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
October 15, 2011 12:53 pm ET filed under Blog
Herman Cain: “I’m Not Foreign Policy Dumb”
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 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 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 16, 2010 9:47 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert Abhors Illegal Palestinian Settlements
March 29, 2010 5:33 pm ET filed under Blog
Poll Shows Netanyahu Losing Ground In Israel
December 18, 2009 5:07 pm ET filed under Blog
