Ari Melber Quotes
Thieves don't usually make good therapists.
Melber, Ari. The Beat with Ari Melber. MSNBC, 2018.
In the early 21st century America’s world image, credibility, and popularity had plummeted to new lows. The George W. Bush administration spent millions of dollars on public diplomacy – public relations, propaganda, and image building using the techniques of Madison Avenue to change the world perception of America. Veteran diplomats like Kissinger advised that the Bush was going about it backwards. If America did the right things, world opinion would appreciate it and America’s credibility will follow as it has throughout most of the 20th century. Most foreign politicians and journalists tended to agree. It had been Bush’s policies and practices that had been disliked. They were understood, it was argued, and did not need to be better explained—just changed.
The then ex-President was in Panama when the "distinguished" citizens were falsely certifying the election of General Noreiga's hand-picked candidate who had actually lost.
It had been written for a nationwide TV address he was to deliver, but he died before so. This was his last writing.
Commenting on jail guards who were engaged in drug smuggling:
The voters didn't give him a chance to fulfill that pledge. Hearst was defeated in the New York mayoralty race.
Ari Naftali Melber is an American attorney and journalist who is the chief legal correspondent for MSNBC and host of The Beat with Ari Melber.