Bibi Netanyahu Apologizes for Nothing; Marie Harf Excuses Ayatollah Khamenei

RUSH: I got up today, I must at you tell you, I bopped out of bed today, one of the first things I do after becoming fully conscious is grab the phone and check to see if there's been any emergency breaking type news overnight during the four or five hours I was asleep. And I see that Netanyahu apologized for his racist comments about the Arab vote.

I have to tell you, my heart sank. A little bit of it sank and I started shaking my head and I said, "Why are so many people afraid of this inexperienced man-child president?" In the case of Israel, I decided it must be the money. We give them a lot of money. We give them a lot of foreign aid. And Obama's clearly somebody who would take it back if he could, slightest provocation. So, whatever, some kind of diplomatic pressure, was brought to bear and Netanyahu thought that the best thing to do would be to apologize for something he has no reason to apologize for.

He didn't do anything. All he did -- I don't want to rehash this -- was respond. In fact, we have learned more about the Obama political operation for Netanyahu -- if anybody needs to be apologizing to anybody here, it's the Obama campaign team. The Obama team needs to be apologizing to the people of Israel for coming in and gumming up the works of their election. They were using all kinds of American tactics, push polling, any number of things. And they were specifically trying to gin up the anti-Netanyahu vote among the Israeli Arab population.

All Netanyahu did was realize it and tell people this was going on. And that, all of a sudden, became racist, when it was Obama and his campaign team that were behaving according to the tenets of racism. Netanyahu just responded. But he had to apologize for some reason and I just hope it's not that meaningful in terms of Netanyahu's resolve. It's like, did you see the Iranian supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei? A lot of people noted that he gave a speech the other day and he was shouting, "Death to America! Death to America! Death to America!"

Grab sound bite 18. This is our old buddy Marie Harf, the valley girl impresario who's a spokesman at the State Department. Wolf Blitzer spoke to her last night on CNN. He said: "The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, all of a sudden once again today, is declaring death to America. This is the guy who's in charge. He has to approve a deal," the Iranian nuke deal that we are negotiating. "But now he's telling a crowd over there 'Death to America! Death to America!' A lot of people are suggesting, members of Congress and others, how can we even negotiate with an Ayatollah who declares death to America?"

HARF: Well, we've heard this kind of rhetoric for a long time. This certainly isn't new. What we're focused on is what's happening in the negotiating room.

BLITZER: So the words have no meaning when he says, "Death to America," you don't take that seriously?

HARF: It's not that they have no meaning. Obviously it's incredibly offensive, I would say, to all of us here. We've seen this kind of rhetoric before.

RUSH: She goes on to say he's just saying that for domestic content. Marie Harf said you have to understand who these people are, and the Ayatollah Khamenei was just saying that for his people. He didn't really mean it about us. He just has to say that to his people. Now, tell that to a uniformed American military man or woman who has seen an Iranian-made IED blow up in their face in the Middle East in Iraq or Afghanistan. You ask a uniformed military personnel if the Ayatollah Khamenei only means it for domestic consumption, that he really doesn't mean it.

So I guess he really doesn't mean, "Death to Israel! Death to Israel!" when he says that. And I guess Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he didn't really mean it when he said they wanted to frog march the Israelis into the Mediterranean. Ah, he just had to say that for domestic consumption. So conversely, does that mean, "Well, you know, Obama really doesn't mean all this stuff when he runs around and apologizes for America. He's just saying that for international consumption." What, nobody means anything? Is that it?

"Oh, he says this all the time, death to America. But it's not that it has no meaning, obviously it's incredibly offensive, and I would say --" It's offensive, it's 20,000 times more offensive and dangerous than Ted Cruz, but you're running around making excuses for the Ayatollah Khamenei, and you and your media buddies are out trying to destroy a United States citizen, who you don't give anywhere near the same benefit of the doubt.

RUSH: So the Ayatollah Khamenei says, "Death to America! Death to America!" And the State Department says, "Eh, it's no big deal. He just has to say that for domestic consumption." But Benjamin Netanyahu is required to apologize for "racist" comments about Israeli Arabs. Note that the White House didn't shrug off what Netanyahu said. "Well, you know, he was just speaking for domestic consumption." Isn't it interesting?

