>>> it's been a busy day on the telephone for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu , one call to the president, one to the challenger. both reaffirming the same truth, the friendship between israel and the united states remains as strong as ever. which makes it that much harder to credit one of mr. romney 's favorite attack lines. just lend your ears to mitt the mendacious.
>> president obama has thrown allies like skraerl under the bus. he's thrown israel under the bus time and again.
>> the president throwing bibi netanyahu under the bus was totally unacceptable.
>> of all the romney talking points this is the one they've been flogging the hardest of late. and the campaign saw a golden opportunity to drive the point home this week with the united nations general assembly meeting here in new york. with speeches by both the president and mr. netanyahu, this would be the perfect forum to showcase the enormous rift that republicans keep rooting for. but something funny happened on the way to turtle bay . take a listen.
>> two days ago from this podium president obama reiterated that the threat of a nuclear armed iran cannot be contained. i very much appreciate the president's position, as does everyone in my country.
>> that must have been a big hit with mr. romney 's boston brain trust . all year long they have been mapping out the narrative on foreign policy , endless ll lly portraying the president as anti- israel . all they needed was a little third party cover and look what happened. unfortunately for poor mr. romney , it's only going to get worse as more people pick up on his oft repeated line and finally start calling it what it is.
>> first of all, the term throwing israel under the bus is really a remarkable -- you know, it's an unbelievably cynical exploitive term that is also a lie. but that
>> president obama has thrown allies like skraerl under the bus. he's thrown israel under the bus time and again.
>> the president throwing bibi netanyahu under the bus was totally unacceptable.
>> of all the romney talking points this is the one they've been flogging the hardest of late. and the campaign saw a golden opportunity to drive the point home this week with the united nations general assembly meeting here in new york. with speeches by both the president and mr. netanyahu, this would be the perfect forum to showcase the enormous rift that republicans keep rooting for. but something funny happened on the way to turtle bay . take a listen.
>> two days ago from this podium president obama reiterated that the threat of a nuclear armed iran cannot be contained. i very much appreciate the president's position, as does everyone in my country.
>> that must have been a big hit with mr. romney 's boston brain trust . all year long they have been mapping out the narrative on foreign policy , endless ll lly portraying the president as anti- israel . all they needed was a little third party cover and look what happened. unfortunately for poor mr. romney , it's only going to get worse as more people pick up on his oft repeated line and finally start calling it what it is.
>> first of all, the term throwing israel under the bus is really a remarkable -- you know, it's an unbelievably cynical exploitive term that is also a lie. but that