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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Ari Fleischer

Ari Fleischer stories: 7 news summaries
ANALYSIS

 He Can't Say It 
 Like He Wants to Anymore


Jul 27, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has backed off a bit on his “acted stupidly” comments concerning the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates, saying they were not properly “calibrated.” But, aides say, it “was not a slip of the tongue,” Peter Baker writes in the New York ... More »

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White House • Ari Fleischer • health care reform • David Axelrod • Obama administration • John Podesta • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Skip Gates

 Bush Press Flak 
 Fleischer Now 
 Coaches Jocks 

Longtime fan Fleischer brings media know-how to NFL, MLB

Jul 22, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush’s onetime press secretary has embraced another passion: sports, the Washington Post reports. Helping athletes from the NFL, Major League Baseball, and elsewhere deal with the media blitz was an easy transition, Ari Fleischer says: “The only two institutions in our society that have their events covered... More »

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Bush administration • sports • NFL • MLB • Ari Fleischer • consulting • press secretary • Ari Fleischer Sports Communications

Fleischer: 
Subpoena Me
—I Dare You

Ex-Bush spokesman
would 'be proud to testify' about torture

May 1, 09 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer doesn’t think there should be an investigation of his boss’s torture program. But “I’ll be proud to testify if I get a subpoena,” he said during a panel discussion yesterday. “I’m proud of what we did to protect... More »

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Bush administration • torture • investigation • Guantanamo Bay • subpoena • black sites • Ari Fleischer • Guantanamo prisoners • waterboarding • Gideon Yago

(Newser) - It’s been 20 years since self-described “1 Hit Wonder” Young MC released Bust a Move, but the rapper is happy the song has held up as well as it has, he tells Rolling Stone. People aren’t “going to get a babysitter to go to a club... More »

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music industry • MTV • Ari Fleischer • hip-hop • rapper • rap music • Young MC • Bust a Move • Tone Loc • Sir Mix-A-Lot

Bushies Work
to Salvage
Boss' Rep

Rove, Fleischer, Perino look to set the record straight, combat spin

Mar 11, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two months out of office, President Bush rarely warrants mention these days, but his old aides quietly work at rebuilding his reputation, reports Politico. “We’re invited to comment on the events of the day and along the way, we remind people that there was, indeed, good news under... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • White House • Bush legacy • Dana Perino • Ari Fleischer • George W. Bush

Right-Wing
MoveOn Rival Raises $250M

Bush allies launch advocacy arm to target 2008 races

Jan 21, 08 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A new political advocacy group pitching itself as a right-wing answer to MoveOn is mobilizing to spend $250 million to support candidates in 2008, more than twice the figure spent by the largest liberal group in 2004. Freedoms Watch's principals are two former Bush officials, Talking Points Memo reports, and... More »

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Ohio • Ari Fleischer • MoveOn • attack ad • Freedoms Watch

Group Drops $15M on Pro-Surge Campaign

TV, Internet, radio ads backed by GOP heavies

Aug 22, 07 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Launched today by ex-White House PR man Ari Fleischer and a laundry list of pro-Bush bigwigs, a new group called Freedom's Watch has spent $15 million on ads to support the president's troop surge in Iraq, Politico reports. The group aims to fill a conservative "vacuum" ahead of September's... More »

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Bush administration • propaganda • advertising • troop surge • online advertising • Iraq pullout • Ari Fleischer • Freedom's Watch • MoveOn

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