51st and its congressional representatives
April 20, 2011, 10:40 pm
Posted by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels
The plot thickens and turns “bizarre”:
…”A Republican invitation for Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to address Congress next month is highlighting the tensions between President Obama and Mr. Netanyahu and has kicked off a bizarre diplomatic race over who will be the first to lay out a new proposal to reopen the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
…”Last November, Representative Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia, told Mr. Netanyahu that the new G.O.P. majority in the House would “serve as a check on the administration,” in a statement that was rare for its blunt disagreement on American foreign policy as conveyed to a foreign leader.”
Follow the money on that one for sure.
It’s possible that here ideology trumps citizenship and political responsibility.
Is there any need to wonder why the party these jokers ostensibly belong to is know as the “RepublicOn” party?
They seem to have elbowed out the Dems on this. Once upon a time under George HW Bush, there was a good deal more smarts on this relationship as well as integrity.