Posted on 02/06/2015 1:14:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv
House Speaker John Boehner made a mistake inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress next month -- and the Israeli prime minister erred by accepting, legendary conservative pundit Pat Buchanan says.
"I disagree with what John Boehner did and I disagree with what the prime minister did," Buchanan said Thursday on "The Steve Malzberg Show," on Newsmax TV.
Netanyahu is set to address Congress on the dangers of Iran's growing nuclear program on March 3 following an invitation by Boehner.
But Boehner did not follow normal protocol by coordinating the invite with the Obama administration, which then announced the president would not meet with Netanyahu.
"It's a mistake to come over here and Boehner to give him time to criticize the foreign policy of the president of the U.S. in the same forum as the State of the Union," Buchanan said.
But the bestselling author and former communications director for President Reagan added that Democratic members of Congress should not boycott Netanyahu's address, as some have hinted they will.
"I don't think we want to compound [Boehner's error]," Buchanan said. "Folks in the Congress of the United States, if they're there, they ought to go and hear the speech."
In addition to spanking Boehner, Buchanan is also fuming at Obama for comparing the extreme barbarity of the Islamic State (ISIS) to the Crusades, in which horrifying acts were carried out a thousand years ago in the name of Jesus Christ.
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However, I'm even less so of the (is there a nice word for seemingly sometimes somewhat psycho?) Mister Buchanan.
Buchanan is an anti-Semite ... which goes a long way in explaining what he’s saying! ... :-) ...
Utter nonsense. Foreign leaders come here and address congress all the time. Remember when the Mexican president did exactly that and was harshly critical of his hosts? And it is important that someone invigorate the American people to defend themselves against a very dangerous Iran. BHO is certainly not going to do it.
The day when Pitchfork Pat was taken seriously by his online amen corner is almost gone.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3254881/posts?page=36#36
you forgot the sarc tag surely.
I had to read that post of yours 3 times and still I am shaking my head.
Like Obozo’s following protocol? Damn Pat, should this muzzie have EVERYTHING to his advantage?
Sorry to say, but Buchanan’s anti-semitism colors everything he writes any more. I don’t appreciate the fact that to many Americans, his is the face of American conservatism, and the reason conservatives are looked at collectively as angry white men.
Pat the anti-Semite strikes again. Here has a Joos problem.
[sarcasm]The time has come for all White Christ'an Patr'ots to stand by our great President Barak Obama and our fine Arab/moslem/Communist/Black Panther friends against the water-fluoridating, RACE-MIXIN' commie JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/sarcasm]
That about right, N00b?
Shoot the messenger if you must....
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OK. BANG!!!
Consider yourself shot. I wouldn’t care if Little Kimmie came from North Korea to rag on Obamadork and his messed up policies.
Its not like the whole world doesn’t already know that the US is a global force for pussification while the Kenyan reigns in the White Hut.
glad to hear it.
Pat can speak pretty well, and he is bright and he has made some good points over the years
but its so blatant, obvious that every single time a Jooo is involved in the news, in any way shape or manner, Pat finds or invents a way to be critical
he’s just got some sort of built-in anti-Jooo tripwire
and he keeps tripping over it, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
like in this case now, Boehner extends an invitation which (it turns out) the Israeli ambassador DID tell the WHouse about.........(which I would not have expected, if there’s any protocol steps involved its Boehner’s call to address them, not our visiting guest’s)
anyway,
there is ZERO wrong with anything Bibi did. There is probably ZERO wrong, also, with anything Boehner did.
And yet, Pat is critical.
Pat, has it ever occurred to you that this little problem you have.... could very well have contributed to the American people voting for Presidential candidates OTHER than yourself? Hint: the answer is Yes... A lot of us just won’t cast our votes for that kind of krap ...
Buchanan’s two main themes:
—Blame America First
—Blame Republicans First
He’s the type of journalist that can be convincingly right on an issue one day, and on the next day or the next issue, sound like a complete idiot.
He’s spent his entire lifetime in the Wash. DC beltway, in political journalism.
But hey, “true conservatives” just thrive on entertainers cross-dressing as candidates, and vice versa.
what do “rights” have anything to do with how the government operates anymore?
obama put the notion of “rights” down the crapper many years ago. if obama has the right to decide how much money you need to live and retire, the right to choose your medical treatment options, the right to negotiate with the enemy and release dangerous terrorists, the right to allow millions of illegal immigrants to flood our country and get taxpayer subsidized benefits, the right to order the Park Service to turn into barricade goons to try to stop people from pulling over on highways to take pictures of National Forest, from looking at sidewalk memorials and from looking at Mt Rushmore when “ govt” is closed - and his unelected angry usless wife has the right to pile on the food industry and dictate what our kids get to eat - then begone with “rights”
You have got to be kidding.
Most of the world leaders laugh at our pathetic _resident whether they be allies or adversaries. Speaker Boehner inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to speak before the U.S. Congress will be respected by most of them.
Wow. Just . . . wow.
Not true, Pat.
Then you're delusional.
But he has a blind spot when the topic has anything to do with Jooze.
But isn't that the dictionary definition of an "anti-Semite?" Why then wouldn't you call him one?
We don't have "plenty" of oil. United States Oil Production peaked way back in 1970. And now we're suffering an anemic economy due to excessive hemorrhaging of money spent on foreign oil. "Drill Baby Drill" isn't enough. We need to reduce our consumption as well. And convert to alternate sources of energy like nuclear power.
I liked Willie despite all the ribbing he took about choo choos.
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