Fleischer and Romney attacks Huckabee for criticizing Bush.

Ari Fleischer ('Lie-sure') and Mitt Romney dutifully spill the talking points about George W. Bush:

- He keeps us safe,

- And the safe course for Republican presidential candidates is to repeat the above, and not criticize the performance of George W. Bush, endangering his legacy :).

Romney defended Bush Sunday on Meet the Press, blasting break-out candidate Mike Huckabee for branding Bush's foreign policy as arrogant, and demonstrating a "bunker mentality."

"That's an insult to the president, and Mike Huckabee should apologize to the president," Romney said.

And from ThinkProgress:

President Bush’s former spokesman Ari Fleischer today called Mike Huckabee’s Foreign Affairs comments ["... American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude...") “unwarranted and unwise“:

There is much to like about Mike Huckabee. But he will serve Republican primary voters, and our nation, better if he focused his criticisms on the Democrats who will run against our eventual nominee and not on the President who has kept us safe.

Yesterday, Mitt Romney also said that Huckabee “ought to be saying thank you to the president for keeping us safe these last six years.”
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