Fiasco in Charlotte
Well yeah. But to narrow it down a bit, as Hugh Hewitt writes, “Fiasco in Charlotte: Antonio Applies Chicago Rules:”
Having taken huge heat for dropping “Jerusalem is capital of Israel” language from the DNC platform, President Obama and the Chicago Gang ordered it returned. But nobody bothered to tell the massive number of anti-Israel delegates, and when Antonio Villaraigosa called for a voice vote approving the amendment to the p,afford, it clearly failed three times, at which point Villaraigosa invoked the Chicago Rules clause and simply ordained the amendment as passed.
A true debacle and revealing on so many levels –the precariousness of the Jewish vote, the genuine anti-Israel sentiment on the floor, and the disregard for the rules when inconvenient.
And that’s on top of Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s “Who are you going to believe — me or your lying ears?” moment last night.
And that’s on top of Dick Durbin playing the role of Martin Short’s sweaty paranoid Nathan Thurm character when interviewed by Fox News’ Bret Baier yesterday about why the G-Man was removed from the Democrats’ platform.
And that’s on top of Obama’s “we totally meant to move into the smaller arena from the big outdoor stadium that we dare not name” moment today.
At Ricochet, Professor Paul Rahe’s assessment is blunt: “Suicide: The Democratic Party’s Self-Inflicted Wounds.”
Update: Wow, when you’re a “liberal” who’s lost Anderson Cooper…
Anderson Cooper’s reaction to @dwstweets‘ CNN performance: “That’s an alternate universe.”
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonFlash) September 5, 2012
Ed – What is so sad is the percentage of my co-religionists who will vote for Obama. Does Obama have to drop an A-Bomb on Jerusalem before the scales will fall from their eyes?
Are you kidding? His numbers would skyrocket. Alas, your co-religionists seem to have payed for their excellence in most other fields by being the political equivalent of a “battered wife”. Be nice to the people who promise to murder you, maybe they’ll change their mind this time……..
Hah! Dick Durbin as Nathan Thurm. Dead bang.
Brilliant.
Well, can’t really blame the DNC for moving the gig indoors. Didn’t want 50,000 empty chairs reminding people of the one Clint Eastwood had on stage at the GOP convention…
We already knew the Dems cared not a whit about God or Jerusalem or any of the other concerns of flyover country; that isn’t the news story.
What is news is that this epsiode — caught right there on camera! — laid bare for the whole world to see the Left’s true attitude towards actual democracy and the validity of actual election tallies.
Who in their right mind would think to trust this corrupt gang with counting up ballots alone, unsupervised, behind closed doors this November?
Fear of the empty chair!
As for last night’s show, it was watching the Giants lose to the Cowboys (hear breaking). As for the DNC? I doubt ratings were that high.
Campaign cash and votes in a few key swing states are pretty much all that keeps the Democratic Party from letting it’s full anti-Israel freak flag fly. If either goes away — or goes enough to the Republican side that the Jewish vote is no longer considered a core Democratic Party constituency — the vindictiveness that will come out of the far left side of the party will make their already-open hatred towards Catholics and Protestants look mild by comparison.
Voice vote booing God, Israel and Jerusalem.
God has called for a recount. Jerusalem has seconded the motion.
If you are going to boo the holiest city on earth and God, moving indoors because of a 3% chance of thunderstorms probably is the only sane idea that came out of this convention so far.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz has created an atmosphere of so much ducking, the caucuses have been renamed Eider, Scoter and Teal.
The small crowds are down to record low numbers but root canals are up 2500%.
Charlotte’s Web of Lies continues spinning.