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In December of 1968 at a freezing Franklin Field in Philadelphia, fans of an awful Eagles team, which would end the season 2-12, booed and threw snowballs at Santa Claus during a botched halftime show. Philly sports fans have a rep for being the toughest. It’s said of them that they would boo your kid at an Easter egg hunt. But booing and pelting Santa Claus has been generally accepted as about as low as an audience for any event could go.
That is, until yesterday, when thousands of Democrats, in Charlotte for a convention based around the worship of secular government, booed God.
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RCV| 9.6.12 @ 11:12AM
Such utter nonsense! The boos were from the minority of Democrats who disagreed with the change in the Israel-Jerusalem language -- like the GOP, we have our Paul-bot equivalents who see the Middle East conflict through anti-Israeli eyes. Nobody "booed God," Larry.
Crassus| 9.6.12 @ 11:22AM
Obviously, you cannot handle the truth.
RCV| 9.6.12 @ 12:11PM
...or what you'd like to pretend is the truth. But then, you guys "won't let your campaign be dictated to by fact checkers."
Nick| 9.6.12 @ 1:20PM
They booed both God and Israel, RCV.
They voted THREE TIMES to REJECT the amendment.
Villaraigosa, then, cravenly lied when he claimed that the amendment passed with 2/3 of the delegates.
Those are the facts.
We are not letting the campaign be dictated to by liberal "fact checkers," by the way. Because they blatantly lie.
Slacker| 9.6.12 @ 3:09PM
It serves the Dems right for putting an idiot who failed the bar exam four times on stage. If you’re committed to cheating on a voice vote, best to do it on the first vote, like our guy Boehner. God help LA.
Truth to Power| 9.6.12 @ 2:50PM
This was the most genuine moment of the Democratic convention. The group was at least half and anybody that knows Progressives is not surprised. RCV is a pig that will say anything. Say hi to the pretend wife and kids.
JP| 9.6.12 @ 1:03PM
The Democrats booed the Jewish name of "Jerusalem";they much prefer the Muslim name of "Al Quds" for the city that King David first established.
They Democrats are just doing a dhimini dress rehearsal. For they may not believe in God, but they surely fear Allah and his jihadists.
Oldefarte| 9.6.12 @ 9:40PM
Since they would have [in their minds at least] been booing THE BLACK JESUS, you're probably correct. No, what you have are a bunch of athiests-Bots who initially manipulated the platform into deleting the historical reference to "G-D" and thereafter got spanked by Brett Bier at Fox [oh Dickey Durbin didn't have the guts to return after the re-insertion of "G-d" either]. Additionally the anti-Semites [aka Muslim terrorists] with the DNC are eating crow now also. Finally Debbie Doo-Doo's getting cauught in her obviousl lie concerning the Israelies trashing the Republicans was icing on the cake!!!!!!!!
spike59| 9.7.12 @ 6:27AM
"like the GOP, we have our Paul-bot equivalents "
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but, UNlike the GOP, yours are running the party and heading the ticket
JFGalt| 9.6.12 @ 1:00PM
From what I saw, they were booing both God and Israel. There was no way to separate the two in the vote. Democrats have been trying to remove references to GOD in our country for years. Why deny this now? They fight to remove all references at courthouses, government buildings and documents. They push for things that are against biblical teachings thus being against God. Granted last night they booed the vote but the vote was about God and it went against what they wanted and that was to expose their true beliefs. The Democrats should have let them have so that they could come out of the closet and tell the world that they are smarter and better than God because THEY are the ones that are all knowing and omniscient as is their leader. What's the big deal? Let them be open about it.
RCV| 9.6.12 @ 1:14PM
Ironic coming from a guy who uses the arch-atheist Ayn Rand's moniker.
Teflon93 | 9.6.12 @ 3:52PM
Ahh, Ayn Rand is an ARCH-atheist, whereas the endless parade of liberal politicians admiring Vladimir Lenin, Che Guevara, Mao Tsedong, Josef Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, and Pol Pot are only regular atheists. I'd be interested in knowing why someone like Rand who does not believe in God yet believes even less in Government gets the ARCH but Government-worshipping progressives such as yourself do not.
RCV| 9.6.12 @ 3:57PM
Because I'm not an atheist. And neither I nor anyone I know has the slightest admiration for thugs like Lenin, Guevara, Mao, Stalin, Ho or Pol Pot. And because we were talking about someone named "Galt" who is complaining about atheists, which is kind of ironic given Ms. Rand's view of the foolishness of religion generally, and of Christianity, a religion she believed glorified weakness instead of those glorious industrial genius builders she created in her mind.
Truth to Power| 9.6.12 @ 5:38PM
Notice how RCV didn't mention Il Duce.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q.....=117&ty=16
RCV| 9.6.12 @ 7:45PM
I mentioned only the thugs Teflon93 mentioned, "Truth". You are such a moron, really.
spike59| 9.6.12 @ 4:16PM
RCV is not an atheist! she believes in God, and is POSITIVE the proper spelling is "o-b-a-m-a"
RCV| 9.6.12 @ 7:45PM
No, the God I believe in Spike, is Jesus Christ.
Oldefarte| 9.6.12 @ 9:42PM
Maybe instead, the use of the Reverand Jeremiah Wright's "G-D DAMNED AMERICA" would be preferred by you?????????????????
MyGirlFriday| 9.6.12 @ 1:44PM
JF,
"They" are the ones "They" have been waiting for.
Paul McGrath| 9.6.12 @ 2:22PM
It's really never been more explicit: a vote for Obama is a vote against God!
(The Christian God, anyway. One wonders how the delegates would have reacted if it was suggested putting Allah in there somewhere. They would have cheered, I bet.)
Jimbobogie| 9.6.12 @ 3:17PM
Maybe a little of-topic, but food for thought:
If you're a Christian, you can become President, if you're a Jew, you can become President, if you're a Muslim, you can become President...but an athiest?
spike59| 9.6.12 @ 4:18PM
really? name the Jewish President(s) throughout our history...go ahead
mike 3/505| 9.6.12 @ 4:18PM
How would we determine an athiest's moral center? How would he swear his oath?
Paul McGrath| 9.6.12 @ 6:38PM
Easy, Mike. With his right hand in the air, he'd put his left hand on the Dr. Suess book, The Lorax, as a way of showing his followers that he likes trees and knows how to read.
RCV| 9.6.12 @ 7:51PM
Read Article 6 of the Constitution, you idiot.
Oldefarte| 9.6.12 @ 9:45PM
Maybe ya boy should learn the SEPERATION OF POWERS within the government, and the need a POTUS's need to seek ADVICE & CONSENT??????
ncatty| 9.7.12 @ 9:07AM
I was at that Eagles game as a 15 year old. Other memories include seeing men my father's age in the stands absolutely plastered in the afternoon. "Joe must go!"