In a question and answer session on May 7, 2001, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer gave President Bush’s position of protecting the American way of life, thus promising to worsen the lifestyles of most of the rest of the world:
Question: Is one of the problems with this, and the entire energy field, American lifestyles? Does the President believe that, given the amount of energy Americans consume per capita, how much it exceeds any other citizen in any other country in the world, does the President believe we need to correct our lifestyles to address the energy problem?
Mr. Fleischer: That’s a big no. The President believes that it’s an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policy makers to protect the American way of life. The American way of life is a blessed one.
(Quoted from “Why Go To School,” by Steven Wolk, page 653 of the May 2007 issue of Phi Delta Kappan.)
For a biography of George W. Bush, click here. For a biography of Ari Fleischer, click here.
Question: Is one of the problems with this, and the entire energy field, American lifestyles? Does the President believe that, given the amount of energy Americans consume per capita, how much it exceeds any other citizen in any other country in the world, does the President believe we need to correct our lifestyles to address the energy problem?
Mr. Fleischer: That’s a big no. The President believes that it’s an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policy makers to protect the American way of life. The American way of life is a blessed one.
(Quoted from “Why Go To School,” by Steven Wolk, page 653 of the May 2007 issue of Phi Delta Kappan.)
For a biography of George W. Bush, click here. For a biography of Ari Fleischer, click here.
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