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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Ari Fleischer Press Secretary Gets big office held by predecessors. Perks: Four TVs and two doors, one for avoiding the press...
...White House press secretary Ari Fleischer was happy to add a few bangs to the tax-cut drum. "We are seeing a government that is awash in surplus money, even with an economy that is softening from where it used...
Bush would rather do battle with Clinton's ghost than a Senator of his own party. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer was right when he labeled Clinton's last-minute pile of new rules, orders and treaties the work of a "busy beaver." The former President's aides had mischief in mind when they conjured up some of these actions, especially the designation of more than 5.6 million acres of federal land as national monuments. If Bush wants to reverse those orders, he will face howls of protests from environmental groups. "We laid a few traps," chirps a happy Clinton aide...
...Happily for taxpayers, no one seems particularly interested in pursuing a formal investigation - Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer reports that the President is eager to forgive and forget the transgressions, because he "understands that transitions can be times of difficulty and strong emotion." (Loosely translated, that means: "I have no interest in getting sucked into a debate over who has precipitated more undignified pranks in his lifetime.") Instead, GOP officials are taking this moment to gloat, shaking their heads sadly whenever the "incidents" are mentioned, and sagely murmuring that we could hardly expect any better from the likes of the Clinton...
...With an eager new energy secretary, Spencer Abraham, and a nominee to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, former Mississippi state utility regulator Curt Hebert, on their way in, the Bushies remain hopeful that they can find "long-term" solutions to the U.S.' darkening energy picture, as Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer put it. But even the longest journey must begin with a single step, and with the economy teetering and the political climate in Washington tense, the inevitable first one - making California make deregulation work without federal help - is most definitely a lulu...