Two left wing web sites, dailykos.com and huffingtonpost.com – probably a great many more – are currently featuring an article by someone named Robert Naiman – the “Policy Director” at something called “Just Foreign Policy” = which appears to be at least as leftward as the two web sites.

Its title, “Profiles in Courage:  38* Dems Publicly Break with Netanyahu\’s Tirade for War” does not leave much doubt about either the direction of the article or its tone.

I\’ll skip by the obvious question of how Naiman can state definitively that a speech he has not seen or heard a word of is a “Tirade for War”, and just talk about two other definitive statements in the article:

Arecent CNNpoll found that four out of five Democratic voters oppose the IsraeliPrime Minister\’s planned March 3 tirade to Congress againstdiplomacy.

CNNreportsthat 63% of Americans oppose Netanyahu\’s planned tirade againstdiplomacy, including81% of Democrats and 61% of Independents.

That doesn\’t leave any room for doubt, does it?  I mean the numbers are what they are.

Well they aren\’t.  What Naiman is saying is flat-out, 100% untrue.

 See, the sample was not – repeat, NOT – asked a thing about support or opposition to Prime Minister Netanyahu\’s speech. 

The sample was asked whether Speaker John Boehner should have notified President Obama before extending the invitation.  That\’s it.  Nothing else.  Not one word about the speech itself.

And in case you have any doubt about this, here is the question – every word of it, verbatim:

Do you think Congressional leaders did the right thing or the wrong thing by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress without first notifying the president that they would do so?

Do you see anything in that question about whether or not Mr. Netanyahu should have been invited?  No you do not –  only whether the president should have been notified about the invitation first.

Is Robert Naiman a liar?  Or is he incapable of reading and comprehending a simply worded question?  I\’ll leave that for you to decide. 

Be assured I already have my opinion.  And it doesn\’t surprise me a bit.

Oh, one other thing.  To my Lost Tribe friends:  38 Democrats turning their backs on Netanyahu and counting.  Is it wakeup time yet?

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*For whatever it means, the huffingtonpost.com article headlines says “38 Dems”, the dailykos.com headline says “37 Dems”.  Make of it what you will.