With this White House, nations and people we've always thought to be our enemies are given the best treatment, and the people we think are our friends are treated with great suspicion, derision. They're even insulted. Speaking of the media, ladies and gentlemen, poll after poll... Now, get this. This is important. In poll after poll, the American people say they are against amnesty. In poll after poll, a vast majority of people hate Obamacare and disapprove of amnesty.

A vast majority of the American people claim they want a smaller and less intrusive government. They do not want more gun control. Increasing, they say, they do not believe in global warming. So here comes a candidate, Ted Cruz, who espouses those very same positions. And the news media claim that he's a lunatic from the fringest of the fringe! How can that be?

The American people overwhelmingly oppose amnesty, overwhelmingly hate Obamacare, and by a majority want a smaller, less intrusive government. They don't want more gun control. They don't believe in global warming. Here comes not just Cruz; a number of Republican candidates who espouse the exact same things, and the media accuses them of being stupid, dangerous, dumb.

RUSH: Little pop quiz for you. Who said the following: Quote, "The beautiful cry of 'Death to America' unites our nation." Who said that? If you guessed Hassan Rouhani, the current so-called moderate president of Iran, you would be right. But he was just saying that for domestic consumption. Yeah, yeah. The Iranians, doesn't matter who, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Ayatollah Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, "Death to America! Death to America!" He's just saying it for his own people, Mr. Limbaugh. Don't get so worked up about it.

It's what these 30 something MORONS are paid to do. Can you say "Vidkun Quisling"?

Yes, yes – I know I've been plastering this on every site where this MORON is even referred to. Here's why: These imbiciles need to be driven from government before they do any more damage to what remains of this country. If you agree, PLEASE SHARE!

This...this TWIT(damn, almost misspelled that one!) is one of those airhead thirty somethings infesting Washington and responsible for crap like obozocare. It will take multiple decades to get those protected by the idiotic Civil Service regs OUT OF GOVERNMENT.

And reliable sources in the State Department Human Resources Office report that Marie's full last name is, in fact, HARFWIT but Hillary suggested she shorten it lest it diminish her credibility as the department's spokesperson.

And this just in: It's reported that Marie is moving over to the Labor Department to run the just created Jobs for Jihadis Program!

Are we screwed or what?

Here's a good post today on Tom Cottons Facebook page...This is what he wrote below.

"A few quotations you might find interesting from Ayatollah Khamenei’s March 21st Nowruz speech. Is this a man and a regime to whom the U.S. and the West should make nuclear concessions?"

Netanyahu apologizes to Arab Israelis for Election Day remarks
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On Election Day PM urged Right-wing to go vote as Arab voters were going “en masse to the polls.”

In a meeting with representatives of minority communities in Israel on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for the remarks that he made on Election Day about Arab Israeli voters.

“I know that the things I said a few days ago hurt some citizens in Israel, the Arab Israeli citizens,” Netanyahu said.

“This was not my intention and I am sorry,” he said.

Netanyahu’s Election Day remarks have garnered extensive criticism.

“The Right-wing government is in danger. Arab voters are going en masse to the polls. Left-wing NGOs are bringing them on buses,” he wrote last week on his Facebook page.

Netanyahu said Monday that as prime minister he makes enormous investments in minority communities which proves the opposite of his comments last week.

Netanyahu told the gathered community leaders on Monday that he saw himself as the prime minister of every one of them, “without any difference in religion, race, or sex.”

“I see in every Israeli citizen a partner in the building of a flourishing and safe state of Israel for all,” Netanyahu remarked.

Netanyahu Apologizes for Remarks on Arabs, Says ‘I am Prime Minister of All Israelis’
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night apologized for controversial comments he made on the eve of elections and if he caused offense to Israel’s Arab population.

“I know that the words that I said some days ago offended Israel’s Arabs. I did not intend at all that this would happen. I am very sorry about that,” he said when hosting representatives from Israel’s minority communities at the prime minister’s residence, including the leadership of Israel’s Arab communities.

Netanyahu emphasized to his audience: “I see myself as the prime minister of each and every one of you, of all of the citizens of Israel, without distinction over religion, race or gender. This is how it was, and how it will continue to be.” As the audience enthusiastically applauded his comments, Netanyahu continued, “I see all of Israel’s citizens as partners in building the State of Israel, which will be strong and united, for the benefit all of its citizens.”

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