Ari Fleischer on the Bush Whitewash Legacy Tour

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Wednesday March 11, 2009



Ari Fleischer thought he was still up at the WH press room podium today when he appeared on 'Hardball'. Amid his whining, braying defense of Bush, Fleischer first took offense at Matthews saying the former press secretary's admissions that, "We were wrong about weapons of mass destruction" was just WH 'dishonesty'.

Fleischer barked over Matthews about how lucky Pres. Obama was that he didn't have Saddam Hussein to deal with. He repeated that about three times and went on about how Bush should be given credit for no more attacks on the country since 9-11.

He then called Matthews 'shameful' for his pointing out the obvious fact that the original attacks should count against him if he's going to measure his presidency by the prevalence of attacks.

As recently as Feb. 20, Fleischer told D.L. Hughley that, "We were wrong about weapons of mass destruction being in Iraq. If he had been right and we had found the stockpiles, as bad as the war turned out to be, much worse than we all thought it would be, I think most Americans would have said, 'well, I don't like going to war but thank god we stopped Saddam from using them.' We were wrong."

Fleischer tried to back away from his earlier criticisms of Bush by deploying the same fearmongering defense that his old boss used to filter out through the press secretary's own puckered lips:

"..after September eleventh, having been hit once, how could we take a chance that Saddam might not strike again," Fleischer cried.

Matthews shot back: "And I am glad that we no longer have an administration that uses that kind of argument… And the American people are happier, too. They are, I can assure you. We don’t like that thinking anymore in this country."

Bush-era intelligentsia and militarist, Bob Gates agrees: "The lessons learned with the failure to find the weapons of mass destruction and some of the other things that happened will make any future president very, very cautious about launching that kind of conflict or relying on intelligence," Gates told PBS television in an interview today.

There's also the fact that there's never been any connection established between Saddam and 9-11. The Iraq invasion and occupation obviously diverted resources and manpower from the original pursuit of the fugitive suspects in Afghanistan . . .

So tell us, Ari . . . when did Saddam Hussein 'strike' the U.S.??


clip from 'Hardball': http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/

[Metta]

1. KO says Tweety took his (Fleischer's) pants off.

And deflated his lies. :hi:

[FreakinDJ]

2. What a Horses Ass

Lame ass excuses "Totally lacking any Credibility"

[santamargarita]

3. Which one?

They're both assholes in my book.:sarcasm:

[Captain Hilts]

4. A stunning quotation. GWB, himself, said Hussein had nothing to do with it, but Cheney did. nt

[steven johnson]

5. The True Believers Keep Spinning in Their Political Graves

These zombies just don't know when to die. Anyone got a stake?

Bush Aides Keep Up Media Wars

George W. Bush is gone from office but not from the hearts and minds of his aides. Loyalists Dana Perino, Ari Fleischer, and Karl Rove, among others, are continuing to come to the ex-president's defense. "Even though Bush is keeping quiet in Texas before heading out on a lucrative speaking tour, an informal network of former aides is keeping his views in the political bloodstream, defending his legacy in TV appearances and backgrounding reporters about his record," Politico reports. The aides admit that fixing the impression of one of the least popular presidents in history is an uphill battle, but it's a fight they welcome. "We do what we can, and we believe that history will get it right in the end," Perino said.

See: No quit: the campaign to boost Bush