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Ari Fleischer treats Chris Matthews like Chris Brown treated Rihanna (HE PUMMELS HIM!!)
IHateTheMedia.com ^ | 03/13/09

Posted on 03/13/2009 3:48:44 PM PDT by slomark

[Great 16:33 minute video where Ari Fleischer ABSOLUTELY PUMMELS Chris Matthews]

Chris Matthews misunderestimated former Bush press secretary Ari Fleisher last night on “Hardball.” When the MSNBC host attacked, Fleischer gave him a lesson in verbal pugalistics.

The “Hardball” host had barely said hello when he went on the attack.

“What brings you back?,” Matthews challenged. “Is this the return from Elba? Is this the 100 days of Napoleon`s return from Crawford? What is going on with this network of former Bushies — current Bushies, I should say — singing the old song?”

“Well, Chris,” Fleischer responded coolly, “I’m here because you invited me to be here.”

“Oh, yes,” Matthews stammered. “OK.”

It went downhill from there. Every time Matthews attempted to land a body blow, Fleischer dodged it and delivered a stinging punch of his own. He never backed down.....

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: arifleischer; bush; chrismatthews; fleischer; msnbc; obama
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I've never seen Matthews beat up so badly.
1 posted on 03/13/2009 3:48:45 PM PDT by slomark
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I’ve never had strong feelings about Fleischer either way, but man, listening to the audio from this has been a shocker. Fleischer would have been a huge part of improving Bush’s communications if he came on this strong, though of course he wouldn’t. Anyway, Matthews didn’t lay a glove on him, while Fleischer used honesty and truth and just slammed him. I don’t see how anyone could see it any other way—Matthews was demolished here.


2 posted on 03/13/2009 3:51:21 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist behind enemy lines in Boston and Cambridge)
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To: slomark

This was the fight of the century...and Ari won! That’s what Chris gets for being the mouthpiece for the Left. When you only have vacuous thoughts and lies, you get shredded. No doubt the Kos and Huffington kids are boo hooing about the whole thing. As we still say, “Diddy Whadda.”


3 posted on 03/13/2009 3:53:51 PM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: slomark

Matthews The Blowhard became La FEMME Fatale as Ari kicked the Poop out of Matthews!


4 posted on 03/13/2009 3:55:42 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Great President George W. Bush)
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To: slomark

I was about to say Chrissy is a tool, but tools have uses. Matthews isn’t good for anything.


5 posted on 03/13/2009 3:56:45 PM PDT by infidel29 (2008, a year I'd like to forget)
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To: MVV
First time I clicked on Matthews in years.

But I saw Ari.
He was great! I LMAO when he said "this is what you always do......cut people off, not let them finish their sentences"

6 posted on 03/13/2009 4:00:30 PM PDT by mickie
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To: slomark
Very telling that Matthew's refers to the state of the country that the out-going Republicans left in "our hands."

There's some impartial journalism right there.

7 posted on 03/13/2009 4:04:52 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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OUCH! that was bad, it was a slaughter


8 posted on 03/13/2009 4:06:22 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: slomark

I had heard clips from this but am only just now watching it. Matthews looks like a liar who is caught lying and doesn’t like it one bit. He gets flustered and swerves into this “Nobody was tougher on Clinton than me” and Fleischer carefully explains why that’s only true in the narrowest sense.

Really impressed by Fleischer’s calm and ability to wreck every point Matthews brings up without appearing “mean-spirited,” while Matthews looks old and tired and, frankly, like a BS-er.


9 posted on 03/13/2009 4:06:48 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist behind enemy lines in Boston and Cambridge)
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Unfortunate that Scottie Mac lasted longer as GWB’s PressSec than Ari or Tony Snow. Two stellar men separated by a dough-boy. Matthews is still licking his wounds from this pummeling.
10 posted on 03/13/2009 4:11:50 PM PDT by Shqipo ((A new tagline is currently under construction))
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Pissy Chrissy forgot that Ari Fleischer, as press secretary during a period of historic domestic assault against the presidency, skilfully took on adversaries who were ten times as devious and toxic as he is.

This was child's play for Ari. Mere batting practice.

11 posted on 03/13/2009 4:14:53 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Darkwolf377

It’s funny to hear liberals point the finger at Bush’s spending....it’s so rich.


12 posted on 03/13/2009 4:15:17 PM PDT by chasio649
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Kudos to Ari...he beat Matthews like a drum!


13 posted on 03/13/2009 4:15:34 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Shqipo

Who the hell is this guy? I don’t remember him, this Ari fellow. Given I wasn’t paying much to politics early on in Bush years. What happened to him? This guy is a great debater and knows how to skewer the reporters


14 posted on 03/13/2009 4:16:18 PM PDT by 4rcane
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Bookmarking


15 posted on 03/13/2009 4:17:02 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Satisfaction was my sin)
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To: chasio649

No kidding. I didn’t care for Bush’s spending, but when the libs attack the Bush budgets, and then support Obama for spending so much more, is just...well, dishonest.


16 posted on 03/13/2009 4:17:38 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist behind enemy lines in Boston and Cambridge)
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To: slomark

Having watched this engagement, I now know why I don’t watch Mathews. He is a pure idealog.


17 posted on 03/13/2009 4:20:01 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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To: slomark

And the grunting and sighs when Ari refuses to buy his portrait of Bush as a liar abour yellowcake. What a freakin child.


18 posted on 03/13/2009 4:20:14 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist behind enemy lines in Boston and Cambridge)
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To: slomark

The true, bitter chrissy comes out at the very end when he says “we” are glad that there’s no longer an administration that thinks like that, that “we” like he’s some noble journalist spokesman for the rest of us.

I can’t watch him without thinking about his “do whatever I can to make this administration a success” line.


19 posted on 03/13/2009 4:25:41 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist behind enemy lines in Boston and Cambridge)
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To: slomark

matthews likes to hear himself talk and likes to throw things out there so the rest of us can think he is intelligent. We know better.


20 posted on 03/13/2009 4:26:16 PM PDT by cubreporter (Rush the greatest voice of CONSERVATISM! God Bless Rush Limbaugh!!!)
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