Posted on 09/08/2012 3:58:44 PM PDT by Kaslin
Was Villaraigosa living in an alternate universe at the DNC, too? When the Democrats held a voice vote to modify the platform, undoing the omission of God and Jerusalem, chaos among the delegates ensued. It was clear to anyone watching that a 2/3 majority was not reached, even after three votes were held. After the first vote the chairman began to say, “In the opinion of the…” then he realized ‘hey, wait a minute, that wasn’t a majority’ and proceeded to finish his sentence, “let me do that again.” He did. The same thing happened and he just stood there, completely bewildered. The third vote rendered the same result yet the chairman came to the conclusion that a solid majority in the affirmative had in fact been reached.
Now he’s following DWS’ lead who, in an interview with CNN, said that “there wasn’t any discord [during the vote]” and that “it was absolutely two-thirds” -- hence Anderson Cooper’s observation that she must be living in an alternate universe. Villaraigosa responds:
“It was a lot of ado about nothing,” the mayor said Friday. Villaraigosa said that when reporters told him after the vote that they did not clearly hear two-thirds support, he responded, “That’s nice to know. I was the chairman and I did, and that was the prerogative of the chair.”
Villaraigosa noted that any delegate who objected to the process could have made a formal challenge within 10 minutes of the vote.
“Not one person objected. It’s more a media concern than a delegate concern. I can tell you this — the president of the United States said, ‘Wow.’ The president said, ‘You showed why you were speaker of the California Assembly,’” Villaraigosa said. “The president, the vice president, Mrs. Obama, all of them acknowledged the decisive way I handled that.”
This is laughable. Who do the Dems think they’re fooling? Watch the video again - the vote starts around the 2:00 mark:
DNC Floor Fight To Adopt "God" (Christians) and "Jerusalem" (Jews) Back Into Platform
Republicans need to follow Rep. Allen West’s lead on this one:
THREE TIMES THEY SAID NO TO GOD! [New GOP Ad by Congressman Allen West]
That's worth an Emmy, or at least a professionally written 'attaboy' ~ I doubt we'll see that one again.
Uh, so why did you vote three times? Were the first two close like 50-50 and suddenly on the third one it suddenly became 67-33 or more?
Lying scumball.
This vigorosa tool...finally someone who could use those annoying hearing aid ads.
The president, the vice president, Mrs. Obama, all of them acknowledged the decisive way I handled that.
This guy is such a major POS.
Maybe it was some sort of 'best two out of three' vote.
Um, if there was clearly two-thirds support, what would be the need for any remarkable 'decisiveness', and what earned the 'Wow'?
I was commenting on his saying he heard two thirds when you know like hell he didnt.
They lie when the truth fits better.
"Um, if there was clearly two-thirds support, what would be the need for any remarkable 'decisiveness', and what earned the 'Wow'?"
And why did he have to read his "decision" off the Teleprompter?
And, not coincidentally, who was it that was the telling the Teleprompter operator what to type...???
Since the convention hall was half empty, I am sure he heard the silent majority.
I loved the look on his face when he heard all the “No’s” He didn’t expect opposition from the rank and file.
Peter loved and followed Jesus but denied being his disciple out of fear.
The majority of the democratic party has rejected Jesus and, at best, are simply paying “lip service” to God so that they might put on a good public face.
IIRC, shortly after V went into the job of Mayor of Los Angeles, he paid $1 million to the heads of the Bloods & the Crips to stop their fueding.
He apparently thought he could buy them off.
The dumbest thing I ever heard.
Bet they bought more guns & ammo & laughed all the way to their own cribs.
That's why you had to vote on it three times?
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