February 10, 2012 12:36 pm ET filed under Blog
New York Post: Iranian Nuclear “Engineers Basically Needed Killing”
January 26, 2012 10:11 pm ET filed under Blog
Romney Falsely Claims President Obama "Said Nothing" In U.N. Speech About Rockets Fired Into Israel
December 19, 2011 9:24 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - December 18, 2011
This week on the Sunday political talk shows, topics of discussion ranged far and wide. On Fox News Sunday, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney advocated for block granting Medicaid despite the harm that would do to those who rely on the program. On This Week, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) distorted the content of a CBO report on income inequality. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), appearing on Meet the Press, shared several false claims: that employers are concerned about "uncertainty," and that the Keystone pipeline would create 20,000 jobs. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), also on Meet the Press, did the same, falsely asserting that there's no evidence the payroll tax holiday created jobs and that Iran has threatened the U.S. and Israel with nuclear weapons.
November 09, 2011 3:16 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Bachmann: President Obama Is No Friend To The Jewish People
From the November 9, 2011, edition of Fox News' America Live:
November 08, 2011 1:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. McCain: Obama's Private Advocacy For Israel Proves He's Anti-Israel
September 16, 2011 4:56 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Gov. Perry Shows His Ignorance On The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has written an op-ed, published in both the Jerusalem Post and Wall Street Journal, assailing the impending Palestinian statehood initiative before the United Nations and, unsurprisingly, putting much of the blame on the Obama administration. Perry, of course, has little knowledge of foreign policy, which is evident by the fact that he signed his name to such easily refutable claims. Highlighting his inability to accurately connect interrelated issues or make logical conclusions, Perry writes that through their statehood efforts at the U.N., "the Palestinians are signaling that they have no interest in a two-state solution." Of course, the whole point of the U.N. move, as even opponents understand, is to create a Palestinian state alongside Israel. By definition, those would be two different states. This sort of ignorance permeates the piece.
September 07, 2011 9:49 pm ET filed under Video
Bachmann Repeats Indefensibly False "Indefensible 1967 Borders" Line
From the September 7, 2011, GOP Reagan presidential debate on MSNBC:
September 01, 2011 12:32 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Joe Walsh's Stance On U.S. As "Honest Broker" Lasts 38 Seconds
From the August 31, 2011, edition of WTTW Chicago's Chicago Tonight:
September 01, 2011 12:01 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Walsh's Stance On U.S. As "Honest Broker" In Middle East Lasts 38 Seconds
May 27, 2011 2:31 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert: Palestinians Are "Occupying" The West Bank, Obama Wants To "Cut Israel Up"
May 26, 2011 11:53 am ET filed under Blog
GOP Freshman Rep. Walsh Attacks American Jews For Not Being "As Pro-Israel As They Should Be"
May 24, 2011 6:51 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Congressman Equates Gingrich's Budget Flip-Flopping To Obama's Position On Israel's Borders
May 23, 2011 11:18 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - May 22, 2011
May 23, 2011 10:52 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - May 22, 2011
The absurd ginned-up right-wing outrage over President Obama's reiteration of a long-standing tenet of mainstream Middle East peace plans continued on Sunday morning, even as the president drew applause from the crowd at AIPAC for repeating his call for a Palestinian state based on "the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps." Newt Gingrich, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) each misrepresented the president's words in order to attack him. Honest conservatives were no easier to find on domestic policy issues either. McConnell joined Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in claiming the House GOP budget 'saves Medicare' (although it in fact replaces the program with something utterly different) and that the White House would ration seniors' care (another falsehood). McConnell also claimed tax cuts aren't driving the debt and lied about President Obama's position on the Bush tax cuts. Meanwhile, Ryan claimed the Republican Medicare scheme polls better when you explain the details (nope), insisted Democrats haven't put forth any debt reduction plans (wrong again), and said his plan cuts $6 trillion in spending when on net it only cuts $155 billion. On CBS, Gingrich repeated an exaggeration of his record as Speaker of the House. And, not to be outdone, pizza magnate Herman Cain misled Fox viewers about the Fair Tax and claimed that failing to raise the debt ceiling would increase "market confidence," even though the market is saying the opposite.
May 19, 2011 3:08 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Bachmann Accuses President Obama Of 'Betraying' Israel
November 18, 2010 3:17 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Gohmert Doesn't Like "Illegal Palestinian Settlements"
November 16, 2010 9:47 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert Abhors Illegal Palestinian Settlements
August 31, 2010 1:44 pm ET filed under Blog
Fiorina Off To Israel: "Not About Politics," GOP Jewish Group Says
August 27, 2010 11:41 am ET filed under Blog
Republican Jewish Coalition Says Supporting Blockade Of Gaza Is A Litmus Test For Congress
July 01, 2010 12:17 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert: Obama Supports "Illegal Palestinian Settlements"
June 07, 2010 10:25 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - June 6, 2010
Sunday on ABC's This Week, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn defended his candidate for Barack Obama's former Senate seat and argued in favor of Israel's blockade of Gaza. Sen. Cornyn glossed over Senate candidate Mark Kirk's history of exaggerating his Navy career, calling it a "misunderstanding." According to the Texas Republican, Israel would have allowed humanitarian goods into Gaza after inspecting the relief flotilla -- but in reality, Israel is barring a wide variety of humanitarian items from entering Gaza. Meanwhile, on Fox News Sunday, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour complained about media coverage of the Gulf oil disaster and downplayed its severity.
June 04, 2010 9:58 am ET filed under Blog
MJ Rosenberg Responds To Glenn Beck's Attacks
June 02, 2010 11:41 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. McCain Blames Obama's Policy On Settlements For Attack on Flotilla
May 27, 2010 11:09 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Steve King Compares U.S.-Mexican Border To The Middle East
April 21, 2010 12:38 pm ET filed under Blog
Former US Ambassador to Israel: Don't Ignore Obama
April 19, 2010 6:00 pm ET filed under Video
MJ Rosenberg Discussing President Obama's Peace Initiative On Al Jazeera
April 19, 2010 11:43 am ET filed under Blog
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