Platform
By B.J. Reyes
^^Members of the Hawaii delegation at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Peter Boylan)
While most of the attention to the national Democratic Party platform focused on the exclusion – then reinsertion — of “God” and “Jerusalem” in the party platform, the section of particular interest to the Hawaii delegation was left untouched.
That section falls in two paragraphs on Page 50 of the 7o-page national party platform, entitled “Moving America Forward,” and states that the party supports efforts for “self-determination and sovereignty” of native Hawaiians.
The section on tribal sovereignty in the Democratic Party platform reads:
Tribal Sovereignty. American Indian and Alaska Native tribes are sovereign self-governing communities, with a unique government-to-government relationship with the United States. President Obama and Democrats in Congress, working with tribes, have taken unprecedented steps to resolve long-standing conflicts, finally coming to a resolution on litigation – some dating back nearly 100 years – related to management of Indian trust resources, administration of loan programs, and water rights.
The President worked with Democrats to pass the HEARTH Act to promote greater tribal self-determination and create jobs in Indian Country. The Affordable Care Act permanently reauthorized the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve care for Native Americans. Democrats enacted the Tribal Law and Order Act, support expansion of the Violence Against Women Act to include greater protection for women on tribal lands, and oppose versions of the Violence Against Women Act that do not include these critical provisions. We will continue to honor our treaty and trust obligations and respect cultural rights, including greater support for American Indian and Alaska Native languages. Democrats support maximizing tribal self-governance, including efforts for self-determination and sovereignty of Native Hawaiians.
Dante Carpenter, Hawaii Democratic Party chairman, said the language was put forth by the state delegation through the platform committee meetings leading up to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Said Carpenter in a telephone interview from Charlotte:
“I think it was consistent with previous action. It’s pretty hard to say they’re not entitled to it. It was not a whole section attributed to that, but it was part of the protection of the sovereign entity aspects of the indigenous peoples of America. … For all intents and purposes we did get our message included in part of the platform package.”
As in the past, the inclusion of such language was sought in support of the efforts of U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, who is retiring after this year, Carpenter said.
The federal Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, also known as the Akaka Bill, would create a process for Hawaiians to form their own governing entity and negotiate with federal and state governments on land use and cultural issues.
While Hawaii’s congressional delegation has worked behind the scenes to try and win support for the measure, time is running out on get something done before Akaka leaves office.
The latest version of the bill was introduced at the start of last year by Akaka and U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye. It was reported out favorably by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, but has never been advanced to the Senate floor for a straight up-or-down vote.
Political Radar
September 5th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU Political Radar for bringing this up.
Embarrassing. Embarrassing Democratic party.
Today’s incident could very well spell, well, at least a lot of lost votes for Obama/Biden, and maybe even for a few key D seats across the country.
Do they even wanna WIN this election?
There’s no spinning this, Democratic party. A lot of you guys HATE God. You simply can’t say the same about the Republican party. (admittedly, gotta question Log Cabin Republicans, but [similar to how homosexuals do not constitute a majority of the country] they don’t represent the majority of the party.)
A disaster. Simply disastrous for the Dems what happened today. Yeah, “God” and “Jerusalem” are reinstated, but, what is being focused upon is your bunch of HATE toward “God” and “Jerusalem”; not even the Left-leaning press is ignoring this!!!!
Did you hear the Dem at the podium?!?! “. . . I guess . . .” “In the opinion of the . . . Let me do that again . . .”. ” . . . I um . . . I guess . . .” “. . . I’ll do that one more time . . .” EPIC FAIIIIIIL!!!!!
At least TWO TIMES, TWO TIMES, TWO TIMES AT LEAST the Democratic crowd yelled NAY FOR AS MANY YEAS for the reinstatement of “God” and “Jerusalem as Israel’s Capitol”. There was no 2/3rds OK for this reinstatement; sounded more like 1/2 and 1/2. You can hear a female woman’s whisper to the speaker (Los Angeles Mayor and Democratic Convention Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa) “you have to let the delegates do what they want.” or along those lines, yes???? Wasn’t the amendment adopted YESTERDAY??????? NO “GOD” OR “JERUSALEM” LANGUAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not all of ‘em, but a lot of them boo’d!!!! No 2/3rds!!! Clearly. 50/50. Makes the Ron Paul whining from Texas pale, heck, not even in the same first class of embarrassment by the DNConventiion today!
Dems. You simply HAVE to be embarrassed at what happened today! A Grease considers himself an Independent, so, trust a Grease on this! Obama neglected Israel throughout his Administration (all talk, his “oh, I support Israel”; he didn’t even VISIT!!!), and today’s fiasco underscores that. Today, your party shows 1/2 hate of God and of Jerusalem.
