Election 2012 – Invoking God and Jewish values: God and faith an integral part of American politic

separation of Church and State? Why should anything that smacks of ANYONE’S religious beliefs appear at the convention of one of our two primary political parties?

Regardless of how one feels about the supposedly zealous manner in which the “G-word” is bandied about, that’s no excuse for parading fiction as if it were fact.
The statement that “Every president adds ‘So help me God’ on taking the oath of office, and each has mentioned God in his inaugural address” is false on two counts.
First, the historical record shows that most presidents, starting with George Washington, are not known to have added a non-biblical, extra-constitutional codicil to the presidential oath as prescribed by the United States Constitution. It is true, however, that we have to wait for the early part of the twentieth century before an elected president is reliably known to have acted without constitutional authority when committing to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” (Please remember, the Constitution doesn’t use the G-word at all.)  Furthermore, it’s only since FDR’s 1933 inaugural ceremony that every modern president has followed suit. (It’s only on Sunday, January 20, 1957, on the eve of President Eisenhower’s inauguration, that this fiction about “every president” first appeared.)
Second, there is a striking exception to presidents who have referred to the Almighty in their inaugural address. That notable exception is George Washington’s second inaugural address.  Here it is in its entirety:
“Fellow Citizens:

  I AM again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate. When the occasion proper for it shall arrive, I shall endeavor to express the high sense I entertain of this distinguished honor, and of the confidence which has been reposed in me by the people of united America.  1
  Previous to the execution of any official act of the President the Constitution requires an oath of office. This oath I am now about to take, and in your presence: That if it shall be found during my administration of the Government I have in any instance violated willingly or knowingly the injunctions thereof, I may (besides incurring constitutional punishment) be subject to the upbraidings of all who are now witnesses of the present solemn ceremony.”

In Washington’s case, you should be aware, he was extraordinarily circumspect as to mentioning the “G-word” when speaking of religious matters. Now that’s something worth tweeting about!

ideologue who sometimes expresses views so conservative they put Ron Santorum to shame…

These two columns entirely avoid what the Democratic convention vote was really about:  Jerusalem being the capital of Israel. 

With White House approval, the Democrats removed the reference to Jerusalem being Israel’s capital from their platform, which prior Democratic platforms had recognized.
 

Democratic die-hard Alan Dershowitz claimed, “I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position.”  But that was belied by the facts.  The Democrats not only admit to carefully drafting their platform to conform with Obama’s policies, but when they cynically decided to reverse it at their Convention, the reversal clearly failed to receive the necessary two-third vote.

Three times the “Chair”, Villaraigosa, put it to a voice vote, and each time fully one-half of the delegates voted “NO”.  Having no idea what to do, he finally ignored reality, and read his Teleprompter: “In my opinion the Chair two-third’s voted in the affirmative.”  He was roundly booed.  He ignored the rules requiring a recorded vote, which obviously would have failed. 

You can watch the disaster replayed on TV by Al-Jazeera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPrBnrWvrE

This was a last minute desperate move by Obama to try to hold onto the pro-Israel (Jewish) vote for just a couple of months before he is free to fully attack Israel, entirely unfettered (with “more flexibility”).  Anyone watching this understands what the Democrat delegates really believe:  fully half of them displayed their virulent animosity to Israel.  The Democrat party has become the party of the Jew-haters, who control the party.  Jews are welcome for their money and votes, but not if they truly support Israel. 

If Obama is re-elected, American Jews will be of no further use to him, and he will be finally free to entirely abandon any American political, military or diplomatic support of Israel, and allow Iran its nukes.

Jewish American Democrats (who are not in denial and support Israel), in the most important vote in their lives, are left with a stark choice: 

Your political party or your people.

I mean, every time you post you repeat yourself…