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Psaki is flat out the best White House spokesperson ever (Original Post) Botany Mar 2022 OP
I totally agree! brer cat Mar 2022 #1
She's just spectacular. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #2
I think she knew that question was coming from that jack hole and was ready for it. Botany Mar 2022 #5
If they would pay attention to her previous conferences... lame54 Mar 2022 #11
That is on purpose. They are trying to make her fuck up. And the RW media just continues fwvinson Mar 2022 #46
Ya think? 😂 Just one of MANY things that makes vanlassie Mar 2022 #25
She does her homework Botany Mar 2022 #29
She aims. She shoots. She blows the smoke away. vanlassie Mar 2022 #36
I don't watch many of her pressers and she has tried to keep from doing it but when.... Botany Mar 2022 #37
I will watch for that! vanlassie Mar 2022 #41
She's arming herself. ChazInAz Mar 2022 #47
I like it when she gives her head a tilt and then brushes back her hair with her right hand and Botany Mar 2022 #48
She's the best! lisa58 Mar 2022 #3
Rt TY & Jen Psaki! Cha Mar 2022 #4
She is very good indeed. I am in awe of her abilities. Hekate Mar 2022 #6
Psaki for President ! DURHAM D Mar 2022 #7
She should run for office. Further down the road I could see... brush Mar 2022 #12
Bravo! Good answer! liberalla Mar 2022 #8
She is really good!!! mysteryowl Mar 2022 #9
Has the advantage of working for an honest president. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #10
+33. Harker Mar 2022 #13
these report's parents waisted their money on education for them !! monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #14
And that's good for doodly fraud. n/t Harker Mar 2022 #18
She is priceless. Hope she stays (rumors she was ending her service a few months ago). n/t Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #15
loved the gesture NJCher Mar 2022 #16
Her hand gestures are delightfully eloquent. n/t Harker Mar 2022 #19
I interpreted that one as saying NJCher Mar 2022 #33
She is able to pull out a cogent response to almost any (intelligent) question OnlinePoker Mar 2022 #17
In addition to that... Ohio Joe Mar 2022 #30
She is the horror of Fox news personalities everywhere. Chainfire Mar 2022 #20
I absolutely admire Ms. Psaki. Callalily Mar 2022 #21
Hope she runs for office someday. jalan48 Mar 2022 #22
True Bad Ass SilasSouleII Mar 2022 #23
This is someone who prepares ahead FakeNoose Mar 2022 #24
Brilliant! colorado_ufo Mar 2022 #26
Every time I listen to a question thrown at her blue-wave Mar 2022 #27
She is tops!!!!! ailsagirl Mar 2022 #28
BOOM Sucker. kacekwl Mar 2022 #31
She has her strengths but she can be evasive even with ernest reporters. SYFROYH Mar 2022 #32
I the situation was less than clear in terms of the logistics.. msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #39
I believe you are exactly right, Botany. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2022 #34
Kick dalton99a Mar 2022 #35
I agree with you before I even listened to this particular clip. From the first day on the job, msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #38
Her genius is that she spots every lie built into right wing questions DFW Mar 2022 #40
Twitter replies: Rhiannon12866 Mar 2022 #42
Absolutely WUNNNNNNNNNNderful! calimary Mar 2022 #43
I totally agree, light years llashram Mar 2022 #44
Psaki is the cat and fox is the mouse. The Jungle 1 Mar 2022 #45
Chris Wallace said she's the best in years. High praise. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 2022 #49
Damn, she's so good. sarchasm Mar 2022 #50
Yes, she is Bettie Mar 2022 #51
Jen Psaki, excellent WH Press Secy, W&M Alum. Redheads Rock! appalachiablue Mar 2022 #52
I'll agree, but I'll also lament that I seriously miss Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spencer. Rabrrrrrr Mar 2022 #53
The Best of America! Jen Psaki gives me hope for this nation! appalachiablue Mar 2022 #54

Botany

(70,483 posts)
5. I think she knew that question was coming from that jack hole and was ready for it.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 05:13 PM
Mar 2022


"9,000 unused drill permits and 60% of all the land leased is not being used"


lame54

(35,278 posts)
11. If they would pay attention to her previous conferences...
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 05:32 PM
Mar 2022

They wouldn't re-ask the same questions

 

fwvinson

(488 posts)
46. That is on purpose. They are trying to make her fuck up. And the RW media just continues
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 10:57 AM
Mar 2022

to make themselves look like ignorant fools.