THIS WAS NOT A 2/3rds APPROVAL, NO WAY, NO WAY, NO WAY, NO WAY, NO WAY. Today, a Grease — and the world — heard the portion of Democrats (core, strong Democrats, MIND YOU, who will make sure and manage to attend a Democratic National Convention) boo God and Israel. And THAT translates into HATE, by the nay saying Dems, for both.
There are even quotes to buttress this anger toward God; from this source, http://www.google.com/gwt/x?client=ms-rim&gl=US&u=http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-change-platform-add-god-jerusalem-211928130–election.html&ei=APhHUOfMPIGAxQLR4YCIAQ&wsc=bf:
Man. Right now a Grease is so inclined to vote for a Romney/Paul. Let’s get this country back on track to morals and the truth.
Blinked. Fake. Ho’omalimali. Too little, way, way, WAY too late!!!! Democrat party’s got focus-haters toward God and Israel. Your convention is a disaster and has no place in moral America, Dems.
Really beginning to not represent a Grease, Democratic party. Their convention needed to kick @#$ this week and — whether they win in November or not — this convention is looking clownish and embarrassing instead.
September 5th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
This may be a first that the Grease is 100% correct. Local God fearing Democrats have been ostracized and it looks like the trend is going national. Hawaii Democrats are a lot more conservative than many mainlanders might think. Although the Hawaii Delegation was probably booing since only the hard core lefties usually are picked to attended these things.
I stand by my convictions and wear my values and faith on my sleeve. It seems that the Democrats are beginning to do the same thing except many might be shocked that theri values are Anti-God and Pro-Muslim. Can you imagine how Streisand and Spielberg feel right now supporting the Democratic party that is acting anti-semitic.
September 6th, 2012 at 1:15 am
My god, man — er, “Grease — have you nothing else to do with your time? Have you ever heard the saying “brevity is the soul of wit”? You are neither brief nor witty. Or interesting. Just self-indulgent, “look at me prattle on”-ish. Will you stop when your candidates get drubbed in November? Please?
September 6th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
The platform was lowered since the shortfall of our bureaucratic standards.
God and that Jerusalem is the Gate Way to Heaven.
September 6th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Right, right, ohiaforest3400 . . . because your (and your pals’ own here
?) posts here on Political Radar are also sooooooo short and non-bloviating. Slants against God — in a Grease’s book and especially in this age of Leftists’ overall scorched earth disrespect of a Christian God (but, all other deities are “cool”, riiiiiight? — will be raised, and every line in support of God.
In debate, Obama and Biden-my-time will get grilled, grilled, grilled for this and their guffaws on the economy (Clinton’s speech did nothing. Think there’s only ONE thing everyboty thinks of when they see a Bill Clinton is simply a distraction (read: his holding up of his index finger throughout last night’s speech did little to dispel that perennial distraction, yes? I thought he was an OK president, but, man . . . just that whole “define . . .”, you know). How could the DNConvention schedule him and that birth control lady and still maintain credibility? Pair that with the whole covert action keeping “God” and “Jerusalem” (deliberately out of the convention) and why in #Ell should a God-fearing individual like a Grease eat up anything from this convention; I really thought they would have an answer to last week. Right now — to anyone concerned with morality and God — this convention just looks stupid and warrants us telling them they are. Why ain’t Hilary at this convention? No crisis in Asia right no?
Don’t worry about my use of time (really; you wouldn’t feel sorry for a Grease if you knew the time in this case). What’s a good use of time in your book, ohia’? The free time able-bodied have due to this Leftist gov’ment’s liberal (pun intended) throw out of welfare like how candy used to be thrown from fire trucks at Christmas time?
Love your opinion, ohiaforest3400. Where are your friends on Political Radar? This is your guys’ week.
Right on, Eric4senate. Hope you win.
September 6th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Where are all the atheists cheering the Democratic Party for so bravely striking God down?
September 6th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Seriously, you folks are getting exercised over a party platform, which is nothing but window dressing in a political campaign? If so, where were you when the GOP was being excoriated for its supposedly anti-woman platform? Women are real, people are real; believing in God — and publicly advertising it if you do — is a choice. US policy for 45 years, under Presidents both Republiucan and Democrat, is that Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel, with the future status of Jerusalem to be decided by the Israelis and the Palestinians. Whether Jerusalem is or is not mentioned in the Democrat’s platform is irrelevant, except to sycophants who reflexively suck up to the latest puppet of the internecine infighting of Israeli politics, currently the smugly crooked Bibi Netanyahu.
