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The Weakness of Liz Cheney

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedoms Watch, Keep-America-Safe, Liz Cheney, Terrorism, votevets.org, Guantanamo Supermax Prison, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Torture, Ari Fleischer, Waterboarding, Brad Blakeman, Votevets, Supermax, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

In the end, Liz Cheney and Keep America Safe are just a re-run of what was already tried and failed in 2008. Namely, using the veil of fear to mask an un-informed, false, and weak position.

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Fleischer: Torture Investigation "Disgusting;" Nadler: It's Too Limited

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to launch a limited investigation of Bush-era interrogations of terror suspects has sparked intense criticism ...

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Fox News "Can't Get a Straight Answer" from White House

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

The hypocritical Republican crybabies at Fox are outraged over a heated exchange last Thursday between Obama's press secretary Robert Gibbs and their White House correspondent, Major Garrett.

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Where Are They Now?

Nick Turse | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, Tom Ridge, Scott Mcclellan, Andrew Card, Michael Mukasey, Donald Rumsfeld, Ari Fleischer, John Yoo, Dick Cheney, Michael Chertoff, Bush Administration, Harriet Miers, Tommy Thompson, Henry Paulson, John Ashcroft, Karen Hughes, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News

While times are tough for most Americans, one group is doing remarkably well. For former members of the Bush administration, the economic outlook remains bright and jobs are seemingly plentiful.

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Ari Fleischer: Obama's Cairo Speech "Too Balanced"

Think Progress | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Islamic World, Obama Middle East Trip, Barack Obama, Obama Middle East, President Obama, Ari Fleischer, Obama Cairo Speech, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

Today, former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer told CBS that he disapproved of President Obama's speech in Cairo about the U.S. relationship with Mu...

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Cheney in 2012? It's Cheney in 2010

Matt Littman | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ahmadinejad, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, Jack Bauer, Cheney, Darth Vader, Limbaugh, Condi Rice, Ari Fleischer, Politics News

There are those who write that Dick Cheney should have run for President in 2008. There are those, on this Web site in particular, who say he should ...

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Torture? What About the Crime of Waging Aggressive War?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: " United Nations, Karl Rove, Colin Powell, Downing Street Memo, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, CIA Torture, Article 51, Ari Fleischer, Nazi Regime, Aggressive War, Condi Rice, Pnac, Paul O'Neill, Dick Cheney, Nuremberg Tribunal, Downing-Street-Memo, Nazis, " Bush Administration, Project for a New American Century, Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, Adolf Hitler, "Message Force Multipliers, International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, "Mission Accomplished, Politics News

In addition to investigating torture as a war crime it is imperative that we also examine the lies and deceit that led the United States to try to remake the politics of the Middle East.

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Ari Fleischer Says He Opposes Torture Investigation

Vanity Fair | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Torture Investigation, Ari Fleischer, Bush Torture, George Bush Torture, Ari Fleischer Torture Investigation, Ari Fleischer Torture, Politics News

What's the easiest way to get a roomful of media people together? Offer them free lunch and a panel discussion on their favorite topic: themselves! Th...

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Grading George W. Bush's First 100 Days Out of Office

Mario Almonte | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ari Fleischer, Karl Rove, Obama's First 100 Days, Andy Card, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Politics News

In his retirement, a new side of George W. Bush appears to be slowly emerging -- and it may actually be one that people could come to...well...like.

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Torture: "It's Perfectly Legal -- But We Don't Do It"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

All of the torturers from the world's worst, most brutal regimes can now rise up and proclaim their solidarity with the United States: "We Are All Americans Now!"

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Cheney, Rove, and Fleischer and the Importance of Net Neutrality

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media

Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer and other right-wing mouthpieces are trying to frame future debates while they reinvent the George W. Bush years...

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Matthews V. Fleischer, Round II (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Matthew Shameful, Msnbc Hardball, Matthews Hardball, Fleischer Chris Matthews, Ari Fleischer, Media News, Hardball Fireworkds, Matthews Disengenuous, Chris Matthews, Politics News

Thanks to all of the tipsters who let us know about this segment -- keep 'em coming! Tonight, on Hardball, Chris Matthews unboxed another round of di...

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Ari Fleischer Battles Chris Matthews, Calls Him "Shameful" And "Disingenuous" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Matthew Shameful, Fleischer Chris Matthews, Matthews Disengenuous, Matthews Hardball, Msnbc Hardball, Ari Fleischer, Hardball Fireworkds, Chris Matthews, Media News

In a clash between two of the loudest and most intrusive political talkers in the business, neither Chris Matthews nor former Bush press secretary Ari...

