If the text is released in advance, the rebuttal can be offered at any time.
See State of the Union.
Ah... there was no text in advance at the time the rebuttal was given.
If the text is released in advance, the rebuttal can be offered at any time.
See State of the Union.
Ah... there was no text in advance at the time the rebuttal was given.
Then it's not a rebuttal.
Which is exactly the point. Rebuttals are normally given AFTER a speech is made (or the text is published).
The Obama Whitehouse is in such a tizzy to undermine Netanyahu and Israel that they are rushing out rebuttals in advance. It is sad how this administration has undermined our relationship with the only democracy in the Middle East.
I'm sure you noticed that the WH said nothing about it's being a "rebuttal".
The administration's media mouthpiece for policy, The New York Times, titled it a rebuttal.
Which is exactly the point. Rebuttals are normally given AFTER a speech is made (or the text is published).
The Obama Whitehouse is in such a tizzy to undermine Netanyahu and Israel that they are rushing out rebuttals in advance. It is sad how this administration has undermined our relationship with the only democracy in the Middle East.
Obama: "Hasn't Bibi been giving this same speech for 25 years? Talk to me when he's come up with something new"...
Obama says Netanyahu's Iran speech contains 'nothing new'
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31722493
US President Barack Obama has reacted scathingly to a speech by the Israeli prime minister that castigated his policy towards Iran.
In a speech to the US Congress, Benjamin Netanyahu warned that a deal under discussion on Iran's nuclear programme could "pave Iran's path to the bomb" rather than block it.
(More at above url)