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Ari Fleischer

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Ari Fleischer is a Republican political consultant and former White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. He played a significant role in communicating the administration's policies and responses during pivotal events, including the September 11 attacks and the subsequent War on Terror. Fleischer is known for his defense of the administration's stance on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, a key justification for the invasion in 2003. After leaving the White House, he has worked as a media consultant and commentator, providing insights on political communication and strategy.

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Oct 12, 2009

I think there's a 50/50 chance this bill passes. There is still a lot of Democrat opposition to it particularly in the House.

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Oct 12, 2009

I think the real issue here in terms of voting behavior is so little of what President Barack Obama has promised has been able to achieve bipartisan support.

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Oct 12, 2009

They're gutting a program called Medicare advantage which tens of millions of seniors have and like.

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Oct 12, 2009

I still think you see a lot of queasiness by moderate Democrats in the House of Representatives especially.

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Oct 5, 2009

But the one thing that ought to be done, though, Anderson, it is -- it is the right move. It is the compassionate move, with unemployment at 9.8 percent, to extend unemployment benefits for additional time.

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Oct 5, 2009

Well, they're not even going to be able to call the first one a stimulus, if it doesn't stimulate anything, which it hasn't.

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Oct 5, 2009

the job of people who are in office is to solve problems. And I think the biggest problem we have is, President Obama's economic policies have made things worse and left us with such a huge, massive debt, a huge growing deficit, that we're…

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Oct 5, 2009

If James wants to call progress 9.8 percent unemployment, $1.2 trillion deficits, and no end to them in sight, then I don't think any Democratic candidate is going to ask James to do their race in 2010.

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Oct 5, 2009

But I don't think anybody will be able to attribute that to Barack Obama's stimulus policies, which are increasingly becoming old news and unsuccessful news.

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May 13, 2009

No, my option is win the war. That's what I want to do. I want to win this war and protect our crucial and let the CIA do its job within the law.

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May 13, 2009

No, my option is win the war, Paul. That's what I want to do.

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May 13, 2009

Of course it is. I think it's a recognition of how President Bush made a lot of unpopular decisions.

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Apr 20, 2009

And then, if they decide it was, then they have got a very careful decision to make about how far and extensive do you prosecute people.

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Apr 20, 2009

Well, number one, we didn't release any Clinton memos. Clinton didn't release any previous President Bush top-secret memos. The problem that I have with all of this is, now that the White House is doing this to its predecessor, what will…

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Apr 20, 2009

President Obama is entirely within his rights not to pursue the Bush policies. But what was gained by releasing the Bush documents?

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Apr 20, 2009

Bill Clinton's head of the CIA said it was wrong to release those memos, because you're teaching al Qaeda operatives exactly what our techniques are.

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May 27, 2008

Well, that shouldn't change over time. Either this war was or was not necessary. Just because it didn't go well, it didn't go as well as hoped for or planned, that shouldn't change someone's position on whether it was or was not necessary.

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May 27, 2008

I'm addressing the most important allegations in the book, which is that the president, in the run-up to the war, used propaganda and manipulated information. My point is Scott is wrong. He's wrong on substance.

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May 27, 2008

Scott is wrong. He's wrong on substance. And he wasn't in a position to know, because his jurisdiction wasn't over those issues.

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Nov 28, 2007

There's such an anger against Republicans and George Bush among the Democrat base... that's why they want Hillary.

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Nov 28, 2007

Iraq has still largely defined the overall environment, which means it's still a tough year for Republicans heading into 2008.

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