Keep your eye on ball. Maybe you’ll see it once the election is over.
September 6th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
“He without sin cast the first stone”.
September 6th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
Seems Eric4senate is running an imaginary race and will get two votes.
Also he must be a thero.
If world peace takes to be pro-Muslim, so be it.
One God.
Anti-God? Ethics, there is no ethics in America.
Talking about theri is a “term used fully for Ordained Buddhist Nuns”
The opposite of a thero.
No pledge to the flag but the color green as in money.
100%? When America is divided by 1% and 99%.
How can one be 100% correct? America is divided
and the reason they could fall. United they have a chance.
Bloviate, bloviator.
September 7th, 2012 at 12:31 am
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September 7th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
[Sigh. A Grease wanted to shaddap about this already, but, here goes.]
Please.
The Dems are worried after this past week’s events at the convention and I think they’re at least really concerned about a Paul Ryan-Biden debate, to say the least.
Clinton didn’t hit it out of the park. The President’s “gimme ‘noddah chance” speech didn’t hit it out of the park, either. I felt sorry for Obama last night; he looked tired. He must’ve seen that jobs result ‘fore he went onstage.
A Grease’ll actually be impressed if he wins in November. A Grease . . . can slightly relate, you know, thinking you’ll not win something when just the opposite occurs. And you promise yourself to do better ad when it does work out, it’s great; when it doesn’t, it’s nanny, nanny boo-boo, which this country can’t afford with another 4 years of the current Administration.
I don’t know why you guys want him back in. This DNConvention ended up simply remedial, “go along to get along”, rote, desperate, and dishonest (I would’ve at least wanted to hear an admission of how organizers were actually scared of the source of the lightning they were so scared about in moving the last speeches from BofA stadium [rimshot]. He and Biden-my just cannot do the job. Romney has proven, with the Salt Lake ‘lympics (and occurring a year after 9/11, mind you) that he can turn things around competently and immediately. Yet, Obama wants us to buy (with apologies to Janet Jackson, who should be apologizing to us for that wardrobe malfunction, heh) “let’d wait awhile.” Why wait until the end of four years only to hear his final State of the Union to go, “sorry you’re all broke. We tried, though, didn’t we?”
Remember how disastrous Carter’s handling of the Middle East was? Heck — there were American HOSTAGES on Carter’s watch. And maybe we’ll get hostages in a 2nd Obama term; and his — let’s just call it (I mean, he lucky Leftist Hebrews in this country, famous otherwise) haven’t yet made mention — disrespect of Israel? Is that healthy for ANY president?
When Reagan got elected, what? Those hostages were let go. Released. Coincidence? No. That region knows not to f#*k w/the U.S. when a more Conservative Administration’s in place in the U.S.
The Repubs are diverse, and if you watched their convention last week (from objective sources, like CSPAN), you would’ve seen black women speakers (in addition to Dr. Condi Rice), Hispanic women speakers . . . all in office. The Leftist press just tends to ignore them. “Oh, the Repubs can’t possibly have people in office other than of white ethnicity” is what the Left and the Dems fool themselves with.
You were afraid Sarah Palin would’ve become VP? Hogwash. Let’s talk John Edwards; this guy almost landed up in jail!
The Dems are REALLY on the ropes. If they the presidency in November, a Grease’ll be impressed (a Grease is tending t believe the University of Colorado prediction: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/23/university-of-colorado-prediction-model-points-to-big-romney-win/). I don’t think all those rubber-stamped illegals are going to even care about casting any vote. And I don’t think the DNC has as the buses needed to get enough to the polling booth.
Cannot believe anyone from that party would the, um, er, pun intended, audacity to say, “oh, when YOU guys lose in November.”. Might be hunky-dory for us here in Hawai`i, but in the Mainland? It’s BAD. And you guys know this, and say what you want about Bain Capital (most of what the Left is saying about Bain outright lies and spinning), but, I think Mainland voters are attracted to a candidate who can get profits running again. I think that after the last four years, those who have enough sensibility to vote at least, have become acclimated to how when government gets out of the way, jobs are created. Profits rise. The shield that the Dems used to cover many from that such truths has rusted.
“Obama’s America” and “The Amateur” are # 2 and # 3, respectively, on (of all publications; actually, to be fair, this publication’s list is objective) “The New York Times” bestseller list. And 2016: Obama’s America, while far from # 1 at the box office, ain’t exactly losing money either. Figure it out, Dems — people are willing to get the whole truth.
