Read more Ari Fleischer stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10218/ari-fleischer.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:14:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65408/he-cant-say-it-like-he-wants-to-anymore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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 Times . “Obama said what he...http://www.newser.com/story/65408/he-cant-say-it-like-he-wants-to-anymore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 14:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64978/bush-press-flak-fleischer-now-coaches-jocks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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 live and...http://www.newser.com/story/64978/bush-press-flak-fleischer-now-coaches-jocks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 9:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57777/fleischer-subpoena-me-i-dare-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBush 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 this country.” When a fellow panelist suggested...http://www.newser.com/story/57777/fleischer-subpoena-me-i-dare-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 12:07:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54367/20-years-later-young-mc-still-busts-a-move.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’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 and hear about you...http://www.newser.com/story/54367/20-years-later-young-mc-still-busts-a-move.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 14:35:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53007/bushies-work-to-salvage-boss-rep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo 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 President Bush,...http://www.newser.com/story/53007/bushies-work-to-salvage-boss-rep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 13:25:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16991/right-wing-moveon-rival-raises-250m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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...http://www.newser.com/story/16991/right-wing-moveon-rival-raises-250m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Jan 2008 17:20:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6270/group-drops-15m-on-pro-surge-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLaunched 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 report...http://www.newser.com/story/6270/group-drops-15m-on-pro-surge-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Aug 2007 17:55:44 CDT