Would they Boo Sick Kids too?

You have to wonder whether the Democrats are trying to shoot themselves in their collective foot. They leave God out of the platform, then contrive to put Him back in. The action is met by boos, and, of course, it's all on film. A film which will be repeated over and over throughout the next nine weeks. 

It's nothing short of rank stupidity. They even had the order to pass the addendum to their platform typed into the teleprompter. Even Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the chairman of the convention and the one at the podium during the voice vote which ended in booing, seemed confused and unsure of what to do. He finally announced that, in his teleprompted opinion, two-thirds were for the amendment, the Democratic platform would be altered. It was a completely scripted moment. Except for the boos, and the clear fact that there was not two-thirds support for the measure. Further attempts at damage control, and that is exactly what this was, went so far as to assert that the President did not know that there were no references to God in the original platform. 

Please. The President was not aware of something so obvious as that? Sitting presidents control their conventions, which mean they control the platform. If he didn't know, then it is simply another sign of how out of touch Barack Obama is with the American public. Last night's events overshadow the whole Democratic National Convention. The way in which they handled the issue is merely another symptom of the the illness which affects their party. 

They make a bad and wholly avoidable mistake and then compound it with something profoundly stupid. It is one more sign of the discomfort in their ranks as we head towards November. There is fear in the hearts of the Democrats. It shone brightly last evening.