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• An open thank you letter to Ari Fleischer

  Published: August 22, 2007, 11:51 am

  Tags: Iraq, Ari Fleischer

  Ari Fleischer, Thank you. The news today about a $15 million TV ad campaign targeting Republicans in the name of a group called "Freedom Watch" is probably the best thing we could want right now. It is a gift. The revival of your role as salesman-in-chief for the White House's failed war policy is also welcome. We were looking for a way to

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• Call Congress, but only if you agree with us.

  Published: August 22, 2007, 4:41 pm

  Tags: Freedom S Watch, Iraq, Ari Fleischer

  expression? Of course not! Ari Fleischer is on the job, so you know you have to check the underside of your shoes. All the ads encourage viewers to "Call your Congressman and Senator" and provide a phone number: 1-877-222-8001. Only that number? It ain't Congress. IraqCampaign.org reports via e-mail that it gets you: [A]n operator who gives

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• Ari Fleischer didn't even know the name of the Iraq vet in his ad

  Published: August 23, 2007, 9:48 am

  Tags: Iraq, Ari Fleischer

  Fleischer comes from the GOP school of "support the troops." In their world, the troops are only good as campaign props and for sloganeering. Fleischer proved that tonight. Fleischer is the spokesperson for a Bush-backed pro-Iraq war that's attacking Republicans. If you haven't read Tom Matzzie's open letter to Ari, check it out. Last

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• Feats Divide Pair Linked by Election

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Feats, Divide, Pair, Linked, Election, Al Gore, George W Bush, The White House, Florida, Iraq, United States, Ari Fleischer, Jimmy Carter, Rahm Emanuel, Ron Klain, Samuel Thernstrom, Theodore Roosevelt, Tony Fratto, Colombia, Democratic Caucus, Kyoto Protocol, Panama, Peru

  MIAMI, Oct. 12 -- Somehow, it seemed only fitting that at the moment of Al Gore's triumph, George W. Bush would spend the day in Florida, scene of the fateful clash that propelled one to the presidency and the other to the Nobel Prize.

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• The Republicans, Vying to Be the Chosen People's Choice

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: The, Republicans, Vying, The, Chosen, People S, Choice, Mitt Romney, Rudolph Giuliani, Sam Brownback, Israel, Hillary Clinton, John Mccain, Shimon Peres, Iran, United States, Alaska, Kansas, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Hyatt Corporation, Ari Fleischer, Benjamin Netanyahu

  Politicians tend to tailor their words to their audiences, so it came as no surprise yesterday when five presidential aspirants addressing a forum of Republican Jews all touted their Jewish credentials.

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• Military Progress Doesn't Make War More Popular

  Published: November 28, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Military, Progress, Doesn T, Make, War, More, Popular, George W Bush, Iraq, Iran, The White House, David Petraeus, United States, Massachusetts, Andrew Kohut, Ari Fleischer, Christopher F Gelpi, Dana Perino, Mitt Romney, P J Crowley, Philadelphia, Tom Andrews, Vin Weber, Center

  The debate at home over the Iraq war has shifted significantly in the two months since Gen. David H. Petraeus testified to Congress and President Bush ordered the first troop withdrawals, with more Americans now concluding that the situation on the ground is improving.

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• Rove's Version of 2002 War Vote Is Disputed

  Published: December 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rove S, Version, 2002, War, Vote, Disputed, George W Bush, Karl Rove, The White House, Ari Fleischer, Iraq, Andrew Card, Bill Clinton, Charlie Rose, Hillary Clinton, Thomas A Daschle, U S Congress, United Nations Security Council

  Former deputy White House chief of staff Karl Rove said that Congress rushed to vote on the looming war in Iraq in the fall of 2002 over the objections of the Bush administration, a version of events disputed yesterday by leading congressional Democrats and even some of Rove's former colleagues.

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• Rove's Version of 2002 War Vote Is Disputed

  Published: December 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rove S, Version, 2002, War, Vote, Disputed, George W Bush, Karl Rove, The White House, Andrew Card, Public Broadcasting Service, Ari Fleischer, Iraq, Msnbc Interactive News Llc, Bill Clinton, Capitol Hill, Charlie Rose, Hillary Clinton, Richard Gephardt, Steve Elmendo

  Former White House aide Karl Rove said yesterday it was Congress, not President Bush, who wanted to rush a vote on the looming war in Iraq in the fall of 2002, a version of events disputed by leading congressional Democrats and even some former Rove colleagues.

