Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary After Objecting To Scaramucci Hire (cnbc.com)

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Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary After Objecting To Scaramucci Hire (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on Friday July 21, 2017 @06:10AM from the what's-happening dept.

CNBC reports: White House press secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday after opposing President Donald Trump's appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. The president asked Spicer to stay in his role, but Spicer said appointing Scaramucci was a major mistake, The New York Times, citing a person with direct knowledge of the conversation. NBC News confirmed the resignation with two people familiar with the matter. Spicer tweeted later that he will continue to serve through August. White House chief of staff Reince Priebus was said to have advocated naming Spicer as press secretary. The two worked at the Republican National Committee before joining the administration. Following Spicer's resignation, Priebus said he supports Scaramucci "100 percent," according to news reports.

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Checked... by XXongo · 2017-07-21 05:57 · Score: 5, Funny

I had to check to make sure this wasn't fake news, but seems to be true; it's reported elsewhere: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/...
1. Re:Checked... by MightyMartian · 2017-07-21 05:59 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  I got the impression that it was a matter of when, not if. I'm assuming Priebus won't be far behind. At this point, and with the way Trump is treating Sessions, I can't imagine many people will want to even work for the Administration.
  
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2. Re:Checked... by Baron_Yam · 2017-07-21 06:12 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Oh come on, what qualified individual wouldn't jump at the chance to work for someone who is impossible to please and will blame you (in public, shouting to basically the entire English-speaking world and reaching well beyond that) for failing to do the impossible?
  The pay must be great.
3. Re:Checked... by rahvin112 · 2017-07-21 06:38 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Not just that, but to fail to illegally stomp out an investigation. He's angry as Sessions for not stopping the Russia investigation. He wants to reorganize the FBI and put them under direct control of the president so he can politicize law enforcement.
  Just remember Trump supporters. The same things you let Trump do will be available to the next Democratic president.
4. Re:Checked... by Freischutz · 2017-07-21 07:07 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  I can't imagine many people will want to even work for the Administration.
  The Administration can't even fill 500+ top-level positions because job candidates are automatically disqualified if they have ever said anything negative about Trump.
  Automatically disqualified? Some of these people seem to think that if it ever got out that they had been even so much as considered for a position by the Trump administration it would be damaging to their careers so they are calling in and preemptively asking to be removed from all lists of people under consideration by the Trump admin.
Re:Perhaps he can recover some dignity... by American+AC+in+Paris · 2017-07-21 06:12 · Score: 5, Funny

I mean sure and maybe the Nazgûl can give their rings back to Sauron and become human again

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Rather and the lack of skepticism by Anonymous Coward · 2017-07-21 06:16 · Score: 5, Informative

I think it's a little silly to think that Rather knew the Killian documents were fakes-- believing that the documents were real killed all respect for him in his chosen profession. and made the capstone to his long career in television the fact that he was a dupe. The exposure of fake documents very plausibly led to George W. Bush's election, so if he ran with the story because he "hated George W. Bush", he did exactly the opposite of what was intended.
A more real interpretation, however, is that since the faked documents confirmed the worst of exactly what he already believed, he failed to use his journalistic skepticism and just ran with it.
The take-away lesson is to continue to be skeptical even when presented with evidence confirming what you already believe-- in fact, to be particularly skeptical when presented with evidence confirming what you already believe.
Or, in the words of scam-busters: "if it's too good to be true... it probably isn't."
Why not answer the real question? by EmagGeek · 2017-07-21 06:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Can Scaramucci do the fandango???
Re:Can't be trusted! by hyades1 · 2017-07-21 07:02 · Score: 5, Funny

The conspiracy is even deeper than you think, and yet it is there for all to see, when you know where to look.
If you take all the vowels out of his name, "Reince Priebus" becomes "RNC PR BS".

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Re:ho hum by cayenne8 · 2017-07-21 08:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Scarramuci, Scarrumuci...will you do the Fandango??
Thunderbolts and lightening, very very frightening ME!!!

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