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Posted on 09/06/2012 9:31:21 AM PDT by Starman417

This needs to be played over...and over again:

I feel like I might have been one of the first to hear about DNC Chair Villaraigosa getting Eastwooded yesterday, along with his deer-in-the-headlights moment...followed by 3 North Carolina recounts and a stolen decision. But here I am, probably one of the last to blog about it.

Actually...I think people should keep blogging about this for years to come. Never let a good crisis go to waste...recycle, recycle, recycle.

I just woke up half an hour ago and I still can't stop laughing over yesterday:

when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the convention chairman, came to the podium to ask for the approval of the delegates, those who shouted opposition to the language change were as loud, if not louder, than those who voiced their support.
Villaraigosa, in what quickly became an awkward moment, asked for the voice vote three times in all. After the second time, he paused for several seconds and looked behind him for guidance from a convention staffer -- possibly a parliamentarian -- before turning back and asking for a third vote.
Even though the no's were again as loud if not louder than the aye's on the third vote, Villaraigosa said he had determined that two thirds of those present had voted in favor. Boos filled the arena in response.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, then cheat by applying Chicago rules and "in the opinion of the chair", ram it through anyway.

Sounds like they went off script. Kinda sucky when that happens, huh?:

Sources told The Huffington Post on Tuesday that the response took party officials by surprise, since the language of the platform had been carefully orchestrated to emphasize America's close ties to Israel and to avoid wading into controversial "final-status" issues, like the designation of Israel's capital.
Two sources also told HuffPost that officials with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the bipartisan and staunchly pro-Israel interest group known as AIPAC, had vetted the draft and signed off on its provisions.
AIPAC-linked sources later vociferously denied the report, telling reporters that the organization had initially proposed language that included Jerusalem as the capital, and that their officials never reviewed the "full Middle East platform."

(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...