Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
What's a 'huckabee', anyway?
![[Confused]](confused.gif)
quote:Where the FUCK does Sarah Huckabee Sanders get the idea that she can lecture John Lewis (foreground, left) on "the incredible sacrifice civil rights leaders made to right the injustices in our history"?!? Seriously, when you're trying to explain the Civil Rights Movement to one of the Big Six you're pretty much saying "I don't know what I'm talking about but this uppity person has made things difficult for me so I'll express my displeasure about that".
We think its unfortunate that these members of Congress wouldn't join the President in honoring the incredible sacrifice civil rights leaders made to right the injustices in our history. The President hopes others will join him in recognizing that the movement was about removing barriers and unifying Americans of all backgrounds.
quote:An big, ugly, bright orange pig at that. With teeny weeny trotters.
Originally posted by mr cheesy:
I'm probably naive, but I'd like to believe that in the quiet places of her mind, she knows this shit is wrong. She knows that she is spouting lies and providing cover for many bad things.
That she's not really bad, just swept along with all the other flotsam and jetsam flowing out of the sewer.
I'd like to believe that she'll get her comeuppance and that she'll not leave the WH in a few weeks/months/years to become another rentamouth on Fox.
And look, there's a flying pig.
quote:I will say this for her: she's keeping her cool much better than either of the men who preceded her. Spicer would get openly combative. Scaramucci burned out spectacularly before he even officially started the position. Sanders? She just shoots that glare and delivers her designated line over and over until the press corps give up and move on.
Originally posted by Crœsos:
For those who don't recognize the name, she's the Trump Administration's designated spokesliar, following in the footsteps of Sean Spicer and Anthony Scaramucci.
quote:Indeed.
Motherfucking cocksucker. Motherfucking shit fucker! What am I doing? What am I doing? I don't know what I'm doing....I'm doing the best that I can....I don't know what the fuck I'm supposed to fucking do anymore. Fucker. Fuck! Shit!
quote:Trump's a rich business tycoon. That type usually likes to cut workers, often by switching to automation. Perhaps she's actually a robot?
Originally posted by Og, King of Bashan:
I will say this for her: she's keeping her cool much better than either of the men who preceded her. Spicer would get openly combative. Scaramucci burned out spectacularly before he even officially started the position. Sanders? She just shoots that glare and delivers her designated line over and over until the press corps give up and move on.
quote:So she more competently represents incompetence?
Originally posted by Og, King of Bashan:
quote:I will say this for her: she's keeping her cool much better than either of the men who preceded her. Spicer would get openly combative. Scaramucci burned out spectacularly before he even officially started the position. Sanders? She just shoots that glare and delivers her designated line over and over until the press corps give up and move on.
Originally posted by Crœsos:
For those who don't recognize the name, she's the Trump Administration's designated spokesliar, following in the footsteps of Sean Spicer and Anthony Scaramucci.
quote:In this case, the daughter of a Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate.
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
What's a 'huckabee', anyway?
quote:Absolutely. If I were up there being asked why the President just tweeted some new idiocy, I would have caved and said "Because he's a dumbass, OK?" long ago.
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
So she more competently represents incompetence?
quote:But NOT related to Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator and also a presidential candidate.
Originally posted by Nick Tamen:
quote:In this case, the daughter of a Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate.
Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
What's a 'huckabee', anyway?
quote:My favorite memory of Huckabilly's gubernatorial career was the time when the Arkinsaw governor's mansion was being rehabbed, and the family lived in an official triple-wide trailer. There was something downright poetical about that image.
Originally posted by Nick Tamen:
In this case, the daughter of a Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate.
![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
quote:I agree. As a political operative she is very very good. Is there a career path in the US from her current position into being a front-line politician?
Originally posted by Og, King of Bashan:
quote:I will say this for her: she's keeping her cool much better than either of the men who preceded her. Spicer would get openly combative. Scaramucci burned out spectacularly before he even officially started the position. Sanders? She just shoots that glare and delivers her designated line over and over until the press corps give up and move on.
Originally posted by Crœsos:
For those who don't recognize the name, she's the Trump Administration's designated spokesliar, following in the footsteps of Sean Spicer and Anthony Scaramucci.
quote:Speed dating at its quickest. We were in the USA for the entirety of his moment in the sun and what a bizarre week and a half that was. Met lots of lovely Americans but spent some of the time with our jaws on the floor.
Originally posted by RuthW:
I miss the Mooch.
quote:That's pretty much Americans' experience here all the time now. You meet lots of lovely people as you go about your day, and then -- holy shit, did you hear about ... ???!!!???
Originally posted by Arabella Purity Winterbottom:
Met lots of lovely Americans but spent some of the time with our jaws on the floor.
quote:I'm considering some overseas travel, which means I'm going to have to learn to say "I didn't vote for that asshole" in Italian.
