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When it Rains, it Pours
Jay Carney has announced his resignation as White House Press Secretary. What are your favorite Carney moments?
Now that is quite the surprise at least to myself, was anyone anticipating this?
Hmm… abandoning a sinking ship perhaps?
There.
I think he’s probably wanted to go for a while. The specific timing seems designed to diminish the coverage of Shinseki’s resignation.
It has been rumored for about a month, as for Jay’s best moment, let me thing for a minute . 504 error. 504 error.
Wow, and it’s not even the Friday of a holiday weekend.
Don’t all things come in threes?
*Stares at John Kerry*
This paragraph from the WSJ story about it may reveal more than it intends:
Looks like sometimes even he gets tired of himself.
“There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!”
Oh, sorry, wrong corrupt regime’s mouthpiece.
Carney’s replacement has an oddly apt name for someone who has to tell fibs with the utmost sincerity: Josh Earnest.
Why do I have the feeling that the next one will be just as pathetic?
Well Carney certainly set the bar pretty high but let’s give the new guy a chance, it’s certainly theoretically possible that he can exceed his predecessor in venality.
The general rule for the Obama Administration is the replacement is even more inept than the previous occupant. Which means that Kerry’s job is about as safe as it can be, assuming they don’t make Hagel SecDef and King Cookie Pusher.
In a sane world, where would he find a job? Who wants an employee who lies for a living?
When I read the post, the first thing that came to mind was what Jason wrote above, this very moment. Carney is a great reminder for me of the description of “carnie” in Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange land. Using the excuse that it was his job to say what he said does not excuse the stream of drivel and lies that poured out of him almost daily. No one with any integrity would do what he did, and, for sure, his replacement will be just as bad or worse.
Salvatore
Jay Carney has announced his resignation as White House Press Secretary. What are your favorite Carney moments?
Other than today, none that I can think of.
There once was a liar named Jay
and a Gen’ral who “led” the VA.
Though one was adored,
and the other ignored,
Their boss cut them loose the same day.
My favorite Carney moment.
Oh, wait. You meant Jay Carney? To paraphrase Shakespeare, nothing so became his tenure as White House Press Secretary like the leaving it.
It’s OK… he’s already found work.
Could this be related by any chance to the CIA Chief in Afghanistan leak?
Eric Holder? No, wait. A replacement worse than Holder would be catastrophic. Best to stay with the devil we know.
I don’t believe a thing Jay Carney says; hence, he must still be the press secretary.
Seriously? No foolin’?
(Let’s see who gets it.)
The New York Times?
MSNBC
I feel like such an idiot for overlooking the obvious.
Ummmm, he works in the worlds of media and politics. I’m not sure the people in those worlds know there even are employees who don’t lie for a living.
My favorite thing was the book he’s going to write in a few years, provided his desire to prove that nothing was his fault trumps his desire to pretend there was nothing wrong.
1) The tearful resignation speech when he gave up his paper route to accept the WH position.
2) Obama’s brilliant speech (Aren’t they all?) congratulating him on achieving puberty.