Must Read and See: Ari Gets Laughed Out of WH Briefing Room]

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Alan Pagliere <pagliere () umich edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:24:34 -0500
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Fwd: FW: [pKzoo] [Fwd: Must Read and See: Ari Gets Laughed Out of
WH Briefing Room] (fwd)

Sorry, don't remember how to post to IP; I'm really just a lurker.
However, this is too amazing to not pass on.
Unbelievable that Fleischer would actually say what he did, as if he
believed it, and then, that, thank goodness, the entire White House
briefing room filled with the press corps would erupt in laughter at
it. He left in a huff, embarrassed, and rightly so. The cameras roll a
bit longer as the press corps keeps laughing.

    http://www.c-span.org/

and go to the top "most viewed videos".

> You can use this more direct link to get right to the video:
>
>     http://video.c-span.org:8080/ramgen/edrive/
> iraq022503_whpb.rm?mode=compact
>
> And of course with the instructions to start 28 minutes into the
> stream.
>
> If only this happened more often....
>
> Alan
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > > White House news briefing on Tuesday, February 25:
> > >
> > >
> > > ON CSPAN --- WH press conference with Ari ended just now. It's grim.
> > > Not
> > > much new but a reiteration of the "Saddam must disarm" and some hints
> > > that Saddam and other top Iraqi leaders might be assassinated if GW
> > > gives the executive decree.
> > >
> > > Then one tidbit floated up. A reporter asked about a French report
> > > that
> > > says Bush is offering a bundle of concessions (and I think she
> > > actually
> > > said 'buying votes') to Mexico and Colombia, granting worker amnesty
> > > and
> > > so on. Ari tap-danced. Then she (the reporter) started to press the
> > > issue by saying "they (the French) are quoting two US State Dept.
> > > Diplomats that Bush intends to give work permits to Colombia and
> > > Mexico."
> > >
> > > WOW. WOW.... Ari just drew himself up with imperious indignation and
> > > said something like "you're implying that the President is buying the
> > > votes of other nations and that's just not a consideration" or words
> > > to
> > > that effect.
> > >
> > > And guess what happened? The whole press corps, normally sheep, broke
> > > out in laughter... sweet, derisive laughter. They kept on laughing as
> > > Ari turned on his heels and strode out. Sheesh.
> > >
> > > On C-Span, go down to White House Press Briefing (02/25/2003) and
> > > click
> > > on the video. After it buffers, play from about 28 minutes forward
> > > for
> > > context, 30 minutes forward.

> > > http://www.c-span.org/


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