The press lost credibility with Republicans and independents during the Obama years, setting itself up for the damage that's going to be done during the Trump years. Ari Fleischer More Quotes by Ari Fleischer More Quotes From Ari Fleischer I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found. Ari Fleischer mass-destruction iraq thinking The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it. Ari Fleischer mass-destruction iraq president We know for a fact that there are weapons there. Ari Fleischer mass-destruction wmd iraq The press is hostile to Donald Trump, they always will be. And Donald Trump is happy to return the favor. And you know what, he actually has the upper hand in that relationship. Ari Fleischer upper-hand favors hands It's so much easier to do press if you take positions that the press likes than to take conservative Republican positions. Ari Fleischer conservative republican likes There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest Ari Fleischer mountain gathering feet The greatest threat to the security of the people of North Korea comes from the government of North Korea. Ari Fleischer korea government people This is a massive crisis for the press, and the degree now that the press revs up its scrutiny and its opposition to Donald Trump, as opposed to being neutral and fair to Donald Trump - they will compound their own problem, because Republicans don't trust them, independents largely don't trust them, and the press risks just being credible to only one party in America. Ari Fleischer risk party america Given the chance to throw off a brutal dictator like Saddam Hussein, people will rejoice. Ari Fleischer hussein chance people Why then would people look to the United Nations as an instrument of peace, if instead all it is, is an instrument of putting out declarations that nobody intends to take seriously anyway? Ari Fleischer war people looks I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of mass destruction to tell the world where they are. Ari Fleischer mass-destruction stupid thinking I think it's important for the people to see the government is functioning. Ari Fleischer government people thinking If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world. Ari Fleischer mass-destruction wmd iraq There are certain times you rattle the press's cages, and other times you don't, and you have to be discerning about it. Ari Fleischer discerning cages certain If you are ever uncomfortable or are unsure of something, you attribute it. Ari Fleischer uncomfortable attributes ifs There is something democratic about grass-roots, widespread money support. There is something anti-democratic about one person propping up a candidate who can't make it. Ari Fleischer support roots grass A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution. Ari Fleischer income safety levels The reason the world is in the spot it's in is because North Korea entered into an agreement and then did not keep up their terms of the agreement. They received aid in return for promising not to develop nuclear weapons. They took the aid, they ran with the aid and then they developed a nuclear weapons anyway. Ari Fleischer korea nuclear agreement School choice is one of the strongest ways we have to educate our children, .. believes in school choice and he is going to work hard to enact school choice. Ari Fleischer hard-work believe children When President George W. Bush cut taxes, he cut them for everyone. Ari Fleischer taxes cutting president
