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| Bob Morrison |
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| Ken Blackwell |
They continue their op-ed: "Would anyone like to guess where Democratic Party activists are on this clash? You have only to consider the behavior of credentialed delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last summer. The Democratic Party Platform — as reported out by its Platform Committee — dropped all reference to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This was no oversight. When pro-Israel Democrats pointed this out and urged the delegates on the convention floor to restore the Jerusalem-is-Israel’s-capital plank to the party’s platform, there were shouted Nos that clearly outnumbered the Yeses. Realizing they could not mount a national election campaign as an avowedly anti-Israel party, the powers-that-be quickly gaveled the Jerusalem plank back into the platform. Then we heard loud boos."
The gentlemen argue that it's time for the GOP to kick its strategists to the curb: "Regardless of what the Democratic Party Platform now says, with the Jerusalem post-it note plastered over it, the stance of this administration is quite clear. State Department weasel-worder Victoria Nuland has repeatedly refused to state that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. And the Obama administration has gone into court to evade congressional requirements for 'Jerusalem, Israel' to be stamped on passports and birth certificates for Americans abroad. The public opinion is four-to-one against the administration and the Democratic Party’s sentiment on a vitally important foreign policy issue. Did the GOP ticket press this point during the televised debates? Not at all. Did the nominees raise this issue on the campaign trail? If they did, it was not in big way. Did the Republican Party take out ads to drive home the point that the Democrats’ liberal activists are hostile to Israel. No."