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• Rove's Version of 2002 War Vote Is Disputed

  Published: December 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rove S, Version, 2002, War, Vote, Disputed, George W Bush, Karl Rove, The White House, Andrew Card, Public Broadcasting Service, Ari Fleischer, Iraq, Msnbc Interactive News Llc, Bill Clinton, Capitol Hill, Charlie Rose, Hillary Clinton, Richard Gephardt, Steve Elmendo

  Former White House aide Karl Rove said yesterday it was Congress, not President Bush, who wanted to rush a vote on the looming war in Iraq in the fall of 2002, a version of events disputed by leading congressional Democrats and even some former Rove colleagues.

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• A weekly roundup of the buzz from the Sunday talk shows

  Published: December 3, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Weekly, Roundup, The, Buzz, From, Sunday, Talk, Shows, Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer, Mitt Romney, Iraq, U S Republican Party, Iowa, Massachusetts, Fox News Network Llc, The Washington Post Company, Chris Van Hollen, The White House, Thomas Daschle

  Karl Rove defended his recent assertion that Democrats in Congress pushed the country to war with Iraq faster than the White House wanted.

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• A Conservative Answer to MoveOn

  Published: January 20, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Conservative, Answer, Moveon, George W Bush, Ohio, Freedom S Watch, Iraq, Moveon Org, Ari Fleischer, Chris Van Hollen, Florida, The White House, Mel Sembler, Robert Latta, Tom Cole, Wes Boyd, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Federal Election Commission

  When a group of former White House aides formed a political advocacy group called Freedom's Watch last summer, its initial wave of ads featured battered Iraq war veterans pleading for support for President Bush's "surge" of troops.

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• A Conservative Answer to MoveOn

  Published: January 20, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Conservative, Answer, Moveon, George W Bush, Ohio, Freedom S Watch, Iraq, Moveon Org, Ari Fleischer, Chris Van Hollen, Florida, The White House, Mel Sembler, Robert Latta, Tom Cole, Wes Boyd, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Federal Election Commission

  When a group of former White House aides formed a political advocacy group called Freedom's Watch last summer, its initial wave of ads featured battered Iraq war veterans pleading for support for President Bush's "surge" of troops.

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• A Conservative Answer to MoveOn

  Published: January 20, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Conservative, Answer, Moveon, George W Bush, Ohio, Freedom S Watch, Iraq, Moveon Org, Ari Fleischer, Chris Van Hollen, Florida, The White House, Mel Sembler, Robert Latta, Tom Cole, Wes Boyd, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Federal Election Commission

  When a group of former White House aides formed a political advocacy group called Freedom's Watch last summer, its initial wave of ads featured battered Iraq war veterans pleading for support for President Bush's "surge" of troops.

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• Huckabee The Spoiler: But Is He A Religious Spoiler?

  Published: January 31, 2008, 2:10 pm

  Tags: Political Strategy, Religious Bigotry, Ari Fleischer, Dennis Prager, Evangelicals, John Mccain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Mormon

  Prager’s guest was Ari Fleischer, President Bush’s first press secretary. The two had a fascinating exchange on the state of the Republican race. Fleischer made no bones about Huckabee’s role: Huck’s staying in the fight in order to be the “spoiler.” Other than that, Fleischer said, “I can’t

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• Two Straight Nights of Bashing Bill Cunningham on CNN

  Published: February 28, 2008, 4:29 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Anderson Cooper, Ari Fleischer, Bill Cunningham, Campbell Brown, John King, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Anderson Cooper 360, Cnn, Radio, Other Cnn

  and objected when Fleischer tried to defend his position. BROWN: By using his middle name, I mean, why? FLEISCHER: Did anybody criticize the Democrats when they called him George Herbert Walker Bush... (CROSSTALK) BROWN: Come on, Ari. Come on. Even I, I mean -- FLEISCHER: ... as if he came from this rich, Protestant, cut from a

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