Netanyahu is apparently ALL over the Sunday talk shows

[karynnj]

Apparently, he is unaware that Easter Sunday talk shows really don't get that high a viewership and he was such a last minute addition, he was not listed on most sites even yesterday afternoon.

Here's the transcript from ABC's THIS WEEK - http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu/story?id=30092048

Shorter BiBi - junk the agreement, raise sanctions, get a better deal. Iran will use money for terrorism, not its infrastructure etc.

I saw yesterday here on DU, that he will be on MTP too.

[Stinky The Clown]

1. He sounded exactly like Cheney

[karynnj]

6. Yep - but this time, we have several GOOD voices against him - all with real platforms

Obviously the President and Secretary of State, but in spite of their cool demeanor and obvious gravitas, the right wing has tried to diminish both -- but it really is hard to keep the President from having a megaphone.

An ace in the hole may be Pope Francis, who praised it. While he has no political power, he does have credibility and a position that is pretty unassailable for many who might have listened only to the RW in the last few years.

At any rate - try this mental picture --- Netanyahu, who just ran an ugly hateful campaign filled with lies (either now or then) vs the Pope. I'm Jewish, but I know who I think is a good person and it isn't Netanyahu!

[spanone]

12. he is the israeli equivalent of the dick

[George Beerlover]

19. Oh

I can think of worse comparisons.

[spanone]

21. i can't. cheney is pure fucking evil

[HereSince1628]

2. Giving a new meaning to 'war on Easter' n/t

[malaise]

4. Precisely

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026461739

[Fred Sanders]

3. The Judeo-Catholic American corporate media is desperate to hide that the World is with Obama.

Bibi is the only world leader they can find to spew the lies they agree with.

[Kingofalldems]

7. The Pope has endorsed the agreement.

[oberliner]

13. "The Judeo-Catholic American corporate media"

Wow, that's a new one.

[George Beerlover]

20. Yeah

That is a new

[MoonRiver]

5. Blablabla, spew it Bibi.

Everytime I see his face I hit the mute button, but I can still see his lips moving non-stop, talking crap.

Also, Zakaria spent half his show interviewing James Baker. Needless to say I am watching very little t.v. this morning.

[riversedge]

8. transcript from some the abc interview...

Neta is not a happy man. Why didn't Pres Obama go on all the shows?


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu/story?id=30092048

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. So, Raddatz let Netanyahu talk about the prospect of "a nuclear-armed Middle East"

without mentioning that he has nuclear weapons in the Middle East already. Her questioning seemed to be solely designed to get Natanyahu to threaten to attack Iran:

Prime Minister, why do you think President Obama and John Kerry would want an agreement that, as you say, threatens the survival of Israel and paves the path to a bomb?
...
Do you think President Obama is just too trusting?

I mean it's a legitimate question.

Why in the world would they do this if they thought the survival of Israel was at stake?
...
What will you do to try to stop this?

What will you do for the next three months?
...
The U.S. and others who have been dealing for years -- and -- and you've got other players involved in this now.

How can you get a deal that they would accept?
...
Would you consider unilateral air strikes?
...
But... part of that pressure was the pressure...-- of air strikes.

So would you threaten unilateral air strikes to Iran?

[karynnj]

11. My guess - because it is Easter Sunday and he spoke of it in his Saturday address and his Thursday

speech. I assume both he and the Secretary of State are getting some time to spend with their families.

Easter Sunday talk shows usually had people who had written interesting books on religion of something like that. In general, even McCain was not interested in being on.

Netanyahu has been on the war path all week - starting last weekend, before the deal was finalized. He even gave a speech just before the agreement was announced -- when the world's media knew the announcement was coming. That Netanyahu did not even postpone his speech in Israel to at least have the available outline before he criticized it tells you a lot about where he is.

Then later this week, he demanded that the US push to add INTO THE WORLD'S nuclear deal that Iran recognizes Israel.

[Trillo]

9. It's Easter?

Guess it's a good thing I put eggs in the potato salad.

[BillZBubb]

14. The corporate media is playing the "Iraq" scenario all over again.

They give war-mongers like netanyahu a megaphone. They don't challenge his lies or hyperbole or war crimes. They treat him with kid gloves. And they let him, a friggin' foreign leader, try to undercut US policy.

It's the same way the corporate media pushed the Iraq war. Anyone who was pro war was given carte blanche to push their agenda. Anyone opposed was treated as a weakling, a fool, or worse.

[spanone]

15. when republicans and foreign leaders come together to oppose the President, the media promotes it.

the media is not our friend.

[bigtree]

16. an estimated 500,000 to as many as one million Iranian-Americans living in the U.S.

...and all they interview is that asshat

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Bye bye Bibi