{"id":1200,"date":"2003-05-19T04:16:50","date_gmt":"2003-05-19T18:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/19\/ari-fleischer-resigns\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:36:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:36:53","slug":"ari-fleischer-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/19\/ari-fleischer-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Ari Fleischer resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14643,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/reuters.com\\\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2769322&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050628015144\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.reuters.com\\\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 01:25:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:401}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 01:25:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:401},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14644,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/atrios.blogspot.com\\\/2003_05_18_atrios_archive.html#200310679&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20070818170747\\\/http:\\\/\\\/atrios.blogspot.com:80\\\/2003_05_18_atrios_archive.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.eschatonblog.com\\\/2003_05_18_atrios_archive.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14645,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2003\\\/ALLPOLITICS\\\/05\\\/19\\\/fleischer.resigns.ap\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20030602184908\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com:80\\\/2003\\\/ALLPOLITICS\\\/05\\\/19\\\/fleischer.resigns.ap\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 01:25:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:502}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 01:25:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:502},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m dissapointed to <a href=\"http:\/\/reuters.com\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2769322\" title=\"Bush Spokesman Ari Fleischer to Resign\">read this&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;I informed President Bush last week that after 21 years of doing nothing but government and politics&#8230;that I have decided that my time has come to leave the White House. And I will leave later this summer, most likely in July,&#8221; Fleischer said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;I just wish the article wasn&#8217;t so frustratingly brief. What prompted this?<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/atrios.blogspot.com\/2003_05_18_atrios_archive.html#200310679\" title=\"Bye bye Ari\">Atrios<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>[Update:]{.underline}<\/p>\n<p>There are a few more details in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2003\/ALLPOLITICS\/05\/19\/fleischer.resigns.ap\/index.html\" title=\"Ari Fleischer to leave White House post\">this CNN article<\/a>, including this somewhat bizarre little piece of information:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  He notified Bush of his decision Friday. The president ended the conversation &#8220;by kissing me on the head,&#8221; the spokesman said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So&#8230;was this kiss a benediction of some sort? Does Bush now think he&#8217;s the Pope? Or maybe just Godfather Coreleone? (Snarky, non-PC possibility &#8212; which head? Could we have a scandal to put Clinton\/Lewinsky to shame?) It just seems odd to me, behaviour more fitting of a religious figure than a political appointee. But then, given Bush&#8217;s conservative religious leanings, maybe it&#8217;s not that much of a surprise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I informed President Bush last week that after 21 years of  doing nothing but government and politics&#8230;that I have  decided that my time has come to leave the White House. 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