STATEMENT BY RYE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE JOE CARVIN ON OMISSION OF JERUSALEM AS
ISRAEL'S HISTORIC CAPITAL IN DNC PLATFORM
September 5, 2012
"The Democratic Party under President Obama has made it official: It wants to sever Jerusalem from the Israeli state.
"The omission of Jerusalem as Israel's historic capital in the Democratic Party platform is a slap in the face to all those who support America's closest ally in the Middle East.
"It is deeply disappointing that Congresswoman Nita Lowey voiced no protest while this significant language change was being made in her party's platform. Words matter, and this language change speaks volumes about where the Democratic Party under this president is headed.
"Voters of all religions who love and support Israel will have something to say about this at the ballot box."
We should be supporting a solution not dictating the terms. Shameful Joe, really shameful and dishonest, you have really stooped to a political low.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/dnc-god-jerusalem-platform_n_1859200.html?utm_hp_ref=politics Listen, I could care less if they have them on their platform but what was telling was how do you pass this resolution that clearly did not have the 2/3's majority needed to pass? Simply a slap in the face to all the delegates who were there and participated. The DNC leadership obviously must feel it knows better than their own constituents and if the vote doesn't turn out the way they want, they simply pretend like it did.
When your policy changes, then you really don't have a policy and this is a weakness and creates a vacuum that will be filled by others.
Just make it up as you go along, just like the DNC and their platform.
When it comes to the current administration, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Ehud Barak said Monday that when it comes to his nation’s security, the Obama administration is doing “more than anything that I can remember in the past.” Why don't we all agree that both Republicans and Democrats have always supported Israel and let's move on to things that really matter.
Obama is just doing damage control and Republicans talk of bombing Iran is detrimental to peace. As for Egypt we have yet to see what the Muslim Brotherhood will do. It is going to take more than four years to fix the Republicans economic disaster at home and probably decades to repair the damage aboard.
What part don't you believe? Or is it just your ranting about God being a Republican commodity?
As for spaceships taken us away, I prefer to work to make this planet better for everyone not just the rich.