Can Ari Fleischer tell the truth? Let’s make this the first installment of the Ari Fleischer Ridiculous Misstatement Watch.
Here’s an exchange from today from Fleischer’s daily Enron beating …
QUESTION: The question is, does he [President Bush] feel that he [Ken Lay] should have the sort of access that he’s had? Or does he believe that there ought to be more campaign finance reform?
MR. FLEISCHER: The President thinks that access should be across the board. And that’s why the Sierra Club, for example, as you know, met repeatedly with the energy task force.
Wow, Sierra Club met with the Energy Task Force. Who knew?
Actually, The Sierra Club never met with the Energy Task Force while it was task-forcing. It was only after the Task Force had released its report that the Vice President agreed to meet with Sierra Club representatives to hear their gripes. So basically after it was no longer a task force at all.
Is this a lie?
