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AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
28. I thought the platform was the platform. How could it get changed?
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 11:17 AM
Sep 2012

I thought it was voted on and everything.

Obama again heading in the wrong direction and lacking backbone on point Sep 2012 #1
I'm pretty sure this shows he has backbone. Renew Deal Sep 2012 #5
He lost nothing - and handed Ryan /foxNews their asses on a platter. ehrnst Sep 2012 #8
Here is why it was awesome: romney said he could not change the Rnc platform Evergreen Emerald Sep 2012 #66
Exactly, The president OWNED the DNC PLATFORM, Mittens Ran from his Heather MC Sep 2012 #101
Why should he be applauded for standing up for sectarianism? Humanist_Activist Sep 2012 #73
Political stupidity is not backbone. Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #24
i heard that on the local drive radio station, kinda weird, probuably not the finest moment loli phabay Sep 2012 #70
With Florida and North Carolina Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #84
Y'know, if the South seceded, America would've been a more secular nation would it? alp227 Sep 2012 #87
God is a specific reference to the Christian god. billy_j Sep 2012 #71
This sounds like your assumption to me. kwassa Sep 2012 #82
So which god is it then? JackRiddler Sep 2012 #92
We live in a multicultural country now kwassa Sep 2012 #96
My definition of God most definitely does not apply. JackRiddler Sep 2012 #103
LOL PassingFair Sep 2012 #106
agreed /nt still_one Sep 2012 #2
Ick. Brickbat Sep 2012 #3
Agree 100% leftynyc Sep 2012 #4
but it shows the Dems actually care what their party thinks of the Platform ehrnst Sep 2012 #11
The Paulites weren't a representative group of the base, I would argue. Selatius Sep 2012 #13
That's what they are, new paint on the same elephant. Result for voting for any of them is the same. freshwest Sep 2012 #61
I don't care what the pubs do or say leftynyc Sep 2012 #16
No it does not! The voice vote was overwhelmingly to keep these changes out dmallind Sep 2012 #80
this DID NOT pass the delegates vote it was forced on them against their will as their boos azurnoir Sep 2012 #46
It is what it is leftynyc Sep 2012 #75
Unnecessary. He wasn't about to lose many votes on those that hadn't already gone to other side. leveymg Sep 2012 #6
Why lose any votes when you don't have to? Freddie Stubbs Sep 2012 #10
In the end, pandering loses you more than a few votes. leveymg Sep 2012 #18
Exactly. levp Sep 2012 #29
My guess is that a certain someone who left the Administration a while back to return to leveymg Sep 2012 #31
Do you really think that President Obama lost any votes due to this? Freddie Stubbs Sep 2012 #33
I think we lost the House in 2010 (in part) due to the heavy-handed shove given the Left base leveymg Sep 2012 #34
du is not the base. the base prefers okieinpain Sep 2012 #90
because he spit in faces of the delegates azurnoir Sep 2012 #47
Not in the real world. Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #25
There'd be no booing if there hadn't been the heavy hand from above. leveymg Sep 2012 #32
So are you going to vote for Mitt now? Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #35
No, but I'm not knocking 4,000 doors this time. As for the rest, leveymg Sep 2012 #36
I'm the choir. Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #51
We're on the same train, but this trip I'm not riding all the way to the end of line. leveymg Sep 2012 #52
Sometimes there isn't a next time. Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #55
It's always that way, or so we're told. leveymg Sep 2012 #59
Ah to live in a blue state. Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #62
The behavior you represent GIVES Republicans a chance demwing Sep 2012 #94
You just threw 500 years of Enlightenment thought in the trash, including the Social Contract, leveymg Sep 2012 #95
Your hyperbole meter just shot from 0 to 11 in no time flat! demwing Sep 2012 #97
No, my sense of self-interest is not binding on others. If you feel that our elected officials are leveymg Sep 2012 #98
"It is not my duty to reward those who's performance is...unsatisfactory" demwing Sep 2012 #100
I'm not sure it's so much about votes as about Union Scribe Sep 2012 #65
blah iamthebandfanman Sep 2012 #7
The issue of Jerusalem being annexed by Israel isn't one worth losing an entire election over. Selatius Sep 2012 #9
