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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:22 PM Aug 2012

RNC posts platform on website (in error)

RNC posts platform on website
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TAMPA, Fla. — The Republican National Committee quickly pulled down a draft copy of its 2012 platform Friday afternoon after POLITICO discovered it hidden on the committee’s web site.

The RNC has kept the document tightly held, refusing to share earlier drafts with reporters. An apparent staff error led to its posting.

A platform committee of 112 members met here Monday and Tuesday to edit the document. They plan to release the full document publicly as the convention kicks off at the start of next week. At that point, the full convention is expected to approve it by voice vote.

The RNC would not confirm that what was posted Friday is the final platform language, but it matches amendments approved earlier this week by the platform committee. The preamble is identical to what was read by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell at an open-press sessionTuesday night.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80118.html#ixzz24V7Wi1T9

pdf here:

http://images.politico.com/global/2012/08/preview_of_renewing_american_values_-_gop_1.html

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RNC posts platform on website (in error) (Original Post) maddezmom Aug 2012 OP
Did it still have the section COLGATE4 Aug 2012 #1
The Republican platform in a nutshell: Privatize EVERYTHING. denverbill Aug 2012 #2
Mafia MyshkinCommaPrince Aug 2012 #6
Are they going to ProSense Aug 2012 #3
Nice. a huge bigoted "Go To Hell" to the LGBT community right up front with their "Preserving and stevenleser Aug 2012 #4
Love this gem on page 2 reflection Aug 2012 #5
lulz redqueen Aug 2012 #9
destroy the FDA, tort "reform," school choice, faith-based & private prison programs, etc. CabCurious Aug 2012 #7
wtf are "Social Victory Centers"? CabCurious Aug 2012 #8
Man, the anti-abortion theme runs rampant throught this whole thing. reflection Aug 2012 #10
What did they say about the 19th Amendment? DURHAM D Aug 2012 #11
What a steaming pile hatrack Aug 2012 #12
Nothing secret about it, AFAIK. C-Span2 covered their plank amendment process in its... Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #13

denverbill

(11,489 posts)
2. The Republican platform in a nutshell: Privatize EVERYTHING.
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:29 PM
Aug 2012

Healthcare, including Medicare, public schools, prisons, you name it.

Privatization IS the Republican/Libertarian platform, period.

MyshkinCommaPrince

(611 posts)
6. Mafia
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:37 PM
Aug 2012

They want to hollow out our society, like the Mafia destroying a business they've acquired through gambling debt, accruing huge debts, stealing everything possible, then declaring bankruptcy. The global corporations they represent want to suck everything they can out of this country before moving on to India, China, and other places where the cycle is being begun.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
3. Are they going to
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:32 PM
Aug 2012

try to Etch-A-Sketch away the evidence that they're nuts!

GOP Approves ‘Most Conservative Platform In Modern History’
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021178791

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
4. Nice. a huge bigoted "Go To Hell" to the LGBT community right up front with their "Preserving and
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:36 PM
Aug 2012

Protecting Traditional Marriage".

Bigoted jerks.

CabCurious

(954 posts)
8. wtf are "Social Victory Centers"?
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:40 PM
Aug 2012

It appears to be a central organizing/information campaign that they are starting up.

reflection

(6,286 posts)
10. Man, the anti-abortion theme runs rampant throught this whole thing.
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:52 PM
Aug 2012

These folks are nuttier than a squirrel turd. And they want to repeal the ACA and replace it with.... what exactly? Not sure. Looks like a vague hodgepodge of nonsense.

Oh, and "numerous studies show that abortion endangers the health and well-being of women" and so they want to "affirm the dignity of women" by outlawing it.

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)
13. Nothing secret about it, AFAIK. C-Span2 covered their plank amendment process in its...
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:55 PM
Aug 2012

...entirety, AFAIK. Anyone caring to (which is probably exceedingly few human beings, TBH) could have simply watched the proceedings and taken notes.



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