Romney: Obama Threw Israel Under Bus, A Sad Day

Mitt Romney on Wednesday slammed the Democratic Party’s initial decision to remove from its platform a passage affirming Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, calling it just “one more example of Israel being thrown under the bus by the president.”

Romney — in an interview filmed before the Democrats restored both the word “God” and the passage about Jerusalem to the platform — told Fox News’s Carl Cameron that the omission of Jerusalem was a “very troubling development.”

“The president and his party have now changed their position. They now say that they’re not certain what the capital of Israel might be,” Romney said. “I find that one more example of Israel being thrown under the bus by the president. I think it’s a very sad day.”

“When we have our best friend in the Middle East, a nation which shares our values, a nation now under extraordinary threat and distress when nations around it like Syria and Egypt are going through tumult of their own, for us at a stage like this, to take an action of that nature, to cease calling Jerusalem the capital of Israel — this is a very troubling development and I think one which will be recognized for what it is by people across America and across the world,” Romney added.

Romney also said the removal of any reference to God in the initial 2012 version of the platform “suggests a party which is increasingly out of touch with the mainstream of American people. I think this party is veering further and further away to an extreme wing that Americans don’t recognize it.”

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Mitt Romney: Democrats threw Israel under bus - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com

the mainstreamers are making much about the jerusalem plank, which is important to many northeasterners and their colonists in florida

but it's the God question that really mortifies mrs middle america mom

chuck todd is half right about "the real media bias"

Chuck Todd: "Real Media Bias Is Geographic" | RealClearPolitics

however, in our current political landscape, new york and liberalism considerably overlap

it's odd that nbc's chief white house correspondent, host of msnbc's daily rundown, should fail to see something so large as, well, y'know, new york

todd's vision is obscured---by something

either way, the party of pelosi and president punt just keep servin' em up

they're making it too easy

but, hey, ya gotta be yourself, there's no hiding---it's all on tv

seeya at the polls, progressives

bring a bible, make it old testament

embarrassed yet?

a few hours later:

Mark Alan Siegel, the Palm Beach County Democrat Chairman spoke with Scottie Hughes of Patriot TV and made some rather pointed and anti-Christian statements. Mr. Siegel was wearing a “Jews for Obama” pin. Ms. Hughes spotted the pin and asked the chairman about his support for Obama despite the administration’s record with Israel.

Here are a couple of the offensive comments made by the Palm Beach Democratic Chairman:

“I’m Jewish, I’m not a fan of any other religion than Judaism.”

“The worst possible allies for the Jewish state are the fundamentalist Christians who want Jews to die and convert so they can bring on the second coming of their Lord.”

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Democrat Chair Spews Anti-Christian Hate Speech | TheBlaze.com

palm beach?

wow

because once you start DIVIDING one group of americans against each other, where does it end

these people are nuts

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today:

CNN's Anderson Cooper on Debbie Wasserman Schultz saying the omission of God and not noting Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the party's platform was a technical oversight: "Debbie Wasserman Schultz said it wasn't a change of language, there was no discord that we saw and it was a 2/3rds vote. I mean, that's an alternate universe."

Cooper also points out that Wasserman Schultz now says there is daylight between a candidate and their party's platform, when last week she was saying the complete opposite.

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Anderson Cooper: Wasserman Schultz In An "Alternate Universe" | RealClearPolitics

when barack hussein obama loses the media, he's all alone

two weeks ago, jake tapper (abc senior white house correspondent), mark halperin (senior political analyst at time), chuck todd (nbc chief white house correspondent and msnbc host), arthur brisbane (nyt public editor), tina brown (editor, newsweek) and nyt mag all piled on within a several-day span

we "tipped the scales," we are "susceptible to doing what he wants," "we spent too much time on tax returns and too little on the economy," the pages of the nyt "bleed" a progressive worldview and treat issues like global warming and gay marriage and occupy more like "causes than stories," the bias coming from hollywood is "pervasive if not total," and "hit the road, barack, why we need a new president"

this weekend, the leaders of elite analysis doubled down

nyt, wp, hfpo, politico, wsj and cnn's john king went after obama personally

egotistical, selfish and dull, ultra competitive egotist who's not as good as he thinks, cocky, stingy, aloof, uncreative and uninspiring, same old tired game, failed to live up to the mythical expectations he established for himself, insufferable overachiever, the era of president obama has been a time of deep democratic decline...

and now anderson cooper

cooper, you might be interested, is the son of the poor little rich girl, gloria vanderbilt, who designed jeans as an adult and was the prey in a vicious and salacious intra-family court fight in the 30's between her paternal aunt and her bohemian swell of a mother for custody of the poor little rich girl and her fortune

cooper recently came out as gay, his boyfriend was soon after photographed kissing another man

if obama has lost the poor little son of the poor little rich girl, then president punt really is all alone

all that remains are michelle, valerie jarrett, dave the ax, rahm the ram, and david plouffe who earned 100K speaking for companies doing business with iran, and a few dozen completely irrelevant dp poster

ie, it's that bad

enjoy your convention

sandra fluke just went---she railed against the bigots in a party whose leader won't stand up to em

now it's elizabeth cherokee cheeks warren, author of "you didn't build that" and self described "creator" of occupy

this convention is gonna be a really big hit in san francisco

seeya at the polls, in peoria

speaking of alternative universes:

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its a very sad day.. great posts Prof..

