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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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Jun 7, 2012

The president basically said all those rich people, they are just doing fine.

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Jun 4, 2012

If you go back to when President Obama was elected, really on the anti-Bush, anti-Iraq mood of the country and a surge for President Obama. He has not had any good domestic election results since.

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Jun 4, 2012

The biggest thing, in my opinion here, we should get rid of recalls. It's such a bad mechanism for good government. Doesn't matter what party you are. Run, serve your term, and take your stand when you're supposed to take your stand. And…

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Jun 4, 2012

I have a hard time seeing big labor returning to Wisconsin this fall to put in a lot of effort for President Obama since he didn't show up there for them this year.

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Jun 4, 2012

If the economy is still in a recession, it's very hard to see how Barack Obama can win re-election.

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Jun 4, 2012

I think that's a harbinger something even bigger than this year's presidential election. And it's a harbinger for reform.

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May 23, 2012

If you're the president you want to make it all about Mitt Romney. I think that's why they're going so hard after Bain.

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May 23, 2012

You can't avoid it, but that's what good campaigning comes down to.

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May 23, 2012

If you're Governor Romney, you want to make it a referendum about how bad the economy is.

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May 23, 2012

If you're the president, you want to make it all about Mitt Romney.

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May 21, 2012

He acts as if none of his policies have anything to do with the bad economy that we have right now.

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May 21, 2012

I think this is a debate that actually helps Mitt Romney. The more this election is fought over economic matters, the economy...

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May 21, 2012

I think when you look at his record in its totality and you look at the reputation he has as a fixer of economies, that's what this election is going to come down to.

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May 21, 2012

Barack Obama doesn't... have this distrust of all things private, private economy, the private sector.

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May 15, 2012

Every president has to deal with the issues that are on the plate in the era in which they serve.

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May 15, 2012

If we don't do anything about our debt we're risking the full faith and credit of the United States.

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May 15, 2012

Barack Obama's issue today is debt. It's his job to deal with it.

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May 15, 2012

But President Obama's budget, if he gets everything he's asked for, would increase it by $10 trillion, twice the amount.

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May 15, 2012

If we don't do anything about our debt, we're risking the full faith and credit of the United States.

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May 15, 2012

Barack Obama was a United States senator, he opposed raising the debt limit. He called it unpatriotic to raise the debt limit.

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May 14, 2012

I think what you're hearing is in 2012 the president will run a blame and blame and complain and not solve. That's a formula to be a one-term president.

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May 14, 2012

You're not going to see a surge in job creation in this country so long as President Obama sits in the White House.

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May 14, 2012

Barack Obama will only attack anybody if they ever let somebody go in their job, if they ever laid somebody off in their job. It's fundamentally anti-capitalist.

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