carrying a tremor of evil with it, the history of the holocaust. they ought to know what they re saying. if they re not saying a terrible thing like this or not knowing it, they should be ashamed of themselves for being so ignorant. that s right. the leading candidate for his party s nomination stood within a few blocks of the united nations building and accused of president of the united states of appeasement. the charge delivered just hours before the president spoke for our country and also in the clear national interest of israel to give a case for the united states decision to recognize the sovereignty of a was a shameful act, meant to undermine the president at the instant he would be standing practically alone in the world as he was today, standing with our ally israel. at the very moment of national challenge with the president doing what every friend of israel understands he needed to do, this personal from texas, this foreign policy sen gen knew spotted his chance and showe
president bush hours before he spoke at the u.n. how can anyone accuse president obama, by the way, of not supporting israel after today? also, what some call the professional left is thrilled with president obama s new found populous voice, but former bill clinton, strategist mark penn worries, that the president has it exactly wrong and is in danger of losing the middle of the road voter. we ll debate that tonight. plus, in two hours troy davis is scheduled to be executed in georgia. despite years of effort and national attention, all of his options for clemency have now been exhausted. but is it possible an innocent man is being put to death. and we hear almost every day from republicans, if you raise taxes on people making $250,000 a year, you re hurting the job creators. that s their phrase, job creators. really? is everyone making that kind of money a job creator, or is this just another way to keep taxes down for the better off. you decide. and let me finish toni
the road voter. we ll debate that tonight. plus, in two hours troy davis is scheduled to be executed in georgia. despite years of effort and national attention, all of his options for clemency have now been exhausted. but is it possible an innocent man is being put to death. and we hear almost every day from republicans, if you raise taxes on people making $250,000 a year, you re hurting the job creators. that s their phrase, job creators. really? is everyone making that kind of money a job creator, or is this just another way to keep taxes down for the better off. you decide. and let me finish tonight with rick perry s dangerous and ignorant use of the word appeasement. we start with the president, palestinians and politics. howard fineman joins us and joan wall everyone is editor at large for salon.com. both of you treasures guests on this program, as you both must know. let s talk about this vote today. today president obama told the united nations general assembly t