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Romney Fires Back After DNC Platform Excludes Jerusalem as Israeli Capital
algemeiner ^ | 9/4/2012

Posted on 09/04/2012 4:13:35 PM PDT by bruinbirdman

Unlike the party’s 2008 platform, the Democrats 2012 platform does not specifically mention Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and now Mitt Romney is firing back.

“It is unfortunate that the entire Democratic Party has embraced President Obama’s shameful refusal to acknowledge that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” Romney said in an e-mail to reporters.


Mitt Romney at the Western Wall

In 2008, the Democratic platform stated: “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel. The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.”

Earlier this year, White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest stated “the capital [of Israel] is something that should be determined in final status negotiations between the parties. I’d remind you that that’s the position that’s been held by previous administrations, both Democratic and Republican.”

The Jerusalem Embassy Act, which calls for Jerusalem to be recognized as the capital of Israel, was passed by Congress in 1995 but has never been implemented. Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and now Barack Obama have viewed it as a congressional infringement on the executive branch’s constitutional authority over foreign policy.

“Four years of President Obama’s repeated attempts to create distance between the United States and our cherished ally have led the Democratic Party to remove from their platform an unequivocal acknowledgment of a simple reality,” Romney’s statement read on Tuesday. “As president, I will restore our relationship with Israel and stand shoulder to shoulder with our close ally.”


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012dncconvention; democrats; dnc; dncconvention; dncplatform; godandjerusalem; godjerusalem; israel; jewishvote; jews; liberalfascism; northcarolina; romneygodjerusalem; romneyresponse
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1 posted on 09/04/2012 4:13:37 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman

And Jews still vote RAT.


2 posted on 09/04/2012 4:15:33 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: bruinbirdman

Romney is a Mormon.

Obama is Mamon.

Nuff said!

Remember this on Nov. 6th.


3 posted on 09/04/2012 4:16:18 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: ozzymandus

Of course they do, because most Jews are libs, and their allegiance is NOT to Israel but to liberal ideology


4 posted on 09/04/2012 4:22:53 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: bruinbirdman

***“Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel.***

Till Jesus returns and builds the NEW Temple in Jackson County, Missouri! ;-D


5 posted on 09/04/2012 4:23:22 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: ozzymandus

Careful there bub, saying stuff like that here will get you kicked out the door... tread very lightly when describing liberal Jews, for some reason, el-monitor-o is very sheepish...


6 posted on 09/04/2012 4:26:06 PM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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To: bruinbirdman
The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.

How pompous and godless are we now that OUR PARTIES decide this????

7 posted on 09/04/2012 4:26:54 PM PDT by IrishPennant (Are you behind a "Blade of Grass?")
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To: bruinbirdman

That Willard is willing to p*ss of the Islamics like Obama never was is reason enough to vote for him this fall.


8 posted on 09/04/2012 4:28:29 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: bruinbirdman
Bammy doesn't fail to recognize Jerusalem as the capitol.

Just not of Israel, and he also calls it al quds.

9 posted on 09/04/2012 4:29:42 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a Barack 0b0tt0my!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Not the Zoinist. They have to vote for Mitt.


10 posted on 09/04/2012 4:31:57 PM PDT by magua
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To: bruinbirdman

Bump for forwarding to my Jewish liberal acquaintances


11 posted on 09/04/2012 4:32:28 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
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To: ozzymandus
And Jews still vote RAT.

And that I will never understand.

12 posted on 09/04/2012 4:33:33 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
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13 posted on 09/04/2012 4:35:30 PM PDT by svcw (If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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To: ozzymandus

-——And Jews still vote RAT.-——

You know....nobody knows how you voted in the booth....

My bet is a much largeer precent of Jews will vote for Romney and just not say so....you have to be a complete idiot not to see that Obama has divided loyalties about Israel ...


14 posted on 09/04/2012 4:36:27 PM PDT by Popman (In a place you only dream of Where your soul is always free)
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To: Logical me

Because they identify with the less fortunate. They also see themselves as victims.


15 posted on 09/04/2012 4:36:55 PM PDT by magua
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Romney is a Christian.

Obama is a Muslim.

Remember this on Nov. 6th.


16 posted on 09/04/2012 4:39:22 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: skeeter

Agreed. Mitt is not all bad, in fact, I am beginning to like him. I think his rhetoric will be tougher than Bush’s, too, not withstanding 9/11.


17 posted on 09/04/2012 4:41:22 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: bruinbirdman

American Jews care nothing about Israel while American evangelicals are passionate about Israel. We have Jewish friends, so I’ve seen/heard first-hand. The times we’ve broached the subject of Israel, not only do they not care, they’re totally ignorant of the political issues. They shrugged their shoulders and went on to more important things, i.e., Hollywood, vacations, etc.


18 posted on 09/04/2012 4:41:48 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Logical me

To: ozzymandus
And Jews still vote RAT.

And that I will never understand.


Socialism is the new Golden Calf.

That’s what they worship.


19 posted on 09/04/2012 4:44:00 PM PDT by samtheman (Obama. Mugabe. Chavez. (Obamugavez))
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To: bruinbirdman

Sad to say, most American Jews could give a crap.


20 posted on 09/04/2012 4:44:11 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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