EX-BUSH SPOKESMAN BLAMES CARTER FOR IRAN

In latest twist, former Bush spokesman blames Carter for Iran

David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Thursday August 23, 2007


"When we see all the missteps (in Iraq) ... it makes it harder, does it not, for the American people to trust this administration moving forward?" Scarborough asked Fleischer.

"Look at the other side," Fleischer answered. "I could blame Jimmy Carter for creating the mullahs and the ayatollahs in Iran."

"But Jimmy Carter's not president right now," said Scarborough. "Jimmy Carter's not saying 'Trust me.' George Bush is."

"You have to make decisions today based on events today," insisted Fleishcher. "Do the politicians switch their votes, where last year and the year before they supported fully funding the war against terror? Well, they've switched their votes now and cut and run. That's the current debate."

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http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Fleischer_blames_Congress_for_lack_of_0823.html

Wasn't it during his term that the CIA overthrew a democratically elected government and installed the Shah?

When the CIA engineered the overthrow of the elected government and installed the Shah?

Why not blame the Shah for Iran, wasn't he the guy in charge?

is that they know the situation is lost. Now it's time to try to deflect the blame.

They twist and squeeze and bend and loop to plant an idea or slam that comes short of libel. They have no ethics. None. I think scientists should register a new species for these people. It's an insult to every mammal, reptile, winged thing to use their name when describing these people. It's also an insult to sewers to reference where they reside.

An aside: Anyone think Fleischer might return to the Press Room for the remainder? Why is he coming out of 'retirement' to put his face out there so frequently?

In fact, you would be demonstrating precisely the sort of ignorance and incompetence regarding actual policy that has been the hallmark of the Bush administration from Day 1.

(Of course, calling it "ignorance and incompetence" assumes that their stated goals bore any relation to their actual goals. Which is not something that can be taken for granted from an administration that's also famous for lying almost reflexively.)

spin some more spider-man

Every last one of their missteps, blunders, fatal mistakes and outright criminality is always someone else's fault, like that when they got there, or otherwise not something they're responsible for. Fleischer's lucky he was sitting across the table from Mr. Dead Intern and not someone who would have popped him in the beezer for being such a dissembling tool.

medical treatment. He followed their advice, and ended up with a crisis on his hands, and, apparently, blame for the reaction over 25 years ago. Reagan 8 years, Bush 41 4 years, and Bush 43 7 years haven't seemed to improve the situation.
Oh, and by the way, Carter also brought Israel and Egypt together for the Camp David Accords. Missing in action since that date are Reagan, Bush 41, and Bush 43.

free rein to blame every international problem on Bush's Folly in Iraq? I can't wait to see how this little invasion, total destruction, refugee problem, and occupation of Iraq is going to play out over that time period. Doesn't he think Bush's actions have conseqences? Or just those of prior administrations?

title given to some Islamic clergy. So Jimmy Carter founded the Islamic religion?