Posted on 09/05/2012 8:17:06 PM PDT by chessplayer
A major controversy erupted on the floor of the Democratic National Convention Wednesday surrounding God and Jerusalem inside the Party's platform.
Hours later, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz gave CNN an absolutely ridiculous explanation for what transpired resulting in her being mocked for her "alternate reality" by numerous commentators including Anderson Cooper and John King (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
CNN White House correspondent Brianna Keilar, on the floor of the convention with Wasserman Schultz, asked about the process of changing the platform, the three voice votes, and the “discord.”
Wasserman Schultz amazingly replied, “There wasn't any discord.”
Keilar responded that it seemed like people on the floor didn’t feel it was a two-thirds vote.
Wasserman Schultz again amazingly replied, “It absolutely was two-thirds.”
Continuing to press, Keilar noted that this seemed to be a change in policy from yesterday by the Obama campaign because they made it clear Tuesday that they stood by the platform with the controversial language regarding Jerusalem and the word “God” left out.
“No, no, it's not actually,” Wasserman Schultz again amazingly replied.
At the end of the interview, the segment switched back to CNN’s booth at the convention where Anderson Cooper said, “I just got to go to the panel with this. I mean, Debbie Wasserman Schultz said it wasn’t a change of language, there was no discord that we saw, and it was a two-thirds vote.
“And it was a technical oversight,” added David Gergen.
“I mean, that’s an alternate universe,” replied Cooper.
[[resulting in her being mocked for her “alternate reality” by numerous commentators including Anderson Cooper]]
Wow! If copper even mocked one of his own, then it must have been really really bad- I wouldn’t know, because I can’t stand listenign to the woman myself- she makes me want to vomit blood— but evidently she must have been especially assinine today
It's not a matter of belief - it's a matter of effect.
“Most people do not want to accept this. They think all people have good in them. But ‘good’ is a moral reality. And for a person that by definition accepts no morality outside the situational, there can be no ‘good’ in them.”
This truth bears repeating
They all lie so well, it’s SCARY.
“She thinks anyone is going to believe that bilge?”
I think that Hannity may have had a shot of the teleprompter telling the “moderator” to say that the ayes had it. Or perhaps, it was for all the “hearing impaired” who are at the convention.
Sadly, some will. But they're the folks who are going to vote for Obama anyway.
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