{"id":985,"date":"2012-09-06T21:17:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T02:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog\/?p=985"},"modified":"2012-09-06T21:17:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T02:17:59","slug":"the-truth-in-an-unscripted-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/the-truth-in-an-unscripted-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth in an Unscripted Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the problems with modern conventions is that they are so scripted and staged that there is an air of artificiality.\u00a0 This is not necessarily bad, but it makes judging a party somewhat like judging someone based on a first date.\u00a0 You know that they are putting on their best face, and there is always the question of how much you see is real and how much is show.\u00a0 This is doubly so with a convention; after all we are dealing with politicians.<\/p>\n

This is why conventions have become so scripted, and why the unscripted moments that do occur can be so revealing. One such moment occurred on the second night of the DNC convention<\/a>. It began when the platform committee removed long standing references to God (i.e. our God given potential) and to Jerusalem as the capital Israel.\u00a0 When this became known a small firestorm erupted and this led to the unscripted moment when the leadership moved to have these two items added back to the platform.<\/p>\n

This of course immediately raises the issue of which was the \u201creal\u201d position.\u00a0 Platforms planks, while often largely ignored by the public, are closely scrutinized and often the subject of fights within the party, and so it is difficult accept that this was just an omission.\u00a0 But the attempt to put them back in removed all doubt and made a bad situation much worse.<\/p>\n

To restore them required a 2\/3 vote of the delegates. When a voice vote was called by LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, not only did they not get the 2\/3 majority ,it\u2019s quite possible that they had 2\/3 against.\u00a0\u00a0 Clearly caught off guard, Villaraigosa, apparently thought the delegates had not understood the question.\u00a0 So he wanted a do over; this time outlining the positions more slowly.\u00a0 Again the majority was clearly opposed.\u00a0 Stunned and unsure how to proceed a number of seconds passed before Villaraigosa called for a 3rd<\/sup> vote, and again the delegates clearly voted no. But this time Villaraigosa was undeterred and simply declared the measure passed anyway, to the loud boos of the delegates.<\/p>\n

As a result of this unscripted moment, three things are clear.\u00a0 First the original removal of the God and Jerusalem is clearly the position of the convention delegates.\u00a0 Second, when push comes to shove, Democrats will do what they want regardless of the vote.\u00a0 Not that we should be surprised, for after all this is how health care reform was passed.\u00a0 The people clearly opposed it, in polls and at the ballot box, But the Democrats just pushed it through anyway.<\/p>\n

Lastly, while politicians are known for bending the truth, the reaction to this event by leading Democrats such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz<\/a>\u00a0 the chair of the DNC really casts a doubt on their truthfulness.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Before the vote her claim that this was simply a \u201ctechnical oversight\u201d might have been overlooked as simply political speak.\u00a0 But her claim in the face of the loud booing, that \u201cthere wasn\u2019t any discord\u201d and concerning the vote that \u201cit was absolute 2\/3\u201d put her in the league of Bagdad Bob<\/a>, and was described by the normally supportive Anderson Cooper as being in an \u201cAlternative Universe.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is key because in this election there is a lot in dispute. For example, Republicans claim Obama has weaken the work requirements, Democrats say he hasn\u2019t.\u00a0\u00a0 Who to believe?\u00a0 If the democrats will lie so blatantly when all one needs do is watch the video to see that are lying,\u00a0 can we really trust them when the truth is buried in the details of the Welfare reform law and will ultimately only be settled by judges and complex legal arguments?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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