Technically, no. This isn't "Realpolitick" Bucky Sep 2012 #20
Yeah, it's not like the US Muslim vote exceeds that of JackRiddler Sep 2012 #104
Oh 1950's we were almost rid of you. Sigh. Fearless Sep 2012 #12
Thumbs Up Bucky Sep 2012 #19
+1. Another day, another move to the right. Dawgs Sep 2012 #21
Are you sighing for a return to the 50's? Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #26
Umm actually no. I was sighing despondantly at the fact we were almost done with the 1950's Fearless Sep 2012 #41
But your actions will bring them back. Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #54
Religion as a function of government. Fearless Sep 2012 #60
Just where Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #63
I would be happier if the platform, which I overall agree with Fearless Sep 2012 #68
Maybe your values and Obama's Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #83
Clearly we see differently. Fearless Sep 2012 #85
A lot of libertarian clap trap Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #99
I can't wait until the day politicians no longer have to pander to magic. Atypical Liberal Sep 2012 #14
However, it won't stop the GOP from screaming about the Dems. CBHagman Sep 2012 #15
Frankly I care more about how the President's reaction appears in the Middle East snappyturtle Sep 2012 #17
Dear OP Bluenorthwest Sep 2012 #22
I am an atheist salib Sep 2012 #23
I don't understand why Jeruselum is even an issue in our convention Marrah_G Sep 2012 #27
You don't understand that its an important issue for a large Democratic bloc of voters? onenote Sep 2012 #38
No, I don't. It's not our country. Marrah_G Sep 2012 #39
Well, if you don't appreciate the fact that its an important issue to a major voting block onenote Sep 2012 #40
so you seem to saying that this was done to please Jews? azurnoir Sep 2012 #48
As a Jewish supporter of President Obama onenote Sep 2012 #50
yes there is a group called IvoteIsrael saying much the same as you azurnoir Sep 2012 #53
There are also many American Jews who see unilateral annexation of Jerusalem as a violation of leveymg Sep 2012 #56
I agree that there are differences within the Jewish community on the question of Jerusalem onenote Sep 2012 #57
The differences within are more significant and deeper. It's always been that way. Taking sides leveymg Sep 2012 #58
Atheists, agnostics, free thinkers and other people who choose "none" PassingFair Sep 2012 #107
Yeah, this ought to help with the Arab-American vote. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #42
Pretty sure Arabs aren't going to go red this year. Ash_F Sep 2012 #76
Muslim Americans, you mean? JackRiddler Sep 2012 #105
Israel is a third-rail topic. alp227 Sep 2012 #88
I thought the platform was the platform. How could it get changed? AngryAmish Sep 2012 #28
"The Republican noise machine, then, successfully changed the Democratic platform document... HomerRamone Sep 2012 #30
Israeli-hating atheist you say??!! and-justice-for-all Sep 2012 #37
"they all swear to uphold the Constitution" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2012 #49
"So help me god" also a violation..nt and-justice-for-all Sep 2012 #69
This may have been politic, but I am disappointd with the pandering. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #43
Ha... Israel-hating Atheists.... that's funny. defacto7 Sep 2012 #44
Only 13% of Israelis are athiest Freddie Stubbs Sep 2012 #77
good call... but I think it's 37%. defacto7 Sep 2012 #81
I have to add.... defacto7 Sep 2012 #45
Too bad they didn't consult the President last week! marshall Sep 2012 #64
He's only one man and there are only so many hours in the day Freddie Stubbs Sep 2012 #78
So Bret Baier asks Dick Durbin about the God thing, Redford Sep 2012 #67
I'm an atheist, it's 2012 and I'm sick of ignorant bigots acting like its something to apologise for wickerwoman Sep 2012 #72
I guess, to many Democrats, Atheists aren't "Real Americans"... Humanist_Activist Sep 2012 #74
agreed.... madrchsod Sep 2012 #79
That was a tough spot for Villaraigosa madville Sep 2012 #86
You're sympathizing with the one who... JackRiddler Sep 2012 #93
This whole issue about god is pathetic and disgusting nopedontlikeitatall Sep 2012 #89
Oh oh, thank GOD! - Disgusting. JackRiddler Sep 2012 #91
stupidity and ignorance in the party platform bowens43 Sep 2012 #102
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