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
I feel an impulse to apologize to every non-American I meet.
quote:"Io non hanno votato per Trump"?
Originally posted by RuthW:
I'm considering some overseas travel, which means I'm going to have to learn to say "I didn't vote for that asshole" in Italian.
quote:I think this is irrelevant. She is spokesperson for a man who said he knew more about the military than the military itself does because he went to a fancy dress boys school.
Originally posted by Golden Key:
Does she know who he is, civil-rights wise?
quote:They sell cards with the statement on it in half a dozen languages. (sigh)
Originally posted by Rossweisse:
quote:"Io non hanno votato per Trump"?
Originally posted by RuthW:
I'm considering some overseas travel, which means I'm going to have to learn to say "I didn't vote for that asshole" in Italian.
Alternatively, sticking your fingers down your throat as you grimace and say "Trump" should get the message across. (It worked for me in Norway.)
quote:Ouachita Baptist University, according to her Wiki page. Ouachita is also home, perhaps not entirely coincidentally, to the Michael D. Huckabee School of Education, so I'm not sure Sarah Huckabee Sanders is representative of the general quality of education offered there. Every college has a few embarrassing legacy admissions. Right, Jared?
Originally posted by LutheranChik:
"Where the FUCK does Sarah Huckabee Sanders get the idea that she can lecture John Lewis (foreground, left) on "the incredible sacrifice civil rights leaders..."?
From Wixahatchee Bahble College, or whichever Arkansas institution of Bahble-larnin' she attended. Didn't learn much about telling the truth, apparently.
quote:When you are someone's spokesperson, yes, you are there to represent that person, and not have an opinion.
Originally posted by Golden Key:
In the last couple of days, a reporter asked Sarah if she really thought that all the women who accused T of sexual misconduct were lying.
She looked troubled, and said she was there to represent the president, not talk about herself.
Interesting.
quote:Yes, of course. But, from the look on her face, she doesn't necessarily think all T's accusers are lying. And, instead of her usual accusing in return (and looking like she means it), Sarah gave no sign that she agreed with her boss or was defending him.
Originally posted by sharkshooter:
When you are someone's spokesperson, yes, you are there to represent that person, and not have an opinion.
It is the same way in which I operated when I worked for the government. When working, and asked about something, I stated the government's position, whether or not I agreed with it. That was my job.
quote:As did I. However, when the position looked just a bit too bizarre to state with a straight face, I asked my managers beforehand to provide me with lines and a follow-up strategy. We would then have the surreal spectacle of three or four intelligent and educated people trying to make utter nonsense sound sensible (I would note that this was not a frequent occurrence, although we had one minister-- name available upon application -- whom we had to keep out of very hot water, and that was a real challenge).
Originally posted by sharkshooter:
quote:When you are someone's spokesperson, yes, you are there to represent that person, and not have an opinion.
Originally posted by Golden Key:
In the last couple of days, a reporter asked Sarah if she really thought that all the women who accused T of sexual misconduct were lying.
She looked troubled, and said she was there to represent the president, not talk about herself.
Interesting.
It is the same way in which I operated when I worked for the government. When working, and asked about something, I stated the government's position, whether or not I agreed with it. That was my job.
quote:Not even if the pathological liar maintained he was a Christian??
Originally posted by LutheranChik:
Not everyone would choose to work as a spokesperson for a pathological liar.
Again, interesting vocational choice for a PK/Baptist college graduate.
quote:Which was a sin of pride right there.
Originally posted by Ohher:
God wouldn't regard her lie as a sin so long as it enabled her to save my soul.
quote:And a worser sin of misunderstanding, if she thought that she could fool God as easily as she fooled herself.
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
quote:Which was a sin of pride right there.
Originally posted by Ohher:
God wouldn't regard her lie as a sin so long as it enabled her to save my soul.
quote:On the occasions I see her on television (more and more I avoid English-language news), I see a facial expression and tone of voice doing its level best to sever herself from the message she is delivering. I think that her days might be limited.
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Bottom line, though: Mrs. Sanders continues to prostitute herself for the sake of a paycheck. It's sort of fun to watch her press conferences for any sign of "You know, screw this, I'm sick of standing up for this ignoramus. My pride is worth more than my bank account. I'm off to find myself a real job."
quote:I'd say the title of "prostitute" can be equally used for many of the folks in Cheetolini's administration, male and female alike. All of the press spokespeople, certainly.
Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
Integrity is a difficult thing. To say "no" when you know that it does mean you don't have a job. Knowing fully that others will sell their souls and grand parents for the right pay cheque. (I dislike the prostitute image in this and most contexts unless that previous man is also a prostitute.)
But a person also has to live with themselves. Becoming innured to it is the only way. To tell the small comforting fibs to self. That you are moderating the bad or perhaps even become a believer at least in part.
