me what the Capital is. And the source is the CIA World Factbook. So why do we need to say what the capital of any nation is? Are the Russians offended because we didn't say the capital of Russia is Moscow?

Seriously, this shit in the Middle East is fucked up and fucking stupid.

[cup0spam]

14. nice

nice