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niyad

(113,534 posts)
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:09 PM Dec 2015

Peyton Manning Hires Ari Fleischer To Ensure No One Believes A Word He Says

would he lie to you?

Peyton Manning Hires Ari Fleischer To Ensure No One Believes A Word He Says


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would you buy a used sportsball hero from this man?



Over the weekend, a big thing happened in sportsball, which you know we are always on top of here at yr Wonkette. Turns out that the freedom-haters over at Al Jazeera declared jihad on All-American Hero Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning by reporting that he got some sweet sweet human growth hormone from an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic. That is a no-no, Peyton Manning! Did you learn nothing from Lance Armstrong? Do you really want to have to eventually give up your World Series ring or whatever it is your sort of people win?

Needless to say, Manning wants to get out in front of this story, so he went and found the most trustworthy person imaginable, a person whose integrity is so unimpeachable that you will believe, in your heart of hearts, anything the man says. Yes, we are of course speaking of former George W. Bush spokescreature Ari Fleischer.

According to a report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Manning has retained the services of former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, whose company, Ari Fleischer Sports Communications, has previously advised the NFL, Major League Baseball, the PAC-12, and Joe Torre.

Christ on a cracker. It’s as if Peyton Manning and all the leading lights of sportsball were somehow asleep for the entirety of 2001 to 2003. You really wanted to hire the guy who comforted Americans post-9/11 by telling them “they need to watch what they say, watch what they do.” You figured that the person Americans trust the most is one of the key architects of the whole “Saddam has weapons of mass destruction that he is actually pointing right at your house — yes, yours! — right now” falsehood. Seriously, the man was part of the biggest lie of the last 20 years. This is not a man who engenders warm feelings of trust.

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Peyton Manning Hires Ari Fleischer To Ensure No One Believes A Word He Says (Original Post) niyad Dec 2015 OP
DUzy!!! kairos12 Dec 2015 #1
if he were innocent demtenjeep Dec 2015 #2
Wow. You forgot your :sarcasm: tag. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #5
Sarcasm? All PM can do in oral communication is to hum very badly. /nt NCjack Dec 2015 #27
Kida like having Ted Nugent endorse your candidacy. Scuba Dec 2015 #3
"Ted Nugent: President Trump ‘would kick ass and take names’" emulatorloo Dec 2015 #12
I insinuated no such thing. Sorry if my post confused you. Scuba Dec 2015 #14
Ok thanks n/t emulatorloo Dec 2015 #16
Providing even more proof that Manning is a douchebag. tabasco Dec 2015 #4
I was juror #7, and I haven't eaten today, so please forgive my misspellings kentauros Dec 2015 #8
Manning is an idiot if he thinks that this will help Gothmog Dec 2015 #6
It is...are you finding much out about this? joeybee12 Dec 2015 #9
ari enid602 Dec 2015 #7
You mean the Bush II version of Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf AKA 1monster Dec 2015 #15
Pretty much it in a nutshell. I didn't care one way or another about Manning. ladyVet Dec 2015 #25
Hey, if you can steer the media away from blatant war crimes joeybee12 Dec 2015 #10
This is laughable GummyBearz Dec 2015 #17
What's laughable is the minsinformation in your head trying to laugh this off... joeybee12 Dec 2015 #18
"throw sh*t out there and people only read the headlines" GummyBearz Dec 2015 #19
Take a science course...you might learn something... joeybee12 Dec 2015 #20
I have a phd in a stem field GummyBearz Dec 2015 #23
Fleshy Liar! Octafish Dec 2015 #11
How in the hell sharp_stick Dec 2015 #13
UGH.... that picture says it all. spanone Dec 2015 #21
I recall when Tiger Woods hired Ari as his "crisis manager" following bullwinkle428 Dec 2015 #22
honestly, a move like that - hiring ARI Skittles Dec 2015 #24
An easy win for Ari. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #26

emulatorloo

(44,175 posts)
12. "Ted Nugent: President Trump ‘would kick ass and take names’"
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:50 PM
Dec 2015
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/249951-ted-nugent-president-trump-would-kick-ass-and-take-names

I saw your posts last night insinuating Nugent, Kid Rock, and MeatLoaf had endorsed HRC.

