Trump’s Press Secretary Shawn Spicer’s in Trouble. But Why, Since He’s Perfect for the Job?
Here’s a conversation on Facebook that presents my viewpoint.
Liz McCleney He (Spicer) misspoke (about Hitler’s not using chemical weapons), he apologized; move on.
Craig Shields I agree with you, Liz. We need to be fair. Had he added the words “in combat” to what he said, he would have been correct. What’s the big deal? He’s perfect for the job; in fact, I can’t think of anyone else who could do it for 10 minutes: defending the indefensible, explaining the inexplicable, and somehow coming up with words that make a sociopath appear to be a kind and rational human being.
Suppose you’re handed photographic evidence that the Trump inauguration was clearly far smaller than Obama’s, but you need to explain to the world that this is somehow an optical illusion. Who on Earth could pull that off? The next day, you’re ordered to tell the world with a straight face that 3 – 5 million people voted illegally in the 2016 election. Here’s a challenge for anyone who thinks Spicer should be fired: Stand in front of a mirror and try to find words that could even conceivably make a world of sane and intelligent people believe that. Good luck. It’s easiest to prove that 2 + 2 = 5.
Imagine that you wake up every morning, and go through your Twitter feed. You see that, in a few hours, maybe you’ll be justifying why the President of the United States has flown into a temper tantrum about Meryl Streep or Saturday Night Live. Perhaps you’ll be providing some twisted rationale behind his insulting another U.S. ally, or backing up some baseless allegation that your boss just made about Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Of course, the most important aspect of your job is to make a big deal out of anything except the ever-growing evidence that your boss colluded with the Russians to win the presidency; you must never take your mind of that for a second.
Committing to unqualified and unending loyalty to a madman, and having the ability to do it with a bare minimum of gaffes (and this deal with Hitler was far tinier than the media lets on), is a rare commodity indeed. He cannot be replaced.
What will get interesting, however, is when proof comes down that the POTUS committed treason vis-a-vis the issue with the Russians mentioned above, and day it appears increasingly likely that this will happen. That’s going to stymie even the great Shawn Spicer.
Vashti Williams According to Putin or according to our government, Trump doesn’t make a move without asking the Russians what to do. Time will tell & y’all are going to be eating crow. His term is coming to an end….he’s a treasonous bastard & a dumbf**k.
Liz McCleney Sorry you will be disappointed. I will be voting for him again in 2020.
Craig Shields Liz: Obviously there are people who carry with them no regard whatsoever for the truth; that’s not news. At a bare minimum they include Trump, Spicer, the Cabinet, and 62 million other American voters. It’s a shame, but it’s the true, sorry state of this country. If he hasn’t gotten impeached by 2020, and you want to vote for him, you’ll hardly be alone. By then, the American electorate will be even dumber and less concerned with the difference between truth and obvious, bare-faced lies. You might even win the popular vote too, with or without the 3 – 5 million phantom voters.
Craig,
What on earth is the matter? Why all the ranting ?
I get it that you are not enamored with President Trump, but surely there comes a time when simply screaming abuse becomes unproductive.
Like most of Trump’s critics, you seem to lose reality when it comes to the President. Maybe it’s because you feel you must out bid Trump in a war of outrageous claims.
Calling the President a “sociopath” is just abusive and clearly inaccurate. Calling his supporters “Dumb” “Evil” “Deplorable”, is equally abusive and malicious.
But mostly it’s just plain silly and counter-productive. This sort of language takes attention away from the Presidents defects, and concentrates the general public on your own flaws.
If I may, I like you to try and impartially consider the effect of your comments:
When the average person reads your observations, it comes across as “Anyone who doesn’t agree with me is “Dumb” “Evil” “Deplorable” etc
“President Trump will be impeached or removed from office “.
(Just wishful thinking and fanciful).
President Trump, “doesn’t make a move without asking the Russians what to do, he’s a treasonous bastard & a dumbf**k.”, ” he’s dangerous and likely to start another cold war with the Russian’s”!
(The logic of those contradictory positions is baffling)
President Trump’s cabinet is full of billionaires !
(When only if you consider 1 out of 16 “full” )
President Trump is a puppet of the oil companies.
(Nope, in fact Trump’s support from corporate donors was negligible. HC easily secured more corporate support including Oil/Gas).
President Trump “lied” about electoral fraud.
(While his claims may have been a inflated and excessive, electoral fraud does occur and in the past probably elected many candidates, including President Kennedy.
Studies do exist revealing more than 14% of non-citizens in both the 2008 and 2010 polls indicated that they were registered to vote.
The Washington Post claimed on good authority, politicians such as Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)possibly won in 2008 by virtue of illegal voting by non-citizens. The President’s claims may prove excessive, but whether accurate or not, the studies do exist, he didn’t just make it all up.)
President Trump is a sociopath.
(A very subjective form of abuse, what your really saying is: ” I don’t like him or his opinions, so he must be a sociopath !”).
The point I’m trying to make, is not to defend the President, but illustrating that by making these wild assertions you draw attention away from the President’s flaws and focus attention upon your own credibility.
That’s okay if your only audience is with a closed group of like minded souls, but for an advocate hoping to reach a wider audience the effect is unfortunate.
Most damaging is your approval of reprehensible actions by your friends and those you support, while you condemn and castigate the
President for milder forms of the same conduct.
To the undecided, your message becomes confused as your obvious bias and personal hatred has destroyed your objectivity and credibility.
The President is still dictating the agenda. Democrats would be more productive if the concentrated of finding and promoting an outstanding candidate for 2020, than a wallowing in irrelevant hate sessions.
The old maxim,’governments lose elections, oppositions don’t win’ is true . In this case, don’t count on Trump self destructing. It will still take a very attractive Democrat candidate to win.