Botany

(70,483 posts)
29. She does her homework
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 07:34 PM
Mar 2022

And she knee before the question was even asked what
the right wing dip shit was gonna say. That sack of lug nuts had to read his question and all Jen did was glance @ her notes, then cut off the guy's balls, and then left the podium with a "thank you and a good bye."

I would not want to be her kid and try to get out of something.

Botany

(70,483 posts)
37. I don't watch many of her pressers and she has tried to keep from doing it but when....
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 10:20 PM
Mar 2022

Last edited Sun Mar 6, 2022, 10:42 AM - Edit history (1)

... she brushes her hair back with her right hand you just know she is going to go
Samuel L Jackson on somebody's ass.

ChazInAz

(2,563 posts)
47. She's arming herself.
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 11:23 AM
Mar 2022

Over the years, I have dealt with many redheads: they're my favorite species of human. I even married one.
That casual looking hair brush is actually when they lock and load their Redhead Superpower.
Devastation is then imminent.
And high entertainment!

Botany

(70,483 posts)
48. I like it when she gives her head a tilt and then brushes back her hair with her right hand and
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 11:34 AM
Mar 2022

... she almost has a "Oh no you didn't go there" look on her face. And then she drops the hammer.





brush

(53,759 posts)
12. She should run for office. Further down the road I could see...
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 05:35 PM
Mar 2022

a run for president. Imagine her in a debate with DeSantis, or Howley or Pence. She'd wipe the floor with them. This would of course have to be after the Biden/Harris admins are through.

liberalla

(9,234 posts)
8. Bravo! Good answer!
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 05:16 PM
Mar 2022

Has she decided, or have they convinced her to stay on longer??
I hope she will stay on through the mid terms, at least.

 

monkeyman1

(5,109 posts)
14. these report's parents waisted their money on education for them !!
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 05:53 PM
Mar 2022

Education at Trump University!!

OnlinePoker

(5,719 posts)
17. She is able to pull out a cogent response to almost any (intelligent) question
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 06:25 PM
Mar 2022

Not just at a basic level, but deep answers with excellent statistics to back them up.

Chainfire

(17,522 posts)
20. She is the horror of Fox news personalities everywhere.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 06:33 PM
Mar 2022

She is very bright and very calm, a dangerous combination.

Callalily

(14,889 posts)
21. I absolutely admire Ms. Psaki.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 06:41 PM
Mar 2022

She's incredibly smart and articulate. She is the best WH spokesperson ever.

FakeNoose

(32,614 posts)
24. This is someone who prepares ahead
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 06:49 PM
Mar 2022

That's something that Chump will never know, neither will most of his former staffers. Jen Psaki is eloquent, quick, and ready with a good answer to almost ANY question. Most of the time she's polite, even when the WH press aren't. It will be a cold day in hell before they catch her off guard.

blue-wave

(4,347 posts)
27. Every time I listen to a question thrown at her
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 07:13 PM
Mar 2022

from the disinformation wing of the GQP, I have a brief moment of anxiety. Then Jen pulls out the cannons and blasts them out of the water. She needs to teach democrats that follow in her footsteps her trade secrets. What a wonderful relief she is!!

SYFROYH

(34,165 posts)
32. She has her strengths but she can be evasive even with ernest reporters.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 08:11 PM
Mar 2022


Her response to a reporter about sending out tests was terrible back in Dec.

msfiddlestix

(7,273 posts)
39. I the situation was less than clear in terms of the logistics..
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 10:46 PM
Mar 2022

lots of stuff got mangled up with distribution, perhaps manufacturing companies. Not sure what was going on, she had to wing it. she can be skillfully evasive if needs must.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,562 posts)
34. I believe you are exactly right, Botany.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 09:46 PM
Mar 2022

She is MASTERFUL!!! Level head, level affect, well-informed and never waffles, at least that I've seen.

She is a treasure.

msfiddlestix

(7,273 posts)
38. I agree with you before I even listened to this particular clip. From the first day on the job,
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 10:42 PM
Mar 2022

She has literally blown me away on so many levels, but of course not least in which her professionalism and ialong with her communication style displays a vault of skills and intellect. If I could easily access her briefings every day, I would.

In this clip particularly knocks it out of the park like no other ever.

Yeppers...



DFW

(54,330 posts)
40. Her genius is that she spots every lie built into right wing questions
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 11:10 PM
Mar 2022

And she has the facts at her fingertips to rip them apart and expose them.