Interesting How obama worked to change the platform instead of running from it like Romney did. It shows a fundamental difference in how obama thinks as opposed to Romney. Obama sees this as a country that needs to work together. Romney sees himself as a king who will throw his party under a bus if it doesn't work for him. This is also shown in their past policy decisions. Obama has attempted many times to reach out for bipartisan solutions only to have his hand bitten. Romney does what is best for him at the moment and says screw the people who support him. You all saw that attitude in the primaries, and in each flip flop he makes to get votes. You just cannot trust that romney will do a thing he says he will.

Obama is the most anti Israel president we have ever elected.....Why jews vote for him I will never know.

I'll try to answer your question. I guess you could say that I have an educated opinion.

Generally, Jews don't like Obama much because he has not groveled to Israel as much as has become American custom, for better or for worse I can not say.

Jews like the Democrat party BECAUSE it is the party of societal welfare, again for better or worse.

Jews tend to be very humanistic and very philanthropic. Thus, the democrats are more in tune with them spiritually and philosophically. Perhaps, aving been victims has made them very conscious of the welfare of others.

((2nd reminder. it is just an opinion))

Navy Pride said:

Obama is the most anti Israel president we have ever elected.....Why jews vote for him I will never know.

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tererun said:

Interesting How obama worked to change the platform instead of running from it like Romney did. It shows a fundamental difference in how obama thinks as opposed to Romney. Obama sees this as a country that needs to work together. Romney sees himself as a king who will throw his party under a bus if it doesn't work for him. This is also shown in their past policy decisions. Obama has attempted many times to reach out for bipartisan solutions only to have his hand bitten. Romney does what is best for him at the moment and says screw the people who support him. You all saw that attitude in the primaries, and in each flip flop he makes to get votes. You just cannot trust that romney will do a thing he says he will.

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Division over platform at DNC - Reid J. Epstein - POLITICO.com

While the campaign at first said Obama had seen the language prior to the convention, it later said he did not learn of the issue until Wednesday morning, when he became aware of seeing news coverage of the issue. Once that happened, the president directed his staff to change the language to include a reference to God and Jerusalem as Israel’s capital because, the campaign source said,

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july 7: Century Village, long a Democratic stronghold, is changing - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

At Century Village in Pembroke Pines, where the Democratic roots run decades deep, residents are seeing a change that once would have been unthinkable. In the past 10 years, as the original condo dwellers, mostly northeastern Jews, passed away or moved out, the over-55 community that routinely delivered a Democratic voting bloc is becoming increasingly Republican and independent.

Century Village — the largest condo development in Broward County — is now 60 percent Democratic, down from 77 percent in 2002. Meanwhile, registered Republicans have jumped from about 18 percent to 23.6 percent. But it’s the independent and no-party-affiliation voters who can claim the prize: They grew from 5 percent in 2002 to a hefty 16.3 percent today, according to voter registration records from the county’s Supervisor of Elections.

Put another way, that’s a 17 percent shift away from the Democrats.

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Century Village, long a Democratic stronghold, is changing - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

of course, that's before the party's embarrassing belly flop this week over the denial of jerusalem, its raucous reinstatement of the city of david, the president's phony personal involvement

jewish voters are extremely astute, their turnout is astronomical in south florida, and they know an amateur (as bill clinton called him) when he repeatedly insists on making a fool of himself on tv

so the party sends the dummy dws, herself from broward, to try to townhall em---but "sometimes people don't listen"

LOL!

but since she's caught lying (on tape) and taking the sensitive progressive anderson cooper to her "alternative universe," perhaps they'll listen now

june, 2011, so long ago it's almost beyond remembrance:

Jewish voters: Republicans are finding new support among Jewish voters and Democrats are struggling to hold onto a reliable voting bloc - Sun Sentinel

Generations of Jewish loyalty to the Democratic Party is (sic) under stress — a transformation that may be accelerated by Jewish voters' concerns about President Barack Obama's policies toward Israel.

The stakes are huge. The battle for the hearts and minds of Jewish voters in Broward and Palm Beach counties could affect the outcome of next year's presidential election. Beyond 2012, any erosion of Jewish voters' loyalty to the Democratic Party could change the region's political landscape.

"The Jewish community is waking up," said Sid Dinerstein, chairman of the Palm Beach County Republican Party. State Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Parkland, said the Democratic Party ignores the threat at great peril. "The Democratic Party can't take the Jewish community for granted."

Experts said Obama could lose as much as a quarter of the Jewish vote in South Florida. That could prove critical in a closely contested state like Florida, which will award 29 of the 270 votes needed to win the presidency. Political party leaders and political scientists said it's impossible for Obama to win the state if he doesn't do well with Jewish voters in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

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he got 78% of south florida jews in 08

there are 600K in dade, broward and palm beach

if he keeps, say, 60% of em on election day, he'll lose the sunshine state

they're that crucial, which explains president punt's preposterously impromptu "personal intervention"

he plays these savvy vets of diverse and varied experience like mooncalves, almost like sandra fluke

young jews are more republican, the orthodox are too who are the fastest growing demo

anyone remember what happened to anthony weiner's seat in BROOKLYN

Republicans win Weiner's Seat, 54 to 46

now, that's sea change

finally, the mediscare doesn't work, either

ABC/"Wash. Post" Poll: Seniors Approve of Ryan - Politics News - ABC News Radio

seeya at the polls, progressives

lekhaim!