As Twitchy reported, the White House is touting President Obama’s phone call to congratulate Benjamin Netanyahu. Better late than never, right?
President Obama spoke today w/ #Israel PM Netanyahu to congratulate him on his party’s success in winning a plurality of Knesset seats
— Obama NSC- Archived (@NSC44) March 19, 2015
But did you notice anything interesting about the wording?
The #WH didnt say he won but said "gained plurality of seats"
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) March 19, 2015
Obama didn't quite congratulate Bibi, WH says called "to congratulate the PM on his party’s success in winning a plurality of Knesset seats"
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) March 19, 2015
It apparently doesn’t even sit well with Matt Yglesias:
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/578667180562206722
Petty? President Obama? The devil, you say!
Anyway, Yglesias isn’t the only one who’s taking issue with this “plurality” business:
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/578670849382834176
https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/578667814808100864
Petulant WH has to sneak in a snark about "plurality". https://t.co/ggIwC5TSIz
— S D Winkler (@sdwinkler) March 19, 2015
.@HotlineJosh "plurality"! You and your boss are a class act all the way, @NSCPress
— RJC (@RJC) March 19, 2015
Obama congratulates Bibi on "his party’s success in winning a plurality of Knesset seats." Hmmmmmm
— Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) March 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/NolaNavigator/status/578666052990689281
White House: Obama called Bibi to congratulate him on "his party's success in winning a plurality" of seats. Hmm. Not a personal backslap.
— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) March 19, 2015
Not exactly an attaboy. Obama congratulated Bibi "on his party’s success in winning a plurality of Knesset seats," White House says.
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) March 19, 2015
Shade MT @juliehdavis: Not exactly an attaboy. Obama congratulated Bibi "on his party’s success in winning a plurality of Knesset seats,"
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 19, 2015
Shaaaaaaaaade RT @ChemiShalev: Obama congratulates Bibi on "his party’s success in winning a plurality of Knesset seats." Hmmmmmm
— Chest Rockwell (@donachaidh) March 19, 2015
On the other hand, here’s something worth keeping in mind:
https://twitter.com/MattCover/status/578668594999009281
Ain’t that the truth.
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