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Bush Spokesman Gets a Goodbye Hosing
AP ^
| July 12, 2003
| DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Posted on 07/13/2003 3:45:46 PM PDT by Nachum
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) - White House press secretary Ari Fleischer thought he was only posing for pictures when he was brought to the nose of Air Force One after President Bush returned from a trip to Africa on Saturday.
What he didn't know was that his staff had enlisted a base fire engine to help mark the end of Fleischer's 2 1/2-year tenure as Bush's chief spokesman.
He quickly realized what was up when the mist from the engine's hose blew his way.
Fleischer, who by this time had exchanged his navy blue business suit for a pair of sweat pants, T-shirt and running shoes, sprinted away.
With firefighters in pursuit, Fleischer eluded them again.
But he then indulged his staff, administration and military officials, and reporters gathered on the tarmac by walking into the spray and getting drenched.
"This is what happens to me at the end of a typical briefing," Fleischer joked, referring to his daily encounters with the White House press corps. "That's a pool spray."
Pool spray is White House jargon for when a small group of reporters is given brief access to meetings between the president and his Cabinet or foreign officials.
Fleischer is leaving the White House staff on Monday after 21 years in government and politics, to try his hand at the speaker's circuit, find a job in the private sector and spend more time with his new wife.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andrewsafb; arifleischer; bush; gets; goodbyehosing; spokesman
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Well, at least they didn't give him a wedgie.
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posted on
07/13/2003 3:45:46 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: All
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posted on
07/13/2003 3:46:51 PM PDT
by
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To: Support Free Republic
I'm sure liberals will be mad at the wasting of water.
To: afuturegovernor
The way Ari handled the pressrats was something to behold. He was good at it.
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:31:58 PM PDT
by
nygoose
To: nygoose
He was terrific - a tremendous asset to the president. I miss him already.
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posted on
07/13/2003 5:43:31 PM PDT
by
WarrenC
To: Nachum
When Dee Dee Myers left the same position, such a headline would have had very different connotations.
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posted on
07/13/2003 5:50:23 PM PDT
by
William McKinley
(You're so vain, you probably think this tagline's about you.)
To: WarrenC
Me too. He always was a gentleman in his treatment of the not gentlewoman helin tomiss. He treated her with respect and lucky for her too because he could have shown her up a million times. He goes out on top respected by his peers and everyone else. She? Well, she continues to hang on and ask stupid, ignorant questions. Just like she did back in the Kennedy days. She's just a figure sitting there in the front row not taken seriously by anyone except maybe herself.
Farewell Ari. You did the President as well as all of us proud. More importantly you can look yourself in the mirror and be proud of what is looking back at you.
God bless you and your new wife in your future endeavors and your married life together.
Thank you for all you have done in bringing dignity back to the press room.
To: Nachum
Seeya Ari. May only good things come your way. No more rats, no more liars, no more scumbags from print and wires.
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posted on
07/13/2003 7:22:55 PM PDT
by
thatdewd
To: thatdewd
...no more Helen Thomas...
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
No surprise- Republicans have been getting hosed ever since Bush took office.
To: Nachum
Ari was/is a professional class act. I, for one, will miss him.
Good luck, brother-man.
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posted on
07/13/2003 7:27:47 PM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Nachum
I'll miss him. The new guy is gonna have to be awfuly good to fill Ari's spot.
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posted on
07/13/2003 7:29:42 PM PDT
by
Exit148
($45,89 from the Loose Change Club for the current Freepathon. Only $3.83/week.)
To: Nachum
Good for Ari and his young wife. I wish them both success, out of the beltway if that is possible, everyone deserves a break, now and then.
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posted on
07/13/2003 7:29:48 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Lurking since 2000.)
To: Nachum
I'm gonna see if he'll come and speak at our next homeowners association meeting.
Leni
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
...no more Helen Thomas... All the scotch on earth wouldn't make that woman look good enough to listen to.
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posted on
07/13/2003 7:35:46 PM PDT
by
thatdewd
To: Nachum
He will be sorely missed.
Best wishes to Ari in his future endeavors.
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posted on
07/13/2003 7:36:06 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
(Punish France.Ignore Germany.Forgive Russia.(Tell Turkey to lay off the hookah).)
To: CalvaryJohn
No surprise- Republicans have been getting hosed ever since Bush took office.Yeah, those tax cuts are killin' me. I wish he'd stop that.
To: thatdewd
Is Helen Thomas married? I'd like to get a look at her husband.
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
Is Helen Thomas married?
the object of her secret lust...
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posted on
07/13/2003 8:10:43 PM PDT
by
thatdewd
To: Nachum
Has anyone seen anything at all, as to who replaces Ari?
Like someone said, they'd better be good...
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posted on
07/13/2003 8:17:15 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Serving the Home Front on Operation Noble Eagle!)
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