…the West Wing is “a very small place"…using the press to shiv each other in the ribs…people thinking it’s cute and it makes them popular…palace intrigue…
So she’s basically admitting that Trump’s own top-level staff, advisers, and inner circle are engaged in a dysfunctional clusterfuck of backstabbing, blame-shifting, and self-promotion.
And the buck for all this stops…where, exactly? Because last time I checked, the President is the person who is ultimately responsible for the behavior of his own senior staff, advisers and inner circle. If they’re being disloyal, unprofessional, engaging in infighting, and so forth, what does that say about the President’s judgement in choosing to surround himself with these people, and his leadership of them? (Answer: Nothing good.)
Which is why I was surprised that she didn’t try to blame the “Deep State” and “Obama holdovers, burrowed deep into the bureaucracy.” I thought that was the go-to narrative for this situation…but perhaps that’s become untenable even for the Queen of Alternative Facts?
Haha…no he’s not. In fact, not only was the tweet itself completely unclear…i.e., how the fuck do you “leak” public documents/information?..BUT the whole effort to wage war on “leakers” and create a prominent counter-narrative about it is 100% designed to muddle, obfuscate and conceal everything about the administration, its players and the Russia investigation AND make it ok for them to continue making effort to do so.
“we’re not here to curate our images.”
Someone please inform Trumpymonkeybaby, because I’m pretty sure that’s #1 on his list of reasons for being there.
Also too…it’s just fucking remarkable reading through those quotes. She just described a WH and administration that is not just dysfunctional, but completely non-functional, as a result of mismanagement, backbiting, avarice, self-promotion, “office politics”, and above all the utterly toxic dynamic of competing to be the biggest bestest most favored sycophant that Trump creates around himself. These people cannot govern THEMSELVES,let a lone a country.
No need to be sorry, but you’re wrong. Nouns like “Whore,” “Slut,” and “Bitch” are used much more against women then men. Want proof? Compare how many time Trump was called one of these names versus the number of time Clinton was when both were running for President in 2016.
Nouns like “Whore,” “Slut,” and “Bitch” are highly sexist terms and perpetuate the demonization of women because of their sexuality. I believe that we can do better than that.
She said “qualified men and women” who want to work for President Donald Trump’s administration “have been completely demoralized and completely, I think, disinclined to do so based on the paperwork that we have to put forward divesting assets.”
Yeah I so remember Josh Earnest saying the same thing many times when PBO was staffing his Admin. #governingizhardz
in the particular (KAC) the invective is appropriate because she is clearly prostituting herself (figuratively) to support this despicable administration, so “slut” is reflective of her actions
you clearly never saw the early years of Saturday Night Live, or you would have understood the reference, and therefore the joke, but
your use of “fanny” to mean “vagina” is a non-American usage (e.g, British) whereas in the US “fanny” means “bottom” (a.k.a., “butt”), which probably explains why you missed the joke…
Some communities are fine with all kinds of sexist, racist, and homophobic slurs and “humor.” It only becomes “community standards” if no one objects.
Several of us here do object to calling women “Whores,” “Sluts,” and “Bitches.”
Considering that sexism is a major barrier to women, I’d think that we we might re-consider using those terms regardless of whether we agree or disagree with the particular woman being referred to in such a manner.
I believe that it is a matter of consciousness-raising, and I appreciate @mondfledermaus for raising it. Progress for women is challenging enough without perpetuating the language that has been used historically to denigrate them and “keep them in their place.”
No I had not. I’ts good. I do have a sense of humor, it’s just as I get older I remember with increasing fondness the “sluts” of my youth… and get a little protective.
We’re not really trying to be malicious , but what do you do with a disingenuous lying sack of shit like KellyAnn who sold out to the highest bidder, First Cruz , then Trump
Must take a lot of showers
