Beliefs? I support neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. There are no "beliefs" that would cause me to make a mistake like that one. I think it is you who are blinded by your beliefs. You have shown this to be the case by your knee-jerk condemnation of Al Jazeera, and your knee-jerk criticism of the Democrats for having them at their convention, while conveniently ignoring the fact that the Republicans had them at their convention as well.

As far as the Democrats taking down the banner... this is entirely consistant with the way I tend to see the Democratic party overall... a bunch of lying hypocrites (just like the Republicans).