Another Bernie supporter said s/he was pretty sure you weren't correct about Nugent.

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=953399 and the posts following.

Another poster asked you to provide links to support your claims.

You couldn't or wouldn't so I am surprised to see you are doubling down here.

Spreading disinformation/fabricating wing-nut endorsements for HRC doesn't help Bernie win.

It also surprised me, because the posts I've seen of yours aren't like these at all.

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Kid Rock said he liked Ben Carlson but won't endorse anybody.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/magazine/kid-rock-theres-no-winning-that-battle.html

I have no idea who Meatloaf is supporting but it won't be Bernie or HRC.
 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
4. Providing even more proof that Manning is a douchebag.
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:17 PM
Dec 2015

Not that anybody really needed more proof.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
8. I was juror #7, and I haven't eaten today, so please forgive my misspellings
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:31 PM
Dec 2015



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1monster

(11,012 posts)
15. You mean the Bush II version of Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf AKA
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 02:33 PM
Dec 2015

Baghdad Bob? It was very well known back during his term (and after) as Press Secretary for GWBush that Ari Fleischer was incapable of honesty, integrity, or ethical behavior. How did we know when Ari was lying? Was he breathing? He was lying.

Ari's reputation had nothing to do with Bernie. Ari did it all by himself.

ladyVet

(1,587 posts)
25. Pretty much it in a nutshell. I didn't care one way or another about Manning.
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 06:26 PM
Dec 2015

Now I think he's guilty. Win!

Oh. Er. Sorry, Peyton. Better luck next time. Maybe you should talk to O. J. He had a pretty good team.

 

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
17. This is laughable
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 06:46 PM
Dec 2015

HGH can make sylvester stalone into rambo, rocky, etc. Look at Manning, aka "limp noodle arm" and tell me you think he is on HGH... not to mention that he hasn't played in a month and probably wont play again this year. Its a non-story, and if he wants to waste money on ari flescher, so be it.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
18. What's laughable is the minsinformation in your head trying to laugh this off...
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 06:50 PM
Dec 2015

No one is saying he's on it now...it was 2011 when he was recovering from neck surgery...and you proved my point, throw sh*t out there and people only read the headlines.

 

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
19. "throw sh*t out there and people only read the headlines"
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 08:14 PM
Dec 2015

My bad, didn't know this was an issue from 5 years ago. That is definitely late breaking news, thanks for educating me on what may or may not have happened in 2011. Throwing shit out there happens, no one like a patriots fan would know that more. Keep your balls inflated now

 

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
23. I have a phd in a stem field
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 08:27 PM
Dec 2015

I have taken more science classes than I can count. The thing I can't explain is why a ball boy would be seen on CCTV taking footballs into a bathroom, come out a bit later, and somehow out of all those footballs, the one used by the patriots offense wound up deflated. Guess it wasn't covered in any my science classes

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
13. How in the hell
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:56 PM
Dec 2015

did Bill Belichick and Tom Brady manage to stash HGH on Manning.

Evil geniuses those two. Vector and Dr. Evil have nothing on them

bullwinkle428

(20,630 posts)
22. I recall when Tiger Woods hired Ari as his "crisis manager" following
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 08:26 PM
Dec 2015

his sex scandal a few years back. Fleisher had him do that press conference with his Mom in the front row, when he was dressed in a suit and looking like he'd taken half a bottle of Ambien. Heckuva job, Ari!

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
26. An easy win for Ari.
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 06:45 PM
Dec 2015

If he could protect war criminals, he should be able to protect a Manning.
Not surprised to see unethical behavior by the Mannings though. Right wing Rethugs are masters at it.

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