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Ex-Bush Press Secretary Dana Perino Tries to Rewrite Bush History
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by TheCameraObscura | April 9, 2009 at 03:43 pm
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Appearing on "The O’Reilly Factor," former Bush Press Secretary Dana Perino
claimed that the U.S. had not lost any standing in the world during the Bush
administration. “I actually think that we are respected in the world,” said Perino.
However, in December 2008, the Pew Global Attitudes Project released a report
showing that “the U.S. image abroad is suffering almost everywhere“:
Opposition to key elements of American foreign policy is widespread in Western
Europe, and positive views of the U.S. have declined steeply among many of
America’s longtime European allies. In Muslim nations, the wars in Afghanistan
and particularly Iraq have driven negative ratings nearly off the charts.
During her tenure at the Bush administration, Dana Perino falsely claimed that she had "debunked" the pre-war Downing Street memo; that claim was met with laughter.
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frosty7530 (not verified)at 18:40 on April 17th, 2009
I'm a conservative Republican, but I did not like Dana Perino. I have to agree w/NY City tuber that she did not help her boss at all with her arrogant attitude. There was something so brittle about her. She always seemed on the brink of hysteria whenever she was challenged.The relationship between the press & President has always been contentious & maybe it should stay that way. However, our President needs a poised, polished Spokesman/woman to handle that prickly aea. The last person Bush needed was Dana Perino. She did have potential to be a "monster".
You compare Dana with somebody like Ari Fleisher who was pleasant, calm, cool & collected. Bush's ratings were much higher when Fleisher was handling communications. Of course, those were the glory days before all Hell broke loose, yet I can't help but think, that is when our President needed a real competent person to handle his public/media affairs. It's never been a love affair between the Press & the President. Even Obama has already had unexpected run-ins & disapointments with the W.H. Press Corps.
I know I don't speak for all conservatives, but I respect the tension between the 4th Estate and the Oval Office. I look to our free press to give me as much info as possible about what is going on in that W.H. Notice, I did not bother to use word "Unbiased", that belongs to another generation. It's up to the individual to read a wide spectrum of opinion, and then make conclusions. Reading one paper a day does not give one proper balance. I love the fact that my PC allows me to get my news from lots of sources.