IDEOLOGY OR EXPEDIENCY -Perhaps Both?

The recent 2012 Democratic Convention was a masterful, albeit unintended, exposé of both the ideology and expediency underlying the current directions motivating the DNC.

First "God" and then "Jerusalem as the capital of Israel" were removed fromtheir convention platform, a pre-existing platform subject to many reviews, discussions, focus groups and conscious design.

Then the proverbial **** hit the fan. Furious complaints and outrage filled the media to the obvious consternation of those politicians at the DNC that were hyper-focused on reelection at any price, any cost.

By the end of this same short convention, these two principles were inexplicably back in the platform. First we had a blatant, yet honest and clear expression of the core ideological issues of the extreme-left faction seemingly running the DNC's platform.

Now we have incontrovertible proof of the Machiavellian expediency of their spin masters. Which is it?

The art of flip-flopping endemic to both parties has just been taken to a new high. Either way, any confidence in the bottom line, in the DNC's final and reliable position on these two seminal issues is shattered. Who now believes they won't again move the goal posts? To many it's a shame and a scandal. I had hoped for more from this revered party, this crucial election.

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Leslie J. Sacks