Before using a commonly used vulgar gerund generally preceded by the word mother as your response, take some time to think through an answer, help me. Since 2001 Sean Spicer has been deeply steeped in Republican politics, as a communications director for the House, the Republican National Committee and most prominently latching onto the Trump administration as Press Secretary in 2016. He had also been a defacto spokesman for the Colombian government defending their human rights policies http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Endeavour_Global_Strategies. He was a loyal Republican opposition voice in the 2010 Affordable Care Act debates and survived the rolling circus of the Trump campaign, at times criticizing his future boss’ tactics.
In other words, Spicer is not a landlubber and can guide his own ship even if his moral compass seems to be off kilter. So why this refrain from some of, ‘I feel sorry for Sean.’
I am sure most of you have heard from a parent or guardian, “if John jumps off the bridge, will you jump too?” You did not dare say yes, lest you find yourself on the business end of your Mom or Dads’ belt. Mr. Spicer seems to get, in my opinion, an unwarranted benefit of the doubt as some poor schlub who is just following orders and like a drone is day after day pointed toward the podium to explode in lies. Thank you ‘SNL.’
Just this past Friday, I heard three commentators or cable news contributors, Harold Ford, David Axelrod and Greta Van Susteren express their empathy. To be fair, maybe it comes from sitting in front of hot lights with glaring cameras themselves. Guess what folks, you can always say this is not for me and reclaim your moral standing. Sean Spicer may have become a Trump sycophant but he is not a fool. He has the experience and intellect to know right from wrong. Right and wrong, a simple concept we learn the first time we throw a toy across the room at four and get a timeout. In my humble opinion no quarter should be given Mr. Spicer. If one of your colleagues suggest robbing a bank, and you choose to participate, the judge is not going to rap your knuckles and send you home without supper. I was just following orders only works in the fevered dreams of those guilty of moral turpitude. That excuse lost all its steam in the My Lai Massacre http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1873.html in the Vietnam era. Mr. Spicer along with countless paid and unpaid surrogates, march out of the green rooms of cable network channels every day. They know they are going to lie in the face of facts and do it without fail. I am sure the paychecks and recognition are hypnotic but does that mysticism extend to cognitive dissonance? Mr. Spicer once critiqued his current boss for assailing the heroism of John McCain “Senator McCain is an American hero because he served his country and sacrificed more than most can imagine. Period,”… “There is no place in our party or our country for comments that disparage those who have served honourably.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/19/donald-trump-john-mccain-vietnam-prisoner-of-war Would he say that today; what happened Sean? Back to my original question; I am asking my readers, if you can, make a case as to why I should feel “sorry” for Sean Spicer?
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