Fox & Frauds: „Given that Rip van Winkle slept for twenty years straight, isn‘t President Biden spending too much time and money on sleep apnea research?“

Jen Psaki‘s conceivable response: „If you have any solid evidence that either of your stupid statements has a grain of truth to them, I‘d be happy to engage you. You don’t. Next?“

llashram

(6,265 posts)
44. I totally agree, light years
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 09:14 AM
Mar 2022

ahead in intelligence, affability and competence compared to the 'jokers' in that position the whole four years past.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
45. Psaki is the cat and fox is the mouse.
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 09:25 AM
Mar 2022

What she does to the fox news mice is great theater.
Just imagine being Gregory Mecher and trying to explain to your sweet wife Jen why you are late. :-0
Now honey just listen.

sarchasm

(1,012 posts)
50. Damn, she's so good.
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 01:02 PM
Mar 2022

How does she do it? She’s truly raising the bar to new heights. I love watching her, the master of her profession.

Bettie

(16,083 posts)
51. Yes, she is
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 01:06 PM
Mar 2022

fast thinking, smart as can be, and a sense of humor about the whole thing.

She is amazing at this job.

appalachiablue

(41,113 posts)
52. Jen Psaki, excellent WH Press Secy, W&M Alum. Redheads Rock!
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 01:08 PM
Mar 2022

Last edited Sun Mar 6, 2022, 03:04 PM - Edit history (3)

- 100 Notable Alumni, College of William and Mary -



~ NOTED ALUMNI, Select: Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Marshall, Glenn Close, Christina Roemer, Jon Stewart, Mike Tomlin, Linda Lavin, JEN PSAKI..https://edurank.org/uni/college-of-william-and-mary/alumni/

- The College of William and Mary is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III and Queen Mary, it is the 2nd-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the 9th-oldest in the English-speaking world. W&M educated presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Tyler and other key figures pivotal to the development of the US:

1st President of the Continental Congress Peyton Randolph, 1st U.S. Attorney Gen. Edmund Randolph, 4th U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, Speaker of the House of Reps. Henry Clay, Commanding Gen. of the U.S. Army Winfield Scott, 16 Continental Congress members, 4 signers of the Declaration of Independence. This earned it the nickname "the Alma Mater of the Nation". In 1749 George Washington received his surveyor's license at W&M; in 1788 he became the college's 1st American chancellor..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_William_%26_Mary





- Jen Psaki graduated from William and Mary with a double major in English and sociology. In addition to being a member of the swim team and Chi Omega sorority, she served as a campus tour guide and admission intern during her time at the university. In a 2015 article from The Flat Hat, Psaki said that she was grateful for W&’s liberal arts approach to education. - “I think it’s served me professionally in many ways, including the fact that it enabled me to develop strong writing skills, spend time really learning how to communicate effectively, but also personally, because I have an incredible support system of friends who are like family at this point in my life.” -

Psaki worked with several members of the U.S. Senate before joining Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. When he took office, she was named as deputy press secretary and later deputy communications director. After working for a public relations firm, she returned to the White House in 2012 as press secretary for Obama’s 2012 campaign. The next year, Psaki took the role as spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State.. https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2020/wm-alumna-named-white-house-press-secretary.php



- Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, musician, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the 3rd president of the US, 1801- 1809. He had previously served as the 2nd vice president of the US under John Adams, 1797- 1801, and as the 1st US secretary of state under George Washington, 1790- 1793.
The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, motivating American colonists to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national levels.



- Glenn Close, 1947 - American actress. "Long considered one of the great actresses of our time", she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including 3 Primetime Emmy Awards, 3 Tony Awards, and 3 Golden Globe Awards. She has also been nominated 8 times for an Academy Award, holding the record for the most nominations in an acting category without a win (tied with Peter O'Toole). With her 8th nomination in 2021, she became one of the 5 most-nominated actresses in Academy history. In 2016, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.



- John Marshall, 1758-1831, American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the 5th president of the US, 1817- 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was the last president of the Virginia dynasty; his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings. He is perhaps best known for issuing the Monroe Doctrine, a policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas. He also served as the governor of Virginia, a member of the US Senate, US ambassador to France and Britain, 7th Secretary of State, and 8th Secretary of War.



- Jon Stewart, 1962- Studied in 1984, an American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host. He hosted The Daily Show, a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015.

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