Democrats reinstate ‘God-given’ and Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to party platform

And the republicans like to periodically impersonate the democrats...

Well, yeah! - that's the point, no one is impersonating anyone, they both work for the same interests? do you get it?

Two horse race, both horses have the same owner.

Two sides to the same coin.

Two breasts on the same chest...

I don't know how many other ways I can get this across.

 

I assure you, he does not. Some people are just more susceptible to indoctrination than others. There's nothing you can do about it.

 

Yes. I have noticed that among the conspiracy-bots.

 

Came to the conclusion... who lost Jerusalem?????????????

This article came just a propos in the NY Sun, it does not bear any author's name, but it seems the NY Sun found this to be worthy for posting.HB


Who Lost Jerusalem?
Unknown - The New York Sun, September 4th, 2012

It is difficult to imagine a benign explanation for the decision of the Democratic Party to delete from its platform language supporting the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel. “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel,” the Democratic platform declared four years ago. “The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.” This year the platform declares that President Obama and the Democratic Party “maintain an unshakable commitment to Israel's security.” It speaks of the president having boosted security assistance to Israel, but it doesn’t say anything about Jerusalem one way or another. The name of Jerusalem does not appear in the platform.

We first read about this in a brief bulletin of the Weekly Standard, and, while we haven’t done a double-blind study, our soundings suggest it has caught the national Jewish leadership flatfooted. It is going to be illuminating to see what explanation emerges. No less an authority than the Congress of the United States has established that, as a matter of law, the “Statement of the Policy of the United States” that “Jerusalem should remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected” and that “Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of Israel.” It has also stated as a matter of law that the American embassy in Israel should be moved to Jerusalem.

The law was passed back in 1995. The State Department has fought tooth and nail to block not only the move of the Embassy to Jerusalem but any action that might signal recognition of Israel’s just claims. Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama have all invoked waivers to avoid implementing the law. All the more reason, though, to include Jerusalem language in the party platforms. The Republican Party did so, this year, saying: “We support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state with secure, defensible borders; and we envision two democratic states – Israel with Jerusalem as its capital and Palestine – living in peace and security.”

The GOP platform in 2008, incidentally, was even blunter than the platform this year. Said it: “We support Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel and moving the American embassy to that undivided capital of Israel.” So it is possible to say that both parties have softened their line a bit. But the Democratic platform this year is a complete abandonment of the Jerusalem question. It is a symptom of a party that wants to have it both ways — posturing as the stronger of the two parties in respect of the Jewish state even while retreating in its statement of the broad framework.

A spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee was quoted by the Wall Street Journal as trying to put the best face on the party’s abandonment of its Jerusalem plank, but Governor Romney was right as rain to issue a statement marking the retreat. “It is unfortunate that the entire Democratic Party has embraced President Obama’s shameful refusal to acknowledge that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” the Wall Street Journal quoted Mr. Romney as saying in a statement. Your editors have been covering what we call the “Battle of Jerusalem” for more than 20 years now, and if, in decades to come, Jerusalem is lost, this is going to be seen by historians as a significant moment. Let us hope it does not come to that.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Sun

Founded

April 16, 2002


Ceased publication

September 30, 2008


Publisher

Ronald Weintraub

Editor

Seth Lipsky

Lol.

Just another worthless Jewish rag.

 

I think we need anti-hypocrisy laws to go along with a McCarthy era phrase in our pledge.

 

I agree that it goes both ways, but there are far more indoctrinated people in the "US officials said" camp.

 

Yes of course... You must be envious of the high quality reportage...

Come to think about it... you cannot shine the shoes of the named above, neither clip their individual toenails.

 

Claws you mean.

 

I assure you that I probably agree with you more often than I disagree, but your arrogance is what really turns me off from discussing anything with you.

Seriously, if you weren't such a #unt about just about anything foreign policy related, more people would debate with you.

More often than not, you act like you know everything, and no one really desires to communicate with someone like that.

 

For the most part, I agree, although you can drop the condescension.

 

The joke really is on everybody who thinks there is a God. And if there IS a God, the joke will be on Republicans only for blaspheming him.

 

They did.
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What was that scat?

 

Speak English and quote the person your talking to so we have some idea what you are talking about.

 

What was that scat about?

What little distorted point are you trying to convey?

 

Whats a scat?

 

It's like a cat.

But said with a lisp.

 

Have you taken your meds today because you aren't making any sense. I think we are way off topic here.

 

I think Jack is referring to "scatalogical", and is using a euphemism for a pile of solid waste emitted from the bowels.

 

Both sides of America use the Jews for their vote, democrats have to acknowledge jerusalem as the capital or face the animosity of AIPAC.

If republicans were in office, they would submit to jewish desires as well, so this is not really partisan when it comes to the Jews.

 

Did you know that for democrats to sin they need 70% of the jewish vote to win?

Www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews

Jews have always leaned left for the past one hundred years.

 

Jews make up a pretty small part of the electorate.

 

There's more Jews in America than Israel or any other place in the world for that matter, but I get your point.

Jews are a must win minority for Democrats to win.

 

I think we need to stop wasting our exorbitantly expensive superpower in the Middle East.