I blogged about this last month, at which time I hoped that reality would prevail, others would do the same, and the lie
that’s right, the lie
that Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the invitation to speak before congress before President Obama was informed about it would be put to rest.
Well, it is still being tossed around, like a dead fish.
So let’s try one more time.
The White House was notified of the offer before Netanyahu accepted it.
Again, in case you didn’t see it the first time: The White House was notified of the offer before Netanyahu accepted it.
And in case you think this is just me blowing smoke, we have the New York Times, which initially bought into the phony claim that Obama didn’t know, issuing the following no-doubt embarrassing correction:
Correction: January 30, 2015
An earlier version of this article misstated when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel accepted Speaker John A. Boehner’s invitation to address Congress. He accepted after the administration had been informed of the invitation, not before.
And we have the Washington Post, via David Bernstein’s grudging analysis, coming to the same conclusion.
Got that? Two of the most Obama-friendly newspapers out there acknowledged that the claim Obama was not made aware of the invitation was BS.
And that, folks, is before we discuss the fact that, while demanding perfect protocol from John Boehner and Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama has a rich history of ignoring protocol – especially with Netanyahu – at will.
In other words, this claim is not just a lie, it is a hypocrisy too.
Less than two years of Obama to go. Maybe the next President, whomever he or she will be, can find a reason to stand with one of our staunchest allies in the world, instead of on it.
