Ari Fleischer Professions : Former White House Press Secretary Born : October 13, 1960 Browse All Authors Top 62 quotes by Ari Fleischer Bush to USSS: 'We need to get back to Wash. We don't need some tin horn terrorist to scare us off.' Ari Fleischer tin scare needs The White House created a four day drip, drip, drip, drop instead of getting it all out of the way on the first day. Ari Fleischer politics There's a higher principle about the role of the federal government that runs into conflict with the raw emotions that play out after a tragedy and it squeezes Republicans, they're squeezed because the higher principle is Republican federal candidates place a lot of value in the right of states to decide these matters without federal interference -- whether it's an emotional issue like the flag, or whether it's gun rights, gay marriage. Ari Fleischer politics The test of character is the ability to see long term, and to know what the role of the federal government is, and should be, while also creating an environment to actually solve the problem. Ari Fleischer politics He never mentioned Obama. He gave direct, blunt answers to the hottest topics of the day involving politics of the Middle East. Ari Fleischer top-news It tells you about the president himself, presidents can hire funny speechwriters, but for the jokes to come off well, they have to really be reflective of the president's personality. Bush, in private and in public, had a self-mocking personality, self-deprecating, full of humor. Ari Fleischer top-news Humor is both a shield and a sword in politics. Ari Fleischer top-news The fact that Hillary [Clinton] is the all-but-likely Democratic nominee makes foreign policy even more important. Ari Fleischer politics It's almost impossible for the White House to give firm answers because there's just too much you don't know, it's an extraordinarily delicate dance they have to do to not throw someone overboard, but not get anyone in the White House in deeper trouble. Ari Fleischer politics To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country. Ari Fleischer leave choice conflict country The president welcomes peaceful protests - it is a time-honored tradition. The president agrees violence is not the answer in Iraq, and that's why he hopes Saddam Hussein will disarm. Ari Fleischer will peaceful tradition violence Because what I say from that podium has got to be accurate, and I'm the only one who's going to be held liable if it's not accurate. Ari Fleischer going say only because Contrary to the myth that Mr. Bush cut taxes only for the wealthy, the 2001 tax cut reduced taxes for every income-tax payer in the country. Ari Fleischer tax only myth country It's time to create an Economic Growth Code whose purpose is to fix and grow the economy, not redistribute massive amounts of wealth. Ari Fleischer grow growth purpose time I favor the abolition of all Social Security, Medicare and estate taxes. In their place, we should create a simple income tax system that has no deductions or credits at all. Ari Fleischer create place security simple But instead, Democrats are so bent on seeing Republicans as a bunch of angry, right wing, intolerant, unreliable extremists that they have a track record of missing the mood of the country, especially the sentiment of people who don't wake up to 'The New York Times.' Ari Fleischer angry wake-up mood people The reason Gov. Romney passed Romneycare as governor of Massachusetts in 2006 was because many Republicans viewed health care reform, mandates and all, as a way to inoculate against Democratic charges that Republicans didn't care about people who lacked health insurance. Ari Fleischer care health people way Today, grass-roots Republicans want to drink a bottle of 2010 small-government wine, but our candidates were bottled in another era, before the tea party's ideas took root. Ari Fleischer wine tea today ideas The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of a sense that Washington is in need of dire fiscal reform. Ari Fleischer passion party eye tea After two years of fighting, government shutdowns and little to no agreement on anything except welfare reform in 1996, President Clinton was re-elected and decided it was time for compromise. Ari Fleischer compromise government fighting time Similar Authors Bill Moyers former-white-house-press-secretary Dee Dee Myers former-white-house-press-secretary Dana Perino former-white-house-press-secretary Larry Speakes former-white-house-press-secretary Mike McCurry former-white-house-press-secretary Marlin Fitzwater former-white-house-press-secretary All Authors