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Scritti Politti: March 5, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Tax Plan, Jeff Bercovici, Jeff Gettleman, Jon Stewart, Suze Orman, The Daily Show, Jack Shafer, Rush Limbaugh, Evan Bayh, Video, Ari Fleischer, Barack Obama, New York Times, Media Criticism, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Robots, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Burning up my inbox today is news of this story from the Charlotte News and Observer, about an anti-gay marriage rally in Raleigh. It contains thes...

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Ari Fleischer On WMDs: "We Were Wrong" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ari Fleischer, Ari Fleischer Wmds, Fleischer Wmds Wrong, Dl Hughley, Bush Wmds, Politics News

In an interview airing on tomorrow's "D.L Hughley Breaks The News," former Bush White House press secretary Ari Fleischer tells the host, "We were wro...

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Fleischer: Bush Didn't Call On 'Dot Coms And Other Oddballs'

ThinkProgress | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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After President Obama's first prime time press conference last night, Bill O'Reilly asked former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer for his reaction. ...

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Columbia Journalism Review: White House Press Office Undercutting Obama

Columbia Journalism Review | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Priya Singh, Gibbs, Ron Nessen, Dana Milbank, Joe Lockhart, Barack Obama, Ari Fleischer, Obama, Jody Powell, Politics News

It's 3 p.m. and the phone in the White House press secretary's office is ringing. It rings and rings and rings. Eventually, a recorded voice asks call...

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Fleischer: Obama, Gibbs Won't Bring Transparency

USA Today | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs clashed with reporters Thursday over anonymous sources and access to President Obama, just one day after Obam...

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How Questioning The President Went From an Argument to a Conversation

Jason Notte | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

After nearly a decade, it's nice to see that Americans can petition their president again.

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Promising Signs As Obama's Cabinet Shapes Up

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton could play the heavy with the Israeli government (for once) and demand that it makes serious concessions toward creating an independent Palestinian state.

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The Obama Administration vs. Political Comedy

Tina Dupuy | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Valerie Plame, Political Comedy, Karl Rove, Bob Novack, Barack Obama, Satire, Obama's Cabinet, Ari Fleischer, George W. Bush, Comedy, Bill Maher, Media News

Comedy -- or at least political satire -- speaks truth to power. It's much better when that power isn't tapping your phone without a warrant and suspending habeas corpus. The Bill of Rights: Good for Comedy.

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Obama's Growing Pro-Israel Cabinet Should Not Worry Allies of Just Peace

Ray Hanania | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paul Wolfowitz, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Obama's Cabinet, George W. Bush, Palestine, Ari Fleischer, Israel, Richard Perle, Joe Biden, Peace, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama's heart is one of fairness, justice and understanding. That he must surround himself with high profile and controversial pro-Israel champions is not a real concern.

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Dickipedia: Scott McClellan

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Scott McClellan Memoirs, Scott Mcclellan Dick, Scott Mcclellan Jerk, Press Secretary Memoirs, Scott McClellan Book, Scott Mcclellan, Dickipedia, Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary Memoir, Dana Perino, Press Secretary Book, White House Press Secretary, Politics News

Scott McClellan (born February 14, 1968) is a former White House Press Secretary, a current best selling author, a future blackballed politician, and ...

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FOX Launches Coordinated Assault on McClellan

Jonathan Kim | Posted 06.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Ari Fleischer, Fox News, Steve Doocy, Newt Gingrich, Scott Mcclellan, Bill O'Reilly, Trent Duffy, Media News

Wait a minute, FOX -- are you actually claiming that a publisher might hire an editor to edit a book? My stars! I also heard a rumor that McClellan typed the book on a liberal Mac laptop, too.

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McClellan's Inconvenient Truths: Media And GOP Flacks Pile-On

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Abc, White House, Gop, John McCain, Karl Rove, The New Yorker, Matt Lauer, Scott Mcclellan, Ari Fleischer, Nbc, Dan Bartlett, Cbs, Seymour Hersh, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Bush, Mcclellan, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and What's Wrong With Washington, Katie Couric, Iraq War, Today Show, Hillary Clinton, Kael Kransy, Kqed, Charles Gibson, Press White House Iraq, Press White House, Mcclellan Press, Media Iraq, Home News

As we are reminded again this week: you don't get in trouble in D.C. for lying, covering up and stonewalling, but you catch hell for telling the truth-- even if it's the least-surprising truth ever.

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