Democrats in Congress suggest postponing Netanyahu's address

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jppost.com:

WASHINGTON – Democrats in the House of Representatives are suggesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postpone his speech to a joint session of Congress until after the Israeli election on March 17.

 

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said it was “not appropriate” for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to invite Netanyahu without first notifying the White House – a move that angered the Obama administration.

 

Netanyahu is expected to advocate for a different policy on Iran that the president has thus far pursued.

 

“Such a presentation could send the wrong message in terms of giving diplomacy a chance,” Pelosi said. She spoke with Netanyahu by phone on Wednesday.

 

Other Democrats on the Hill began circulating a letter for co-signers on Wednesday suggesting the speech be postponed.

 

The March 3 address would be “harmful for three reasons,” the letter reads: “It undermines the president’s foreign policy, it puts a close ally in the middle of a domestic political debate, and it elevates a candidate in a foreign election.”

 

Netanyahu says he will speak anywhere, at any time, to drive home his message on the dangers posed by a nuclear Iran. World powers seek to clinch a political framework agreement by March 31.

 

Ten Democrats in the Senate joined their Republican colleagues this

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Democrats might skip Benjamin Netanyahu speech

 

Full Pout Mode!

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Pelosi wants to "give diplomacy a chance"?!! With whom does she want to be diplomatic? Iran? Hamas? Terrorists who burn people alive? What is she talking about?

 

Her spokesman calls her "the leader."

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Pelosi wants to "give diplomacy a chance"?!! With whom does she want to be diplomatic? Iran? Hamas? Terrorists who burn people alive? What is she talking about?

 

Her spokesman calls her "the leader."

 

One of the problems is we have people who think, 1. There isn't a problem, and if there is its our fault (much of The Left). 2. There is a problem, but it isn't our problem and we should retreat into fortress America and to hell with them (Libertarians/Paleo-Cons). The problem with both of these is they have (at best) only a nodding acquaintance with the real world.

 

One of the good things that came out of 9-11 is it brought this into the consciousness of the American people, since then we've been having a conversation about, is there a problem, what should we do if there is. So far we have not come to a conclusion, but its better than pre 9-11 when no one really knew what was going on. So at least there is that.

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Biden Won't Attend Netanyahu's Speech To Congress

Dylan Scott

February 6, 2015

 

Vice President Joe Biden won't attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress on Iran next month, the vice president's office confirmed to TPM Friday. The news was first reported by the Associated Press.

 

Biden's office said that the vice president, who ordinarily would sit alongside House Speaker John Boehner during a joint session of Congress, is expected to be traveling abroad.

 

"We are not ready to announce details of his trip yet, and normally our office wouldn't announce this early," the vice president's office told TPM in an email, "but the planning process has been underway for a while."

 

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Who's gonna provide comic relief?

 

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Spin Alert!

New Poll Shows American People Support President Obama In Netanyahu Speech Dispute

Jason Easley

Sunday, February, 15th, 2015

 

A poll reveals that by a 47%-30% margin respondents overwhelmingly agree that it was inappropriate for John Boehner to invite Netanyahu to address Congress without consulting President Obama.

 

The Huffington Post/YouGov poll of adults interviewed February 4 – 8, 2015 revealed a consensus that Boehner’s Netanyahu invitation was inappropriate. By a margin of 47%-30%, those polled believed that Boehner’s actions were inappropriate. A majority of both men (45%-37%), women (49%-23%), people age 18-29 (39%-25%), people age 30-44 (51%-19), people age 45-64 (51%-34%), and those over age 65 (45%-44%) all thought that Boehner’s actions were inappropriate. Whites (42%-36%), Blacks (67%-12%), and Hispanics (55%-12%) all agreed that Boehner’s behavior was inappropriate. Democrats (72%-11%) and Independents (41%-31%) believed Boehner’s invitation without consulting Obama to be inappropriate. Only Republicans supported Boehner’s disrespect of the president (50%-29%).

 

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