Obama/Biden can win . . . but, not by continuing going down the road they started from even before their convention.
A Grease is Independent. I simply was unimpressed, at the very least, and angered with the DNConvention this week. Clinton said nothing and the Left press made it look like he was Superman making a speech. I watched the thing TWICE and I thought, “are you kidding me?
The Obama campaign’s seemingly ignoring that it p’d off Palestinians and Israelis with that leave out of “God” and “Jerusalem” (I mean, come on . . . don’t spin it. Debbie Wasserman. Schultz was short of hypnotizing the nation to make them think “God” and “Jerusalem” were not left out of DNConvention deliberately).
This is how the Democrats on the national level works nowadays. Cowtow to hate-Israel Middle East.
For the reasons a lot of people (a Grease included) voted for Obama, we’ve seen the result. Despite our measly 4 electoral votes pretty much going to the incumbent, I don’t know if a Grease can consciously and morally vote for this ticket again. This a president who bowed and apologized. He didn’t get my OK to do that. He didn’t get any U.S. citizen’s permission to do that. Shameful. Who can vote for him anymore? America is great; and a Grease and my fellow Americans do not expect our president — no matter what party affiliation — to apologize for that.
September 7th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Oh, and by the way, the DNC closed its convention with a very strong “God thing”: a lenghty benediction in which Archbishop Timothy (?) Dolan delievered an impassioned plea for protection of the unborn and for for religious freedom from having to provide employees with, for example, birth control against the employer’s conscience. I doubt that the RNC would have closed with such a contrarian position.
But I don’t know, I couldn’t watch it. Did you? Did you watch any of the DNC or do you just take lazy pot shots based on the convenience of these blog excerpts?
September 7th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Didn’t Dolan also end the RNConvention? Bottom line, if he’s a true man of the cloth, he advocates protection of the unborn. Period. No pro-abortionist will encourage a woman to keep her baby as much as s/he would give her the pamphlets about abortion and directions to the clinic or hospital that will perform the procedure for her, right?
Yes, OK, a Grease’s response to the above is exactly. Yet another thing that this very seeming patchworked DNConvention overlooked as part of the guffaws behind their very own curtain of the Oz of their convention, the archbishop’s convocation (the last words of the convention) brought the conventioners back to reality — protection of life is the last word, as graciously given to us by God’s Word.
You must know a few pro-abortionists. Go contact ‘em. See what they thought of Archbishop Dolan’s words. Bet they left the arena at the mere sight of him. For the pro-abortionists who didstay to hear Dolan, yeah, get their opinion. Bet they weren’t too happy. But, which Democrats at that convention were in a good mood once “God” and “Jerusalem” were reinstated into DNConvention font?
The whole DNConvention insulted those who praised a Christian God. I really cannot vote for Obama, at this time, due to those infractions. They made sure those two hours of chanting before the convention went smoothly, though, no? Do the Dems want Christian America’s vote? Doesn’t seem so.
OK, a Grease’ll enjoy the weekend . . . I think. A Grease would SO buy yiou a beer. But, please, Ohia’, or whoever, have the last word.
September 7th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
“or whoever, have the last word.” I will, bloviator.
Uses God’s name in Vain and blasphemous.
There is only One God.
By the way Jews do not spell out God but G-D.
Republicans at the RNC did not have to speak about
God or Jerusalem cause romney did a lot of talk when he went to Israel.
I didn’t need to hear it from republicans. It just blew in by a, bloviator.
“Cowtow”. What is a Cowtow? A cow stuck in the middle of the road
needing a Tow? “Hunky-dory”.
“[Sigh. A Grease wanted to shaddap about this already, but, here goes.]”
Lunatic Fringe couldn’t. Right Reggie?
September 7th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
’nuff said.
September 11th, 2012 at 3:33 am
Actually. A Grease’ll have the last word. I’ll start with, “hate to say it, but, I knew you were wrong.”
Only because, uh, well . . . you know, Archbishop Dolan’s words were all about protecting life.
Yep. Here. Read it and w . . . well, you know the rest:
Another of my favs from Archbishop Dolan’s benediction at the DNConvention:
Here. See for yourself: http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=47524
In any case . . . if Archbishop even slightly advocated a pro-choice angle (i.e., did you call it “giving employers the option of . . .” something, somewhat?), wouldn’t the Leftist press have him on the front page and at the top of every TV or radio news hour pretty much villifying him from the end of the DNConvention through today?
And, worse, he’d have been rebuked by Pope Benedict XVI if Dolan had advocated for anything other than pro-life.
Neither has happened.
OK, NOW I pau, for reals
.