September 10, 2002

8:02 AM

Ari Fleischer: God, Genius, Liar, or Rapper! You decide.
posted by geronimo_rex (11 comments total)

Alas, for I cannot decide.
posted by Darth Vader at 8:12 AM on September 10, 2002

You know he is authentic, 'cause he comes from tha' States...
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:15 AM on September 10, 2002

We've done this thread before, minus the funny Jay-Z reference.
posted by McBain at 8:37 AM on September 10, 2002

That Michael Kinsley piece, by the way, is fantastic, one of the reasons he's my favorite columnist.
posted by gsteff at 8:52 AM on September 10, 2002

Liar liar, pants on fire (that's my vote.)
posted by aacheson at 9:06 AM on September 10, 2002

The "Flack out of Hell" -- Whee! I vote for genius.
posted by hob at 9:10 AM on September 10, 2002

I vote genius.
"Q So hundreds of reporters are wrong? We're seeing a gap that doesn't exist? MR. FLEISCHER: I think it's much ado about no difference."
This recent effort apparently took place at a press gaggle! Looks like feeding the chooks (geese?) is now part of the official vocabulary. So much for duckspeak.
posted by stinglessbee at 9:32 AM on September 10, 2002

He has nothing on Alexander Haig the master of doublespeak.

I also vote genius, though terribly misguided.
posted by MaddCutty at 10:57 AM on September 10, 2002

Ari Fleischer - a doubleplusgood newspeak duckspear.
Quack!
posted by ac at 11:00 AM on September 10, 2002

duckspeaker. Sorry.
posted by ac at 11:00 AM on September 10, 2002

If Metafilter had comment headers, I could run this post under the header: "Re: Chief's Liar." But it doesn't, and I can't ... dang.I
posted by carter at 12:25 PM on September 10, 2002