The Democratic National Convention (a.k.a. Freakshow 2012) is in turmoil after the platform was adopted without God being mentioned and any reference to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was dropped.
They made matters worse when a voice vote was ordered on the convention floor to amend the adopted platform to include God and referencing Jerusalem as Israel's capital after the GOP hit hard.
Convention Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa had to call for three votes, each requiring 2/3 "yea" votes to pass. By no stretch of the imagination did a vote come to the required 2/3 vote in the affirmative. Yet Villaraigosa then adopted "Chicago rules" and ruled the amendment passed. This caused an uproar on the convention floor with many delegates booing the convention chairman.
This is, as talk-show host Hugh Hewit noted:
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.
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